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Month: July 2012
FEMA’s Pledge to Prepare
Why you should care Editor’s note: The following is a powerful personal story from Dan Stoneking, Director of FEMA’s Office of External Affairs, that speaks to the importance of proper crisis preparation. On Saturday, 29 June, I woke at 3:00 a.m., startled at how hot it was in our room. I looked around and saw …
We Want To Do The Study Ourselves !!
We are preparing to enter into a capital campaign for a Christian Camp. We do not have a budget for a feasibility study, but we do have some capable people. What resources or materials can you recommend for us to do a feasibility study ourselves? ======================================== I have two immediate/automatic reactions to that question: 1. …
Embedding Adaptive Change
Every year thousands of change initiatives are undertaken globally in the form of reorganization, structural and procedural change, new product and service launches, and the setting of strategy, goals, and objectives. Yet, according to Harvard Business Review, and the experience of many of us, 70% of all change initiatives fail. The financial cost of failed …
The Crisis Show Ep. 4 – Corporate Crises
A $3B scandal, more Toyota recalls, and Swedish Tweets Corporate crises were a major topic on this week’s episode of The Crisis Show. Hosts Jonathan Bernstein, Melissa Agnes, and Rich Klein talked about Glaxo’s $3B fail, resulting from a guilty plea to several federal charges involving unethical practices. They also hit on Toyota’s never ending …
New Social Enterprise app
Social Impact is the world’s first social enterprise directory available on cell phones.
The Ants Go Marching One by One
It surprised me that the ant analogy was one of the most profound things I connected with in the book that I’m reading called 9 Things You Simply Must Do to Succeed in Love and Life. What I loved about the ant analogy is that it’s something that we can all apply to every day …
Buddhist 1st Noble Truth
The first Noble Truth in Buddhism is that life is suffering. There are various off-shoots of this Noble Truth. One I particularly like is: “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional”. How many of you feel pain, anxiety, stress, discomfort in some way at work? How can you move through those feelings to reach greater compassion? …
Recognition: Getting People To Give Their Very Best
Recognition: For something so simple why is so hard to compliment people when they do something well or to encourage them as they work to improve their performance? I’ve have heard a variety of reasons, in my training and coaching, why some managers let encouragement and recognition drift. “I don’t need recognition. I am self-driven. …
2012 Response Rate Report
The Direct Marketing Association’s 2012 Response Rate Report dated June 14, 2012 concludes that direct mail response rates are slipping, but they’re still higher than most other media.