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Change Management: 3 Steps to Make Change a Reality at Your Nonprofit

Saleforce Nonprofit

As a nonprofit leader guiding your staff through changes over the last two years, you might have investigated change management. Change management is a set of tools and techniques your nonprofit can use to build buy-in and support staff members as you lead an organizational change. A “Why” Statement.

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Using Everyday Technology to Improve Your Services

NTEN

One small organization, for example, is using text messages to communicate with teens who participate in a mentoring program. In another example, a domestic abuse organization found a creative way to modify its existing database to provide information to external parole officers who had been reliant upon staff.

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Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011.

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3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). A mentor always exercises the power of suggestion. They pose alternatives.

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Build, Buy, or Customize?

Connection Cafe

While I typically assume customization to require development of code (as opposed to “point and click” configurations), here’s a few examples that regularly come up in these types of discussions: JavaScript to tweak the front-end or presentation of a website. Development approach. How will the team approach development?

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The Five Points Of Professionalism

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. An example of positive feedback is : “Bob, your communications skills have dramatically improved over the past couple of months. .&# Saturday, November 20, 2010 Give Positive Feedback.

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