Board Effect

JANUARY 25, 2024

Diligent and BoardEffect have written extensively about artificial intelligence (AI) over the years, from how nonprofit organizations can benefit to expert tips for AI implementation to guidance on AI governance. Nonie Dalton, VP of product management for BoardEffect and Diligent Community, carries the conversation into the new year.

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Board Effect

JUNE 26, 2023

Due to the unique characteristics of each nonprofit, there is no simple, straightforward answer to that question. Board Self-Assessments Ensure Strong Board Leadership Communities depend on community banks and credit unions to provide them with services they can’t get from the government or on their own.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

In the spring of 2012, Harvard Business Review wrote an article titled ‘ Are Women Better Leaders then Men? bringing into review research data from Zenger Folkman, Inc. In fact, the data shows that females edge slightly over males in 14 of the 16 competencies that were measured in all leadership positions.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With the continuous advances in technology, it’s easier than ever for businesses to get work done remotely. Since so many organizations have spent time working in a remote environment due to Covid-19, we’ve quickly learned what works for this unique situation and which areas need improvement. It’s a win-win. It’s a win for both sides.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

All of us are struggling to keep up in this age of technological acceleration, where we learn every day that we can’t trust links in our email, marketing guarantees, or phone requests from people we don’t know. I’m sure that all of you recognize that the technology available for marketing has changed. Take your first step today.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

Strategies to Combat Buddy Punching When it comes to strategies for preventing buddy punching, technological solutions take the forefront. Cultivating an Ethical Work Culture Apart from technological interventions, fostering a work culture where ethical behavior is valued and rewarded plays a vital role.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles. A chief technology officer (CTO) is a C-suite executive who is focused on scientific and technological issues including web applications, mobile applications, electronic and digital media development.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The annual performance review is quickly becoming a thing of the past. However, the most significant reason is that the annual performance review is simply unable to sustain, measure, or improve employee productivity in the workplace in a way that is effective or engaging for employees. The answer is active management.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

by Deb Boelkes, author of “ Heartfelt Leadership: How to Capture the Top Spot and Keep on Soaring “ In March, the world suffered a huge shock. Obviously, this physical closeness likely can’t happen now due to social distancing. As an entrepreneur, she has accelerated advancement for women to senior leadership.

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Board Effect

JUNE 14, 2023

5 Trends Impacting Nonprofit Governance Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director, Diligent Institute shared her insights, and worked with community foundation groups to pull together key questions that nonprofit boards need to be asking, at Community Foundations of Canada Reconnect 2023. Are we prepared for sustainability of grantmaking?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2022

Bill Gates will probably be more remembered in fifty years for his Foundation to save lives in developing countries, than Steve Jobs for his “insanely great” consumer technology advances. In fact, finding more balance may be impossible, due to the many daily emergencies and problems, but we can all find the time to fine-tune our focus.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Risks of Board Members Not Being Cyber-Ready Nonprofits, like any other type of organization, rely heavily on technology and digital infrastructure for communication, data management, fundraising, and more. Failure to comply due to lack of cyber readiness could result in legal consequences.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

A 2013 study published by Carl Frey and Michael Osborne of the University of Oxford shows 66 percent of the nation’s workforce has a medium to high risk of being displaced due to technology advances in coming decades. Building learning organizations will require what I call “learning conversations.”

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Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: May 7, 2017 The strength of the Central Texas technology / startup scene helps SXSW thrive as an epicenter of innovation. We also advocate the fundamental right to explore, tinker, create, and innovate along the frontier of emerging technologies. At Capital Factory at 7:00 pm. At Galvanize at 10:30 am. $79

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and In any job you either find leadership opportunities for your best people BEFORE they ask or other people start asking them to become leaders somewhere else. Leadership is about recognizing your next generation of talent and helping lift them up.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Conversion optimization is hard; it’s constantly changing and you need to know a lot about a lot. Keeping up with the technology changes and managing business’ expectations can be tricky. Here’s what some of the top experts in the field are saying about the top challenges in conversion optimization. #1 Paul Rouke, PRWD.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2019

After Fazt Tech came into existence , the goal of the company was to offer high-quality service to customers seeking technology-based solutions. The only way to undercut their efforts is to exercise strategies of cost leadership or differentiation, which translates to slashing the prices or offering something more innovative.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

and had several phone conversations after that. We did a full-court press led by Steven because once we decided this was the team we wanted to work with and this opportunity mapped to our belief system that content + tech will build a generation of great Internet companies. Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures' And Seriously.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Luminaries like Robert Scoble (author of “ Naked Conversations ” and godfather of blogging ) have caused spikes in web traffic through highlighting particular products. For companies to milk this, best practices include the following: - Having a conversational brand. Having a strategy. Reaching relevant influencers.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

It’s critical that you continually move past your job description and contribute to the industry conversation on a larger scale. Building thought leadership throughout your career is a helpful way of differentiating yourself from those around you. Write consistently. Participate in speaking engagements.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 11, 2019

She is a Silicon Valley veteran – having been the Senior Director of Engineering at Yodlee, then holding several CTO, Chief Architect, and other engineering leadership roles at a few startups before landing at Shippo in 2016. Technical design quality. At Shippo, we also consider tech debt in our definition of code quality.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 28, 2020

As businesses around the world return to work, leadership teams are tasked with deciding how best to reopen for their customers, their employees, and their values. One-to-ones and performance reviews suddenly needed to happen online, where confident direction and meaningful conversation could be undermined by slow buffering speeds.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The technology has been adopted with astonishing speed. Customer Service: Chatbots can handle inbound queries and requests, simulating human conversation by using natural language processing. However, remember that this technology has only had widespread use for a year.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Each board member should bring some expertise of their own, at least a basic understanding of technology and some aspect of diversity. Another notable disruptor that can really throw boards off track is when the board isn’t aligned with the organization’s mission and they don’t agree on the strategy for effective leadership.

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Board Effect

MARCH 28, 2024

Keeping the conversation in one place. Other tools, such as workroom discussion spaces, secure messaging and automated notifications facilitate the conversation in one place, around the work. Transparency and accountability. Granular permission management and access ensure the right people see the right information at the right time.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 13, 2022

Technology has proved to have a great driver of the rise of ‘future industries’ and those that were previously seen to be tech-proof. I believe that industries that are most optimistic about the future are those that use technology to create new products & services and it is the IT industry. 9- The translation industry.

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Board Effect

JUNE 25, 2023

A growing number of people are deciding where to put their time, money and energy based not only on the goals of a nonprofit, but also its commitment to environmental sustainability, leadership, employee diversity and other social responsibility issues. An organization with a social justice mission only has white men in leadership positions.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 22, 2020

Over the past few weeks, I have recorded a series of conversations with people leading the way out of this mess. I wanted to share the conversations with you, in the hopes that you will do the same. The first conversation is with investor and philanthropist Sam Altman. I’m working on a number of other interviews as we speak.

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Austin Startup

MAY 1, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: May 1, 2017 The strength of the Central Texas technology / startup scene helps SXSW thrive as an epicenter of innovation. Stay tuned to this space as we review more tech-focused events for the coming weeks. These posts generally cover technology-related trends. At Dell Medical School at 9:00 am. $95

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 28, 2021

Instead, we’ll be covering the core use cases that customer data platforms address and explore whether Segment or Mparticle ultimately deserves a spot in your tech stack. Whether you’re looking to improve conversions or retention CDP’s can provide a holistic view of both your opportunities and areas for improvement.

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Austin Startup

MAY 23, 2019

Thank you to the Austin Technology Incubator at UT Austin for creating the Austin startup scene as we know it! This is no exaggeration: Austin’s startup community would not have taken off without the solid foundation laid by the Austin Technology Incubator , the longest running active tech incubator in the United States.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

An online business analytics masters can be greatly enhanced by your willingness to nurture an interest in the latest tech news from around the world. This is partly down to lacking the immediacy of paralinguistics and the ease in which one can have a two-way, natural conversation. Being a Better Leader.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2019

Due to the free-flow of information, buyers have become fiercely independent. They get data from traditional sources, such as analysts and industry publications, but they’re also connected with social media, peer networks and review sites. When FireEye became my client, their revenues were stalled in the low millions of dollars a year.

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Board Effect

APRIL 23, 2020

On April 2, 2020, Mitch Johnson co-presented a webinar on “Best Practices for Virtual Board Meetings During COVID-19,” along with Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director of the Diligent Institute, and a founding team member of BoardEffect. Board leadership or staff can then call on those who’ve “raised their hands” for timely comments.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The tone of your company (such as casual, earthy, witty, prestigious, high-tech, etc.). Some ideas for how to do that include: Strike conversations with your followers. Strengthen your leadership team members’ personal branding efforts. Compound word preferences (like “health care” vs. “healthcare”).

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Board Effect

APRIL 15, 2024

To be clear, coming to an agreement with a diverse board does take more time, more challenging conversations and potential confrontation. Effective leadership and governance thrives on diversity of perspectives and diversity of perspectives doesn’t just happen. It takes intentionality.

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