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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

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Passion plus knowledge is a powerful hook, making people who were about to swipe stay for a while. This advice is especially relevant for anyone looking to attract a younger audience. And our most ardent volunteers are typically people who love sharing knowledge. Take Hardy’s advice. For one compelling reason.

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How To Be More Strategic

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The best leaders practice the concept of servant leadership by ensuring their people are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and tools to effectively perform their functions. Both flood the brain with dopamine, provide a brief high, and kill your productivity. People are only as good as their actions.

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How To Use Failure As A Way To Success

Eric Jacobsen Blog

It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. Perhaps Wooditch’s best overall advice is to think of “failing more” as “trying more.” It’s a strategic way to collect and apply tactical knowledge and methods you can use for future benefit. It’s protective in nature.

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How To Use Failure As Your Path To Success

Eric Jacobsen Blog

It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. Perhaps Wooditch’s best overall advice is to think of “failing more” as “trying more.” It’s a strategic way to collect and apply tactical knowledge and methods you can use for future benefit. It’s protective in nature.

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How To Move From Being Tactical To Being Truly Strategic

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The best leaders practice the concept of servant leadership by ensuring their people are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and tools to effectively perform their functions. Both flood the brain with dopamine, provide a brief high, and kill your productivity. People are only as good as their actions.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What’s Better: Asking For Too Little Or Too Much?

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Today’s question comes from a major gift fundraiser who wants advice on whether it’s better to ask for too little or too much. . ” Essentially, it says the human brain compares subsequent options with one that came first and uses this as a means to make judgements. The larger initial number ‘anchors’ the larger result.

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3 Key Takeaways from Gearset’s DevOps Dreamin’

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In all, there were over 30 overlapping sessions, plus breakout rooms, allowing inquisitive minds to pick the brains of developers, configurators, architects, and anyone responsible for building on Salesforce. Most everyone in attendance arrived with the same knowledge base and eager attitude to learn together as these tools mature.

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