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The Live Enterprise Model

Eric Jacobsen Blog

IT systems are evolving from static processing engines to agents of change. The model enables the organization to rapidly experiment, learn and scale.” What differentiates the Live Enterprise from other operating models? What important lessons has the COVID-19 pandemic imparted on business? First, get connected.

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Want To Be a Leader? Get to Know Yourself

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What’s the first lesson of Leadership 101? And, without self-awareness, it’s impossible to be a role model for others. If you don’t already have a professional support system, I urge you to find objective advisors. Begin with yourself. Be the change. Walk the talk—right? It sounds simple. Career coaches and mentors are great.

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Navigating the Conundrum of Auxiliaries

VQ Strategies

Designed to assist and support an organization (and most commonly hospitals, museums, libraries, and arts organizations), these groups historically focus on raising funds, sometimes manage the volunteer corps, and nearly always maintain their own governance system. Lessons from the Field. A Path to Change. Sustaining the Change.

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The Numbers Are in and They Ain’t Good. Will Nonprofits Continue to Turn a Blind Eye?

Pamela Grow

Growing your individual giving program — and that includes all donors — builds a truly sustainable giving model. When you adopt time-tested strategies and systems, focusing on building lasting relationships with donors, you can overcome the challenges presented by the decline in donors and donations. How can you turn this tide?

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How To Achieve Constant Learning By Breaking Free From Chronic Performance

Eric Jacobsen Blog

When leaders are not deliberate about building shared mental models, people end up having different ideas of what things mean—such as feedback, imperfection, or mistakes—what is valued, and how to behave at work. These are great, but are we also setting up systems and habits for the Learning Zone? Confusion and conflict emerge.

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Get More Out of AI, Start Chatting

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Compared to today’s models, Eliza was tongue-tied. It might live on your website, social media, product center or be integrated with one, or all of, your association management systems. Associations could take a lesson in customer delight from Las Vegas. Begin the Search Give the bot clear objectives.

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How the Pandemic Has Changed Pro Bono

sgEngage

The pandemic pushed the social sector to make game-changing shifts in community programming, funding models and organizational leadership. Meanwhile, nonprofits faced with the need to diversify programming and revenue models leveraged that surging interest to embark on organizational capacity projects.

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