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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last October, I had the pleasure and honor to visit the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, to accept on behalf of Benetech the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI). We are grateful for CASE’s recognition of Benetech's work.

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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Take time off. The longer version of my why is that in 2011, I had a hypertensive emergency with a blood pressure reading of 200/110 that was brought on by severe chronic stress and burnout. Wiens : The length of time to achieve burnout immunity can vary drastically from one individual to another. Have some fun. Try meditation.

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Research Friday: Leadership Development & Performance Management - Reflections from Daring to Lead 2011

ASU Lodestar Center

This week we welcome Marla Cornelius, co-author of Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership. If you're interested in learning more, this topic will be explored in more depth in the upcoming Daring to Lead 2011 brief: Inside the Executive Director Job , which you can find on the Daring to Lead website next month.

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Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: The Generational Divide (Panel Discussion)

Amy Sample Ward

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. Though, you also have to have focus and structure and I think it’s some times frustrating for Millennials to bump up against not having their idea move forward. Social scientists will debate impact and influence of social technologies for a long time.

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What leadership skills do nonprofit emerging leaders need to succeed?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Two recent research studies take a pass at answering that questions and the findings should be useful to those mentoring emerging leaders in their organizations and looking for professional development opportunities for them. “ The report offers some great tips and advice to those managing emerging leaders on how to mentor them.

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Games for Change 2011: Channeling Our Collective Power

Tech Soup

Department of Education, echoed similar thoughts in stating that for a time, it was assumed that education spending would go up every year, but that is no longer true, and now we have to do more with less resources. Andrew DeVigal , Multimedia Editor at The New York Times , said: “Tell me something and I will forget.

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

Qgiv

Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser. CA: During both my undergraduate and graduate degrees, I held a variety of part-time jobs to help defray my college expenses.

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