Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2007

Stephen Downes points to a post by Tony Karrer with disagreeing with some points in about the value of blogging in Thomas Davenport's book Thinking for a Living: How to Get Better Performances And Results from Knowledge Workers. Tony points out this paragraph: I believe that blogging falls into the unproven category.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

The Open Knowledge Foundation is a great advocacy charity in that field. Grameen has a team of community knowledge workers who go out in the fields of Uganda and collect agricultural information on their mobile devices. The field of open data is all about their sharing it out to the rest of us. The UN Global Pulse initiative.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2009

Statistics compiled by the Telework Coalition show that more than 44 million Americans are commuting less by working at home at least one day per week, and it is the same in most countries with a growing number of "knowledge workers." " The environmental impact in this area is profound.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. As nonprofits become networked and different departments work across silos, we need to connect with more people than ever.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2012

Despite the fact that many knowledge workers could efficiently and effectively do their work from home, most organizations default to a management and evaluation style designed for factory workers. The future of work requires this shift in managerial mindset.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

Most creatives and knowledge workers who are not developers. If you are a ‘Circuit Rider’ then re-applying this knowledge makes administrating easier and thus cost effective for 3rd sector organisations. Where is Linux not a good idea? Did you learn anything about how your computer works? I bet you did.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

" Good is advocating for a new type of knowledge worker - he calls them Newsmasters. The person uses a combination of machine automation and topic-specific expert knowledge. These are human filters " who subscribe to the RSS feeds of a large number of sources, search queries, and other dynamic sources.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 9, 2019

We can’t just be knowledge workers; we must also be learning workers.” Recognizing that “I don’t know” is a fair place to start—if you quickly follow with a question. Learning is so vital today that we can think of ourselves as living in a learning economy ,” says Staats. “

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2021

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. This research is the most precious knowledge we have about what animates great teams and their leaders, and is the foundation of the book.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. This research is the most precious knowledge we have about what animates great teams and their leaders, and is the foundation of the book.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 6, 2020

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. This research is the most precious knowledge we have about what animates great teams and their leaders, and is the foundation of the book.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2020

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. This research is the most precious knowledge we have about what animates great teams and their leaders, and is the foundation of the book.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 1, 2019

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. This research is the most precious knowledge we have about what animates great teams and their leaders, and is the foundation of the book.

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Neon CRM

MAY 30, 2023

Wasted Time The average knowledge worker reports spending about 60% of their time on “work about work.” Staff and volunteers can make mistakes that filter throughout a nonprofit’s various software tools, leading to ineffective campaigns, inaccurate member information, and poor financial tracking.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 21, 2015

For knowledge workers. Learn more about MuseumCamp 2015 here , including dates, program plan, and more on the theme. Watch the video from MuseumCamp 2014 if you want to get a sense of the silliness behind the seriousness. MuseumCamp is for activists. For designers. For people on the front lines. For managers. For creative types.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

For knowledge workers. The MuseumCamp website has more information about this year's camp and how to apply. It also has testimonials from past campers and information on past years to help you get a sense of the experience. MuseumCamp is for activists. For designers. For people on the front lines. For managers. For creative types.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 25, 2024

Embrace knowledge as power Drucker coined the term “knowledge worker” to highlight the role of continuous learning and data-informed decision-making in organizational success. “The most valuable asset of a 21st-century institution, whether business or non-business, will be its knowledge workers and their productivity.”

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