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Does Your Non-Profit Need Marketing?
I’m sure your instinct is to say, “no.” After all, non-profits are all about doing good deeds, helping people who cannot help themselves, and...
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Consistency Matters
I overheard a staff member grumbling about the new email signature that was implemented for all employees. She sounded like the defiant type who...
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Marketing for Non-Profits
It sounds like an oxymoron, but non-profit organizations can benefit tremendously from traditional marketing activities.
When you think non-profits, you think of a bunch of...
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A Poor Communication Story
Catherine went into her first job interview since it happened surprisingly confident, although she was aware of the need to keep it positive. Her...
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Everyone Knows How to Communicate, Right?
Most bosses can spout the current rhetoric about the importance of communication, the conventional wisdom on employee engagement, and probably even the platitudes about...
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Put a Label on That
The CEO of a new non-profit carefully assembles his leadership team to prepare for a monumental launch of services. He scours the field for...
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Making a Gracious Exit
Dean sat quietly tapping his foot under his desk while the rest of the office buzzed with rumor at the sight of Dean’s boss...
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9/11 – And the Man in a Red Suit
Where were you 18 years ago when the planes hit the World Trade Center?
I vividly recall that nightmarish day. Some of my co-workers and...
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Transfer Those Skills Into A New Career
Early in my career, I taught English in the public schools. It was my mother’s dying wish that I embrace this profession, her own...
HOT OFF THE PRESS
A Lifeboat in Uncertain Times
This summer ended with two mass shootings in a single day — one in El Paso, Texas, and another in Dayton, Ohio — each...
So They’re Telling You to Say “NO”
The proper answer was “no.” The sane, reasonable answer was “no.”
I came to the interview, curious, if not a bit hesitant. It was not...
Cultural Transformation Can be a Rocky Road
Cultural transformation is not an overnight event. The word ‘transformation’ means, “a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance.” So, cultural transformation is...
Confident or Cocky?
Fake it 'til you make it.
We all do it at times. But, do you know someone who is really terrible at something, and he...
On Being Ordinary
Metaphysically, we are a fractal chip of the whole.
Expectations and intricate plans carry with them tension and fear. “What if I fail? What if...
The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage
Psychologist Susan David shares how the way we deal with our emotions shapes everything that matters: our actions, careers, relationships, health, and happiness. In...
Because I Can Now
Nothing brings me joy like helping a mamma labor and birth her baby. I am drawn to this not only to witness birth, but...
Ocean Peace
Waves of the ocean rolling to shore,
Copper glow of the sun rising over the horizon,
Golden glitter of a sandy beach,
Seagulls resting on the shoreline,
A...
Repairing a Wrong is Key to Success within Relationships –at Work and Home
Put on then...compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other;...
Liberate Yourself!
Every aspect of your life is energetically anchored in your living space, so clearing clutter can transform your entire existence.
—Karen Kingston
Clutter can show up...
What Your Employees Don’t Need From You
What a pleasure life would be to live if everybody would try to do only half of what he expects others to do.
–William J.H....
Grammatically Thinking
Helping others should never center around how others perceive you.
There are many factors that can shape, broaden, or significantly influence our own personal development....