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How To Never Stop Learning

Eric Jacobsen Blog

We end up solving yesterday’s problems too late instead of tackling tomorrow’s problems before someone else does. “If We can’t just be knowledge workers; we must also be learning workers.” If we are the problem, then we are also the solution. Staats : Understanding the process is vital for learning.

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Fundraiser Burnout? Try Automation to Boost Both Efficiency and Employee Morale

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Building an automation project can seem daunting, but it’s simply a process of applying technology to a problem. Think of automation as a tool to help your team focus on the uniquely human skills of creativity, relationship building, and critical thinking that only they can bring to their fundraising roles. Ready to Get Started?

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How To Never Stop Learning

Eric Jacobsen Blog

We end up solving yesterday’s problems too late instead of tackling tomorrow’s problems before someone else does. “If We can’t just be knowledge workers; we must also be learning workers.” If we are the problem, then we are also the solution. Staats : Understanding the process is vital for learning.

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How To Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, And Thrive

Eric Jacobsen Blog

We end up solving yesterday’s problems too late instead of tackling tomorrow’s problems before someone else does. “If We can’t just be knowledge workers; we must also be learning workers.” If we are the problem, then we are also the solution. Staats : Understanding the process is vital for learning.

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Social Media and Nonprofits: The Line Between NGTD and ROI

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Stephen Downes points to a post by Tony Karrer with disagreeing with some points in about the value of blogging in Thomas Davenport's book Thinking for a Living: How to Get Better Performances And Results from Knowledge Workers. Perhaps the biggest problem for blogging is the time it takes to read and write blogs.

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Linux desktops?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I have had varied problems , from issues of software integration, video problems, wireless issues … The list is getting very long. On the Mac side, Apple controls the hardware, so there never is a problem with it. Most creatives and knowledge workers who are not developers. And, guess what?

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Tagging and Communities of Practice - Reflections from KM

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Then there's the problem of naming your tags. " Good is advocating for a new type of knowledge worker - he calls them Newsmasters. The person uses a combination of machine automation and topic-specific expert knowledge. Your tag or mine? Without a standard set of published, prompted tags, chaos could reign.

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