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Mastering communication with your volunteer board members

Board Effect

Overwhelming volume of communications Board service becomes even more demanding when members are faced with numerous messages coming from multiple streams. Without that baseline agreement, it will be hard for the leadership team to get anything done. So, how can these issues be overcome?

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Navigating the volunteer board member lifecycle for effective collaboration

Board Effect

From director onboarding to departure, consider other organizations’ experiences: Onboarding new directors to a 52-member board falls to the board administrator of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry , a business advocacy organization in Harrisburg. The administrator championed new solutions for easing the honeymoon period.

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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

Was there consumer demand? Meredith Perry came up with the idea for uBeam while still in college at University of Pennsylvania and like many great inventors won her school’s business plan competition. No brainer. Were they ambitious? Did they have the right skills? Would they build a world class team.

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Tech Checkup: Cloud Technology Redefining the Dental Industry

The Startup Magazine

Those tech advances you see as a patient are just the tip of the iceberg of tech, leadership, and business trends driving the $129 billion industry. The group structure of a DSO also provides the flexibility that this generation demands along with the potential for revenue growth through practice expansion. Millennial=Digital.

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How to Start a Successful Dental Practice

Up and Running

While routine services like cleanings and filling cavities are always in demand, new research shows a growing number of people are interested in cosmetic dentistry, such as whitening services and implants. As demand grows, so does the annual salary. Refine your leadership skills. Your employees will follow your lead.

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Dr. Oksana Malysheva Helps Propel Startups at Sputnik ATX

Austin Startup

She earned her PhD in physics from the University of Pennsylvania, and soon after, pivoted her focus to business and marketing. With that being said, leadership might look different in women vs men, and it takes a special eye to recognize it. She was born and raised in Ukraine and the Soviet Union.

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How Emotional Intelligence Can Make You a Better Leader

crowdSPRING Blog

Jeff Immelt , the widely respected CEO of General Electric, agrees: Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. A study at the University of Pennsylvania revealed that self-discipline outperformed IQ more than 2-to-1 in determining which students would succeed academically. You can use your own style to get anything done.