Wed.Aug 22, 2018

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Today's Leadership Quotes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Today's three leadership quotes come from Kristi Hedges , author of the book, The Power Of Presence. A vision will go nowhere unless the leader feels it in her bones. You don't lose your credibility from failure but from how you handle it. Executive presence means much more than making a fantastic first impression. It's about impressions made over time.

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A 5 Week Mid-Level Donor Boot Camp: Make Your Nonprofit’s Mid-Level Fundraising Program Great Again

Connection Cafe

Are you suffering from mid-level donor envy? More and more organizations are catching on to the importance of this generous and loyal tier of donors. For those of you looking to inject some mid-level love into your program, here’s a five-week DIY mid-level bootcamp. Now drop and give us 20. Opening Advice: First do no harm. In the inimitable words of Pema Chodron, start where you are.

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Listen Up Or Lose Out

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Although people generally spend about 50 percent more time listening than speaking, the average listener misses more than he or she takes in – about two-thirds of any spoken message. That’s the unnerving findings of Robert Bolton, PH. D. and Dorothy Grover Bolton, ED.M. , authors of the book, Listen Up or Lose Out. “Listening is not only the skill that lets you into the other person’s world; it is also the single most powerful move you can make to keep the conversation constructive” – Douglas St

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