I attended an eWomen Network Conference in Dallas, TX, and got to hear several great speakers. Among them was Lisa Nichols, and she said two very profound things I want to leave as tips for you:
“Get out of your comfort zone, feel the fear, and just do it!”
“People are more comfortable with the familiar discomfort, [...]
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Wednesday Tip: Quote from Lisa Nichols
Wednesday Tip: Customer Service done right!
When did treating your employees well become such a revolutionary idea? It’s not a radical idea for Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, it’s the model. Check out this extraordinary video on how Tony has built a company where people love to work and provide exceptional customer service!
What time is it?
I’m always on the hunt for a new time management magic bullet. I’m looking for that elusive trick that’s going to add hours back into my day, and make my life better.
Well, I believe I found it! It is a combination of several techniques that take me back to my project planner days; so, I’ve [...]
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Nonprofit Essentials: Endowment Building [E-Book] Diana S. Newman
“Endowments are very appealing as dependable sources of income for nonprofit organizations. Diana Newman’s comprehensive work shows how endowments also can provide multiple opportunities for donor involvement when the solicitation program is well-designed and integrated with other fund development and program goals. Diana [...]
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The One Page Business Plan for Non-Profit Organizations by James Horan
The edition of the One Page Business Plan Series has been specifically designed for Non-Profits. If you are responsible for founding or managing a non-profit organization… this book was written just for you! Now you can easily write a draft plan on a single page [...]
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Arts Marketing Insights: The Dynamics of Building and Retaining Performing Arts Audiences
Joanne Scheff Bernstein
Arts Marketing Insights offers managers, board members, professors, and students of arts management the ideas and information they need to market effectively and efficiently to customers today and into the future. In this book, Joanne Scheff Bernstein helps readers to understand performing [...]
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199 Fun and Effective Fundraising Events for Nonprofit Organizations by Anita Biase
Are you tired of searching everywhere to find fresh and exciting ideas for your nonprofit organization? Finally there is a new resource for nonprofit organizations and friends of nonprofits to get your events turbocharged with new ideas for your next fundraiser. Aside from raising [...]
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StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath
DO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT YOU DO BEST EVERY DAY?
Chances are, you don’t. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.
To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the [...]
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For strategic planning to be effective in the nonprofit setting, a variety of issues must be considered, including the relationship between board and staff, limited resources, and more. Packed with real-world insights, planning tips, common misperceptions, pitfalls to avoid, and other useful pointers, this Second Edition and its companion Web site make planning easy for [...]
