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10 Tips for Great Team Communication
Jeff Brown Jeff Brown

10 Tips for Great Team Communication

What exactly does good communication mean? That answer is probably a bit different in every industry, and communication style varies from person to person, but there are a few basic tenets that life (and many years of experience) have taught me and which will make your working relationships so much more smooth.

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Capital Campaign Fundamentals
Peter Olson Peter Olson

Capital Campaign Fundamentals

Founders find themselves learning and leading all aspects of starting up a children’s museum, but the one responsibility that sits heaviest on the founder’s shoulders is fundraising. There’s no escaping that money must be raised, and a lot of it.

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Top Three Take-Aways for Onboarding Your First Executive Director
Peter Olson Peter Olson

Top Three Take-Aways for Onboarding Your First Executive Director

You’re a major step closer to finally realizing your dream: opening an amazing children’s museum for your community. Your first ED’s start-date has been set, and you can visualize your to-do list being cut in half, thanks to the miracle of paid employment. But wait a minute — You don’t have an HR department on staff yet, so it falls to you and the rest of the volunteer board of directors to train this new person!

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