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Design by the User, with Inspiration from New York Fashion Week

Forum One

Involving users at each stage of creation—from discovery to low-fi design to product usability testing—brings emerging ideas to the table and amplifies the voices of those at the front lines of health, the environment, education, and all the global issues our work centers.

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How To Unlock The Wisdom Of Your Stellar Performers

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The book, The Star Factor , shows you a unique system for unlocking the wisdom of your stellar performers and transforming that knowledge into actionable steps to help other employees internalize these new attitudes and behaviors. They also outline the four phases of affirmative leadership : Discover - identifying your stars.

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How To Discover What Your Top Performers Do Differently

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The new book, The Star Factor , shows you a unique system for unlocking the wisdom of your stellar performers and transforming that knowledge into actionable steps to help other employees internalize these new attitudes and behaviors. They also outline the four phases of affirmative leadership : Discover - identifying your stars.

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15+ Things You’ll Take Away From The Digital Fundraising Summit This Year

CauseVox

Why you should attend: You’ll walk away from this workshop knowing exactly what you need to do to launch your individual giving into its next phase…and you’ll discover pre-made tools that will allow you to focus more on outcomes and less on how to get it all done. Kelly McLaughlin will share it all with you. It’s been a long year.

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

People take the ideas and start to do things with the idea – this phase is crucial in a new paradigm. Each story enters a Sense Making System (a web service and software provided by Cognitive Edge, a global network of practitioners dedicated to helping create meaning and sense in complex situations). Then comes isolated action.

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[VIDEO] You’ve Been Let Go From Your Nonprofit Job – Now What?

Bloomerang

And in the early phases of the pandemic last year, I was first indefinitely furloughed and a few weeks later my position was completely eliminated from my employer. It’s yes and no because I was let go in phases. I like that attitude and the way you framed it. Lisa: So my answer is different. Mimosa: Absolutely.

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System Error: Stanford Professors Tackle Tech Disruption and Democracy

Non Profit Quarterly

Rob Reich: Big philanthropy is an exercise of power, and wherever there is concentrated power in a democratic society, the civic attitude toward it should be scrutiny, not gratitude. We focus on what is required to build a more just society—in matters of race, health, the environment, and the economy. I’m Amy Costello.

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