VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Deborah shares, “The 2022 season has kicked off and I have a powerhouse team of 13 skilled volunteers. With returning leadership, she has built in continuity along with the fresh ideas from new volunteers. Interested in engaging skills-based and leadership volunteers? Here are a few tips: 1.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

Brad Jacobs’ new book provides you a treasure-trove of leadership lessons from a man with more than four decades of CEO and serial entrepreneur experience. But nothing—I repeat, nothing—could be worse for your decision-making skills than that feeling of being invincible.” Disagree, but disagree respectfully.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Writing job descriptions is essential to building your nonprofit’s organizational structure and ensuring that employees understand their responsibilities. Job descriptions outline what is expected for employees to do their best work. Make Adjustments As Needed Job Description vs. Job Posting: What’s the Difference?

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.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

For example, the answer to the question “Tell me about a project that you’re proud of” usually gets more weight in a job interview than the response to “Describe what you like best and least about your most recent position.” Of course, it’s important to consider skills. The key to leadership in the digital age is empathy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2014

Are leadership skills different for emerging “Millennial” leaders than for people from different generations? There’s an excellent summary by the study’s authors in this post, “ Preparing Millennials for Leadership Success ,” the tips include: 1. Flickr Photo by Flower Factor.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

What’s the first lesson of Leadership 101? We’ve found that internal self-awareness is associated with higher job and relationship satisfaction, personal and social control, and happiness; it is negatively related to anxiety, stress, and depression. They can support you through risky decisions, business downturns, and even job loss.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

For very small nonprofits, this may not be true, but for medium and large nonprofits—or small nonprofits with a desire to grow their brand recognition and donors base—it’s becoming widely understood that new media managers have a unique and valuable skill set. Good Writing Skills. First and foremost, it’s a writing position.

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TechImpact

APRIL 15, 2014

Image courtesy of Strategic Leadership Resources. It is important that your nonprofit’s leadership core is involved not only when their management skills are needed, but for when their people skills are needed, too. Show your nonprofit’s leadership team is genuine engaged with the mission.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Some of that adaptation will require higher educational attainment, or spending more time on activities that require social and emotional skills, creativity, high-level cognitive capabilities, and other skills relatively hard to automate.” Discover New Talent Skill building is also a way to discover hidden talent.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions : What personal qualities define you as a leader? Give an example of when you demonstrated good leadership. Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others. Did it work?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2022

posted by Jade Gale Fall 2021 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. Skilled talent and leadership are pivotal to growth, sustainability and success. If an organization is willing to invest in a positive and extensive support structure, it is likely leadership will follow. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

This event will provide meaningful takeaways for those on either side of the desk in fundraising interviews, as well as sharpen skills that can be applied to major gift asks. How to Interview Strong for a Fundraising Job or, How Interviewing is Like Asking for a Major Gift. See what we did there? A little background. How to follow up.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 9, 2023

Ginni Rometty Today, as co-chair of the non-profit OneTen , good power drives Rometty’s mission to connect millions of people without college degrees to family-sustaining jobs, part of a larger movement to get companies to hire for skills not only degrees so they can fill open positions and expand economic mobility.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The job market for nonprofits is heating up again and it might mean that 2022 is the year to shake things up in your career. Four clear job trends in the nonprofit field signify major changes coming next year and it might be worth paying attention to see if a change is in the cards for you. Check out the Nonprofit Job Board.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Even when you love your job, without the right support, it’s easy to experience symptoms of leadership fatigue like these. Solutions Day is the perfect antidote to leadership fatigue. To help our colleagues build the skills they would need to handle fast-moving technology, we spent a lot of time talking with thought leaders.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

“In the next ten to fifteen years, rapid change in a post-pandemic world and emerging technology will revolutionize nearly every job, eliminate some, and create new forms of work that we have yet to imagine,” says Deanna Mulligan , author of the new book, Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close The Skills Gap.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Replace Squinting With Scanning The CEO’s job is to run the organization. It becomes the staff’s job to bring that vision to life. A passion for the mission and good listening skills are basic qualities. The requirements for effective leadership have not changed all that much. The board’s is to be visionaries.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Surprisingly, many managers, even when they are parents, don't use this parenting "discovery" skill in the workplace. Send A Written Thank You Note Nearly all employees want to do both a good job and please their supervisor. When they succeed, send them a thank you for a job well done.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

By posting descriptions that accurately describe a position’s duties and responsibilities, your candidates will be able to tell whether their skills and interests will align and if the position is ultimately a good fit for both them and your organization. Preferred skills. Necessary experience. Associated responsibilities.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

By posting descriptions that accurately describe a position’s duties and responsibilities, your candidates will be able to tell whether their skills and interests will align and if the position is ultimately a good fit for both them and your organization. Preferred skills. Necessary experience. Associated responsibilities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2023

What is even better than a really good book about leadership? Since the first edition's publishing, Ibarra explains that the world has changed and so must one's leadership skills and style. Since the first edition's publishing, Ibarra explains that the world has changed and so must one's leadership skills and style.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 16, 2021

You’ll hear this advice over and over again from successful people with diverse backgrounds, from the likes of Oprah Winfrey to Steve Jobs. Similarly, Cendana’s advice to those interested in pursuing executive leadership roles is to find an executive director who is willing to mentor you. Find a mentor. And it’s true!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 31, 2016

Surprisingly, many managers, even when they are parents, don't use this parenting "discovery" skill in the workplace. Send A Written Thank You Note Nearly all employees want to do both a good job and please their supervisor. When they succeed, send them a thank you for a job well done.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Understand staff concerns about AI changing their jobs Jon Townsend, National Trust says that leaders should understand people’s anxiety about AI in the workplace as the very first step. It often revolves around job security, with fears of obsoletism due to “offloading” tasks to the AI.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

The authors define middle managers as the people who are at least once removed from the front line and at least a layer below the senior leadership. From this pivotal position, a middle manager’s job is to bring out the best in their people, and in that way bring out the best in their organizations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

“In the next ten to fifteen years, rapid change in a post-pandemic world and emerging technology will revolutionize nearly every job, eliminate some, and create new forms of work that we have yet to imagine,” says Deanna Mulligan , author of the book, Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close The Skills Gap.

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

Garth’s first job was with Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars initiative. Association professionals are seeking a support group to help them face challenges and to gain the skills to stay ahead of trends. People benefit from the encouragement and wisdom of groups like.orgCommunity’s Leadership Circles. Yes, he worked on space lasers!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2022

To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. What do you miss most about the jobs you've had in the past?

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 23, 2024

Getting your CFRE certificate is a process through which you can learn even more critical skills to enhance your professional work. Passing the CFRE exam demonstrates you’ve done the work necessary and have the skills to develop relationships with donors, increase volunteer engagement, and lead a team of skilled fundraisers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2019

By Alec Green , Chief Marketing Evangelist at NonprofitReady.org , an online hub of 400+ free online courses in topics ranging from fundraising to grant writing, leadership to program management. At NonprofitReady.org , our mission is to give nonprofit professionals at all levels the opportunity to build skills and advance their careers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 7, 2019

The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Give an example of when you demonstrated good leadership. Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others. Did it work?

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

Much like how robotics impacted blue collar jobs in the 1980s, AI is predicted to be a massive disrupter for white collar jobs. The more you put into prompt engineering, the better results you get, and the more likely you are to look like a rockstar when approaching your manager or leadership with your final recommendations.

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Candid

MAY 5, 2021

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance’s nonprofit professional development expertise has helped hundreds of nonprofits understand their professional goals and empower them to find and train the employees they need. Create a detailed job description . Why would someone want this job? What parts of the job can be taught?

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Simply put, the board failed to keep up with a growing organization and provide it with the leadership and vision it needed. At that point, the board leadership realized three things: that it had to (1) become accountable, (2) proactively steward the endowment created by the bequest, and (3) replace the CEO.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 20, 2022

To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. What do you miss most about the jobs you've had in the past?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 25, 2019

posted by Cordelia House Spring 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Skilled volunteers are a special type of volunteer. These volunteers are individuals who volunteer in the capacity of their everyday work or with skills that they are specifically trained in. Exemplary management practices.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2021

posted by Brian Hetzer Spring 2021 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. The answers stem from how volunteer management and key organizational leadership view volunteer retention - the ability to keep volunteers long-term. Volunteers feeling a lack of trust and faith in organization’s leadership.

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