Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. Rather, style is judged by those immediately influenced by it. In honor of the book release I welcome guest blogger Ken Blanchard.

Authoring 69

Authoring Leadership Evaluation Gift 69

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2022

Bill Berman and George Bradt , authors of the book, Influence and Impact , explain the importance of helping your employees to understand what their jobs entails, and what the culture expects, so they can do the work you need from them the most. Grant the employee the authority to do what is needed. Help them know the business.

Culture 98

Culture Authoring Evaluation Influence 98

The AI Alignment Forum

MARCH 17, 2025

Published on March 17, 2025 7:11 PM GMT Note: this is a research note based on observations from evaluating Claude Sonnet 3.7. Were sharing the results of these work-in-progress investigations as we think they are timely and will be informative for other evaluators and decision-makers. Claude Sonnet 3.7 We find that Sonnet 3.7

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Awareness Model Test 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

Bill Berman and George Bradt , authors of the book, Influence and Impact , explain the importance of helping your employees to understand what their jobs entails, and what the culture expects, so they can do the work you need from them the most. Grant the employee the authority to do what is needed. Help them know the business.

Influence 52

Influence Impact Culture Authoring 52

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.

Organization 98

Organization Influence Chapter Culture 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The M+R report highlights that November is the biggest month for Facebook Fundraisers, accounting for nearly a quarter of yearly revenue in 2018, so there’s no better time than right now to evaluate and refine your plan. About the Author: Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper.

Facebook 243

Facebook Fundraising Raise Campaign 243

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Bill Berman and George Bradt , authors of the book, Influence and Impact , explain the importance of helping your employees to understand what their jobs entails, and what the culture expects, so they can do the work you need from them the most. Grant the employee the authority to do what is needed. Help them know the business.

Influence 52

Influence Impact Culture Authoring 52

.orgSource

MAY 9, 2023

Help them to become influencers who stimulate partnerships across departments. It is the brainchild of Eric Ries , author of that entrepreneur’s bible, The Lean Startup. Contract employees are a good way to evaluate which project configurations are conducive to more efficient work.

Culture 44

Culture Associations Consultant Professional 44

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Phillips , authors of the book, Show The Value Of What You Do , developed the ROI Methodology in the 1970s and refined it in the 1980s when their first book describing the process was published. Patricia Pulliam Phillips and Jack J. Patricia Pulliam Phillips & Jack J. Essentially, every project can be connected to business need.

Work 89

Work ROI Project Authoring 89

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Bill Berman and George Bradt , authors of the book, Influence and Impact , explain the importance of helping your employees to understand what their jobs entails, and what the culture expects, so they can do the work you need from them the most. Grant the employee the authority to do what is needed. Help them know the business.

Influence 81

Influence Culture Authoring Evaluation 81

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Leadership and decision-making come from adoption not from executive authority. It’s that distance from financial consequences that let communities put best interest and opportunity ahead of other influencers. Not exactly a simple circle, but a cycle that after a few steps feeds back to the beginning. Who’s the community?

Library 241

Library Community Collaboration Model 241

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Help the organization get authorized for receiving donations on Facebook. Identify key influencers with audiences on social media, email, or via the news media and spend time cultivating the relationship with the goal of eventually seeking promotional support or a collaboration on a project. About the Author. Miscellaneous.

Fundraising 359

Fundraising Donation Donor Social Media 359

Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

With the release of the FRMT data and accompanying evaluation code, we hope to inspire and enable the research community to discover new ways of creating MT systems that are applicable to the large number of regional language varieties spoken worldwide. intraclass correlation). Metric Pearson's ρ chrF 0.48

Awareness 117

Awareness Benchmark Evaluation Language 117

Bloomerang

APRIL 8, 2021

It is not favoritism for some because of their social or professional influence and ability to cut a big check. It’s about checks and balances and evaluation. This means a self-assessment of your collective work as the board and a consistent evaluation of the Chief Executive Officer. Author information Christal M.

Service 105

Service Nonprofit Philanthropy Culture 105

Bloomerang

JULY 15, 2021

Most of us would like to think we are immune to its effects, but if you’ve got a pulse then you’ve got some form of unconscious bias silently influencing everyday actions and outcomes. Evaluating feedback poorly and unintentionally negatively affecting groups in other communities.

Nonprofit 119

Nonprofit Volunteer Culture Group 119

Bloomerang

APRIL 20, 2021

These beliefs influence your internal decisions and your consumers’ interpretation of your brand. Ask friends and family to evaluate logos and branding. Author information Madison Gonzalez Advancement Director at Morning Light, Inc. Core Values. The values should be aligned with your organization’s mission and values. .

Communication 135

Communication International Nonprofit Indianapolis 135

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Ken Blanchard , author of, Great Leaders Grow , shares today's guest post: How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. Rather, style is judged by those immediately influenced by it.

Evaluation 40

Evaluation Leadership Authoring Gift 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 10, 2015

How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. Rather, style is judged by those immediately influenced by it. Here's the question: How do you rate as a leader? I don't ask this question flippantly.

Evaluation 40

Evaluation Leadership Authoring Gift 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Bill Berman and George Bradt , authors of the book, Influence and Impact , explain the importance of helping your employees to understand what their jobs entails, and what the culture expects, so they can do the work you need from them the most. Grant the employee the authority to do what is needed. Help them know the business.

Culture 74

Culture Authoring Evaluation Influence 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2013

Best Selling Author Adam Grant, “ Give and Take ” will be doing a big session called “ It’s About Science! The book shares many insights about how effective networking, collaboration, influence, negotiation, and leadership skills can to success for “Givers.”

Network 117

Network Grant Conference Relationship 117

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 24, 2022

Bill Berman and George Bradt , authors of the book, Influence and Impact , explain the importance of helping your employees to understand what their jobs entails, and what the culture expects, so they can do the work you need from them the most. Grant the employee the authority to do what is needed. Help them know the business.

Culture 72

Culture Authoring Evaluation Influence 72

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

The report analyzes many examples of networks and provides tools and tips for Network-Centric Grantmaking. Diana Scearce, who I’ve had the pleasure of working with on the Network of Networked Funders project, is the report author. Don’t use conventional evaluation criteria to assessing network impact.

Network 106

Network Report Philanthropy Empowerment 106

.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

Influencers are found, partnerships bloom, social media conquered, marketers consume. But, unless you are familiar with the topic and can evaluate whether the information is correct, fact-check any significant data, especially citations. AI analyzes trends, revealing new ways, unveiling patterns, unlocking marketing’s maze.

Language 221

Language Associations Model Knowledge 221

The Verge

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The information available also isn’t complete, the authors noted — Meta hasn’t made its research methods or data public, so it can’t be scrutinized by independent experts. The authors called for the company to allow independent review of past and future research, which would include releasing research materials and data.

Research 75

Research Los Angeles Social Media Authoring 75

Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

This will help you discern what you really need in a consultant, how you will evaluate their suitability up front, and how you will hold them and yourself accountable throughout the project. Evaluation matrix . You’ll also want to create an evaluation matrix—sort of a scorecard—so you can compare your candidates with more objectivity.

Consultant 126

Consultant Process Nonprofit Proposal 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2006

The description: The book's primary objective is to help people understand how to successfully design, implement, and evaluate ICT projects in a complicated landscape, by explaining the underlying principles that influence outcomes. Although The Dynamics of Technology for Social Change is not written to prove.

Technology 50

Technology Social Change Technorati 50

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The tools in an analog world fulfilled a specific function but did not influence our planning or programs. Now, we evaluated tools based on who was using them, and how. We use all of our technology – from the website, to the database, to facebook – to evaluate our efforts, monitor the community, and create data-driven strategies.

Nptech 213

Nptech Slides Community Strategy 213

DataRobot

MAY 6, 2021

But how easy is it to evaluate the strengths of each? In “ Why People Fail to Recognize Their Own Incompetence ,” the authors indicate that the incorrect self-assessment of competence derives from a person’s ignorance of the standards of performance for a given activity. The Dunning-Kruger Effect.

Change 145

Change Advice Effective Research 145

Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

“On-page SEO” is the process of enhancing and maintaining these elements: Title tags: Crafted title tags are the initial impression users have of a page in search results, influencing click-through rates. This framework is used by Google’s human evaluators to assess the quality of web pages and provide feedback on the search algorithm.

Strategy 104

Strategy International Nonprofit Search 104

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

Bill Berman and George Bradt , authors of the book, Influence and Impact , explain the importance of helping your employees to understand what their jobs entails, and what the culture expects, so they can do the work you need from them the most. Grant the employee the authority to do what is needed. Help them know the business.

Influence 52

Influence Culture Authoring Evaluation 52

Tableau

JUNE 12, 2023

The program is being expanded to include educators who are influencing and inspiring their peers and communities to spread the value of data skills for everyone. We know it’s a lot of work to share your application every year, but we ask that you do so because hearing directly about your contributions helps us evaluate every candidate fairly.

Application 98

Application Open Student Community 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

If you have a group blog, are there differences between authors? Remember bookmarked items can also positively influence your blog traffic. Authority This is the number of links to a post. It can also influence traffic. What is the quality of the conversation in the comments section? Did anything surprise you?

Measure 95

Measure Tips Metrics Bookmarking 95

Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2021

Get ready to use the evaluation matrix you created. The matrix is the tool you will use for candidate screening, evaluation, and interview outcomes. By deciding this in advance, you reduce the influence of unconscious bias. . Make sure you’ve clearly defined these things in advance: . Number of candidates you will screen.

Consultant 116

Consultant Search Nonprofit Interview 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

He co-authored a paper called " Visual Diagnostics and Mapping for Scaling Change " and we had an opportunity to discuss it. Issue mapping allows a non-profit to understand key leverage points in the bigger system it is trying to influence. This another area of Steve's interest and expertise.

Map 86

Map Profit System Guatemala 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Most recently, we co-authored a policy brief for the Toda Peace Institute on the age of automation and it implications for civil society. Here’s an overview of the book from the authors blog. Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits with an eye towards our next book.

Social 94

Social Nonprofit Cancer San Diego 94

Forum One

MAY 18, 2010

With ever-shrinking budgets, many government entities have been forced to re-evaluate their resource allocations. I am often asked by friends and colleagues for good examples of how to deliver a web performance presentation to budgetary authorities. Tags: Influence Government. If so, please share an example or two below.

Government 60

Government Web Management Metrics 60

NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2009

note: This is the third in a fantastic series of guest posts by the authors of Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. Try to evaluate your expertise objectively: do other people perceive you as an expert? Learn who the influencers are in your organization (see below), and talk to them. Help them solve problems.

Technology 76

Technology Change Demonstration Communication 76