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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

.orgSource

The categories that are represented should reflect qualities that directors bring to the board as well as characteristics that will enhance the organization’s growth and development. Ideally, one of these meetings will be a welcome from the executive director, which includes his or her unique advice and views on board service.

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Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything

Eric Jacobsen Blog

David is so in tune with providing timely, critical, actionable advice, how-to’s and tips for leaders. Reflecting on the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic, David says, “I saw many leaders using this challenging time as an opportunity to stand up and lead in moving ways.

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Reflections on the Social Media Lab Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's some reflections: Thoughtful, Intentional Experiments Thoughtful experimentation is setting up a low-risk experiment with metrics to figure out what is and isn't working is a social media best practice. Ten years ago, before my son Harry arrived, I volunteered as a mentor for the Computer Club House in Boston.

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How to Create, Manage and Evolve Your Nonprofit Blog

NTEN

Time to mentor emerging storytellers. We also elaborated what we wanted the blog to be for Mercy Corps supporters and other external audiences: a rare opportunity to have a look into the minds and activities of a humanitarian organization working in some of the world's toughest (and most fascinating) places. Certainly not.

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Your Complete Guide to Planning Your First Special Event

Get Fully Funded

Think about what is right for your audience. Talk to other organizations and ask for their advice on executing a successful event. How much will your audience be willing to pay for a ticket? Give your event a name that will inspire people to attend, and create attractive branding that reflects the theme. Who will say it?

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How Skills-Based Volunteerism Creates Transformational Experiences

Connection Cafe

They really got involved here, asking for advice as they crafted summary statements and job descriptions. I look forward to staying connected with them and plan to do whatever I can to help mentor them as they continue their education and pursue their careers.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2021

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Written by a wise, award-winning leadership and communications expert, Grossman supplies clear, timely, critical, actionable advice, how-to’s and tips for leaders as the pandemic continues to challenge us.and as we get past the pandemic. It’s a playbook you’ll want to read and then refer to time after time.