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#AI4Good: Augmenting Human Interaction

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This week I interviewed long-time blog reader, Alison Lowndes who I first met via my blog as a regular commenter. We reconnected, of course, through a recent blog comment. We are particularly interested in the human side of AI and how it will augment the work of fundraisers and support donors.

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Just One Good Tip To Address Nonprofit Workload Stress

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Anne Grady, in an HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. If your stress is being triggered repeatedly at work (or elsewhere) this can lead to burnout.

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The Ultimate Social Good Playlist for Your Summer Road Trip

Connection Cafe

The Impact Boom podcast and accompanying blog feature voices from many different sectors that are challenging the way things have always been done in the name of radical social change. (with Sarah Durham). Ep 68: No, You Can’t Do It All. Ep 71: A Smart Nonprofit Budgeting Process (with Hilda Polanco). Impact Boom.

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Book Highlights From The Collaboration Imperative

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Here are some of my favorite takeaways from the book, The CollaborationImperative , by Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese: Across every organization lies hidden treasure just waiting to be discovered. It’s not hiding in a budget spreadsheet of a warehouse full of inventory.

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The Mind Of The Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

“By understanding how their own mind works and training it for the most essential qualities, leaders can lead themselves effectively first, in order to better lead their people and tap into their human need for meaning, fulfillment and human connectedness,” explain Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter , authors of the book, The Mind Of The Leader.

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The Traits Of An Extreme Team

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Extreme Teams is a fascinating book by Robert Bruce Shaw , where he takes you inside top companies and examines not just great teams (your more “conventional” teams), but extreme teams. According to Shaw, extreme teams : View work as a calling —even an obsession. Value members’ cultural fit and ability to collectively produce results.

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Leaders: How To Make Extraordinary Things Happen In Organizations

Eric Jacobsen Blog

There is good reason why, The Leadership Challenge , book is now in it’s sixth addition. It expertly teaches you what to do as a leader to mobilize others to want to get extraordinary things done in your organization. Revised to address current challenges, this sixth edition marks thirty years since the book was first published.