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Share: "If you want freedom, then you need to have discipline"

December 10, 2017 mercin12 Leave a comment

This rings true: If you want freedom, then you need to have discipline…” Cal Newport has great thoughts on productivity…

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Ownership vs. Responsibility

October 27, 2017 mercin12 Leave a comment

It is easy to own something. You go out and buy it. It is even easier to assume that certain…

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Reading List 2016

January 9, 2016 mercin12 Leave a comment

Loved this book. I great look at what it takes to really do good in the world. Access to technology…

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Posted in: books, Uncategorized Filed under: non-profits, technology

Emmy Noether Honored by Google Doodle Today

March 23, 2015 mercin12 Leave a comment

Albert Einstein once called her “the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced.” –Read the story on Vox now

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New Google Doodle Honors Anna Atkins, Photography Pioneer

March 16, 2015 mercin12 Leave a comment

Cool honoring of Anna Atkins…

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Optimizing Your Student Debt

March 4, 2015 mercin12 Leave a comment

(This is a post by Kaitlin Butler of CommonBond. I’ve recently looked for ways to optimize the student loan debt I…

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Posted in: decision-making, financial management, persistent optimizer Filed under: debt optimization, student loan, student loan management, student loans

How to Develop an Internal Grant Communication Plan

February 5, 2015 mercin12 1 Comment

In the late fall of 2014, I presented at the Grant Professionals Association National Conference. I had quite a good…

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Posted in: communications, grants, marketing, non-profits Filed under: grant writing, internal communications

Increasing Survey Responses for Conference Workshops

November 13, 2014 mercin12 Leave a comment

I was a little disappointed in the amount of feedback I received after presenting at a recent national grant conference.…

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Posted in: management, marketing, non-profits, organization Filed under: conference, conference organizers, feedback, feedback forms, forms, surveys, workshop

What You Eat Affects Your Productivity

October 17, 2014 Harvard Business Review Leave a comment

Awesome! We intuitively think this is true and that our food choices affect our productivity, but here is some data.…

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Successful Leaders Don't Focus on All the Details

September 4, 2014 mercin12 Leave a comment

What if a leader’s job is to look at most things out of focus? Typically, we think leaders should have…

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Posted in: focus, leadership, management, organizational leadership Filed under: decision-making, good leaders, human performance, leadership essentials, management philosophy, micromanagement, slightly out of focus

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