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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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The Unanticipated Benefits of Content Curation: Build Staff Expertise and Reduce Information Overload

NTEN

They know the grapes, the winemaker and their techniques, and vintages. In addition, there are benefits for both nonprofit organizations and the people who work for them: Improve staff expertise: It used to be that we could be trained to do our work and we wouldn’t need to update and synthesize new information on a daily basis.

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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. Its best when they meet in their respective offices/cubicles.

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

Bloomerang

And so I’ve been so grateful to be able to help thousands of folks through my classes, through my courses, through one-on-one work, through training, conferences. What is the mack daddy of summer jobs for young people? It is the best job that a young person could probably have ever. What is the best possible job?

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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. What resources do you need to get the job done? Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees?