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How To Embrace Creative Tensions To Solve Tough Problems

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This new way of thinking means that instead of choosing between alternative poles of paradox, you figure out how to engage both poles simultaneously. As we are faced with dilemmas – choices between seemingly opposing alternatives – we feel compelled to make a decision to feel a sense of control and comfort.

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Strategies For Solving Your Toughest Leadership Problems

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This new way of thinking means that instead of choosing between alternative poles of paradox, you figure out how to engage both poles simultaneously. As we are faced with dilemmas – choices between seemingly opposing alternatives – we feel compelled to make a decision to feel a sense of control and comfort.

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Scholarships in the Time of COVID-19: A Conversation with UW Madison

Connection Cafe

Keeping their students top of mind, UW-Madison also made an effort to shift other campus funds around to help meet the needs of their students who were not eligible for CARES Act funding. . Alania mentioned that many institutions who are doing this have said they’ll never go back to those in-person interviews.

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Donor Personas: How to Identify Your Unique Donor Audience

CauseVox

And for Oatly, that is on purpose; I am exactly the customer they have in mind. You see, I am a female in my late 20’s-early 30’s, living in an urban area, vegetarian, eco-conscious, middle class, and have been actively seeking plant based alternatives to milk that taste good and are kinder to animals and the planet.

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Participatory Grantmaking: I’m in! Now what?

sgEngage

Always be mindful of the burden you’re placing on applicants. Alternatively, you could forsake a participant application process in favor of shifting power immediately. DRF then reviewed nominees and selected advisors, using interviews and criteria for diversity. Consider how to ensure diversity among participants.

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How to Find a Volunteer SEO Specialist for Your Nonprofit’s Website

NonProfit Hub

Alternatively, this article from Google offers an informative guide to beginner’s SEO. So, if you don’t have a clear goal in mind then your SEO consultant will be able to help. Having a basic understanding of SEO will help you find the best volunteer SEO specialist for your charity. Research volunteer SEO specialists.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

I've been spending time recently interviewing people who run unusual cultural and learning venues. Both staff and visitors host TV programs in the space that range from interviews to game shows to salon chair ministries. Skill-sharing free schools. Community science workshops. Art spaces masquerading as laundromats and letterpresses.

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