The NonProfit Times

MAY 13, 2024

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA), which in recent years has been rocked by declining participation, a coronavirus pandemic that limited in-person gatherings, sexual abuse litigation and Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring for the national organization, is being rebranded. In some cases, rebranding also yielded organization cultural benefits.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 19, 2017

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. Honesty and Integrity. Complacency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2012

We began the Book Club by carefully crafting a couple questions per chapter, and focusing on about one chapter per week. We quoted the book, took inspiration from the questions listed at the end of each chapter, and attempted to lead a traditional book club on Facebook. It was working pretty well as planned.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In addition, the book is fast paced and highly readable, with a bold design including captivating graphics, end-of-chapter Q&A’s, and bite-size content presentation for easy reading and comprehension. Julia Fabris McBride and Ed O'Malley Earlier this year, the authors shared these insights: Question : Why did you decide to write the book?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 7, 2021

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. Honesty and Integrity. Complacency.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 16, 2022

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. Honesty and Integrity. Complacency.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

An important chapter in the incredibly insightful book, It’s The Manager , is about why culture in the workplace matters. The book’s authors Jim Clifton and Jim Harter suggest as a leader you ask yourself : How well do your purpose, brand and culture align? Are your employees committed to your culture?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2019

An important chapter in the incredibly insightful book, It’s The Manager , is about why culture in the workplace matters. The book’s authors Jim Clifton and Jim Harter suggest as a leader you ask yourself : How well do your purpose, brand and culture align? Are your employees committed to your culture?

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Culture Chapter Classes Leadership 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2020

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. Honesty and Integrity. Complacency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

But, if your internal culture is not a social one how can you possibly expect to be successful? This workshop will share strategies and techniques for changing your nonprofits culture to be more agile, training other staff to be social to scale, and managing your nonprofit’s c-suite and board. Register here.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. Honesty and Integrity. Complacency.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 20, 2021

Accomplished leadership and executive coaches Bill Berman and George Bradt have discovered over the past 30 years that: People lose their ability to influence others and impact the organizations they work at because they are not focused on the most essential, mission-critical business and cultural priorities of the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The guide offers five chapters that include practical tips and recommendations for Foundations to become more transparent. Each chapter is packed with examples from large and small foundations, tips, and small worksheets. My favorite section is the last chapter about communications. Increased public trust.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 17, 2024

In the book, authored by Roger L. Martin , he urges business leaders to toss out the old ways of thinking, and instead try new models in every domain of management – from competition and customers to strategy, data, culture, talent, mergers and acquisitions, and everything in-between.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2017

What you'll find is basically 50 one- to two-page chapters , each highlighting a leadership tip. Create a culture where, if someone complains , they know that they will be expected to be part of the solution. Some tips seem easy and no-brainers. Others are more difficult to implement. Great leaders are great teachers.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Transplanting suburban American culture to another planet is a really goofy idea. Without going too much into what happens in it, the new chapter is a more conclusive coda to the adventure than what was there before. These are generally the best Xenoblade X has to offer in terms of authored side material.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

In the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , my co-author Aliza Sherman and I share a framework to think more broadly about creating a culture of wellbeing in the workplace. There is a lot to learn from Global Giving’s approach to creating a culture of wellbeing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last week, I had the honor of doing a mini workshop at the annual BoardSource Conference called “Governing the Networked Nonprofit in An Age of Social Media &# where I had an opportunity to share some ideas on social media culture, transparency, and simplicity from the Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2016

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. Honesty and Integrity. Complacency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

I am thrilled with the response to The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout as my co-author and I have been sharing the ideas on a virtual book tour during the last month. At the staff retreat, they used assessments from Chapter 3 of The Happy Healthy Nonprofit and had everyone self-assess their symptoms.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2022

In truth, doing hard things and making difficult decisions is often the most compassionate thing to do,” explain the authors of the timely and compelling new book, Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way. The authors recommend you: Remember the Golden Rule Put yourself in their shoes. Listen intensively.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There is so much to learn about Black history and culture and how it has shaped our world, and there are several ways you can support Black businesses and organizations in celebration of Black History Month. Keep reading to learn more about Black History Month and how you can get involved! Donate to support their mission here.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 3, 2022

In the book, authored by Roger L. Martin , he urges business leaders to toss out the old ways of thinking, and instead try new models in every domain of management – from competition and customers to strategy, data, culture, talent, mergers and acquisitions, and everything in-between. What’s the alternative?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 2, 2019

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. And, what exactly is heart culture ? Friedman says, "At its core, heart culture symbolizes how a company values more than just an employee's output. Honesty and Integrity. Complacency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

In 1997, David Shenk , author of Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut, argued that humans have only so much capacity to absorb information before they feel the effects of information anxiety. This chapter and the subsequent advice in the book about going on data/information fasts always left me with a lingering question.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I started the keynote by reading a poem by Deanna Zandt, a friend and the author of Share This! I agree that every organization, city, region, and culture have differences that make us unique. But for any change to happen in the way we operate now, and for movements really to form, we need a culture that will support it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In truth, doing hard things and making difficult decisions is often the most compassionate thing to do,” explain the authors of the timely and compelling new book, Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way. The authors recommend you: Remember the Golden Rule Put yourself in their shoes. Listen intensively.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2012

This is an interesting book because it is co-authored by three teachers and clearly it's a book for and about teachers. But, as the authors remind us, as leaders, we are also teachers. Additional advice from the authors is that: The more consistently you give and get feedback, the more normal it is.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 8, 2016

Although the book is authored by an award-winning financial advisor and primarily written for professionals in the financial services industry, this book is a must read for any leader who wants to create a nurturing heart culture that hinges on the human-centric values the next generation of employees hold in high regard. Complacency.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2014

The authors of this leadership book recommend that you don''t read their book cover to cover. What you''ll find is basically 50 one- to two-page chapters, each highlighting a leadership tip. And, that''s why the authors suggest you digest their book, finding the chapters/tips most readily useful to you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

was adopted (or not) in the nonprofit workplace over the past 10-15 years, you'll notice that fear and silo culture are nothing new or unique as barriers to adoption. Steve said silo culture has been a barrier to effective web strategy for years. If you witnessed how Web 1.0 Steve MacLaughlin recently pointed this in an email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Measuring Networked Nonprofits: Using Data for Social Change is the topic of the book I’m co-authoring with KD Paine. One of the chapters is on organizational culture – what’s in the DNA of a “data-driven&# nonprofit and what are the incremental steps for change? Organizational Culture.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 5, 2024

The authors, Ilya Strebulaev and Alex Dang , explain that if any company wants to win big in competitive times, they need to think differently. This book teaches you to spot new opportunities, nurture the right talent, foster a culture of innovation, and take calculated risks,” say Strebulaev and Dang. Reward boldness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

From the English book review : " In the third chapter, "Thinking about change in five different colors", Caluwé and Vermaak introduce their color model. They start this chapter by stating the word "change" has five different meanings. What are the other inventions that are needed to help change the organizational culture?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 13, 2011

Strigl offers a revealing insight into how he led the company in his new book, Managers, can you hear me now? -- co-authored by Frank Swiatek. Thanks to the author for providing me an advance copy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Experiential Intelligence provides a new lens from which to view what makes you, youand what makes your team and organization unique, says Soren Kaplan , author of the book, Experiential Intelligence. Transform organizational culture. Be sure to note the QR codes at the beginning of each chapter. Enhance personal growth.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 15, 2021

Nonprofit culture is nice. The point is that any organizational culture, whether business or nonprofit, was started by the founders and carried on by today’s workers. Nonprofit is how the enterprise is legally organized, not a company culture that exists across thousands of organizations nationwide. Or exactly the opposite.

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