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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Facilitation Friday #28: "I Wonder If.

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Youre the staff liaison to a committee or the board and the chairperson is running a pretty ineffective meeting. This applies to both staff members and volunteers leading committee, team, or board, meetings, as well as individuals leading workshops at conventions. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Pre-Qualifying Volunteers

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Committee service may or may not be an effective training ground for a board member. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3). Jul 2002 (3). Jun 2002 (2). May 2002 (4). Great vice-presidents dont always have the right skills for serving as president. The bottom line? May 2004 (5).

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Why The Structure You're Staffing is Stifling Progress

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Despite ample research indicating that many volunteers prefer short-term project work versus long-term committee or board positions, too many organizations still use under an older mental operating software about individual motivation and loyalty. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: What Informs Your Efforts?

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In reading this weekend about how the host committee leadership approached planning for the event, one specific aspect of their approach really impressed me. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3). Jul 2002 (3). Jun 2002 (2). May 2002 (4). May 2004 (5). Jan 2004 (3).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Four Innovation Lessons with.

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This field research yields more powerful learning than a committee continuing to study and perfect a lone pilot effort ever could. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3). Jul 2002 (3). Jun 2002 (2). May 2002 (4). May 2004 (5). Jan 2004 (3). Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: 10 Tips for Engaging A Volunteer.

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These pieces of work can then be developed into the various components of a comprehensive volunteer structure: work groups or project teams, solo assignments, advisory boards; task forces or committees; etc. Most volunteer involvement brochures and forms solicit interest in committees or task forces. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: To Earn More Trust, Be More.

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The next time you are part of a committee, task force, or community that is in the forming stage, pose this question to help with the groups development: what do we need to know and understand about each other in order to develop the level of trust required for the work we have joined together to accomplish? Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4).