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Why Empathy is the Key to Outstanding Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Empathy is contagious and influences and shapes a work culture of caring. Model and Celebrate Well-being Practices Creating a robust work culture that incorporates well-being is fundamental. Use Empathy in 1:1 Check-Ins To build a caring work culture, leaders need to ask empathetic questions during regular check-ins.

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Is a Culture of Learning Required To Learn in Public?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. A Culture of Learning – Guest post by Teri Behrens. Flickr Photo by Zen. The GEO 2012 conference is off to a great start.

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Joint Statement from Museum Bloggers and Colleagues on Ferguson and Related Events

Museum 2.0

When basketball players are offering more cogent commentary on racial issues than cultural institutions, you know we have a cultural relevance problem. Museums are a part of this educational and cultural network. Colleges are addressing greater cultural and racial understanding in various courses. Things must change.

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Herding Cats, er, Bloggers

Connection Cafe

The Blogger Alias. We have a blogger alias set up in Outlook that allows me to easily communicate with team members. Since we’re a very email heavy culture at Convio (what office isn’t?) I’ve sent them the calendar but let’s be honest, very few of us revisit emails that are multiple months old.

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A Fresh Perspective—What NPOs Can Learn from a Makers Culture

NonProfit Hub

This society has earned itself the title of “makers culture,” which is an umbrella term that encompasses passionate designers, curious inventors and ceaseless tinkerers that create and sell. Zach Kaplan, CEO of Inventables, told Time magazine that a makers culture has the potential to move people from “passive users to active creators.”.

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[New eBook] Fundraising Matters: Building a Culture of Philanthropy

Connection Cafe

We got real about the need for a culture that fosters awareness for philanthropy’s role inside and outside our walls. In short, we realized we need to build a stronger culture of philanthropy. Download: npEXPERTS – Fundraising Matters: Building a Culture of Philanthropy. Katrina VanHuss, CEO, Turnkey.

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The New Culture of Storytelling

Forum One

This live session rounded out our Online Storytelling Bootcamp webinar series with a focus on how to create a culture of storytelling within one's organization. The New Culture of Storytelling. Every group that makes a difference has a great story to tell; it's about time the world gets to hear them! My presentation slides are below.