Wed.Mar 02, 2016

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Fast Company: The CEO’s Guide To Building Diverse Teams (And Keeping Them That Way)

Amy Sample Ward

“By now there’s little disagreement, at least in principle, about the value of diversity, and there’s plenty of great conversation out there about how to make more diverse hires. But working with organizations of all sizes, I still see little real understanding about how to organize internally in order to benefit from diversity. It’s one thing to hire diverse employees, another to keep them around , and still another to build teams capable of actually utilizing all the be

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Tapping the Emotional: How to Use Facebook’s New Reactions Feature for Your Non-Profit’s Social Media Strategy

Byte Technology

This week Facebook rolled out—to great fanfare—its new Reactions feature, a very welcome addition that finally allows users to forgo the simple “like” button that, to be honest, doesn’t always fit the occasion. With the new Reactions option, we can now express “love,” “ha ha,” “wow,” “sad” and “angry” when responding to people’s posts, giving us the ability to share more of our feelings on a particular topic or subject and, hopefully, giving everyone the chance to foster more dialogue and become

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#MCON IS BACK!

Achieve

Looking back, I honestly can’t believe how much has happened since MCON’s debut. Five years ago our team set out to connect a community of thought leaders who were interested in social change and driven to turn their interest into action. In 2015, 20,000 of you joined us online while 300 of you attended in-person. You were a national trend on Twitter on both days, 89.2 million timeline deliveries and 78.1 million media impressions.

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[Guest Post] Engaging Your Major Gifts Officer

Donor Search

This blog focuses on the world of prospect research and various related fundraising topics. To diversify our subject matter, we like to feature the work of our friends and colleagues in the community. Join me in welcoming Casey Woodard of Casey Woodard Consulting.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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The 27 Challenges Managers Face

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Take a look at the list below. How many of these 27 management challenges are you facing right now? And, how many do you believe you'll face during the rest of this year? Going from peer to leader Coming from the outside to take over leadership of an existing team Bringing together an entirely new team Welcoming a new member to your existing team Helping an employee who has a hard time managing time Assisting an employee who needs help with interpersonal communication Getting an employee more or

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Engaging in the Moment: Leveraging Technology for Good

Connection Cafe

When was the last time you were unexpectedly and unreservedly inspired? How about deeply immersed in an experience— actually present and engaged? What made that moment so special and so memorable? In today’s world, where our devices seem to blur the lines between personal and professional, it’s easy to lose sight of the actual moment we are living in.

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What The Crowd Is Telling Us About P2P Fundraising

Connection Cafe

Crowdfunding, the practice of financing a cause or project by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people, has been around for a long time. When the American Committee for the Statue of Liberty ran out of funds for the statue’s pedestal in 1884, publisher Joseph Pulitzer used the communications platform of the day—newspapers—to urge readers to support the pedestal construction project.