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Want To Be a Leader? Get to Know Yourself

.orgSource

i nternal self-awareness , represents how clearly we see our own values, passions, aspirations, fit with our environment, reactions (including thoughts, feelings, behaviors, strengths, and weaknesses), and impact on others. If you don’t already have a professional support system, I urge you to find objective advisors. “The first.

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Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Sometimes the simple act of acknowledging how challenging a moment is – and then finding ways to better support employees during a chaotic time – goes a long way toward building a connection and a shared sense of purpose for a team. That helped me know how to support them and how to build an even stronger sense of teamwork for the agency.

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Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

Tech Soup

That's why TechSoup supports a global network of tech trainers called NetSquared. Boston, Massachusetts: Monthly Pitch Night | BostonSpeaks/Impact Hub Open Project Night. Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated.

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Start 2017 by Building Your Tech Skills and Community

Tech Soup

They come to us looking for practical tips and a supportive community. San Francisco, California: Impact Investing 101: Panel Discussion. Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! We also learned that. Most NetSquared participants come from small "startup" nonprofits with no budget and no staff. Tuesday, January 24, 2017.

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NetSquared in May: Healthy as an Ox

Tech Soup

Our organizers hold monthly offline events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact. They offer an opportunity to convene locally to share ideas, learn from one another and collaborate on projects for real world impact. ’s support of the Keystone XL project. Singapore: Health UP hackathon.

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Senior Volunteering: Burden or Benefit?

ASU Lodestar Center

Most importantly, the organization needs to be willing to provide support to help the volunteers do their work. Singapore, 2007. ^ [5] Corporation for National and Community Service. ^ [6] Newman, Sally, Jyotsna Vasudev and Roland Onawola. Older Volunteers' Perceptions of Impacts of Volunteering on Their Psychological Well-being."

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This post was based on a post developed by Rob Paterson three weeks ago, as we seek to design a pilot project in support of an important multi-constituent project Rob is helping to guide. Without being able to tell our own story well we will not get the financial support we need. Courtesy of Jon Husband, publisher of Wirearchy.

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