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How And When To Ask Questions

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Sesno's book teaches readers how the power of questions: Opens doors Uncovers Solutions Sparks Change More specifically, he reveals: The power and payoff of targeted diagnostic questions. How strategic questions can ease the hardest decisions and support triumphant outcomes. How and when to use empathy questions.

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How To Fix The 12 Most Common Presentation Mistakes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

“The book’s material will help you quickly evaluate challenges in your presentations and make simple corrections that can expand your influence and generate better outcomes.” One of my favorite parts of the book is where Sjodin teaches how best to use visual aids in your presentations.

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How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish? When thinking about fundraising, many nonprofits and funders believe in the old adage, “Give a person a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a person to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” What you think? Guest post by Paul Connolly. In a vacuum, it can be marginal.

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Research Friday: Does your nonprofit have an outcome-driven culture?

ASU Lodestar Center

However, increasingly nonprofits are moving to the practice of outcome evaluation. Program outcomes are defined as the expected and/or actual benefits that program participants will receive. Outcomes usually imply changes in behavior, condition, skills, attitudes or knowledge in the individual, community or other target population.

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Writing for Fundraising: Fundraising Appeal Writing Tips for Non-Profit Professionals

The Storytelling Non-profit

But as I tell my students and clients regularly, writing to raise money is a learnable skill that you can master. Understanding that I’m not merely trying to achieve an outcome like a fundraising email, but instead I’m completing milestones on the way to an outcome significantly changed my relationship to writing. That’s right.

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The Core Elements of Empathy, Power, and Vulnerability in Grantmaking

sgEngage

Vulnerability Empathetic connections can transform your relationships and outcomes. We are shown that if we are “wrong” and if we fail to meet the outcomes we promised, we will be punished. I know we all can choose to learn and use new problem-solving skills that teach and honor empathy, shared power, and vulnerability.

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Why attracting younger members is crucial for association success

Nimble AMS

With the ever-rising cost of higher education, your association must embrace the new trend of outcomes-based education , such as training and certifications necessary for young graduates’ personal and professional goals. Here are five member benefits early careerists will seek at any association: ? ? . Education programs. Volunteering.