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		<title>Following up on those trade show and conference leads</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does it seem like time has flown by this winter? I know it has for me. Maybe it&#8217;s the strange weather &#8212; my friends living in the middle and right hand side of the country seem to be getting hit with yet another major snow storm, while Seattle has been enjoying a relatively mind and &#8230; <a href="http://jengonyer.com/2013/03/19/following-up-on-those-trade-show-and-conference-leads/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jengonyer.com&#038;blog=37880626&#038;post=769&#038;subd=jengonyer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you Board yet? A more personal perspective on joining a Board</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally joined a Board. I say &#8220;finally&#8221; because I have been invited to apply for Board positions since leaving academia in 2007, but the situations were never right. I have worked with Boards, under Boards, and helped clients work on Board development strategies. Why would I take so long to finally join one? A &#8230; <a href="http://jengonyer.com/2013/03/12/are-you-board-yet-a-more-personal-perspective-on-joining-a-board/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jengonyer.com&#038;blog=37880626&#038;post=590&#038;subd=jengonyer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Texere will be back Friday, March 8</title>
		<link>http://jengonyer.com/2013/02/26/texere-will-be-back-friday-march-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Does cold calling result in hot leads or frozen phones?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some sales people and fundraisers swear that cold calling works and is effective. Others swear cold calling is futile and dead in this age of the internet. In sales, I heard both arguments, and I myself was conflicted about its efficiency (I had some good conversations, but I left ten times  more voicemail messages&#8230; that &#8230; <a href="http://jengonyer.com/2013/01/12/does-cold-calling-result-in-hot-leads-or-frozen-phones/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jengonyer.com&#038;blog=37880626&#038;post=646&#038;subd=jengonyer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Great (people) are not born great, they grow great.&#8221; And they find great mentors, don&#8217;t they?</title>
		<link>http://jengonyer.com/2013/01/07/great-people-are-not-born-great-they-grow-great/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mentors. I realize that I have been absolutely blessed to have so many wonderful mentors in my professional life &#8212; various people who were slightly wiser and more experienced (and sometimes VERY much wiser and more experienced), not always older than me in years but certainly older than me in knowledge and skill. In every &#8230; <a href="http://jengonyer.com/2013/01/07/great-people-are-not-born-great-they-grow-great/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jengonyer.com&#038;blog=37880626&#038;post=569&#038;subd=jengonyer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Terrible New Year, Terrible New Mantra&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 05:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ― Joseph Campbell I&#8217;m not one to make resolutions. I learned as a teenager that the new year resolution tradition is a trap. However, I was struck by this quote the other &#8230; <a href="http://jengonyer.com/2013/01/01/terrible-new-year-terrible-new-mantra/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jengonyer.com&#038;blog=37880626&#038;post=545&#038;subd=jengonyer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The True Role of the Executive Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe strongly in collaboration, and I love to do whatever I can to help foster healthy communities &#8212; professionally, personally, and socially. This guest post from my friend Tim Heimerle at Hiring Karma marks the first of what I hope will be a long and fruitful series of posts from other relationship builders in &#8230; <a href="http://jengonyer.com/2012/09/24/the-true-role-of-the-executive-director/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jengonyer.com&#038;blog=37880626&#038;post=490&#038;subd=jengonyer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Hiring Karma: Culture eats strategy for breakfast, or lunch</title>
		<link>http://jengonyer.com/2012/09/02/from-hiring-karma-culture-eats-strategy-for-breakfast-or-lunch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Tim at Hiring Karma finds the best articles to help others think about their non-profit job search at a higher, slightly more philosophical level. I&#8217;m highlighting this particular article because it applies to workplace culture in general&#8230; and it is so important to consider. Thanks, Tim! Culture eats strategy for breakfast, or lunch. &#8230; <a href="http://jengonyer.com/2012/09/02/from-hiring-karma-culture-eats-strategy-for-breakfast-or-lunch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jengonyer.com&#038;blog=37880626&#038;post=456&#038;subd=jengonyer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 06:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What fundraising is really about &#8211; Future Fundraising Now. I&#8217;m loving this very short, very sweet post from Future Fundraising Now. Enjoy! With or without your caffeine.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jengonyer.com&#038;blog=37880626&#038;post=454&#038;subd=jengonyer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes you just need to stop and breathe&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will be honest: I&#8217;m normally so busy (aren&#8217;t we all) that I tend to not take the time to stop, watch, listen, think, reflect. We all know that stress is bad for us &#8212; mentally and physiologically. I know it. Yet, I still need to be better about carving out a few moments to &#8230; <a href="http://jengonyer.com/2012/08/27/sometimes-you-just-need-to-stop-and-breathe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jengonyer.com&#038;blog=37880626&#038;post=438&#038;subd=jengonyer&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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