Byte Technology

JULY 6, 2016

And if a particular message is vitally important, consider adding a “please confirm you received this email” note or something with similar verbiage to the bottom of your messages, and follow up with a phone call if you’re really nervous about the message being received.

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Byte Technology

JULY 28, 2016

By personalizing the message, you show that you care about the user or subscriber, and as humans we all respond to that level of attention. Already many of the big social media sites employ this tactic with subject lines such as “recommended just for you” or some similar verbiage, but it works for e-commerce companies and bloggers as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Designing and facilitating training (not matter the topic) is one of my passions and why I blog about it on a regular basis. Incorporating movement isn’t just about stretch breaks, think about ways that participants can do discussions and small group exercises while moving or walking around.

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See3

JULY 29, 2016

About seven months ago, See3 was officially named a B Corporation company. Since then, we’ve learned a lot about what it means and how it impacts our business. One thing is for sure: it’s more than a title. It’s a responsibility, a higher standard, and an opportunity to do business better. The mission of B […].

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 16, 2016

How do you go about questioning your own assumptions about the business? How do you get your team to do the same about their own assumptions? Do you push your reports to meet only the formal goals set for the team, or are there other goals that employees sometimes also strive to achieve?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 23, 2016

Maxwell's book, The 5 Levels of Leadership -- a book I believe should be a must-read for any workplace/organizational leader : Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team. Here are some of my favorites quotes from John C. Leadership is action, not position.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 8, 2016

You'll learn a lot about marketing from the book, Does it Work? , What also really caught my attention was the book's discussion about the elements of good culture. by Shane Atchison and Jason Burby. Most important, you'll discover their 10 principles for getting digital marketing right.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2016

After reading the articles while waiting to board my plane in SFO and noticing groups of young people walking around in groups using the Go Pokemon app in the airport, I decided to download the app and see what all the hype was about. This primer helped. Here’s a good analysis by Ralph Koster that Robert Scoble point out.

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Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2016

How about a warmer, fluffier article about Office 365 Nonprofit? I bring you: Kitties and 6 Things I Learned About Microsoft Office 365 from Linda Widdop and Sam Chenkin of Tech Impact while attending an Office 365 Forum. Literally. Yes, that's right. Office 365 and kitties! Let's get started, shall we?

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Gyrus

JULY 14, 2016

The game as it exists right now can be used as a Human Resources tool to endorse a healthy workplace, sessions of play could be organized once a week causing people to go outside together and communicate about who gets to catch what, which has turned into a positive interaction on college campuses across the United States.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 22, 2016

Egnal also explains that before you think about language you need to adopt a leader's mindset using these s ix principles : Begin with vision. When you think about leading in every interaction, you will not reserve the language of leadership for "command performance." Be courageous. Make it an everyday process. Be audience-centric.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2016

While writing The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout , we interviewed nonprofit professionals about how they have changed bad work habits or replaced them with better routines. The Importance of Accountability and Habit Change. Wendy Harman, Daily Questions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2016

Drucker provides the following good advice in one of my favorite book's of his, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization :" Every mission statement has to reflect three things : Opportunities Competence Commitment In other words, he explains: What is our purpose? Author Peter F. Why do we do what we do?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 20, 2016

Debate commonly held ideas or question assumptions about your work or business. Visit places where you will encounter unfamiliar people, cultures, or ideas. Spend time with coworkers in your organization with different roles. Imagine a situation in which you (or your organization) could no longer work the same way -- what would you do?

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 7, 2016

In episode one, we sat down with digital marketing expert John Haydon to have a conversation about the changing landscapes of social media fundraising. It’s about relationships. Think about the legendary ALS Ice Bucket Challenge – you remember people dousing themselves, not publicly writing a check to the ALS Association.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 7, 2016

In episode one, we sat down with digital marketing expert John Haydon to have a conversation about the changing landscapes of social media fundraising. It’s about relationships. Think about the legendary ALS Ice Bucket Challenge – you remember people dousing themselves, not publicly writing a check to the ALS Association.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2016

Team members can also disagree and still care about each other. High-functioning and effective teams can disagree and still produce excellent products and results. And, they can challenge each other to think differently. Best-selling leadership book authors Scott J.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2016

Realize that people can tell more about you by the depth of your questions than by the quality of your statements. Focus on making bad relationships good and good relationships better. Look for new ways of reinventing the workflow in light of your company's changing needs. Think relationship first, transaction second.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 7, 2016

I had about a thousand of those moments at MCON —the place was oozing with positive energy. There’s still confusion about what social media can be used for, or its place in a communication strategy, but more and more we’re seeing that social, at its core, allows us to do one thing: connect. You must provide clear calls to action.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 25, 2016

Ever wondered about the do's and don'ts of writing a: Business Apology Letter of Recommendation Job Advertisement Interview Follow-up Press Release Executive Summary Collection Letter Resignation Letter.then, the book, How To Write Anything: A Complete Guide is for you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2016

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 18, 2016

Being really clear about your goal will help attract more support because people will be able to easily understand what you’re raising money for. The problem is that so many Fundraisers are so focused on the money that they forget about the relationship. Right alongside donor retention, you need to think about donor acquisition.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 22, 2016

You love learning more and more about the work if it is the right work for you. The right work for you is easy for you to learn and easy to do. In many cases, you learned it automatically, without thought or effort. When you are engrossed in this work, the hours fly past.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2016

In their book, Millennials Who Manage , authors Chip Espinoza and Joel Schwarzbart , quote Donna Hicks 's explanation about how dignity is different from respect. Dignity is different from respect in that it is not based on how people perform, what they can do for us, or their likability. Dignity is a feeling of inherent value and worth.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 19, 2016

Courageously leads the changes without falter while being open and honest about his or her own fears and challenges along the change journey. Connects personally with individuals to "onboard" them to the changes and provides the framework for how the changes will happen.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 5, 2016

Think about it – what sorts of imagery come to mind when you think of somebody who possesses a persuasive quality? For example: Chatting with somebody at a fundraising event who is on the fence about your organization. Now let’s talk about how to do it. Persuasion gets a bad rap, and it’s time to change that.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 25, 2016

Last week, we talked about the reasons nonprofits are failing at follow-through in Part I of the series. When you think about resources that your nonprofit needs, I challenge you to think about what will have the best return on investment. While for nonprofits it’s not always cut and dry, ROI is something to think about.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2016

No small task, especially when talking about a process that typically spans months and involves many participants. What, if anything, about it needs to change? Too often, web developers are kept in the dark about things (like brand strategy) they need to know. A Complex, Multidisciplinary Process. Putting It to Work.

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BoardAssist

JULY 15, 2016

Still on the fence about starting a junior board for your nonprofit? We thought we understood how SEO worked, and mistakenly thought how quickly folks found us online was largely about having certain keywords and tags on our website. Millennials are terrific self-starters that don’t need or want a lot of hand-holding.

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Gyrus

JULY 28, 2016

So much so, we here at Gyrus tend to talk about it… a lot. Mobile Learning – Is it Finally Viable? Mobile Learning has been a cool shining beacon in the learning industry for quite a while now.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 20, 2016

Make sure you listen : Remember, getting feedback is about improving your performance, not turning it into a “you versus them” mentality. By not asking, you’re missing out on opportunities for deep feedback: the difficult, critical feedback that gives you constructive ways to improve. Your reaction is critical.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2016

“ Why is it that everyone seems to complain about them but continue to be widely used on websites? Here are two reasons why: Users often come to websites to read about something specific. Tell them exactly what they are about to do. But the question you should ask is “ do they work? It’s because they actually work.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2016

Mistake #3 – It's All About Me. When Jesus went about sowing seeds and making disciples, he did it by calling people by name. We should fill our social network with people who are most likely to receive our message. We need to be selective and targeted. We need a strategy.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 7, 2016

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about social media it’s this: It’s all about human connection. Virtually every social media platform was first created for and because of human connections. Facebook was started to connect friends in college and grew to connect families and friends. Twitter began as a way to connect with influencers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 31, 2016

So, the next time two employees are at odds, or when one department complains about another department within your organization, take the time to listen to all sides of the situation to discover the truth that's in the middle. Send A Written Thank You Note Nearly all employees want to do both a good job and please their supervisor.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2016

Each foundation will make its own choices about what slices appeal to them. About the Authors. That includes the signatories of the letter to funders, but also many, many other organizations. We don't speak for anyone but ourselves, but we also know we represent just a slice of the infrastructure.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2016

But how do millennials use social media to engage with the social issues they care about, specifically during a presidential election year? Facebook was by far the most popular social media platform respondents used to post about or engage with social issues online, as indicated by 88 percent of millennials.

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