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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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Sue’s deep experience with boards and leadership makes her the perfect resource for a conversation about coaching new and more seasoned directors. That curiosity and engagement with others are reflected in her love of travel and learning about diverse countries and cultures. Focus on Mentoring Sue is a relationship builder.

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Strong Proposals Start with Asking 11 Internal Questions

The NonProfit Times

Consider these communication questions you can pose to yourself as you develop a relationship: Does this person prefer email or face-to-face conversations? Do they need a Zoom, a phone call, or an in-person conversation? Can they answer immediately or do they need time to ponder and reflect?

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Confessions of a former DEI skeptic  

Candid

I left our conversation with the promotion and a question that remained with me for years: Why didn’t others who looked like me advocate for themselves in the same way? I began to see how systems and structures were designed to favor some and disadvantage others. I simply didn’t know not to ask. It was a clear class bias.

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Get More Out of AI, Start Chatting

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You’ve probably had a conversation with the bot twins, ChatGPT and Bard. Eliza was a natural language processing program created to explore the dynamics of conversation between humans and machines. They can handle more complex and dynamic conversations. Check Bing out. Compared to today’s models, Eliza was tongue-tied.

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4 Ways Nonprofits Can Start Using AI in 2024

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Communication is conducted in natural language, similar to how you would converse with a friend or colleague. Provide enough context in a well-structured manner to ensure they can complete the task you ask of them. Remember, the first version of the policy doesn’t have to be perfect; initiating this conversation is key.

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Success and wellness tips for Black fundraisers

Candid

Recently, the challenges of the work, like race and gender biases, imbalanced power structures, and increasing political polarization have left me exhausted. We advocate for our communities while operating within systems that may not always reflect our values or experiences. But what if we reframed how we approach this work?

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When doing interactive sessions, you also have to give a nod to the introverts in the room who don’t always process well by having a conversation with someone they don’t know. Overnight Reflection. What I think is the magic is the use of “overnight reflection.” Then we opened up for discussion.