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Global study recommends new tactics for funders, universities, tech platforms What follows is an edited excerpt of the Recommendations chapter of SembraMedia’s Inflection Point International study of 201 digital native media in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Read the full report here–also in Spanish and Portuguese. It is republished under Creative Commons 4.0 ShareAlike international […]
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It starts with identifying your own strengths, and then those of your employees In my continuing search for learning better leadership skills, I saw statistics from the Gallup organization on the reasons people gave for why they quit their jobs. Half left to get away from their boss, and we can imagine all the possible […]
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The title of this blog post is taken from a Freakonomics Radio podcast by Steven J. Dubner, and I recommend listening to all 42 minutes of it. But if you can’t find the time, here are some of the key points. How terrible are meetings? Steven Rogelberg, an organizational psychologist, says research has shown that […]
Read More »Far too often I had this conversation with a department manager: “I am so frustrated with Robert (or Roberta). He never listens and never improves. I’ve had it.” “Have you had this conversation with Robert?” I would ask. The answer far too often was no. Usually the manager was afraid that confronting the employee would make […]
Read More »What could be worse than to make extra effort in your work and feel that no one noticed? The message would be clear: it doesn’t really matter to anyone whether I do a good job or not. No newsroom boss should let that happen. Judicious praise can change that. Many editors in particular skimp […]
Read More »When you are consumed by the daily demands of publishing news on your website, it is difficult to step back and think about where you are going. But you have to do this. Otherwise your destination is Nowhereville. There are entire websites and shelves in the bookstore dedicated to the literature on goal-setting. I will […]
Read More »(Aquí se encuentran entradas relacionadas sobre periodismo emprendedor y liderazgo.) NewsU and its founder, Howard Finberg, celebrated their 100th webinar today with ideas from faculty at the Poynter Institute on making journalism better. My favorites had to do with leadership and the business side of the news. From Wendy Wallace, on journalism entrepreneurs Play to […]
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