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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

You need to provide opportunities for their continuous learning on the job and mentoring. Evaluate Empathy Skill s We should also evaluate empathy skills as part of job performance appraisals. You want to inspire curiosity beyond formal professional development activities. That’s a huge leap in the right direction!

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MARCH 21, 2022

Most jobs will have some parts of it automated, freeing up those people to do more human things like build stronger relationships and solve complex problems. How to get the best out of both and, as a result, re-make work as something better than the always on, 24/7 grind it has become.

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JUNE 13, 2018

Professional “white collar” jobs are as stressful as manual labor. Leaders identified big-picture challenges like technology, which makes it harder to separate work and home, and organizational change as top contributors to stress while employees were focused on concerns like low pay, unclear job expectations and company culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

just for fun part of my degree work personal learning (optional) professional development (required) part of my job. Is it a part of your job or optional? There are two terrific refleciton questions which caught my eye: 1. How do you use social networks? Social Media Etiquette by Chris Brogan. What are your tips?

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MAY 8, 2018

Potential job applicants are beginning to place as much emphasis on positive organizational culture as they do on job tasks and salaries. The framework is based on Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, mapped to an organization’s hierarchy of needs: • Level 1: Functioning Factor – Do people have what they need to do their job?

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

A recent study from two researchers affiliated with the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) has challenged the public perception about AI’s negative impact on society due to the “robots taking over jobs.” Read more about the methodology and findings here and download the full paper here.

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

I have my go-to global organizations that do a great job at relief efforts on the ground, set up funds for long-term rebuilding, or do a terrific job of vetting local charities to support. And, as blogger Vu Le says, donating to organizations on the ground can be a form of self-care. They have a fund set up for Puerto Rico.

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AUGUST 30, 2016

Goodwill’s mission is to help people find jobs, earn paychecks and care for their families. The #LaborOfLove Campaign urges people across the nation to pledge to spread awareness about Goodwill and the importance of job placement and training programs. million job openings on the last business day of June this year.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

We have been assuming that engagement is rooted in happiness and job satisfaction, thus our surveys and action plans focus on improving happiness, and we hope engagement will follow. The truth is engagement and happiness are two different things, and (perhaps more importantly)—they aren’t even that related.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Crockpot Mondays is part of the fabric of Pathways because people mention it to job candidates as a perk of working at our organization. Jason has mentioned that word has spread about this workplace ritual when people apply for jobs. To help organize it, they have a shared google document and encourage staff to sign up.

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MARCH 20, 2018

But, there are also concerns that need to be considered now, including ethical issues and loss of jobs to robots. Experts predict that robots and bots could eliminate human jobs or parts of those jobs that are repetitive in the next five years in many industry sectors. (More about that scary scenario here ).

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JUNE 24, 2006

Click through to the larger image to read Not sure whether you should use nonprofit or non-profit in your tag? Why not have a googlefight ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2017

From courting potential donors to hours of grant writing, there are very few times a fundraiser’s job feels done. The amount of responsibilities mixed with our desire to help others and do a great job is a recipe for burnout. When you learn about a topic you love, it makes your job more welcoming. 1) Take Time Off.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

I’ve been working in the nonprofit sector almost 35 years and 20 years ago I had the a front seat at the creation of a new field, nonprofit technology and using the Internet for mission driven work. My first job was as a network coordinator for an online network of artists, called ArtsWire. My job responsibilities: designing and delivering (..)

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

My friend and colleague Amy Sample Ward has done an amazing job of community stewardship for the Netsquared community over the years. Sadly, this is her last day for this job and she’s moving on. So, this post is an appreciation of her work, one of many voices in the community saying #ThanksAmy.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

They launched it to align Goodwill with Labor Day, and to shine a light on the challenges faced by people who are unemployed, as well as the transformation a job has made on their lives. First, we’re timing the campaign to draw increased attention to our mission at a time when people are naturally talking about employment and jobs.

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MARCH 12, 2018

Is your work also your calling or just a job? Some of these exercises are intended for you to do alone, but others can be done in groups. In thinking about mindfulness in the workplace, some exercises are very appropriate as part of meetings. How do you bring together intention and your professional work?

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JANUARY 12, 2021

But work from home (if we are lucky enough to have a job) will probably continue well into 2021. As the COVID-19 vaccines begin to roll out (although not as fast as we’d like), we know there will be an end to the pandemic. If we learned anything during 2020, work-life balance is much harder when working from home.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

B0nus Insight: Linking Social Media Results to Job Performance. The model prompted a fantastic discussion about practice. Going from “Walking to Running&# requires more capacity to implement social media and to ensure adoption it needs to be linked to job performance. Providing staff training is essential.

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JANUARY 11, 2011

Click to Sign Online Petition and Send Steve Jobs A Message. Since December, over 12,000 people have signed an online petition to urge Steve Jobs to change Apple’s unfriendly iPhone donation policy. Steve Jobs.”. As the TechEye blog pointed out, the response might look something like this: “Because I said so.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

We’ve started an online petition at Care2 and it has almost 6,000 signatures collected so far sending Mr. Jobs at Apple a message. I wasn’t surprised to see that the Droid Guy picked up on the Steve Jobs is a Grinch theme. I was surprised to see my photo-shopped creative commons image in PC World along with this article.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Nelson Layag , who designs and delivers a lot of nonprofit trainings as part of his job at Compasspoint, shared a secret killer tip with me. How do integrate social media into someone's job? And, if you want steal a great job description for an intern and recruitment method, check this post out from the ACLU of Northern California.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Steve Jobs and Apple have come under fre­quent fire for a lack of visible gen­er­osity in char­it­able con­tri­bu­tions. Google Grants has tackled this already , and organ­iz­a­tions like Tech­Soup and Guide­star do a soph­ist­ic­ated job of authen­tic­ating non­profits and char­ities world­wide. Cartoon by Rob Cottingham.

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MARCH 6, 2012

When I started working in then embryonic field of nonprofit technology (back in 1992), my job as online network coordinator for Arts Wire (an online network patterned after the Well, but for artists) was to provide training and technical assistance to those brave artists and arts organizations who wanted to get online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

I love that the training activities go beyond the traditional webinars and workshops, and incorporate mentoring and on the job learning activities. For many nonprofits and staff, “one the job learning,” is often“ throw them into the deep end of the swimming pool and YOYO (you are on your own). Agreed upon plan. Evaluation.

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MARCH 15, 2012

In a previous session at GEO, Marie Colombo said that the Skillman Foundation had to create a new job—program officer for change making— who does not give away grants, but is involved in social change. RWJF took a different approach—the job description for all program officers changed to recognize their role in social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

And in fact, the research shows that people who are mentored get more job promotions and earn more than people who aren’t. And now more than ever, it’s important to come together and work as allies and mentors. The value of being mentored seems pretty obvious: new skills, confidence, friendship, etc.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

The job of figuring it out within the Packard Foundation fell to the Organizational Effectiveness (OE) program , which works closely with our grantees to strengthen their ability to adapt and thrive in complex environments. But we didn’t quite know how to begin.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

Our Fellows should feel they’re working at a job, even if they already have a job or are a full-time student,” says Pandey. Holding volunteers accountable for personal and organisational outcomes is critical to Haiyya’s theory of change. “We We make expectations very clear.

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APRIL 16, 2015

When she was 14, Sejal founded the Elevator Project , an organization that aims to lift people out of poverty through apprenticeship, vocational training and job placement. That’s where I first read about Sejal Makheja, 16, a sophomore who lives in McLean, Va.

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JULY 23, 2013

It’s a way for SXSW to uncover people whose work (whether it’s a job, a hobby or volunteering) helps people through technology and invite them to get involved in the annual March event. They are seeking the latest and greatest ideas in the social good / nonprofit space, and will reward you for telling them all about it.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Meet Bib Filbon and Jeff Bladt who have the job title, “Data Scientist,” and are on staff at DoSomething.Org. They work in partnership with DoSomething’s program staff to collect, analyze, and make sense of data to improve impact of DoSomething’s programs. DoSomething.org does not consider this overhead.

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MARCH 15, 2012

Funders need to learn how to do a better job determining how and when to intervene in programs less. Likewise, nonprofits need to figure out how to do a better job setting some limits with grantmakers who want to interfere too much, while proactively establishing and tracking success measures.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. Bob’s job is to make sure that departmental and overall organizational goals are aligned, and that social media data are seamlessly integrated into achieving their organizational key results. Start at the top.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

What you need to do : If you are doing social media for your organization, either part time or your whole job, you need to handle metrics. If you’re doing a good job as a social media metrics curator, then when you present reports, you get better questions from your executive director.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

Almost 8,000 have signed an online petition to urged Steve Jobs to change its iPhone donation policy. An online petition over at Care2 and it has almost 8,000 signatures collected so far sending Mr. Jobs at Apple a message to reconsider the policy, but as far as I can tell, Apple has not said a word. Google and Microsoft are all ears.

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MAY 31, 2016

To combat survey fatigue, the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO)—a prisoner re-entry job training and placement program—is working to implement their surveys at the strategic “moments of truth” when a significant interaction or milestone occurs in the participant’s experience with CEO.

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