The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2021

From your job description to your interviews and, finally, to the contract you ask your board members to sign, you want to be clear that you expect board members to fundraise. Your Executive Director will be the one leading many conversations with the board. The more specific you can be about your expectations, the better.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In an interview for a previous ED position, I was asked to provide an example of how I demonstrated “extreme frugality.” This was back in the days of coupon-clipping, and while I momentarily pondered that as a response, I knew it was not “extreme ” enough for the interviewing board members. Perhaps that was an overshare?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

She was a free agent for a long time, until the beginning of 2012, when she joined the teaching staff of Khan Academy. These instructors aren't teaching you the equivalent of a high school course in math or art history. They are connecting you with knowledge and inspiration in more creative ways. the way the best museums do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

This year, since content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching , I’ll be doing a conversational presentation on the topic. In preparation, I’m doing a pre-recorded skype interview with Robin as a back up for a live interview.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. Although we did not start with a particular emphasis on equity and access, this theme came up regularly in our conversations with the field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

It is less about disseminating content and best practices and more about pulling ideas and knowledge in through many-to-many interaction. Peer: Shared knowledge and experiential learning that benefits from interaction between participants. In order to do that, you have to think like an instructional designer !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this. Allan Gunn from Aspiration and his legendary facilitation skills and knowledge. You get people to line up in the room as to whether they agree or disagree on a provocative statement related to the content – and then interview people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

For this project, participants were carefully vetted, avoiding organizations that were in a leadership transition, had other organizational priorities to address or did not have the capacity to apply the skills or knowledge. Her knowledge of the country and the culture made it easier to localize the curriculum.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2016

We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. When they leave here, I want my students to continue to question, learn, teach, and continue to use their education to change the world.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2016

Drawing on extensive research, including a comprehensive, original workplace survey and in-depth interviews with Millennial managers, Millennials Who Manage , offers teaches Millennial readers how to overcome workplace perceptions and become great leaders. Espinoza : Great question.

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Forum One

AUGUST 17, 2009

Forum One recently supported a groundbreaking, education summit in New Mexico: "Unleashing Knowledge and Innovation for the Next Generation of Learning", convened by the Stupski Foundation , West Wind Education Policy , and the Knowledge Alliance. Just because an event is a professional activity doesn't mean it can't be fun.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2005

them to share their stories, knowledge, research, analysis, and resources and build on them them to reach outside of their virtual communities and have greater impact on their real world communities, through more effective advocacy, education, and service delivery At the same time we see community-building as the core of non-profit work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 31, 2016

We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. She brings to the Center a wealth of knowledge and a wide array of experience in the nonprofit sector and beyond. Pat Lewis Sr. Meet Pat.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 27, 2011

Over the course of the day, there was so much communication going on — networking between nonprofits; sharing of ideas, knowledge, and experiences; and, maybe most thought-provoking, grantees and funders empathetically listening to each others stories and gaining a glimpse into the "other side" of the process. Love the post, Sarah!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 31, 2010

You can listen to our conversation on the player below, or on iTunes , as well as read an edited transcript of the interview. I talked with Anna about her new book via Skype for the Big Vision Podcast earlier in the month. Britt Bravo: Thanks so much for taking the time to talk with me, Anna. I think we've heard a lot less about food.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Since conversations are getting more distributed and in addition to using the NpTech tag to discover, aggregate, and summarize resources, I'm incorporating nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, nptech friendfeed room, and networks. The story is used to teach the virtues of hard work and preparation. Which one worked best?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

As someone interviewing for a top job, how can you detect warning signs of organizational system decay *before* your professional credibility is on the line? Take your knowledge of a trend impacting the intended employer’s industry, and find out whether investments are being made (and tracked!) The Seven Questions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Our conversation began with Laura explaining how the Secret Agent L project works. A big thanks to the Big Vision podcast listener/Have Fun, Do Good reader, Terez Williamson , who suggested that I interview Laura for this show. In addition, the city of Pittsburgh, where she lives, proclaimed September 14th "Secret Agent L Day."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I first "met" Marshall when he left a comment on my blog about the interview with Marnie Webb. So far, I have interviewed people who I have met face-to-face or have known through my work in the nonprofit tech field. By blog coaching I mean that I teach people how to run a blog. human aspects of technology.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Do Exit Interviews Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee. The book is a quick and handy resource for any leader, manager or Human Resource professional.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Make conversation with your team.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 11, 2009

You can listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast : Or read the edited transcript below. To my knowledge, there aren't any vegan soul food cookbooks published by a major publisher. My parents were working, and they had a lot of agrarian knowledge. It wasn't being included in a lot of the conversations.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

You’re teaching grant writing and doing board development and super involved in the nonprofit community there. And I teach Board Development and Grant Writing for the program. So every time I present or teach, I like to be really clear about what we will be talking about, what the outcomes for the session are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2018

” Pew interviewed technology experts and scholars (including me) about the benefits and drawbacks of our digital lives. Knowledge storehouse. Schools must teach digital street smarts … from an early age, kids should learn about bots and automatically-generated content. 11, 2017, and Jan. Health and wellness aid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

Seattle Free School , suggested by Amy Sample Ward, uses social media to organize classes and teach students. This is ‘for the community by the community’ education and engages the best local experts to share their knowledge and experience for free.". Invisible People uses crowd sourcing to select the best stories and interviews.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

This post is even more relevant today to the broader conversation about audience diversity in the arts than when it was published three years ago. So Diane asked them, "What if I hire your kids and pay them to learn science, teach it to other people, and gain professional skills?" If you can teach science, how can you be stupid?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” well, five areas of conversation revolve around, “What is impact reporting? We’ve been teaching a lot recently.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

Today I am posting the transcript from my interview with Brahm Ahmadi, the Executive Director of People's Grocery. If you are inspired by the interview and live in the Bay Area, People's Grocery is launching its 2-acre farm in Sunol this weekend and they are looking for volunteers. And that obviously has been lost.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 18, 2010

Plus, the new-found knowledge drives a better appreciation for what everyone does, and proves to the team that success comes only when all the pieces fit together like a well-oiled machine. That knowledge builds greater mutual respect, which is vital to a teams success. Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan, shares in his new book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews: Why did you decide to leave us?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

By absorbing these lessons--of mentors mistakes and successes--mentees are better prepared to move forward with knowledge and confidence. GEN X Employees -- Like having their professionalism and growing knowledge valued. Make conversation with your team. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

The knowledge you learn will likely improve your decision making and allow you to seize opportunities. GEN X Employees -- Like having their professionalism and growing knowledge valued. Make conversation with your team. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

And during breaks from sessions, did a lot of media interviews. Teaching in an international context. When teaching in different contexts, especially outside of the US, you need to make some adjustments to your context. There was a very productive conversation. No wonder I am still tired! No wonder I am still tired!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. GEN X Employees -- Like having their professionalism and growing knowledge valued. Make conversation with your team. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Teach something new to your team 24. Dont delay tough conversations 65. GEN X Employees -- Like having their professionalism and growing knowledge valued. Make conversation with your team. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. Be decisive 20. Dont interrupt 63.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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