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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chip Conley was the keynote speaker at last week’s Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp and one thing that he said that has been stuck in my head is: “ You can have a job, a career, or calling “ The latter, a calling, is when you can tap into an internal motivation that fuels and inspires you. It resonated.

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Plan Monthly Job Learning Days

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Plan Monthly Job Learning Days Having your employees learn more about what their fellow employees do is invaluable. When everyone knows how each job/position on your team fits together, your team can accomplish so much more. What resources do you need to get the job done?

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

Bloomerang

I mean, she’s a CFRE and she even teaches a CFRE class. So I can tell y’all that stuff, y’all, but I’ll tell you my most important job and how I really, really learned to hone my leadership skills was as solo mama to this teen who, my friends, she has the mack daddy of all summer jobs. In the house.

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Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Positive feedback focuses on the specifics of job performance. Worse yet, without positive feedback, employees feel no sense that they are appreciated as individual talents with specific desires to learn and grow on the job and in their careers, reports Nicholas Nigro, author of, The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book.

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Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Monday, August 30, 2010 Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty A 2010 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management shows that job security is what matters most to employees. And, having that job security helps to keep employees loyal. Okay, thats really not too surprising during these times of high unemployment.

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Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

A survey recently completed by the job-placement firm Manpower that found 84 percent of employees intend to look around for a new job this year, and that is up from 60 percent last year. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. What resources do you need to get the job done?

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Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership: 70 New Year's.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Teach something new to your team 24. Use job descriptions 55. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. What resources do you need to get the job done? Praise when compliments are earned 19. Be decisive 20. Reward the doers 53.