Two people who changed the world died within days of each other last week. One you know, the other you don’t. Both lost valiant battles with pancreatic cancer. Both died at nearly the same age and far too young (at least from where I’m sitting now they died too young). Both were about changing the […]
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At the risk of slipping into the curmudgeon category, I need to get this off my chest. I really started noticing a few months ago how many people tell me something, “Honestly.” They preface a statement with “Honestly…” As in “Honestly, here’s what you should do…” Or “Honestly, this is the situation…” Or “Well, honestly,
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One of my favorite presentations to give is “Aunt Ruby’s Rules on Nonprofit Branding.” I won’t try to describe it in detail, but it deals with what I consider the current realities and opportunities for nonprofit leaders all in the context of how my very proper Aunt Ruby would say it. The material is the
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FastCompany ran an interesting post last week about Steve Jobs. Because Jobs announced that he’s stepping down from his post at Apple, there have been a flurry of posts on Jobs’ impact on Apple, technology, design and even the world. I thought FastCompany’s take was perfect, people reflecting on their first meeting with this iconic
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Today we had a blast hanging out at Christian Leadership Alliance Conference in Dallas. Carol Patterson of CityTeam Ministries teamed up with us to present “Social Media Strategies: Building High Value Donor Relationships.” Great group in our session with great thinking and terrific questions. Here’s the slide deck from the presentation. CLA 2011: Connect with
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Just found out about a fascinating syndrome: Impostor Syndrome. This, according to my vast and extensive research on Wikipedia and the Internet (who can argue with those sources), is a “psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments.” In other words these people feel like fakes or feel like they’re fooling everyone.
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Steven Pressfield has written a wonderful new book titled: “Do the Work.” If you are trying to create anything, build anything, overcome anything…really trying to do anything at all, I recommend you find a copy of the book and devour it. I gobbled mine up the afternoon Amazon dropped it in the mailbox. One long
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Two years today ago we jumped into the whole blog-o-sphere thing! It was our Inauguration Day. We had no idea how much fun we’d have. We also had no idea how tough it would be. One of the best outcomes from blogging was all the great people we’ve met and heard from. The Oneicity blog
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If you have any doubt about how leadership is personal, checkout Steve Jobs. Doesn’t matter what you think about the smart folks in Cupertino, CA or their products. The bottomline is that the organization we know as Apple rises and falls on Steve Jobs. Jobs announced he’s taking a medical leave. He’s continuing as CEO
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Sad but true. Douglas Rushkoff wrote a great post over at Mashable about how marketing is threatening Social Media’s “true promise.” I think that Rushkoff is reacting to the big brands (specifically P&G) jumping into the Social Media pool and swinging their big checkbooks around (I’m not sure that metaphor works exactly but you get
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We’re continuing our 8 in 8 book giveaway that we think you should read. And because we’re not content to just tell you to read a book, we’re giving away the books we recommend. The next book we’re giving away is a little different than you might expect. The book is titled: “The Twenty-Piece Shuffle”
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The future of fundraising and nonprofit leadership has been the topic of several conversations lately in the Oneicity backchannel. Sometimes the context is a charity in an executive search. Then the question is: “Who’s the right candidate for the next 10 years?” Sometimes the question is organizational: “What do we need to do to be
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