Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Gallup is the go-to resource for learning about the attitudes and behaviors of employees and customers. employees with desk and office jobs aren’t longing for the old workplace to return, and nearly 40% of employees say they would change jobs for an option to work full or part-time from a flexible location. 90% of U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. What attitudes toward evaluation are present? The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Some of the game elements it incorporates are: Points Badges Leaderboards Rewards for activities that are not traditionally considered games It aims to make the tasks or activities more enjoyable and engaging, thereby increasing participation and motivation.

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Train Training Classroom Skills 52

Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Some of the game elements it incorporates are: Points Badges Leaderboards Rewards for activities that are not traditionally considered games It aims to make the tasks or activities more enjoyable and engaging, thereby increasing participation and motivation.

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Train Training Classroom Skills 52

Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Some of the game elements it incorporates are: Points Badges Leaderboards Rewards for activities that are not traditionally considered games It aims to make the tasks or activities more enjoyable and engaging, thereby increasing participation and motivation.

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Train Training Classroom Skills 52

Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Unions are usually structured around large national/international organizations that contain smaller local organizations (also known as “locals”). National unions tend to deal with overall strategy, and frequently provide programs and resources for the locals. Unions finance these activities largely with direct dues from members. .

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Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Assessing the Quality of eLearning Programs The quality of eLearning programs is directly proportional to the level of student achievement, student participation, instructor effectiveness, and course structure. All these deliver significant financial gains to organizations.

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eLearning ROI Measure Business 52

Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Assessing the Quality of eLearning Programs The quality of eLearning programs is directly proportional to the level of student achievement, student participation, instructor effectiveness, and course structure. All these deliver significant financial gains to organizations.

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eLearning ROI Measure Business 52

Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

Assessing the Quality of eLearning Programs The quality of eLearning programs is directly proportional to the level of student achievement, student participation, instructor effectiveness, and course structure. All these deliver significant financial gains to organizations.

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eLearning ROI Measure Business 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. The design is a description of how you will use the time slots – goals, content, instructional activities, materials, technology, documentation, and evaluation. Training is only valuable if participants apply what they learn. Your design is not just about content.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Here are a few activities to consider completing during this step: Performing motivation-based research. Use insights from the motivation-based research to create donor personas—or an archetype of your ideal donor that defines their basic characteristics like demographics, preferences, and attitudes. Develop concrete strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Bob’s responsibility is less to provide fish to staff, but more to teach them how to fish. “My goal is to make sure that every person on staff has access to the data they need in order to create actionable changes in the way they do their programs. Changing a nonprofit culture isn’t as simple as. Start at the top.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

In a comment I suggested that crowdsourcing for visioning purposes was reminiscent of the use of OD (organizational development) principles and methods often found in large-scale organizational or system change initiatives. Beth asked me to elaborate. This blog post is my response. From yesteryear to tomorrow Enter social software.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Keep in mind that some venues may not allow you to stake anything into the ground or even tie things to existing structures. Other things to think about include cancellation policies, last minute venue or date changes, and what their deposit policy is like. Think through what changes you’ll need to make to keep everyone safe.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2010

Here are four surprising things Oldenburg describes about third places—characteristics I think would be quite difficult for cultural institutions to assume: The primary attraction of a third place is the patrons, not the décor, the hosts, or the activities provided by management. People make fun of each other and laugh loudly. Longer hours.

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sgEngage

JULY 30, 2024

The Challenge The 2025 enrollment cliff is real and more than a demographic blip: it’s a siren of profound changes in higher education. When you model based on intent, institutional biases change, and you find and recruit students beyond those who are traditionally in your classroom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2009

Over the past two years, the Packard Foundation has worked in partnership with Monitor Institute to explore how networks were changing the social sector. (If The diagnostic tool includes 8 different areas: membership, leadership, governance, purpose, strategy/structure, assessment, communications/technology, and resource management.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? A lot of these projects are about getting people to be more social and active in museums. It''s common in many museums to offer cart-based activities that invite visitors (mostly families) to play a game, try an experiment, or make art.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Sometimes when I engage in self-care and take a break, I feel guilt that I am not actively doing something or being productive, especially when I have projects that need to be completed or while job searching. Q: What are your thoughts on lunchtime activities? [Note, some questions have been edited in the interests of privacy.].

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 28, 2009

We had a very active chat-based discussion during and after the webcast, and the chatlog will be available at the CFM site soon. It’s easy to imagine ways that game structures could make life seem less capricious, more fair, more responsive, and more controllable. But the motivation is still external. For example, consider voting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

Leaders strive to change the way that other people think, feel and act”. . Deep change is all about a change in the collective story. It is a change in the way that people, think, feel and act. . We have to get behind the trajectory of story described above, and use peoples’ stories to effect more and better change. .

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? A lot of these projects are about getting people to be more social and active in museums. It's common in many museums to offer cart-based activities that invite visitors (mostly families) to play a game, try an experiment, or make art.

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Question Participatory Museum Vietnam 49

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

While the evaluation component of the report is focused on the extent to which these various projects promote science learning and behavior change among participants, the rubric of participatory models introduces a language that can be useful to many kinds of institutions and projects. One last thought on evaluation.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

Two years later, things have changed for the blog--and more importantly, for the museum field. In the last year, I have seen traditional museum attitudes about social media and community co-design go from "why should we care about this?" And if you don't want to get involved with other community activities, that's fine.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

Casual discussions were steeped in government policies, national literacy rates, and worldwide attitudes towards science. If museums are really committed to changing the world, we need to move out of conference rooms and plenaries and start working. And these conversations weren't exclusive to the program events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Meet Karen Bloom who is Chief Advancement Officer for Project Kesher , an organization that trains women to become change-makers across 9 time zones, with leadership programs that are based on Jewish identity building and social activism. She is a nonprofit senior staffer who knows the value of walking at work.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

So I was at a university and in the early part of the pandemic, the university was hit hard by just the economic changes that were happening in the country and in our state. I like that attitude and the way you framed it. And, Marty, I saw your comment about the career change and everything else. Ephraim: Excellent.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

3six5 has all the hallmarks of a good participatory project: It offers an enjoyable activity that is scaffolded by simple specifications without prescribing any particular result. The reward for participants of having your contribution displayed is fairly and clearly structured. Could your institution make the change?

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

And what are the major changes you have witnessed in those years? All of a sudden, I’m starting to see nonprofits create organizational and budget structures that encourage multi-channel marketing and fundraising. It took leaving my job for me to fully appreciate how amazing my colleagues were. For example: Mobile devices?

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Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

And what are the major changes you have witnessed in those years? All of a sudden, I’m starting to see nonprofits create organizational and budget structures that encourage multi-channel marketing and fundraising. It took leaving my job for me to fully appreciate how amazing my colleagues were. For example: Mobile devices?

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Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2013

These dramatic changes in the marketplace have broad implications for organizational governance and for the viability of the conventional nonprofit business model. The methods, channels, and venues for service delivery will change. The methods of cost reimbursement are changing and are performance-based.

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