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Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

What Are the Differences Between Project Based and Regular Employees? | Chron.com - 0 views

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  • specific project often work for a specific number of weeks or months
  • They may or may not work at your location, use your equipment, or work full time on your project
  • an independent contractor should not be given set hours, told exactly how to perform his job, or be told he can only work for you.
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  • A project-based worker usually signs a contract to work on one aspect of your business. For example, you may hire a financial person to re-do your accounting systems, a graphic artist to update your marketing materials, or a human resources professional to develop an employee benefits package
  • With a project-based contractor, you pay only the agreed-upon fee you negotiated.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 02 May 16
     
    helps define project-based employees, Sam Ashe-Edmunds
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Dissecting the Pros and Cons of Contract Employment | Envision - 0 views

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  • Contract Positions
  • often defined at the project level or on a specific time frame.
  • seasonal needs or staffing needs (such as when a critical employee takes paternity leave) or during special projects
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  • website redesign, or
  • someone to help during a transitional period
  • Right to Hire Positions
  • Direct Hire Positions
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 02 May 16
     
    Envision is a company specializing in contract workers, right to hire contracts, or direct hire contracts
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Capacity Building 9.0: Fund people to do stuff, get out of their way / Nonprofit With B... - 0 views

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  • First, when people talk about capacity building, it ironically seems to be about larger organizations that have some of what one of my colleagues calls “Prerequisite Capacity,” t
  • Second, I’m glad the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion in capacity building is starting to be recognized and talked about. However, there is still a long way to go.
  • Third, I am astounded by our sector’s ability to overthink and overcomplicate things while ignoring the obvious.
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  • So many capacity building efforts fail because we do not invest enough in people to carry out these efforts
  • And any effort to build the capacity of communities of color that does not take staffing into account will fail completely. Many of these orgs do amazing work but don’t have a single full-time staff, so funding anything without strategically funding staffing first will be ineffective.  
  • Supporting the right people so they are consistently there doing stuff, and then removing barriers that are preventing them from doing stuff and making them want to run screaming from the sector. THEN fund toolkits and workshops and peer learning circles and talk about ecosystems and partnerships, etc. With that in mind, here are 9 recommendations from Capacity Building 9.0:
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 31 Mar 16
     
    blog by nonprofitwithballs on funding people to do the work in nonprofits not projects, consultants, workshops, and redirecting capacity builders back to basics
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

http://docs.geofunders.org/?filename=geo2013-capacity-building-executive-summary.pdf - 0 views

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  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 31 Mar 16
     
    capacity building paper for nonprofits by grantmakers for effective organizations
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

The No. 1 Reason Most Personal Development Plans Fail - Forbes - 0 views

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  • most see it as a paper-passing, bureaucratic practice with little real value.
  • managers don’t see the process as doing much to really develop talent. For them, it’s another check-the-box exercise that siphons valuable time. But these aren’t the reasons these plans ultimately fail.
  • Development plans fail because they are not driven by the individual
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 22 Apr 16
     
    article by Joseph Folkman, March 31, 2016, Forbes, on why IDP plans fail: because they are not driven by the individual. 
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Don't Forget Volunteers as Part of the Solution to 2017 Nonprofit Challenges | Energize... - 0 views

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  • “Staffing, workflow, finance and fundraising will be the trends to watch in nonprofit operations during 2017 when it comes to charities and associations.”
  • “The Limitations of Seeing Volunteers Only as Unpaid Staff,”
  • volunteers are seen as ancillary, not central.
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  • direct invitation, not a Facebook post.)
  • clustering” – banding together to share resources or determining specialties.
  • Skilled volunteers can be integral to these developments, both to guide the learning management systems necessary and to present a wide array of professional development and public education programs.
  • Separate tasks that can legitimately be delegated to competent volunteers as their only role
  • screen applicants with experience solely in the corporate world for whether or not they also have a history of charitable giving and volunteering?
  • NPTimes foresees a surge in new training programs and certification opportunities, as well as nonprofits moving towards offering education to the general public to generate revenue.
  • support prevention rather than “bandages.” Point funders to volunteer work that brings about change and the finances needed to grow that work.  
  • Volunteers, however, can be advocates. They can speak out and be heard in more effective ways because (most of the time) they do not personally benefit from the outcome.
  • Marching and public protest are core activist tactics. But, the true potential for volunteerism is that many people are looking for how they can have a voice and affect decisions to come.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 06 Feb 17
     
    blog post by Susan J. Ellis, Energize, February 2017, great post for helping volunteers thrive in moving org mission
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Eduardo Briceño: How to get better at the things you care about | TED Talk | ... - 0 views

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learning performance zones TED alternate

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  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 07 Feb 17
     
    distinguishes between learning and performance zones
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We Need to Rethink How We Educate Kids to Tackle the Jobs of the Future | Inc.com - 0 views

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  • regimented education system with one that fosters skills like teamwork, communication and exploration.
  • Today, the average paper has four times as many authors as it did then and the work being done is far more interdisciplinary and done at greater distances than in the past.
  • but it's imperative to be able to ascribe meaning from data.
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  • curriculums focus less on the mathematics of engineering (e.g. algebra and calculus) and more on the mathematics of patterns (e.g. set theory, graph theory, etc.).
  • "A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas."
  • we need to give them the ability to explore things for themselves, take in new information, make sense of it and communicate what they've learned to others. In a world where technology is steadily taking over tasks that were once thought of distinctly human, those are the skills that will be most crucial.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 10 Apr 17
     
    how kids need to be equipped socially to work effectively with others by Greg Satel, @Digitaltonto
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People who need people. | More or Less Bunk - 0 views

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Rees blog MOOC Thrun failure disruptive_learning Change_MOOC

shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 27 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Anyway, where does this leave us? Does it mean MOOCs are dead? Not really. It just means they aren’t the massive world revolution none of us thought they were anyway. And it also suggests that universities, far from being swept away by MOOCs, are in fact the home of MOOCs. You see, MOOCs make sense as an adjunct to university business, they don’t really make sense as a stand alone offering.
  • It’s also worth noting the incredible irony here. MOOCs were supposed to be the device that would bring higher education to the masses. However, the masses at San Jose State don’t appear to be ready for the commodified, impersonal higher education that MOOCs offer without the guidance that living, breathing professors provide to people negotiating its rocky shores for the first time. People need people.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 27 Dec 13
     
    Love this cogent blog post by Jonathan Rees on why MOOCs are failing --because people need the social supports of learning online or in the classroom. published November 15, 2013.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Ruth: 63 and obsolete? Not so fast, whippersnapper | Tampa Bay Times - 0 views

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  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 30 Jul 13
     
    A somewhat humorous look at how the marketplace is focused on the buying power of younger people, not those over 60.
Lisa Levinson

Please Stop Complaining About How Busy You Are - Meredith Fineman - Harvard Business Re... - 0 views

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Harvard_Business_Review WLStudio overwhelm working time

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  • Lisa Levinson on 19 Sep 13
     
    Great article on really working smart from Harvard Business Review. Meredith Fineman states complaining being too busy seems to be the new power status: I'm busier than you so I'm more important. She goes on to give examples from her life and experiences of what working smarter, not harder, really means in this world of overwhelm
  • Lisa Levinson on 19 Sep 13
     
    Great article on really working smart from Harvard Business Review. Meredith Fineman states complaining being too busy seems to be the new power status: I'm busier than you so I'm more important. She goes on to give examples from her life and experiences of what working smarter, not harder, really means in this world of overwhelm
Lisa Levinson

Online Book Clubs - Talk That Stays on the Page - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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book_clubs New York Times WLStudio online discussion_groups

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  • Lisa Levinson on 22 Sep 13
     
    benefits of online book clubs: get along with participants as you don't have to hear about their lives, can go online to discussion at anytime, be exposed to books you would not read ordinarily, and no small talk about kids, jobs, kitchen remodels, etc. Something for us to think about!
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Sign of the Times | The Intimacy of Anonymity - 0 views

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anonymity online branding NYT Wu womenslearningstudio

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  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 19 Jun 14
     
    article by Tim Wu in NYT weekly magazine, June 3, 2014 in Culture. Maintaining your brand The euphemism is "sharing," but Klein would probably just call it selling a personal brand, whether you consider yourself the pretty young thing with literary tastes and a traditional side, the family man who brews his own beer or the tough lawyer with a sense of humor. It can be nice to share, but brand maintenance takes constant work and demands consistency. A serious self-brand should have some presence on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Foursquare, Google+ and Tumblr; keeping it all up can feel like working as an unpaid intern for a Z-list celebrity known as Oneself. excerpt Any old-timer will tell you that anonymity online is nothing new, but how things originally were. There has, of course, always been an anonymous culture, usually tied to deviancy or dissidents. In the '80s and '90s, anonymity was indelibly linked to online culture, concurrent with getting at stuff that was otherwise hard to find or illegal. It was kind of the point really, to go where, as one early adopter wrote, "no one knows you're a dog." It allowed users to escape to a place with few restrictions, where you could say things, and maybe do things wholly without social consequence. In the early days, there was no need for any consistency with the rest of your life, and that's what was so great about it.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Randi Zuckerberg's Simple Secret for Juggling Career and Kids - 0 views

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shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 23 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Nest thermostat (so we can keep our room perfectly chilled, while also keeping the nursery toasty warm and manage it all from our phones), DropCam (to check in on the little guy during nap time), Dropbox and Evernote to store important documents and to-do lists (baby brain is a real thing!), my Swash laundry device (so I can "refresh" that blazer that just got baby spit up on it, before rushing out the door to host my SiriusXM radio show), the Rock-a-bye Baby channel on Pandora (you haven't lived until you've heard a lullaby rendition of Metallica), PayPal to manage all the expenses going in and out (babies are expensive!), and the Timehop app so we can compare Simi to what Asher looked like at his age -- an instant smile every day!
  • Zuckerberg: Work. Sleep. Family. Friends. Fitness. Pick three. And remember, you can choose a different three every day. As long as it balances out in the long run, you're ok. So don't put pressure on yourself to do all five of those things well every single day.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 23 Apr 15
     
    interview with Randi Zuckerberg, Entrepreneur, December 22, 2014 Her formula: Work. Sleep. Family. Fitness. Friends. Pick three. Also offers a list of technologies that are useful as the parent of two young children, entrepreneur, careerwoman, etc.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Six more criteria for your board matrix - Cause and Effect - 0 views

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criteria board matrix Gifford Cause_and_Effect

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  • Learners: The desire to understand and to improve performance based on experience. A desire to set aside time for reflection, seek out data and expertise, identify knowledge gaps, learn from experience, be curious, scan the environment for new information, disseminate what has been learned, and integrate learning so it is broadly available and can be generalized to new situations.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 18 May 15
     
    blog post by Gayle Gifford in April 2015 on six criteria for board members including 6. learners 5. institutional memory keepers 4. accountable 3. spanning/connecting 2. strategic thinking 1. mission and values lens
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

social learning is personal - 0 views

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  • it is the the discourse amongst participants that is the most powerful accelerator of learning. I run PKM workshops as social cohorts because I realize that I am getting farther removed from novice behaviour.
  • I forget what I was learning myself over 10 years ago. I do not remember how difficult it was to post something online for the first time. Learning with others helps to ensure that it is not just my opinion that informs the other participants.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 18 May 15
     
    promo for Jarche's newest PKM and MOving to Social workshops, May 17, 2015.
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Virtual Meetings Will Erase Face to Face - BusinessWeek - 0 views

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  • Why do we have meetings and events? 1) to exchange information; and 2) to network. Virtual meeting and event technology can facilitate these two objectives easily.
  • The shortfalls of the traditional meeting model, with an on-stage presenter talking to a passive audience, have become clear with the rise of interactive and social networking tools. These advances have driven live meetings to incorporate better peer-to-peer and audience-to-presenter interaction. Today almost all live meetings use significant on-site and Web-based technologies.
  • These technologies allow attendees to get information without paper, interact real-time with presenters and one another, and build a community based on shared knowledge and interests—all while enjoying actual live contact with other human beings.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 20 May 15
     
    Article in Bloomberg Business by Brent Arslaner, Unisfair, Inc. and Spencer Jarrett, InVision Communications, 2009 on pros and cons of virtual meetings replacing f2f meetings.
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How To Rein In The Chaos Of Virtual Meetings | Fast Company | Business + Innovation - 0 views

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  • Common Courtesies
  • 91% of Blue Jeans survey respondents said they never met their colleagues in real life—Aaron says it’s important to remember to mute your line if you’re joining from your local cafe or other venue with ambient noise. It also helps to shift your screen so you don’t have glaring outside light emanating from your little virtual corner of the room.
  • video should keep people engaged and aware that they are visible to the rest of the group. "Treat colleagues with respect because you are there for a purpose," says Aaron, because technology makes it easy to detect if your eyes are wandering.
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  • Ensure Engagement Besides being visible,
  • Timing Is Everything
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 20 May 15
     
    Great article by Lydia Dishman in Fast Company on making meetings matter.
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Study finds student success lags online in California community college students | Insi... - 0 views

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  • From that sample, the researchers found online students lagging behind face-to-face students in three critical areas: Completing courses (regardless of grade). Completing courses with passing grades. Completing courses with grades of A or B.
  • "Our results also have implications for student support in online classes," they write. "Faculty members teaching online should be aware of the performance penalty associated with taking courses online and consider implementing course policies and practices that would allow them to detect student disengagement in the absence of the physical cues that FtF [face-to-face] instructors can rely on. Students should be made aware that success rates are systematically lower in online than in FtF sections so that they can make informed enrollment decisions, and should be introduced to study strategies and time management strategies that promote success in online formats."
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 12 Jun 15
     
    Inside Higher Ed article by Scott Jaschik, April 20, 2015, on how students studying online in California's community colleges are not as successful in completing courses or earning As and Bs as their peers do working f2f in classroom formats.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

The peak of 'free' on the Internet - 0 views

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  • free things aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. There’s more free product online right now than at any other time in history. We’re talking Daily Show clips, Google Books and entire libraries of music and news from every corner of the globe backed by advertising. Free is bait. It's supposed to get you hooked. If you’ve played many mobile games, this pattern might be familiar. It’s called “freemium,” in which companies offer their apps at no cost and then charge for the good stuff once you’re addicted. (This model is also popular among drug dealers.)
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 15 Jun 15
     
    Mashable on internet has gone as far as it can with free news, entertainment, services, etc.
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