Category Archives: Face to Face Influence
Emotional Intelligence
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Understanding Emotional Intelligence is a key part of growing your influence. I wanted to share this excellent article by Daniel Goleman that I found on LinkedIn: Emotional Intelligence: How Competent Are You? Below, you can see a video where Daniel talks about Emotional Intelligence: How much do you think about […]
Making An Impact Takes Patience
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This is a guest post from Nisha Kotecha. Nisha is the Founder of Good News Shared. Through working and volunteering for small charities she has seen first-hand the impact they have on people’s lives and their communities. In discussions with groups all over the country Nisha found many other people who share the view that […]
How To Influence Policy
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This is a guest post from Andrew Kaye. Andrew has spent more than ten years working in a range of policy and research roles across the not-for-profit sector. He started at Demos, the think tank and since then he has been Policy Manager at the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and following a […]
Being Dealt A Life Blow
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This is a guest post from the brilliant Sue Vought. You can find more about her excellent work here. My name is Sue Vought and am a mid-forties (how did that happen?), trumpet player, photographer, animal-loving gardener lucky enough to have a supportive partner, great friends and family who I share my life with. […]
Charity Sector Leaders And Influence
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I was very pleased to have a guest post this month in the brilliant Clore Social Leadership Programme #LeadersNow series. Dame Mary Marsh, the Founder of the Programme, led a review into leadership and skills in the voluntary sector- I was proud to be on the working group. In my guest post I talk […]
An Interview With An Inspiring Influencer
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I just wanted to share this #SocialGoodSix interview with Chris Guillebeau, as he is a really interesting influencer making a contribution to the world. During a lifetime of self-employment that included a four-year commitment as a volunteer executive in West Africa, he visited every country in the world (193 in total) before his 35th birthday. […]
Why You Need To Find Your Own Path
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What Is Social Influence?
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Do you know what social influence means? In this article, I’m going to try and explain. Social influence is basically when you are affected by other people: it might be your emotions that are affected or your beliefs or your behaviours Sometimes people will set out with the intent of influencing other […]