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Navigate Change Management: Set Your Nonprofit Up For Success

Bloomerang

So, how can we strategically navigate change? It is one thing to adopt certain principles for how you will navigate change personally, but things get even more complicated and interesting when you are navigating change management as a unit, group, family, or organization. Unplanned change – responding to the unexpected.

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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

sgEngage

Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. What if the unexpected wasn’t seen as failure but as lessons to be shared? Most really good proposals and reports often better reflect an organization’s capacity to hire a great grant writer or marketing expert than their ability to do great work.

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Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Thursday, August 12, 2010 Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas Heres a great idea from communications consultant, speaker and author David Grossman : And, yes its old school. Grossman recommends that when you have something you want to get your employees input on, post a question on a flip chart in your department or office.

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Lots Of Lessons From Post-it Notes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Saturday, August 21, 2010 Lots Of Lessons From Post-it Notes There are lots of lessons tied to those canary yellow squares, called Post-it Notes -- how ideas and innovations can come from anyone on your team at any time. Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books?

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5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books?

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Great Business Quote

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books?

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Make An Impact With Your Words Of Thanks

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books?

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