Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

I am part of the parental group that contributed to the way the younger generations behave and I believe the message in my book helps raise awareness and self-exploration, calling attention to the characteristics and traits that need to be developed moving forward.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Because, Thursday, September 8 brings the official release of Paul Smith 's new book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. Storytelling is a skill. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling. It didn’t take long). Storytelling is a powerful tool. That wasn’t fair.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

It will teach you how to navigate these types of paradoxes more effectively. Separating opposing demands ensures that we pay attention to both. How can I take care of myself while supporting others? How can I manage the core business while innovating for the future? Boundaries - separate and connect.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

It will teach you how to navigate these types of paradoxes more effectively. Separating opposing demands ensures that we pay attention to both. How can I take care of myself while supporting others? How can I manage the core business while innovating for the future? Boundaries - separate and connect.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

How can you connect with your donors despite all the other ads, social messages, texts, and emails that are vying for their attention? But value can also mean any experience or information that adds something to your donors’ day-to-day lives. Teaching them something. You could also try teaching them a fun new skill.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 4, 2022

I am part of the parental group that contributed to the way the younger generations behave and I believe the message in my book helps raise awareness and self-exploration, calling attention to the characteristics and traits that need to be developed moving forward.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

For example, AI algorithms are being used by eLearning platforms to comprehend user behavior and their experience while using the platform. Using AV models for eLearning can enable users to gain first-hand experience in understanding complex ideas. In the coming year, this technological penetration will increase even more.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

For example, AI algorithms are being used by eLearning platforms to comprehend user behavior and their experience while using the platform. Using AV models for eLearning can enable users to gain first-hand experience in understanding complex ideas. In the coming year, this technological penetration will increase even more.

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Trend eLearning Learning Module 52

Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

For example, AI algorithms are being used by eLearning platforms to comprehend user behavior and their experience while using the platform. Using AV models for eLearning can enable users to gain first-hand experience in understanding complex ideas. In the coming year, this technological penetration will increase even more.

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Trend eLearning Learning Module 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? Content delivery is less important then the skill to making sense of it and that needs to be what “classroom time” is about.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Published toward the end of 2018, Sofer’s book teaches you how to find your voice, speak your truth and listen deeply. Most important, via the book, Sofer provides us the skill necessary to transform communication into a vehicle for greater intimacy, honesty, and compassion to bring us to greater equity and peace.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Published toward the end of 2018, Sofer’s book teaches you how to find your voice, speak your truth and listen deeply. Most important, via the book, Sofer provides us the skill necessary to transform communication into a vehicle for greater intimacy, honesty, and compassion to bring us to greater equity and peace.

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Leadership Chapter Conversation Attention 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 13, 2020

Published toward the end of 2018, Sofer’s book teaches you how to find your voice, speak your truth and listen deeply. Most important, via the book, Sofer provides us the skill necessary to transform communication into a vehicle for greater intimacy, honesty, and compassion to bring us to greater equity and peace.

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Leadership Chapter Conversation Attention 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. Storytelling is a skill. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling. If you have not read it, please do. It didn’t take long).

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Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

For example, Ballet Lubbock seeks to enhance the cultural vibrancy of West Texas, using educational and outreach programming to not only teach dance but also impart the value of creativity, discipline, and commitment. More funds mean your nonprofit can bring on skilled staff and provide better training and experiences to volunteers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. Storytelling is a skill. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling. If you have not read it, please do. It didn’t take long).

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Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Your participants get the chance to showcase their unique skills–whether it’s singing, dancing, or any other talent they’d like to show off. Partner with a local golf course to provide your participants the chance to compete against each other in their very own Masters experience while raising money to support a great cause.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Teach good programming practice and provide general programming and tech support (everything beyond basic IT stuff) to the rest of the team, who are experts in statistics and social science with varying degrees of techiness. Skills: Small to medium scale programming, with an emphasis on readability and maintainability.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Published toward the end of 2018, Sofer’s book teaches you how to find your voice, speak your truth and listen deeply. Most important, via the book, Sofer provides us the skill necessary to transform communication into a vehicle for greater intimacy, honesty, and compassion to bring us to greater equity and peace.

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Leadership Chapter Conversation Attention 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

I’m finding that my learning and online work is a fast forward, swimming in the stream experience. I can’t possibly read everything, but I am using content curation skills to pick out the best stuff to give more attention to. I liked this map so much that I printed it out and keep at my desk.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2019

Published toward the end of 2018, Sofer’s book teaches you how to find your voice, speak your truth and listen deeply. Most important, via the book, Sofer provides us the skill necessary to transform communication into a vehicle for greater intimacy, honesty, and compassion to bring us to greater equity and peace.

Leadership 40

Leadership Conversation Chapter Attention 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 23, 2019

Published toward the end of 2018, Sofer’s book teaches you how to find your voice, speak your truth and listen deeply. Most important, via the book, Sofer provides us the skill necessary to transform communication into a vehicle for greater intimacy, honesty, and compassion to bring us to greater equity and peace.

Leadership 40

Leadership Chapter Conversation Attention 40

M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

We’re targeting email subscribers who aren’t opening, donors who haven’t donated, people who seem like they might like us, and so many other categories of users, with ad creative tailored to capture attention, target users likely to donate, and quickly communicate how a gift will help. This skill and investment is paying off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. Even if you have a short amount of time to teach (and set up), you can make your trainings (and meetings) interactive.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. Storytelling is a skill. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling. If you have not read it, please do. If you have not read it, please do. It didn’t take long).

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Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 48

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

As a trainer, I’m intensely interested in creating learning experiences that integrate or about how to use the technology for nonprofits that engage and inspire people to put the ideas into practice. I’ve been obsessed with peer learning and self-directed learning models in my own learning and the trainings I design and facilitate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills. I was honored to lead a featured season at the United Way Leadership Conference on Networked Leadership and teach many workshops networked leadership skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

This month I’ve been teaching graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. What is your experience in designing and delivering different trainings in different types of configurations?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

Include the majority of your work experience and all schools you attended (even study abroad programs). There are also special sections of your profile where you can list certifications, languages, patents, skills, and publications. They add some color and pizzazz that can easily grab the attention of people who visit your profile.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2020

These programs help your staff members develop skills that can be applied at your organization for more efficient processes and a productive work environment. . We’ve written this guide on professional development programs to help nonprofit executives like you empower employees to develop skills and hone their craft.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The challenge is grabbing your visitor’s attention. A photo accompanied by a concise story or a short video with an attention-grabbing headline should be right there to introduce your visitor to the essence of your organization’s work. A volunteer describing a moving experience can be effective. It’s not much time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

I gave a lightening talk at the Gates Foundation convening of the Markets for Good community on “ Between the Keyboard and the Chair “ Facilitation and Train the Trainers: I was honored to co-facilitate a leadership track at the first ever Leading Change Summit hosted by NTEN which was an amazing learning experience.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Last month brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's new book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. Storytelling is a skill. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling. A great story builds credibility and properly positions you in the eye of the buyer."

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Storytelling Chapter Story Teach 40

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

These volunteers should have the time, skills, and interests to help you provide programming and services to your beneficiaries. For example, if teaching is your profession, you might feel most comfortable and fulfilled when spending your volunteering time tutoring young students. Send out social media blasts.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Defining Digital Literacy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Jeff Wetzler Today, Wetzler shares these insights with us: Question: Do you believe both introverted and extraverted people can be equally successful at learning and then using the skills you teach in your book? Recent research suggests that most of us now have attention spans of less than a minute. Wetzler : Absolutely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

The structure of awareness and attention determines the pathway along which a situation unfolds. What are some practical techniques for practicing systems leadership skills? One the techniques they teach and apply is called “ Shadowing.” Step into someone else’s daily work experience.

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