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Here are 10 important questions business leaders should ask, according to Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, authors of Helping People Win At Work : Does my business have a clear, meaningful, and easily understood vision/mission? And, one more questions to ask is: Do we celebrate success ? Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Essential Questions Leaders Leadership Questions MORE
If you are leading an organization and are the last person to interview a candidate, focus your questions more on trying to see if the person is a cultural fit. Here are a few questions to pose to potential new hires (from the book, Advisory Leadership : What motivates you? MORE
Use these questions to help you decide Are you wondering whether your organization is ready to re-open the office as the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions are slowly being lifted? MORE
Often when choosing an LMS , many buyers are not asking critically important, detailed questions that can make or break an LMS implementation. It’s important to ask questions that matter most to your eLearning success. MORE
This is a continuing series of 5 Questions for experts from across the nonprofit sector: 5 Questions for Jay Frost. 5 QuestionsJay Frost is a 25 year veteran of the fundraising field. He has played a leadership role in a number of companies including FundraisingINFO.com (FRI), WealthEngine and Wealth ID, as well as serving as a fundraiser in New York and Washington and a grantmaker with the federal government. MORE
A member satisfaction survey is a great tool your organization can use to identify the needs of your members and how to best meet them. This article will help you get started MORE
However, sometimes the obvious, simpler questions are skipped over or ignored. The general question of why you should move to the cloud is a layered one, and is perhaps the most difficult question to answer. The question really hinges upon where your needs lie. The answers to these questions will shape the reasons why you should move to the cloud. The trendiest tech topic over the last year or so has been about the cloud. What is it? MORE
During our recent Recruiting Members For Keeps webinar sessions, we had a number of questions from participants. Here are the questions and answers from presenter Trish Hudson. webinar-membership MORE
To help you compile this survey and get the data you need, we’ve compiled a few tips for writing post-event surveys and details of some of the most important questions that you need to ask. The max number of questions should be 10, but 3-5 questions are more than enough. MORE
Here are ten questions (or bundles of questions) you should ask yourself to ensure you are thinking and acting like a superboss. How do you go about questioning your own assumptions about the business? MORE
Recently, we brought Kathleen Murphy Toms, GivingTuesday’s Director of Digital Strategy, and Julia Campbell, nonprofit social media expert, to answer crowdsourced questions on what makes a winning Giving Tuesday campaign. MORE
magazine featured a fascinating list of 35 questions from business owners, entrepreneurs and management thinkers. Each offered the one question they would ask to move a company forward. What question do you ask to help move your company forward? MORE
Unfortunately, there were so many questions from the audience that we weren't able answer them all during the alotted time. Here are some great, thoughtful questions that we received and Brett's email wisdom. " My bigger question is: why continue to keep sending? If you have another question about email deliverability, tweet us at @EveryActionHQ and we'll help however we can MORE
Today I’m going to share 4 questions that I always use when I’m trying to answer the question, “What next?” The Four Questions For context, these questions come from one of my all-time favorite strategy books called Blue Ocean Strategy. Without further delay, here are the four questions from Blue Ocean Strategy. Depending on the context, I will modify these questions to make them relevant to what I’m working on. MORE
The question has to be asked, then. The post Volunteers Or Donors: The Millennial Question appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. A lot of emphasis has been placed on the importance of corralling the next generation of donors. More specifically, the Millennial, Generation Y, or the ‘DigiGen.’. Whatever you want to call them , there’s no doubting their importance in funding the nonprofit sector in future decades. MORE
Following are just some of the questions you can answer with these reports. Following are questions about those interactions which can be answered in the Users Reports: How many Facebook users view my Page each day? There are few questions you’ll have around fan growth. Many of the answers to these questions are found in the “New Likes&# and “Total Likes&# in the Users Reports and numbered accordingly. Subscribe to the RSS feed ›. MORE
From Sydney Finkelstein 's book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent , comes these great questions you should routinely ask yourself as a leader: Have you answered the "why do we exist" question for your team? MORE
He recommends a different twist on asking your customers questions : stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. These open-ended questions will let your customers really express their ideas, opinions and needs. MORE
Here are the questions and answers from our Mission-Driven Volunteering webinar. You asked and our webinar presenters answered! Volunteers MORE
All our lives we’ve been taught that one of the best questions you can ask in researching a charity is, “How much do they pay their CEO?” If the number’s low, that means they respect your donation. If the number’s high it means they don’t, and there’s something fishy going on. MORE
While you’re there, you can see AMS product demos and ask questions directly to the product vendors. Here are three questions to ask vendors at AMS Fest 2021 to help you find the right AMS for your association. Three questions to ask during AMS demos. MORE
Looking for the perfect post-event survey questions to get feedback on your event? Here are 30 you can use as, well as some best practices for structuring your event survey MORE
When choosing a virtual platform, though, it is important to ask the right questions so you can be sure that it will provide the right features and benefits for your event. These questions will help you learn more about the platform and find the right fit for your virtual event. MORE
Ask these open-ended questions. And, don't cheat by adding in work-specific questions. Direct Reports Employee Exit Interviews Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Getting Feedback Leaders Leadership Open-ended Questions MORE
Here are ten questions (or bundles of questions) you should ask yourself to ensure you are thinking and acting like a superboss. How do you go about questioning your own assumptions about the business? MORE
Whether he actually said this or not, it’s clear that Einstein knew the value of asking good questions. So, how can you push yourself and your organization to follow this approach and ask better questions when trying to tackle some of the world’s toughest challenges? MORE
Allen and Mitchell Kusy recommend that leaders ask seven tough questions of their teams to help maximize their results. Here are those questions to ask each team member : What are some obstacles affecting this team? MORE
As countries begin to ease restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, you might be thinking about how you’re going to safely re-open your physical office. But the world has changed dramatically over the past year, with millions. organizational-management MORE
If you are leading an organization and are the last person to interview a candidate, focus your questions more on trying to see if the person is a cultural fit. Here are a few questions to pose to potential new hires (from the book, Advisory Leadership : What motivates you? This question often takes candidates off guard and results in some often very honest answers.) This question is a great assessment of the candidate, especially when considering certain roles.) MORE
This post was originally featured on The Campaign Workshop blog and has been reposted with permission. I recently sat down with the good folks at The Campaign Workshop and chatted about marketing automation for nonprofits. I shared a few tips, tricks, and brewed up a crockpot metaphor I'm pretty proud of - check out our conversation below! The Campaign Workshop: "Why should I care about nonprofit marketing automation?". MORE
When choosing a virtual platform, though, it is important to ask the right questions so you can be sure that it will provide the right features and benefits for your event. These questions will help you learn more about the platform and find the right fit for your virtual event. MORE
The post Live Auctions in a Hybrid Event: 7 Key Questions to Consider appeared first on OneCause. Blog Post hybrid virtual fundraising MORE
Here are 10 important questions business leaders should ask, according to Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge , authors of Helping People Win At Work : Does my business have a clear, meaningful, and easily understood vision/mission? And, one more questions to ask is: Do we celebrate success ? MORE
Cybersecurity Interview Questions. In this article, we have seen the Top 25 interview questions and answers in cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is crucial to every organization. Cybersecurity demand is high in almost all industries across the world. MORE
If you’re curious about where your organization stands in its digital transformation, ask yourself three questions: 1. If you answered “no” or “not really” to these three questions, perhaps your organization is just beginning its transformation. MORE
You just have to ask the right donor survey questions. By asking these key questions, you’re proving that you care about what your donors think, and reminding them that they are an important part of your mission. With that in mind, let’s dig into asking the right donor survey questions. MORE
"Questions help us break down barriers, discover secrets, solve puzzles, and imagine new ways of doing things, But few of us know how to question in a methodical way," explains Frank Sesno , Emmy-award-winning journalist, and author of the book, Ask More. MORE
Ask these open-ended questions. And, don't cheat by adding in work-specific questions. Direct Reports Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Questions For Leaders Supervising Direct Reports Supervision MORE
To help you compile this survey and get the data you need, we’ve compiled a few tips for writing post-event surveys and details of some of the most important questions that you need to ask. The max number of questions should be 10, but 3-5 questions are more than enough. MORE
During our recent Expert Webinar, "Making Members Feel They Matter", there were a number of questions left unanswered about "Matterness". In this post, presenter Allison Fine provides answers to these questions. webinar membership MORE
Unlike the Q&A site Quora, Facebook Questions allows brands to ask and answer questions. On Quora you have to be a person, but Facebook Questions uses your nonprofit’s Page and avatar as your Facebook Questions identity. Quora is great for professionals and those that want to spend time building their personal brand online, but I think Facebook’s decision to allow brands to use Questions was smart. MORE
Question Related Topics Eric Jacobsen Blog
JUNE 16, 2021
"Questions help us break down barriers, discover secrets, solve puzzles, and imagine new ways of doing things, But few of us know how to question in a methodical way," explains Frank Sesno , Emmy-award-winning journalist, and author of the book, Ask More.
Nimble AMS
JUNE 10, 2021
While you’re there, you can see AMS product demos and ask questions directly to the product vendors. Here are three questions to ask vendors at AMS Fest 2021 to help you find the right AMS for your association. Three questions to ask during AMS demos.
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Eric Jacobsen Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2020
If you are leading an organization and are the last person to interview a candidate, focus your questions more on trying to see if the person is a cultural fit. Here are a few questions to pose to potential new hires (from the book, Advisory Leadership : What motivates you?
Charity Navigator
MARCH 31, 2021
All our lives we’ve been taught that one of the best questions you can ask in researching a charity is, “How much do they pay their CEO?” If the number’s low, that means they respect your donation. If the number’s high it means they don’t, and there’s something fishy going on.
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Association executives—and hopefully their boards—know that they are facing perilous times. Driven by the pace of cultural and technological change, they are experiencing major disruptions in the traditional business models that used to guide organizational growth strategies.orgSource offers a straightforward approach to navigating these changes and readying your organization for growth.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MAY 5, 2021
Ask these open-ended questions. And, don't cheat by adding in work-specific questions. Direct Reports Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Questions For Leaders Supervising Direct Reports Supervision
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MARCH 9, 2021
From Sydney Finkelstein 's book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent , comes these great questions you should routinely ask yourself as a leader: Have you answered the "why do we exist" question for your team?
Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
As countries begin to ease restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, you might be thinking about how you’re going to safely re-open your physical office. But the world has changed dramatically over the past year, with millions. organizational-management
Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Ask these open-ended questions. And, don't cheat by adding in work-specific questions. Direct Reports Employee Exit Interviews Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Getting Feedback Leaders Leadership Open-ended Questions
Connection Cafe
MARCH 18, 2021
Cybersecurity Interview Questions. In this article, we have seen the Top 25 interview questions and answers in cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is crucial to every organization. Cybersecurity demand is high in almost all industries across the world.
Saleforce Nonprofit
APRIL 19, 2021
If you’re curious about where your organization stands in its digital transformation, ask yourself three questions: 1. If you answered “no” or “not really” to these three questions, perhaps your organization is just beginning its transformation.
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As the pandemic advanced, we were keenly aware of the apprehension and pain throughout our community. Clients and colleagues contacted us with questions about managing revenue shortfall, introducing new technology, and preparing for changing membership patterns. The.orgCommunity organized a Think Tank to help identify trends and crystalize our outlook on the future of membership. The sessions were facilitated by Elizabeth Engel, Chief Strategist, Spark Consulting. This article is the result of feedback gleaned during those dialogues, previous research, and the viewpoints of the.orgSource team.
Wild Apricot
MARCH 30, 2015
During our recent Expert Webinar, "Making Members Feel They Matter", there were a number of questions left unanswered about "Matterness". In this post, presenter Allison Fine provides answers to these questions. webinar membership
AccelEvents
JULY 20, 2020
When choosing a virtual platform, though, it is important to ask the right questions so you can be sure that it will provide the right features and benefits for your event. These questions will help you learn more about the platform and find the right fit for your virtual event.
Wild Apricot
JUNE 26, 2020
Use these questions to help you decide Are you wondering whether your organization is ready to re-open the office as the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions are slowly being lifted?
EveryAction
APRIL 6, 2017
This post was originally featured on The Campaign Workshop blog and has been reposted with permission. I recently sat down with the good folks at The Campaign Workshop and chatted about marketing automation for nonprofits. I shared a few tips, tricks, and brewed up a crockpot metaphor I'm pretty proud of - check out our conversation below! The Campaign Workshop: "Why should I care about nonprofit marketing automation?".
One Cause
MAY 11, 2021
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Wild Apricot
JUNE 17, 2019
Looking for the perfect post-event survey questions to get feedback on your event? Here are 30 you can use as, well as some best practices for structuring your event survey
One Cause
APRIL 2, 2021
The post Live Auctions in a Hybrid Event: 7 Key Questions to Consider appeared first on OneCause. Blog Post hybrid virtual fundraising
Wild Apricot
MARCH 5, 2020
A member satisfaction survey is a great tool your organization can use to identify the needs of your members and how to best meet them. This article will help you get started
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MARCH 14, 2021
Here are 10 important questions business leaders should ask, according to Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge , authors of Helping People Win At Work : Does my business have a clear, meaningful, and easily understood vision/mission? And, one more questions to ask is: Do we celebrate success ?
Global Giving
MARCH 26, 2019
Whether he actually said this or not, it’s clear that Einstein knew the value of asking good questions. So, how can you push yourself and your organization to follow this approach and ask better questions when trying to tackle some of the world’s toughest challenges?
The Storytelling Non-profit
JULY 25, 2020
Today I’m going to share 4 questions that I always use when I’m trying to answer the question, “What next?” The Four Questions For context, these questions come from one of my all-time favorite strategy books called Blue Ocean Strategy. Without further delay, here are the four questions from Blue Ocean Strategy. Depending on the context, I will modify these questions to make them relevant to what I’m working on.
EveryAction
JUNE 22, 2016
Unfortunately, there were so many questions from the audience that we weren't able answer them all during the alotted time. Here are some great, thoughtful questions that we received and Brett's email wisdom. " My bigger question is: why continue to keep sending? If you have another question about email deliverability, tweet us at @EveryActionHQ and we'll help however we can
sgEngage
JULY 6, 2011
This is a continuing series of 5 Questions for experts from across the nonprofit sector: 5 Questions for Jay Frost. 5 QuestionsJay Frost is a 25 year veteran of the fundraising field. He has played a leadership role in a number of companies including FundraisingINFO.com (FRI), WealthEngine and Wealth ID, as well as serving as a fundraiser in New York and Washington and a grantmaker with the federal government.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JANUARY 25, 2021
Allen and Mitchell Kusy recommend that leaders ask seven tough questions of their teams to help maximize their results. Here are those questions to ask each team member : What are some obstacles affecting this team?
Eric Jacobsen Blog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Here are 10 important questions business leaders should ask, according to Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, authors of Helping People Win At Work : Does my business have a clear, meaningful, and easily understood vision/mission? And, one more questions to ask is: Do we celebrate success ? Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Essential Questions Leaders Leadership Questions
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JANUARY 4, 2020
Here are ten questions (or bundles of questions) you should ask yourself to ensure you are thinking and acting like a superboss. How do you go about questioning your own assumptions about the business?
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MAY 11, 2021
magazine featured a fascinating list of 35 questions from business owners, entrepreneurs and management thinkers. Each offered the one question they would ask to move a company forward. What question do you ask to help move your company forward?
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JUNE 24, 2019
If you are leading an organization and are the last person to interview a candidate, focus your questions more on trying to see if the person is a cultural fit. Here are a few questions to pose to potential new hires (from the book, Advisory Leadership : What motivates you? This question often takes candidates off guard and results in some often very honest answers.) This question is a great assessment of the candidate, especially when considering certain roles.)
Neon CRM
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Recently, we brought Kathleen Murphy Toms, GivingTuesday’s Director of Digital Strategy, and Julia Campbell, nonprofit social media expert, to answer crowdsourced questions on what makes a winning Giving Tuesday campaign.
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 15, 2015
During our recent Recruiting Members For Keeps webinar sessions, we had a number of questions from participants. Here are the questions and answers from presenter Trish Hudson. webinar-membership
AccelEvents
AUGUST 10, 2020
To help you compile this survey and get the data you need, we’ve compiled a few tips for writing post-event surveys and details of some of the most important questions that you need to ask. The max number of questions should be 10, but 3-5 questions are more than enough.
TechImpact
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
The question has to be asked, then. The post Volunteers Or Donors: The Millennial Question appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. A lot of emphasis has been placed on the importance of corralling the next generation of donors. More specifically, the Millennial, Generation Y, or the ‘DigiGen.’. Whatever you want to call them , there’s no doubting their importance in funding the nonprofit sector in future decades.
NetWits
JUNE 20, 2011
Following are just some of the questions you can answer with these reports. Following are questions about those interactions which can be answered in the Users Reports: How many Facebook users view my Page each day? There are few questions you’ll have around fan growth. Many of the answers to these questions are found in the “New Likes&# and “Total Likes&# in the Users Reports and numbered accordingly. Subscribe to the RSS feed ›.
Blue Sky eLearn
MARCH 16, 2020
Often when choosing an LMS , many buyers are not asking critically important, detailed questions that can make or break an LMS implementation. It’s important to ask questions that matter most to your eLearning success.
Neon CRM
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
You just have to ask the right donor survey questions. By asking these key questions, you’re proving that you care about what your donors think, and reminding them that they are an important part of your mission. With that in mind, let’s dig into asking the right donor survey questions.
Wild Apricot
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
Here are the questions and answers from our Mission-Driven Volunteering webinar. You asked and our webinar presenters answered! Volunteers
AccelEvents
JULY 20, 2020
When choosing a virtual platform, though, it is important to ask the right questions so you can be sure that it will provide the right features and benefits for your event. These questions will help you learn more about the platform and find the right fit for your virtual event.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
He recommends a different twist on asking your customers questions : stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. These open-ended questions will let your customers really express their ideas, opinions and needs.
TechImpact
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
However, sometimes the obvious, simpler questions are skipped over or ignored. The general question of why you should move to the cloud is a layered one, and is perhaps the most difficult question to answer. The question really hinges upon where your needs lie. The answers to these questions will shape the reasons why you should move to the cloud. The trendiest tech topic over the last year or so has been about the cloud. What is it?
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MAY 6, 2020
Here are ten questions (or bundles of questions) you should ask yourself to ensure you are thinking and acting like a superboss. How do you go about questioning your own assumptions about the business?
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 4, 2011
Unlike the Q&A site Quora, Facebook Questions allows brands to ask and answer questions. On Quora you have to be a person, but Facebook Questions uses your nonprofit’s Page and avatar as your Facebook Questions identity. Quora is great for professionals and those that want to spend time building their personal brand online, but I think Facebook’s decision to allow brands to use Questions was smart.
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