Cognitive Flexibility Theory is about preparing people to select, adapt, and combine knowledge and experience in new ways to deal with situations that are different than the ones they have encountered before,” says Rand Spiro of Michigan State University. The non-profit landscape changed significantly in the last ten years. Digital and social media provides new …
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People like Facebook. People use Facebook. People love Instagram. It is my single most-used app. I spend an hour a day on Instagram. I have made friends based on photos they share. I know how they feel, and how they see the world. Facebook lacks soul. Instagram is all soul and emotion.–Why Facebook Bought Instagram …
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“In the age of social networking, relevant engagement counts for everything.”-Brian Solis Most ministries have an online presence, and are spending time each week maintaining it. Recent conversations with ministry leaders from around the US revealed that many are creating blogs and Twitter accounts to catch up or resuscitate an old website. The missing piece …
“A comparatively safe and prosperous career with some automatic baseline prestige is dangerously tempting to someone young, who hasn’t thought much about what they really like.”–Paul Graham Tweet
“There is no future in any business model that is cemented in reactive engagement.”–Brian Solis Transitioning from an organization that shouts to one that listens and interacts takes leadership, vision, and patience. It’s difficult to help an organization understand that those outside of it’s walls expect a relationship, not just transactional interactions (giving and volunteering …
Edelman Digital released a complete checklist for optimizing your Facebook Page for Timeline’s new features. Here are the highlights: How do I measure success (number of fans, user engagement, increase in sales, and so on)? What do I want to achieve? Which metrics should I use? The new cover photo ideally measures 851 pixels by 315 …
“Regardless, the train has left the station and there appears to be no turning back. Old approaches are stalled and multi-stakeholder networks are emerging as a powerful force to fix a broken world.”–Don Tapscott Tweet
“Today, for the first time in history, we can accurately map and measure person-to-person interaction. Our online social networks connect millions of people and support communication between these people. We can measure who is connected to whom, who talks to whom and who share ideas with whom.”–Jeff Hurt Traditional outreaches involve lots of front-end promotion, …
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“The answers lie in intelligence and empathy. Leadership unfolds in how you translate what you learn and feel into appreciation and understanding of the state of customer sentiment and how that correlates to the state of customer relationships.”–Brian Solis It’s easy for ministries to assume they know more about the people they are seeking to …
“Time is the most valuable asset you don’t own. You may or may not realize it yet, but how you use or don’t use your time is going to be the best indication of where your future is going to take you.”–Mark Cuban How often do you audit the time you spend each day, week …
