Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Setting goals is important," said Halvorson, "But thats not the whole story.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

This big little idea was simply to hold space for CDOs to talk about what’s stressing them out and share experiences, ideas, and lessons learned with others who are facing the same challenges and finding their way through. And I’m thrilled to tell you that’s just what happened. Why do I know this?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 12, 2024

Now it’s time to elevate your game by registering for bbcon 2024 sessions that are designed just for your goals and interests. Blackbaud experts share examples of how customers have successfully managed tech resistance and adoption and how you can, too. New to bbcon?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Sunday, August 22, 2010 5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees Your employees have lots of ideas.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I had a pretty good handle on process modelling, but I glossed right over the critical change management aspect. Given the organization-wide scope of my proposed project, effective change management practices were key to the success of the project. And, in case you were wondering, the transition finally did happen.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2024

Be sure to involve this group in organizational training, the review process, your latest goals, policies, and more. As you prepare for your digital transformation, consider key processes like data privacy, change management, communications, data collection, marketing, contact review, and more.

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Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

A successful nonprofit strategy is all about getting critical resource decisions right to achieve organizational goals. Plans can sometimes read like wish lists, citing every new idea or opportunity on the horizon. What impact goals will we hold ourselves accountable to over the next three-five years?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

We wanted to give everyone a chance to get more familiar with the tools, and, more importantly, understand how social media is relevant to their goals. Each team pitched their idea to the full EDF staff. Teams took ownership of their ideas and were revved up to show them off. Lots of great ideas. What did we do?

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Forum One

MAY 31, 2023

In a rapidly changing world, it’s crucial for organizations to focus on a digital strategy that is rooted in organizational goals, audience needs, and the impact you are hoping to achieve. You can learn a lot about what your audience wants and where your capacity gaps are by testing out ideas. You’re not alone.

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2024

This creates a collaborative environment where everyone’s working toward the same goals, maximizing the impact of your organization. Using Bloomerang has improved our outreach and gives us a better idea of how people relate to us as an organization.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

The post and ideas resonated with Holly Hight, a field organizer for Bread for the World. While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 29, 2024

In our webinar with Satonya Fair, CEO and President of PEAK Grantmaking, she shared these tips for shedding the idea of “best practices” and how grantmaking organizations can cultivate a culture of learning and unlearning. Satonya asks her team, “Where is our head?” What are they focused on?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. So, as a leader, be sure you dig deep for ideas, and provide an easy way for all employees to make suggestions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The problem is that with the quickly changing landscape of today’s challenges the assembly line concept is not agile enough to adapt to those changes. Management philosophy for today. Work requirements often changed before the team could even complete the work. As a team we move in the same direction towards one goal.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It is a method of project management that sets macro-goals achieved through a series of micro-objectives that must be accomplished along the way, each measurable and deliverable by a deadline. And perfection is not the goal. Make Evangelists of Early Users Change is difficult, Myers says, and it requires buy-in.

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2011

Decide your goals for communicating in social media. Consider your personal goals and those for the organization you work for. Where do these goals meet and how do they differ? What ‘big idea’ should come to mind when people hear or see your name? By Farra Trompeter, Big Duck 1. Who are you are trying to reach?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Provide Post-it notes, and watch the ideas grow as employees post their ideas on the flip chart.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

This foundational understanding will guide the development phase, ensuring your project meets your organizational goals. Spend the first week also verifying you have ways to track these metrics consistentlyor setting them up if you dontensuring your project stays aligned with its goals.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Questions are actually embedded with understandings of the past, ideas about what we are up to today, and beliefs about what change is possible.

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Forum One

MAY 6, 2021

Modernization can change the way you serve your clients, reduce work for staff, and help better achieve your mission and goals. There are a number of drivers for migrating your government services to digital such as the Integrated Digital Experience ACT (IDEA).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2012

” So, read on to learn more about the ideas in the book and leave a comment below. Winner will be selected on Friday. This begins with a focus the issues of change management and how difficult it is to change the behavior of many people in a company or organization.

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Forum One

AUGUST 10, 2021

Some common focus areas for investments in government digital transformation might include using and optimizing data and analytics collection, updating IT infrastructures, migrating data and files to a cloud storage, and facilitating change management. Define your goals. Assemble the roadmap. Organize for success.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Planning and managing your entire digital ecosystem is critical to furthering your mission and accomplishing your organizational goals. For example, images and content displayed on the homepage will change based on past clicking and scrolling behavior. Establish new digital governance and implement change management.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

As systems and processes are being re-written, it’s an ideal time to set new goals, experiment with different processes, and emerge stronger on the other side of your transition. Subject matter experts from all areas of your institution can continue to assess the CRM and suggest process improvements based on goals. You’ve got this!

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Colleen Calandra, CFO of Sacramento Children’s Home , advises, “For those of you in finance, hopefully you’re already working with your CEO, executive director, and their networks…the more people you can meet in the business that you operate in, the more ideas that can be shared.” Highlight your community. Keep the momentum going.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

There is little doubt that technology aligned and used properly can bring efficiency in extending and meeting goals in support of the mission. How does the techie learn to listen to the needs, build relationships, and develop solutions that meet the organization's goals? But identifying the goals is only the beginning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2009

I've been reflecting on the ideas shared at a panel called " Why Corporate Social Media Marketing Fails and How To Fix It " presented at the Web2.0 As Charlene Li pointed out, " Change management processes take years - you don't change over night. Downside: one side has no idea what the other is doing.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2024

However, this approach is transactional and limiting in the over-emphasis on requirements and under-appreciation for the relationship-building, values alignment, and shared goals that accompany successful technology projects. People transform ideas into reality. Ours is a sector built on values of trust, accessibility, and generosity.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 4, 2024

We see the calendar as a very black and white, finite example of change. Even before the end of the year, we are confronted with ideas such as “We can cross that bridge after the first of the year,” or “Let’s see what the new year brings,” or my personal favorite: “That’s a next year problem!” This is where we embrace ambiguity.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Success in highly technical roles relies just as much on customer service and change management as on technical abilities. To determine what’s most important, consider the individual’s career goals, growth trajectory, and the organization’s needs. What skills are needed to achieve your organization’s strategic goals?

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Thank you to everyone who sent in their ideas! This year''s general sessions are a diverse line up that we at NTEN hope will help you continue to change the world through technology. Submit your Ignite Idea through midnight, Friday, December 13. >> Don''t miss out! Register by Friday, Dec. Hope to see you in DC!

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

What happens when a new hire with a head full of ideas wants to switch to the software they used in their last job or learned about in college? Establish criteria for intended goals and involve the committee from ideation through implementation to increase successful adoption.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Leadership needs to know that you understand their vision, goals, dreams, hopes, fears, etc. Can you demonstrate how your ideas and solutions are win-wins across the board? The goal is to get them to trust and rely on you so much that they feel they simply could not do their jobs without you. Kaufman identified. Be ethical.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we rely on super risky problem-solving skills? As they wait, organizations, ideas, and potential progress suffer, and the riskier and newer a proposal feels, the more it is placed in the wait-and-see category.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Finance leaders often get a bad rap as the naysayer to big visionary goals or the constant nag to submit your receipts. Abundance Mindset The role of the modern CFO is not to shut down new ideas and requests, but instead to weigh the options and help figure out how to make it work financially and strategically.

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sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

Here are a few ideas: Call human resources to see if mental health services are included in your insurance plan. It’s a plan that clarifies your priorities, which tasks you will focus on to achieve your goals, and holds you and your organization accountable for achieving the defined goals.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Do you need new ideas on how to engage your supporters? Fresh ideas on how to retain donors. Fresh ideas on how to retain donors. Specific examples of how to put these ideas in action. His expertise includes change management and constituent relationship management strategy and implementation.

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