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How Your Nonprofit Can Routinize Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Reflection is a critical step in assessing individual and team performance at your nonprofit. A reflective process, whether it is a structured process for individuals or groups, can give us insights about what worked and what could be improved. Reflection requires hitting the pause button and asking and answering questions.

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#npfail Reflections and Call To Action from NTC Plenary on Failure

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We discussed what the reaction to failure does to us as individuals and how it can create a risk-adverse culture in our nonprofits. I will summarize the top takeaways and the call to action: Nonprofits and the people who work for them have to loose their fear of taking risks and that opens us up to fail and improve.

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

.orgSource

The categories that are represented should reflect qualities that directors bring to the board as well as characteristics that will enhance the organization’s growth and development. In-person discussions should occur both formally and informally before and after new members are welcomed to the board. A calendar of events.

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First Reflections on Jumo

Amy Sample Ward

As Debra Askanse posted in a facebook group discussing Jumo this morning, how do follow people, and not just organizations? Change.org describes itself as: Change.org is the world’s fastest growing social action platform, empowering people to make a difference across a variety of important causes. Is it to take action – online?

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Grow Or Stagnate?: Nurturing A Growth Mindset

The NonProfit Times

But how do you translate amorphous “growth” into actionable steps? This way of thinking is reflected in your actions and demeanor, modeling behavior for those around you. Much like the Socratic method, when we have discussions and conversations, new ideas emerge and our understanding is deepened and magnified.

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[Reflection] Mashable #sgsGLOBAL: How Do We Get From Collective Conversation To Action To Impact?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was in NYC over the weekend and Monday to attend and speak at the Mashable Social Good Summit , a three-day conference featuring discussions and presentations with global social activists, organizations, and new media experts. ” (Here’s a reflection from Akhtar Badshah).

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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Amy Sample Ward

This past Sunday was October 10th, 2010 – also know as 101010, the Global Work Day for climate action supported by 350.org You may have been part of the day of action by participating in an event in your local area. 350 action in Oman Dive Center. What is Blog Action Day? org and others. Hulhumale Maldives.

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