Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Encouraging vulnerability In my work as a facilitator of the Stanford Graduate School of Businesss popular organizational behavior elective, Interpersonal Dynamics (nicknamed touchy feely) we encourage MBA students to experiment with sharing vulnerability in small groups of peers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 31, 2025

A beautifully designed online space means nothing if people dont feel a reason to show up, participate, and return. Unfortunately, thats not how community works. A recurring theme emerged: most spaces feel like digital ghost townsfilled with resources and announcements but lacking conversation and connection.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

These conversations are limited to bottom-line issues. The conversation can easily devolve into unproductive speculation. Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin approaching these difficult conversations. They also need to find the time and opportunities for these conversations to occur.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

However, the positive impact of these contributions can be undermined when organizations fail to prioritize the safety and well-being of the people they serve. Philanthropy invests billions of dollars annually to address pressing social issues. Challenges in promoting safeguarding practices The safeguarding landscape in the U.S.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

If I asked you to describe the work styles of the colleagues on your team, could you tell me how each one prefers to solve problems? Do you know where greater diversity in thought and attitude is needed and what type of people would complement the current mix of personalities? Here’s an illustration of this idea from my experience.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Not only do we have our daily work tasks but we also have more meetings, longer commutes, and more interactions with more people in more locations than at any time in the history of work. Sometimes, the topic of a conversation seems to invite you to share your own, similar experiences. Comparing: It happened to me!

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

It’s a silent partner in our work; and if things aren’t going well, that uncooperative software platform often takes the wrap. When people call me to discuss a new purchase, I ask lots of questions. During those conversations, […]. We think of technology as the good guy or the bully.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Do you feel stuck navigating office politics, micromanagement, or being overlooked at work? Through real-life stories and research-backed strategies, she breaks down 10 key conversations that help you build influence, set boundaries, and operate from a position of power. Its about taking control of your own work experience.

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.orgSource

JUNE 5, 2023

Our discussion about the Summit Award launched a wide-ranging conversation. The organization and its members work at the international, national, and local levels to realize the vision of a world in which women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Remote work was the pandemic’s big gift to employees. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. As the tech problems subsided, people became better at communicating through the small screen. 78% would work longer hours for a more empathetic company.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

That said, the fact that we still see so many of them on the web indicates that they can work for website owners when done well. Let’s explore a few key tenants of making pop-ups work for your nonprofit: 1. Indeed, pop-ups can be disruptive and distracting when they’re poorly implemented or not useful. Use p op-ups only on desktop.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

Posting without a mindfulness of the trending topics and conversations can cause organizations to appear insensitive and tone-deaf. The current social media environment has caused non-profit marketers to re-evaluate their content aware of the acute conversations being had on every channel, at a global level.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Here’s what the funnel includes: The universe: This is the group of people receiving your email. Donation page conversion rate: This data point represents the total number of donations you received divided by the number of donation pages, multiplied by 100. The more people who open an email, the more clicks you can potentially get.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In fact, according to Gallup about 85 percent of people in the global workplace are either not engaged or disengaged. Over a lifetime, we spend approximately 90,000 hours working. Maybe one reason people aren’t happy at work is because they don’t expect to find happiness there. There’s a reason they call it work.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Many of us want to get promoted at work, but dont often stop to consider what that means. Moving into the executive ranks often means leading the very people you once worked alongside. In those cases, Id wait to ensure that this high performer is making an effort to work on leadership quality, including their peer relationships.

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Engadget

MARCH 13, 2025

According to WABetaInfo , WhatsApp is currently working on a feature that would put all replies to the same message in one thread. The new update would instead show every message in the thread in one place, making the flow of conversation clearer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2020

The big takeaway is that: if your nonprofit has a website, and it would be valuable for you to reach people who are Googling topics related to your work, the Google Grant is one of the most cost-effective and powerful tools available to reach your audience. In addition, hundreds of people complete the online screening. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 17, 2020

Jean is also a freelance consultant who works on digital strategy, marketing and design for non-profits. Organic reach on Facebook declines year on year, but there are still so many charities spending valuable time every week trying to make it work. If you tell it to get conversions, it will find the people who will actually convert.

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Singularity Hub

MARCH 18, 2025

Or have a private conversation in public without other people hearing you? These waves travel through the air like normal sound waves but are inaudible to people. In our work, we used ultrasound as a carrier for audible sound. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2024

There is no doubt that social media, no matter the platform, remains a powerful way for people to build communities and connect with the causes and nonprofits they care about. You MUST have a compelling reason for people to give to you – no matter the medium! And the way to increase conversions? 2) Make it urgent. They don’t!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

I was thrilled to have a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies. The worry about a steep learning curve is more of a mindset change, from letting go of doing the work from zero to 100% and shifting to focusing on the 80-100%. These examples of micro productivity examples can applied easily to working.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

They established national AI committees and working groups that spanned learning and development experts, local chapter leaders, and technological advisors (often Googlers). The most important question Project Evident asks when working with nonprofits on AI adoption is 'Why AI?'"

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This is the key to getting noticed by people who will be interested in joining your organization. For example, some people might regularly use forums to meet with others online. This will give you a good idea of what works and what doesn’t. 2) Make it easy for people to contact your association on social media.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

He brings each person into his mind and heart, expresses gratitude for their work in the world, and considers how he can best support them. I reflected on the people that I planned to see that day and chose one thing that Id like to thank them for. Most people would consider their mind more important than their teeth.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

To measure narcissism, we used a personality assessment that asks people to choose whether they identify more with more narcissistic statements like, I always know what I am doing, or less narcissistic statements like Sometimes I am not sure of what I am doing. The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

With competition for skilled professionals rising and work environments shifting, finding and keeping great talent takes more than just passion. Crafting a Compelling Employer Brand People want to work where they know theyll make a difference. When candidates see the real-world impact of your work, theyll want to be part of it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

They used the grant to help more than 1,000 people searching for food find resources: an admirable contribution to the community-wide effort. . The main determinants of whether the effort will pay off for your organization are: How many people search for topics that your nonprofit addresses. How Do Google Ad Grants Work?

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Ive conducted some myself, including work on how trust is essential for leaders in cross-cultural business environments. Those practices can create a psychologically safe and supportive work environment. Managers should commit to leading with trust, acting with integrity and fostering workplaces where people feel valued and empowered.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. They also shared insights into how they make their long-distance partnership work (Goldstein is based in Washington, D.C., MC: Tell me about how that succession process worked.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 4, 2019

In 2020, these steps will be a response to certain trends and conversations you’ve likely caught wind of over the last few years. Big Results for Nonprofits That Embrace Flexible Work Environments. The Rise of Giving Experiences and Conversations About Sustainable Impact. Their common thread? Blockchain for Good.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Remote work was one of those unsettling tests. We must stop the punch-clock mentality and the belief that if we let staff out of our sight, they’re going to be doing anything other than working. The traditional workplace reality is you’re lucky if you get up to five hours of productive work from each employee every day.

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Candid

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Our 40% commitment to Native-led groups: Listening, learning, and growing Many years ago, a series of frank conversations with Native communities revealed we needed to show up as allies with a deeper commitment to their work. Native people want to thrive on their own terms.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Many nonprofit organizations devote their time, talent, funding, and mission to helping people who live in financial hardship. We know how hard it is for many people to make ends meet, even when they work hard every day. Nonprofits working in the areas of health care as well as finance and insurance (e.g.,

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2025

Rushed pre-work : High-quality planning sessions start with pre-work that takes time to create and time to complete. Comprehensive pre-work The best strategic planning sessions arent rushed; theyre carefully developed through input from board members, staff, and facilitators. The team should be no more than five people.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

When providing feedbackwhether in one-on-one conversations, emails, or project updatescall out specific actions that made a difference. How employees work is just as important as what they achieve. When recognition is equitable, employees across all levels feel like their work matters.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This was a familiar conversation in our small association where a handful of key employees worked well into many evenings compiling data from multiple sources. The manual compiling of data, lists, and reports was not professionally challenging, and we longed for better work-life balance. It was always the same story.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 8, 2025

As part of my book launch, I hosted gatherings where I asked people to write on sticky notes their answers to two separate prompts: “What dysfunctions in the social impact sector do you want to disappear”, and “What is emerging that gives you hope?” Here are the top themes shared by your fellow changemakers.

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