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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

Get Fully Funded

” “The conversation easily gets off-track, and before you know it, 30 minutes have passed and we haven’t even discussed important business because we’ve gotten off on a tangent again.” There are two things that can help A LOT here: organizational by-laws and Board member job descriptions. Everything! You know David.

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Community Building begins with Community Organizing

Amy Sample Ward

But both the community and your organization want to see certain laws passed, things improved, programs created or groups supported. If you’re making connections and supporting conversations across the network, you’re helping the community create strong ties that will not require your time and energy to maintain. Transparency.

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Community-Driven Social Impact: Presentation, Case Studies, and Workshop

Amy Sample Ward

Often times the community’s ideas or needs are shared in ways that require translation, of sorts—someone that can bridge the community and organization, listening to the conversations and identifying the opportunities for the organization. What’s the foundation of CDSI? The first step: Who’s your community? Strive to Be Replaced.

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How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. So, here is a good reminder from author Sharon Armstrong about how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls.

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Good Sample Business Principles

Eric Jacobsen Blog

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Make conversation with your team. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around.

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

Bloomerang

So the question here is, you know, when you look at your workflow, how much of your time is spent actually having these face-to-face conversations with your donors? . The volunteer did not ask for money, but they had a nice pleasant half-hour conversation. . What’s the optimal division of time in that conversation? .

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How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder.

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