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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. As Albert Einstein espoused: “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.”

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What Nonprofit Professionals Need to Know about the Brain

Connection Cafe

Additionally, I have been doing research on the brain for years and am an expert on the brain of teenagers, and on how stress impacts the brain. How the brain impacts our clients. Living in poverty has physical manifestations that start in the brain. How the brain impacts our staff.

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Member Round Up: Brain science in fundraising, website tips, and Do Good Data 2013!

NTEN

Another familiar voice is that of Dan Pallotta whose keynote address at the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference earlier this year spawned passionate discussions amongst the nptech community, including a recent insightful post by Peter Campbell on his blog Techcafeteria, The Pallotta Problem.

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Thursday Thoughts: attracting passionate nonprofit advocates

EveryAction

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here ! Don’t spread yourself thin playing where you can’t win.

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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. As Albert Einstein espoused: “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.”

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People Want To Belong To Your Nonprofit’s Community

Bloomerang

And how you should never feel bad about asking someone for a philanthropic gift, because it delivers a shot of dopamine that lights up the pleasure center of their brains. This will solidify and amplify the knowledge, beliefs, values and traditions you all share. Alas, this feeling is short-lived. So, you need to do more.

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How To Create An Optimistic And Positive Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Joy can open brains to better see connections and various options to solve work problems. The usefulness of creativity and innovation at the workplace is linked to increasing employees' knowledge and skills. There's value to experiencing joy at work. Joy is about playing. Doing good is good for business.

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