Most people have heard of the marshmallow test. Ask a young child if they want one marshmallow now or two in a short while. The test was designed and originally delivered in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, it showed a correlation between a young child’s ability to delay gratification and their future success [1].
We all know what a goal is, for example:
The first one is a financial goal, the second is personal and the third involves the police and social welfare. We intuitively know the first two are goals but do we really need to articulate an objective to avoid traumatize Johnny?
Control a meeting can be a challenge [1] and a virtual even more so. Part of the following series, this and following blog will discuss Zoom-tools and methods to keep a meeting under control and the participants engaged.
In a previous blog (Freely Zooming in on Non-Profits), an organization has acquired Zoom. The second blog in the series (Setting Up Zoom (TOO MANY OPTIONS!)) discussed which buttons to push to make the tool work optimally for non-profit. Now you are ready for your first big meeting, YEAH!
In a previous blog (Freely Zooming in on Non-Profits), an organization has decided to use a free version of Zoom or purchase a license, the good news. The better news is that Zoom is a highly configurable tool designed to be used in large organizations with a myriad of complex and varying business requirements.
Even as COVID-19 subsides, non-profit organizations will be more inclined to use virtual technologies to conduct their programming and business.
One definition of financial literacy is: “… having the knowledge, skills and confidence to make responsible financial decisions.” [1]
Volunteers and Non-Profit organization members are a rare commodity. They are hard to find, difficult to screen, expensive to replace/retain and then vanish without warning.
As a result of a private research project I am engaged in, I wonder what exactly is the definition of a volunteer, non-profit or a member of a non-profit. There are a few other blogs I wanted to write concerning these things but I kept on coming back to the question, but what exactly is a ….?
Continue readingIn a previous blog, Co-Opetition at 20-Something, I gave myself a memory jog for the book of the same name. One of the reasons I was re-reading this book was to know what the concept has to say about Co-Opetition and Non-Profits [1].
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