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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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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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Grow Or Stagnate?: Nurturing A Growth Mindset

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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. Outside of performance management, offer consistent and public encouragement and support.

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Bridge Building or Trust Busting: A Warts-and-All Reflection on “Learning in Public”?

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If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog. “Stand up if you use all the data your foundation collects,” said Jarod Raynor of the TCC Group at a GEO2012 session on “Learning in Public.”

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

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If you track current events, Sharon advised, you are aware of the erosion of public confidence across a spectrum of institutions. Sharon notes that 50-year longitudinal studies from Gallop Poll, NORC’s General Social Survey, Harris Poll, and Edelman Barometer, find that trust in public institutions and their leaders has declined steadily.

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America’s Giving Challenge 2009 Assessment and Reflection Paper

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Allison Fine and I have completed the assessment and reflection paper for 2009 America’s Giving Challenge for the Case Foundation. Allison and I wrote the reflection paper for the first challenge. We look forward to more lively discussions and sharing of ideas about online contests.

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Still Confused About AI, Learn the Facts A-Bot Us!

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We launched our discussion with a bottom-line question. ChatGPT was launched to the public on November 30, 2022. The bot can only reflect the limitations of its training material. “As The AI landscape is changing so rapidly that what is significant today might be irrelevant in six months. It has arrived,” David said. “If

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Is a Culture of Learning Required To Learn in Public?

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At the “Learning in Public” breakout session, Beth Kanter, Jared Raynor (TCC Group) and Kathy Reich (David and Lucile Packard Foundation) sharing the Packard Foundation’s experience with learning in public. Learning in public requires program staff to feel safe – not necessarily comfortable, but safe.

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