.orgSource

MARCH 14, 2023

Their experiences involved unprecedented social and industry challenges that nothing could have prepared them to meet. Our members were privileged to hear their reflections on a unique time in their organizations’ history and how the pandemic’s impact reshaped their future. The abrupt switch to remote work was a global challenge.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 27, 2021

Leave it to leadership and communications expert, David Grossman , to decide to write a book called, Heart First, Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything. Heart First is engaging, inspirational and packed with powerful stories of lessons learned by a wealth of leaders with diverse backgrounds.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 21, 2022

We learned important personal and professional lessons through the trials and sprints of the last two years: resiliency, the importance and interdependence of our personal and community safety nets, our boundaries, and awareness of our respective privileges and challenges.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Very few of us ever learned how to be present with another person, to ignore internal and external noise and distractions, and to connect and converse with others in useful or collaborative ways,” affirm the authors of the new book, Bridge The Gap: Breakthrough Communication Tools To Transform Work Relationships From Challenging To Collaborative.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 20, 2023

I possess a great sense of humor, and whenever I find myself in challenging or unconventional situations, my instinct is to laugh. This approach is a lesson I’ve inherited from my grandparents, who, when faced with problems, would mock the issues and find humor in them. What is your favorite thing about working at fusionSpan?

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Nonprofits whose organizational cultures encourage outreach and relationship building are already laying the foundational groundwork of high-performing collaboration. Adaptive, transparent, and risk-averse cultures are better prepared to work across boundaries, engage in strategic planning, and participate in teamwork,” as John Bryson said.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

It is really inspiring to see philanthropic and nonprofit professional engaging in public conversations about these challenges, and even more inspiring to see them taking action to create positive changes. Lessons Learned from Two Decades in Philanthropy. Evaluating a Culture. Employee Pressure Will Help Redefine CSR in 2019.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

As the field of volunteer engagement has become more professionalized and as organizations grow and mature, many that historically benefited from auxiliaries now recognize some of the challenges inherent in these relationships. Lessons from the Field. A Path to Change. Mapping the Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2017

The subject matter, of course, the effective use of digital and networks that is holistic and that incorporates on culture change, innovation, and collaboration skills. Dearth of resources/cultural practices around curriculum sharing. And how could MobLab best support the creation and/or health of that ecosystem?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2013

We discussed what the reaction to failure does to us as individuals and how it can create a risk-adverse culture in our nonprofits. Many of the 1500 people in the room at NTC agree with us, but the challenge is when they go back to the office – culture change is needed. More about that later.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 16, 2021

Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s Crisis Challenges + Shifts. Time was of the essence to respond to the challenges swiftly and remain an invaluable asset to the Jewish community online. Most innovation happens when you least expect it,” Jordan reflected. Zero to Three’s Crisis Challenges + Shifts. When would daycares reopen?

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 4, 2021

Corporate event team builders are an essential way to build a strong team culture and can significantly improve team morale. As company culture evolves, every business needs to pay more attention to growing their team’s cohesiveness and camaraderie. If it’s too challenging, then they will consider it to work.

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Qgiv

JUNE 13, 2023

Boards that reflect the diversity of their community are more likely to have an accurate gauge on the issues impacting your community—combatting the effects of group think and helping your nonprofit develop strong programs that are highly effective. In it, author Heather McGhee shares some lessons that Americans have failed to learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , we devote an entire chapter to something we called "Learning Loops" which is a combination of tracking and monitoring in real time as a project unfolds, but also incorporates a process of reflection at the end of the project to the next experiment. . Tags: reflection scholar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I really enjoy teaching in different cultural contexts and observing different learning styles and approaches to working for a nonprofit. While many of the challenges for embracing a networked mindset and implementing a digital strategy that makes use of social media channels are similar for US nonprofits, there were some unique differences.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2022

It’s our great privilege at Forum One to not only work with some of the best nonprofits, cultural intuitions, and government agencies around, but also to learn from them, and extend their expertise to the broader community of mission-driven organizations. What do we need to do differently, better? What do we need to cut out or start?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 24, 2011

We’d like to share a few of our major aims and reflect a bit on some lessons learned that we hope will guide our approach in the future and prove helpful to others designing competitions, challenges, and prize giveaways online – in particular those focused on social benefit and public service.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The morning had two segments, beginning with content and small group exercises on several themes from the Networked Nonprofit including culture change , transparency , and simplicity. Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. Some Reflections. The Challenge of Transfer.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

To truly move the needle towards ameliorating social challenges throughout the world, we must revisit the efficacy of what has been measured and how. This is a cultural shift that involves everyone; nonprofit leaders and staff, board members, volunteers, donors, foundation leaders, members of the public and others.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 5, 2022

The pandemic has forced us to check ourselves, slow down, and even to pause time and space to reflect on the lives we were leading,” says O’Neil. Recently, O’Neil shared these additional insights and advice with us: Question: What inspired you to write a book about your challenges and conflicts? It is life. It is messy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

You’ll learn what truly matters to be a successful leader and you’ll discover a clear roadmap for succeeding in these seven critical challenges – the CEO test : Can you develop a simple plan for your strategy? Can you make the culture real—and matter? Can you build teams that are true teams? Can you lead transformation?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The pandemic has forced us to check ourselves, slow down, and even to pause time and space to reflect on the lives we were leading,” says O’Neil. Today, O’Neil shares these additional insights and advice with us: Question: What inspired you to write a book about your challenges and conflicts? It is life. It is messy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2021

The pandemic has forced us to check ourselves, slow down, and even to pause time and space to reflect on the lives we were leading,” says O’Neil. Today, O’Neil shares these additional insights and advice with us: What inspired you to write a book about your challenges and conflicts? O’Neil : My knee-jerk reaction is that I was lost.

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Care2

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Blackbaud’s annual conference was this week and nonprofit staff converged on #bbcon12 to ask questions, share lessons learned, and learn together. One reason we don’t often reflect on is that people find it meaningful and enriching to support you. Be mindful of cultural challenges.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 31, 2022

It’s absolutely critical to know this information so that we can design the College around our students’ needs and ensure our marketing and communications efforts reflect their experiences, goals, and needs. . Utilize marketing to better reflect the diversity of your student body. . 5 Key Tips for Making R&A More Accessible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2012

During the conference, “a small army of guest bloggers [and] grantmakers, who [attended GEO] posted their reflections on the session and LIP in general on my blog. These are here: Bridge Building or Trust Busting: A Warts-and-All Reflection on “Learning in Public”? Learning in Public Challenges and Actions. What made it great?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Our human rights team is expanding and taking on new and exciting challenges. Even more broadly: can AI be transformed rapidly enough to meet the many new challenges to human rights? It will be exciting to observe how AI continues to transform itself in the future as the challenges to human rights evolve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2017

The nature of today’s nonprofit workplace – fast paced and heavy workloads – makes it nearly impossible to find the reflective time to put together a learning plan and implement it. They need organizations with a culture that can help them thrive guest post by Kari Dunn Saratovsky, Third Plateau.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2021

Volunteers are navigating their own personal scenarios, safety and security making it more challenging to serve. arts & culture institutions) may have even experienced a drop in donations compared to 2019. Here are three of our lessons from 2020: Know your “why.” This is often wise advice, but can lead to mission drift.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 28, 2016

Do you feel Cultural Intelligence (CQ) should be a core competency incorporated in hiring practices? As a graduate of any leadership program, how do you intend to carry forward and/or implement shared ideas, skills developed, resources acquired and lessons learned to benefit your community? Cultural Intelligence by Julia Middleton.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

Dan’s philanthropy – spirited, timely, meaningful, knowing, and selfless – taught me an important lesson about capacity-building: That with just a little guidance and support, individuals, nonprofits, and their networks are capable of doing extraordinary things in their communities. Networks Organizational Culture Philanthropy'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

It's not easy to do because it requires balancing action with reflection. On an organizational level, incorporating this approach may be easy or hard depending your organization's culture. Creating a Culture of Giving in Your Network This is my 7th personal fundraising campaign. This is reiterative learning. And, it did.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The focus of Eugene's work with this network was to better understand its community, the most promising group practices, and have an open discussion that would facilitate learning and interaction among these leaders who were miles apart, spoke different languages, and had Internet access challenges. We knew what was coming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned. As an outside observer, the lessons that I took away from this effort were: Having people change their avatar to a pea photo gave a visual clue to the campaign and helped it spread. They got enough comments in two hours to fill a truck.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 17, 2015

Last week, I sat on the jury for the first Cultural Innovation International Prize given by the Center for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona , and this week, I'm offering a workshop for museum professionals across Poland participating together in a "Museum Lab" in Warsaw. Including some very real stories and reflections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

It is a useful technique for creating a more responsive, flexible organizational culture as well as coming up with more innovative ideas for programs and grants that are a good fit. The first technique I used to get at individual understanding of the design challenge. How do we leverage the “rain” of culture change?3.

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