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Top Interview Questions For Hiring a Major Gifts Officer

Allegiance Group

But not all of these may be immediately on display when you’re interviewing someone – so you have to ask the right questions to find out! Below is a comprehensive list of far more questions than you’ll likely be able (or want) to ask, broken into sections covering some of the most important aspects of major gifts work.

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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

And making too many personal sacrifices, wanting to leave your job, and having a bad or cynical attitude about your work. Workers with specific EI skills know how to successfully cope with stressful work environments and experiences. Ask your manager for a change in your work conditions. Managing yourself. Understanding others.

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What can nonprofit technology trainers learn from the social work field to improve their training techniques?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. I also learned a lot working along side Nancy Smyth , Dean of the School of Social Work. I was even lucky enough to coax Nancy into an impromptu role play to model some of the techniques.

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Lessons From CEOs On How To Start Well And Perform Quickly As The New CEO

Eric Jacobsen Blog

“What you won’t find is a book that specifically covers the challenge you face now: the CEO transition – a period that covers your first 6–12 months in the role , which is often the most challenging and crucial time for a company and its new leader.” They will work to ensure both you and the organization are set up for success.

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Interview with NTEN's Community Program Coordinator

NTEN

This month''s theme is building community, on and offline - a perfect time to interview Bethany about her inspiration for working in nonprofit technology and more! I don’t love the term “accidental techie” but I certainly didn’t start my career with the notion that technology would end up playing such a large part in my work.

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How to Support People When Sharing Their Individual Stories

The Storytelling Non-profit

In our roles as non-profit storytellers, we often need others to tell us their stories so that we have material to work with. Arguably one of the most important steps in collecting individual stories is interviewing someone about their story. Story interviews can bring up all kinds of memories and emotions.

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How To Embrace Creative Tensions To Solve Tough Problems

Eric Jacobsen Blog

How do I balance work and life? It will teach you how to navigate these types of paradoxes more effectively. His work still inspires us and helps bring the Paradox System to life: Assumptions – change the question. Polman had distinct metrics, targets, and roles to separate financial and social targets and track each.

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