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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Belief Systems as Bridge-Builders.

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Belief Systems as Bridge-Builders, Not Barriers. Our life experiences inform and coalesce into the belief systems that guide our choices. When we come together with others—at home, in neighborhoods, in volunteers groups, or at work—our respective belief systems come into contact with those that others hold.

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#ASAE19 Game Changers: Leading With Purpose

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Columbus-based food entrepreneurs Jeni Britton Bauer and Joe DeLoss have succeeded thanks to innovation—and by bringing a diverse group of people along for the ride. Successful organizations thrive on their ability to come up with new ideas. For more information and to register, visit the conference website.

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Why The Structure You're Staffing is Stifling Progress

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Speaking at a leadership conference for volunteers this weekend, I was reminded why some organizations struggle to get volunteers. If your mindset and systems are based on having long-term employees (i.e., If your mindset and systems are based on having long-term employees (i.e., 1, Columbus, OFA & ANLA Staff Workshop.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Rethinking 80-20

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What if the these percentages are not because of some predetermined tendency of the way individuals act, but is instead a logical result of the systems and processes we put into place? You might just find that 80% of your systems are focused on enabling only 20% of your potential participants or contributors. Dec 2002 (6).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: There Really Is a Simpler Way

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a simpler way, the wonderful book co-authored by Margaret Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers, continues to guide my thinking about organizations. Discarding a mechanistic perspective means embracing some alternative beliefs about people and organizations. Here are a few of them: Living systems learn constantly.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Pre-Qualifying Volunteers

Idea Architects

The time has come for any organization using volunteers to pre-qualify them with self-guided virtual tutorials they can take to amass the basic information required for effective involvement. 1, Columbus, OFA & ANLA Staff Workshop. 2, Columbus, MORNING AVAILABLE-special rate. 2, Columbus, PIA-Ohio Board Workshop.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Thinking Differently About.

Idea Architects

I think we need to reframe the way many organizations currently view volunteers. In short, we would organize the enterprise for 100% volunteering. But in creating the system to enable and support it, we would most likely diversify the number and perspectives of people volunteering and the ways in which they contribute.