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Your 2024 New Year's Resolution Check-In

Eric Jacobsen Blog

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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The Screen Time Genie: A Bot That’s Help With Your Tech Addiction

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mobile phones and screen can be distracting and overwhelming. In addition, he teaches industry innovators how to use his models and methods in Behavior Design. The purpose of his research and teaching is to help millions of people improve their lives. Even worse they can be addictive. Not all technology is bad.

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Paul Smith Teaches You How To Sell With A Story

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Paul's new book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place.

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Can Recurring Giving Save Nonprofits?

Allegiance Group

Drawing on her experience as a successful businesswoman, Greer is now out to “save giving” by teaching nonprofits how to improve the ways they interact with donors. They don’t have a couple of hours for lunch; they don’t take long phone calls; they don’t write checks. So, a DAF is an appealing option.

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Raise your hand if you want a better volunteer program

M+R

Volunteers self-selecting into text banking, phone banking, social media, community mobilization, and/or storytelling. Here are some key strategies NVP used: Hosting weekly mobilization calls to welcome all volunteers into NVP and ensure people are getting plugged into immediate actions in less than 24 hours of event attendance.

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70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)