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Leadership’s Biggest Perk—Giving Others a Boost

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Encouraging a colleague to shoot for that sought-after certification, offering advice on an important project, or simply inspiring the confidence to see future potential, are the less visible activities that make leadership meaningful. Most CEOs are lucky enough to have a mentor or two in their past. The success is shared.

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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Having to take over as a young leader for a beloved department head who passed away, the best advice I got was that I needed to build trust in order for the others to follow me.” During a development retreat, the board discussed various governance models and how they could shift perspective to maximize CITE’s potential,” Sharon recalled. “We

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Book Review: Engine of Impact – Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I wasn’t surprised to receive a copy from Mario Morino, the visionary behind the Leap Ambassadors Community and author of an influential book on the topic, Leap of Reason with a note mentioning that one of the authors, Meehan, is a long-time esteemed colleague and mentor. I love frameworks, but sometimes they are dry and boring.

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Geek Heresy

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Toyama offers up strong criticisms as well as constructive advice about how to best apply technology to social problems. A mentor is going to have a more powerful impact over somebody than YouTube videos. Conclusion Social change in the real world is difficult, and magic bullets are few and far between.

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Foundation Supported Social Enterprises (FOSE): Expanding the Use of Program Related Investments (part 2)

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We have also been able to piggyback on the foundation’s existing hard infrastructure (such as office space and technology) and soft infrastructure (such as tacit knowledge and mentors)”. Government t often then adopts these innovations, institutionalizes the programs and scales them up for large social change. See more at: [link].

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7 Top Nonprofit Crowdfunding + Peer-to-Peer Website Examples Of 2021

CauseVox

They made the decision to pivot to a different kind of event: an online brunch fundraiser based on the peer-to-peer model called A Toast to AuSM – and it’s one of our top crowdfunding and peer-to-peer website examples from 2021. This could be as simple as changing your profile picture on CauseVox.

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Your Complete Guide to Planning Your First Special Event

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Talk to other organizations and ask for their advice on executing a successful event. Check your state laws regarding raffles – you might need a special permit for a game of change. If you’ve never created this kind of detailed schedule before, find a mentor who can guide you. Can you add a silent auction? A wine pull?

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