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Build a Successful Team, Know Where Your People Thrive

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Do you know where greater diversity in thought and attitude is needed and what type of people would complement the current mix of personalities? She was so protective of “her” data that she had trouble inviting anyone who she deemed less knowledgeable into the conversation. The key to leadership in the digital age is empathy.

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Challenging Conversations—Tackling Risk

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These conversations are limited to bottom-line issues. The conversation can easily devolve into unproductive speculation. Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin approaching these difficult conversations. They also need to find the time and opportunities for these conversations to occur.

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International Leadership, Women’s Issues, and Branding—A Conversation With Allison K. Summers, CAE

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Our discussion about the Summit Award launched a wide-ranging conversation. As a new entrepreneur, I urged her to take advantage of the opportunity to meet people who might become customers. Allison’s first book “Connect to Influence,” offers advice for people whose palms turn cold at the thought of being alone in the crowd. “I

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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The Leadership ColLAB conference was an opportunity to bring professionals together around what we believe is a critical question. Our goal was to provide a great forum for networking and meaningful conversations. ENA developed its culture statements based on—People, Purpose, and Partnerships, the organization’s 3Ps.

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Recap: Nonprofits & AI – A Conversation with Devi Thomas

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was thrilled to have a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies. Create small low risk experiments to answer the question: does this use case make sense for our organization? And because they use natural language processing, it makes it easier to use because you can have a conversation versus navigating menus.

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How To Become A Conversational Superstar

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Using five simple code words, you can verbally reach people with what they are expecting from you,” explain the authors. The Communication Code book helps you set up conversations and communication in a way that creates a win-win scenario for everyone involved. Maximize your situational awareness and collaborate like a pro.

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Investigating and Improving the Questions You Ask Grantees

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Over the years, we noticed that excellence in the sector was evolving, but our questions felt like they were behind the curve. The winning organizations were consistently exhibiting interesting characteristics, but we weren’t asking questions targeted at those characteristics. We needed to change up our questions.