What ‘Star Trek’ Can Teach Us About Nonprofits
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 24, 2024
Some nonprofits act like they exist outside the market economy, but a lesson from "Star Trek" can help your nonprofit embrace reality.
What the Vietnam War and the Stockdale Paradox Can Teach Us About How to Face 2022
The MatrixFiles
JANUARY 4, 2022
Jim Collins , the author of several of my favorite business books ( Built to Last and Good to Great ), got to know Admiral Stockdale at Stanford University many years ago. The post What the Vietnam War and the Stockdale Paradox Can Teach Us About How to Face 2022 appeared first on The MatriX Files.
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The Life And Business Lessons My Father Taught Me
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DECEMBER 31, 2023
Each year at this time, I reflect on the valuable lessons my father taught me that have served me well in business and in life - including lessons I learned when I didn't at the time necessarily realize I was learning from him. He loved even more to teach. Really, he was just a great listener. Educate - My Dad's passion was education.
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Creating an Omnichannel Marketing Experience with Teach For America and Salesforce Interaction Studio
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MARCH 29, 2022
Teach For America (TFA) is an education nonprofit that recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding leaders who make an initial two-year commitment to teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in the effort to end educational inequity. Reimagining Business Processes. Written by Blake Becker.
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Five Must-Read Business Books To Read This Summer
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JULY 9, 2023
Stumped for what business books to add to your summer reading list? Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. What's The Future Of Business? WTF?) -- Changing The Way Businesses Create Experiences.
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Teach An Employee Something New Today
Eric Jacobsen Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2019
Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology. Be a leader who teaches.
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Be A Leader Who Teaches
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MAY 1, 2019
Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology. Be a leader who teaches.
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Be A Leader Who Teaches
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology. Be a leader who teaches.
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5 Leadership And Business Books To Read This Winter
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JANUARY 16, 2021
Stumped for what leadership and business books to add to your winter reading list? Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. What's The Future Of Business? Edited by Edward T. His advice?
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How To Use The CPR Business Efficiency Framework To Eliminate A Team's Pain Points
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MARCH 31, 2023
In Nick Sonnenberg’s book, Come Up For Air , you’ll learn about his CPR Business Efficiency Framework , which stands for: C ommunication P lanning R esources This framework focuses on eliminating the pain points most teams experience by optimizing these three operation areas foundational to every organization. “In
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Teach An Employee Something New Today
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FEBRUARY 17, 2013
Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology. Be a leader who teaches.
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Be A Leader Who Teaches
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Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology. Be a leader who teaches.
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Teach An Employee Something New Today
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Teach An Employee Something New Today
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Teach Something New To An Employee Today
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Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology. Be a leader who teaches.
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DECEMBER 1, 2014
that produced dozens of stories about what local small businesses on Main Street’s across America do that can inspire big businesses on Wall Street – or Madison Avenue megabrands, or enterprise of any size -- in today’s economy. What surprises about small business did you learn during your road trips?
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How To Win More Business
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“Business development is the craft of finding the right prospect and then designing the perfect buying experience for that prospect,” explains Mo Bunnell , the author of, The Snowball System: How to Win More Business and Turn Clients into Raving Fans. Bringing in more of the kind of business you want begins with your value proposition.
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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
For those of us who also focused on training, instruction, and professional learning for nonprofits, the New Media Consortium , has been charting the landscape of emerging technologies in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry on a global scale for the past ten years.
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How To Strengthen Both EX and CX Simultaneously
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JANUARY 7, 2024
The book’s teachings are based on exclusive research from two Salesforce studies of thousands of employees and c-suite executives around the globe, and further validated by hundreds of executive conversations and other industry research. Closer employee alignment with business goals. Greater employee satisfaction with leadership.
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Business And Life Lessons My Father Taught Me
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JUNE 17, 2017
What he taught me has served me well in business and in life. So, I thank my dad for teaching me the following business and life lessons : Listen - Growing up, I thought my Dad was perhaps shy or quiet. He loved even more to teach. Thank you, Dad, for teaching me these valuable lessons by setting such a good example.
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How To Strengthen Both Your Customer And Employee Experience In Tandem
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The book’s teachings are based on exclusive research from two Salesforce studies of thousands of employees and c-suite executives around the globe, and further validated by hundreds of executive conversations and other industry research. Closer employee alignment with business goals. Greater employee satisfaction with leadership.
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What Improvisation Can Teach Social Change Leaders
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I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people. This exercise was teaching us to be open to change.
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Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2017
That's because, according to co-authors Krissi and Dan Barr , dogs can teach humans a lot about leadership. Today, Krissi shares these additional insights leadership from her book: Krissi Barr Question : How can leaders demonstrate and instill loyalty in a fast-changing, ferociously competitive business world and the age of free agents?
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4 Ways to Boost Your Nonprofit’s Digital Storytelling with WhatsApp
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MAY 8, 2020
By Elizabeth Ngonzi , is an Adjunct Faculty at New York University Center for Global Affairs where she teaches Digital Storytelling, Innovation and Fundraising. By obtaining a free WhatsApp for Business Account and managing it on the desktop version, a nonprofit can integrate WhatsApp into its storytelling toolbox. 3) Business Profile.
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Certainly, Shine is a book for entrepreneurs, however, it is bound to benefit any business leader. The 10 Disciplines teach you how they can lay a foundation that creates space in your busy life for you to consistently and optimally perform and achieve your inner peace. “I Entrepreneurs often have a burning need to succeed.
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How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish?
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JULY 13, 2011
How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish? When thinking about fundraising, many nonprofits and funders believe in the old adage, “Give a person a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a person to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” What you think? Guest post by Paul Connolly. In a vacuum, it can be marginal.
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Eric Jacobsen Blog
JUNE 15, 2014
But, what my father taught me has served me well in business and in life. On this Father''s Day , I thank my dad for teaching me the following business and life lessons : Listen - Growing up, I thought my Dad was perhaps shy or quiet. He loved even more to teach. A few weeks prior to 9/11. That time is still a blur to me.
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Eric Jacobsen Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016
My first barrier was that if I was going to write a second book about how to craft a business story, I had to admit that I hadn’t done that perfectly well already in the first book, so there would be room to improve on it. Paul Smith is one of the world’s leading experts on business storytelling. It didn’t take long).
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40 The Lessons Learned From Small Businesses
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2014
that produced dozens of stories about what local small businesses on Main Street’s across America do that can inspire big businesses on Wall Street – or Madison Avenue megabrands, or enterprise of any size -- in today’s economy. What surprises about small business did you learn during your road trips?
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Learn MBA Skills In 12 Weeks
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FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Getting an MBA takes time and money, making it inaccessible to many people who want to take charge in the business world. The 12-Week MBA offers an alternative way to learn business essentials by focusing on the skills and knowledge required to succeed as both a manager and a business leader.
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Business And Life Lessons My Father Taught Me
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JUNE 29, 2016
What he taught me has served me well in business and in life. So, I thank my dad for teaching me the following business and life lessons : Listen - Growing up, I thought my Dad was perhaps shy or quiet. He loved even more to teach. Thank you, Dad, for teaching me these valuable lessons by setting such a good example.
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Five Leadership And Business Books To Read This Fall
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Stumped for what business books to add to your fall reading list? Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. What's The Future Of Business? WTF?) -- Changing The Way Businesses Create Experiences.
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40 Leadership Lessons From Women Who Mean Business
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MAY 10, 2015
Every year, the Kansas City Business Journal honors 25 women business leaders in the Kansas City metro in its " Women Who Mean Business " awards competition. Attitude is something you can't teach." Attitude is something you can't teach." I've learned when I'm angry to walk away, calm down.
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How To Strengthen Both The Employee And The Customer Experience In Concert
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JUNE 5, 2023
The book’s teachings are based on exclusive research from two Salesforce studies of thousands of employees and c-suite executives around the globe, and further validated by hundreds of executive conversations and other industry research. Closer employee alignment with business goals. Greater employee satisfaction with leadership.
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52 How To Use Improv In Business
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MARCH 7, 2017
"It is a driving passion of mine to get people to understand that improv skills can be effectively translated into the business world with powerful results," says Bob Kulhan , veteran improv performer, university professor, and author of the fascinating new book, Getting To "Yes And": The Art of Business Improv. and "Yes, but." "Yes,
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6 Reasons SEO Is Important to Nonprofits and Why
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APRIL 12, 2019
Once they find you and are engaged, you can teach them your language. Mullets, the iconic 80s hairstyle, are known as business in the front, party in the back. Use your keywords in front (the business), and the rest of the headline (the party) in the back. Lead with keywords and people will follow.
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Business And Life Lessons My Father Taught Me
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JUNE 19, 2015
But, what my father taught me has served me well in business and in life. On this Father's Day , I thank my dad for teaching me the following business and life lessons : Listen - Growing up, I thought my Dad was perhaps shy or quiet. He loved even more to teach. A few weeks prior to 9/11. That time remains a blur to me.
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6 Road Trips Reveal Critical Lessons For Business Success
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JULY 2, 2014
that produced dozens of stories about what local small businesses on Main Street’s across America do that can inspire big businesses on Wall Street – or Madison Avenue megabrands, or enterprise of any size -- in today’s economy. What surprises about small business did you learn during your road trips?
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Four Business Books To Read In 2017
Eric Jacobsen Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2016
To find the best business, communications and leadership books to add to my "to read" list for 2017, I reached out to some of the best experts in the field. The Elegant Pitch teaches that and does it well," says Paul. I loved the gripping military stories but also the business tie-ins. Individuals I admire and respect.
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Taking The Stage Is The Newest Handbook For Business Women And Their Supporters
Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Jossey-Bass Judith Humphrey Taking The Stage Women In Business Women Leaders' We were born with voices -- loud, penetrating voices - and there is absolutely no reason why women should feel obliged to surrender those voices in the face of obstacles," adds Humphrey.
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Embracing Intrapreneurship: A Nonprofit Game Changer
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APRIL 12, 2024
The intrapreneurial mindset–acknowledged as a big deal in the business world – might be even more essential in the social impact space, where resources are often limited but the need for effective solutions is vast. Trust me–we’ve been busy! But our Chief Operating Officer, Danielle Parker, took the intrapreneurial path.
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12 free nonprofit books to help you achieve year-end fundraising success
Candid
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The Ask: How to Ask for Support for Your Nonprofit Cause, Creative Project, or Business Venture by Laura Fredricks. This book can teach you how to incorporate a storytelling framework into your communications that shows supporters how they are the true heroes in advancing your cause. The hardest part of fundraising is making the ask.
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Lessons From CEOs On How To Start Well And Perform Quickly As The New CEO
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MAY 6, 2024
Fortunately, Wiggins’s new book, The New CEO , fills that educational gap by teaching you the 10 components that make for a successful CEO transition – whether you are a newly announced or newly appointed CEO. These 10 components inform the chapters within the book. Get the message right: what you say, and how you say it, sets the whole tone.
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67 Is Entitlement Killing Your Business?
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JANUARY 17, 2014
Entitlement is "killing your business," says author Brad Hams. They can do it by utilizing the core principals of Ownership Thinking: The Right Education : Teaching employees the fundamentals of business and finance, how their company makes money, and how they add (or take away) value.
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