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New on SSIR: You can has memesez?

Amy Sample Ward

—– Last month, a pop song rose up the charts and quickly became number one on both the iTunes and Billboard Top 100 lists. The Sesame Street show teaches basic lessons through stories of characters in typical situations and common scenarios. the character, and the voice of the show. Plan for it to spread.

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Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Thursday, August 12, 2010 Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas Heres a great idea from communications consultant, speaker and author David Grossman : And, yes its old school. Grossman recommends that when you have something you want to get your employees input on, post a question on a flip chart in your department or office.

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Lots Of Lessons From Post-it Notes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Saturday, August 21, 2010 Lots Of Lessons From Post-it Notes There are lots of lessons tied to those canary yellow squares, called Post-it Notes -- how ideas and innovations can come from anyone on your team at any time. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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Communicate Often And Tell A Story

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Saturday, August 14, 2010 Communicate Often And Tell A Story "Most leaders visions fail, not due to a leaders inadequacies, but due to the leaders lack of communication," said Margaret Reynolds of Reynolds Consulting, LLC in Lees Summit, MO. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss.

Connection Cafe

Beth Kanter provides simple, yet super helpful advice on how your organization can keep track of aha moments, lessons, ideas, mistakes and experiences during events. Baldrick’s Foundation shares expert story-telling advice. Creating share-worthy content means understanding your audience and the story they want to tell.

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[VIDEO] Why You Should Ditch The Way You’ve Been Doing Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

But our strategic planning process doesn’t have a way to make adjustments quickly as we learn lessons from implementing our plans. . I’ll never forget the story of a now consultant, but executive director when we talked about like, “Well, what did you do for support or for help when you did this job?”

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Let Employees Learn From Their Mistakes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

If not, teach him what he needs to do differently to avoid the mistake from reoccurring. One of my favorite anonymous manager stories. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. Find out what he did or didnt do. Chances are he has already figured this out. His boss calls him in.