Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2013

Some of the mentors and the mentees shared their experiences and five reasons why you should make mentoring a part of your life follow: You Can Fit Mentoring Into Your Schedule. For example, having coffee with a new graduate or even exchanging an email or two can make a difference in a person’s life.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

It’s a results-driven guidebook that teaches you how to recover quickly from adversity, thrive on stress, preform on the emotional edge, and create a motivating environment (instead of trying to motivate people). My favorite chapter is the one titled, Winning versus Surviving.

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Life Attitude Leadership Environment 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

How do I balance work and life? It will teach you how to navigate these types of paradoxes more effectively. His work still inspires us and helps bring the Paradox System to life: Assumptions – change the question. If you struggle with these paradoxes: How can I express my individuality and be a team player?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 24, 2020

"The desire for peace of mind and the idea of living a balanced life are central to your happiness and well-being. The book teaches you how to identify you balance point, move to it at will, and automatically return to it whenever you want. The starting point is to develop absolute clarity about who you are and what matters to you.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Beating Celeste’s grueling DLC chapter was a thrill. Looking back on it, I realized that the game had been constantly teaching me how to get better, even if I didn’t know it, and that I could use the skills I was subconsciously learning to play better. And as sappy as it sounds, it’s kind of a beautiful lesson for real life, too.

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Game Lesson Chapter Skills 103

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place. In my worst-case scenario, I imagined in some corner of the world I would be better equipping an unscrupulous charlatan to fleece unsuspecting widows out of their life savings.

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Teach Story Storytelling Chapter 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2018

With 10 leadership topics and easy to read within two hours, this book will both teach you and inspire you. If you don't want to read the book in one sitting, follow Nathan’s suggestion to read one or two leadership topics (one topic per chapter) at a time, and then reflect on and practice the techniques he teaches.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

1) Ellen Toscano, 2024 Bid Master Winner Voted as the Top National Auctioneer Ellen Toscano (yoursingingauctioneer.com) , voted as the top national benefit auctioneer of 2024 is the founder, CEO and Principal Auctioneer of The Singing Auctioneer LLC, has been a professional singer, actress and stage performer her whole life.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 19, 2019

"The desire for peace of mind and the idea of living a balanced life are central to your happiness and well-being. The book teaches you how to identify you balance point, move to it at will, and automatically return to it whenever you want. The starting point is to develop absolute clarity about who you are and what matters to you.

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Chapter Life Teach Goal 45

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 9, 2019

It’s a results-driven guidebook that teaches you how to recover quickly from adversity, thrive on stress, preform on the emotional edge, and create a motivating environment (instead of trying to motivate people). My favorite chapter is the one titled, Winning versus Surviving.

Life 40

Life Attitude Leadership Environment 40

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Since 2010, the foundation has been able to provide 5,241 boats, 13 school buildings, 5 dormitories, 2 bridges, 3 starter classrooms, 59 educational hubs, 4 Teach Anywhere chapters, and 3 community learning centers to a total of 127 adopted communities and 143 adopted public schools all over the Philippines.

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Org Award Impact Philippines 98

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 15, 2018

It’s a results-driven guidebook that teaches you how to recover quickly from adversity, thrive on stress, preform on the emotional edge, and create a motivating environment (instead of trying to motivate people). My favorite chapter is the one titled, Winning versus Surviving.

Life 40

Life Attitude Leadership Environment 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 26, 2020

Being more introverted versus extroverted, the author's advice and teachings would have helped me during new jobs and after promotions, when relocating to new cities, when joining new clubs and organizations, and whenever I became a member of a new team. Each book chapter examines: Why the skill is important to your success.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Being stuck in chronic performance can have a devastating impact on your skills, confidence, job, and personal life. Briceño : In working with Stanford professor Carol Dweck and other champions of learning, I came to realize that I had gotten stuck in chronic performance for much of my personal and professional life.

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Learning Free Culture Reflection 105

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 21, 2021

That body armor consists of five factors of personal resilience : active optimism decisive action moral compass relentless tenacity interpersonal support According to the authors, these five factors of personal resilience are keys to improving your work habits and output in the workplace, and to achieving overall satisfaction from life.

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Personal Maryland Authoring Leadership 69

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2014

The techniques Quinn teaches small home-based business owners also apply to work-from-home employees of large organizations. Author Elaine Quinn wrote the book after working as a consultant for 10 years with small business owners who struggled with organization, time management, workflow processes, productivity and related challenges.

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Place Work Chapter Consultant 49

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

These expert practitioners share their real-life world stories, advice and the actions they took to be successful. Dilenschneider Question: How did you select the contributing practitioners/topics/chapters to include in the book? The Public Relations Handbook is the book – the fifth edition of the version that premiered in 1967.

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Public Change Chapter Social Media 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2019

"The desire for peace of mind and the idea of living a balanced life are central to your happiness and well-being. The book teaches you how to identify you balance point, move to it at will, and automatically return to it whenever you want. The starting point is to develop absolute clarity about who you are and what matters to you.

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Chapter Life Teach Goal 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 13, 2019

"The desire for peace of mind and the idea of living a balanced life are central to your happiness and well-being. The book teaches you how to identify you balance point, move to it at will, and automatically return to it whenever you want. The starting point is to develop absolute clarity about who you are and what matters to you.

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Chapter Life Teach Goal 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

"The desire for peace of mind and the idea of living a balanced life are central to your happiness and well-being. The book teaches you how to identify you balance point, move to it at will, and automatically return to it whenever you want. The starting point is to develop absolute clarity about who you are and what matters to you.

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Chapter Life Teach Goal 40

Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Providing consistent convenience fostered trust and resulted in the brand becoming a staple in the consumer’s way of life. If you want to become a staple in your donor’s life, you must provide consistent value and surprises too. When you add some fun to a donor’s life, they think of you positively.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 of the recently released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. It’s best to use a profile photo on LinkedIn that speaks to your professional career, not your personal life (that is, not photos that were taken on vacation, with the family, in costume, and so on).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Each chapter offers drop-in tutoring, field trips, workshops, and in-schools programs -- all free of charge -- for children, classes, and schools with particular interests or particular needs. San Francisco to teaching reading in Atlanta, to rebuilding homes and lives in the Gulf coast communities. The organization works to educate.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2011

The techniques Quinn teaches small home-based business owners also apply to work-from-home employees of large organizations. Author Elaine Quinn wrote the book after working as a consultant for 10 years with small business owners who struggled with organization, time management, workflow processes, productivity and related challenges.

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Work Skills Chapter Consultant 45

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place. In my worst-case scenario, I imagined in some corner of the world I would be better equipping an unscrupulous charlatan to fleece unsuspecting widows out of their life savings.

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Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place. In my worst-case scenario, I imagined in some corner of the world I would be better equipping an unscrupulous charlatan to fleece unsuspecting widows out of their life savings.

Story 52

Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2018

Being more introverted versus extroverted, the author's advice and teachings would have helped me during new jobs and after promotions, when relocating to new cities, when joining new clubs and organizations, and whenever I became a member of a new team. Each book chapter examines: Why the skill is important to your success.

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Chapter Teach United States Question 45

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2012

Teach or model a succinct delivery of the cause’s elevator speech. Sheryl is a native of Pittsburgh arriving in Phoenix 12 years ago to work with the Relay For Life event in the then Desert Southwest Division of the American Cancer Society. Not everything translates from for-profit to nonprofit. Like this article? Get another!

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Mentoring Work Nonprofit Volunteer 70

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place. In my worst-case scenario, I imagined in some corner of the world I would be better equipping an unscrupulous charlatan to fleece unsuspecting widows out of their life savings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Erika Atkins, Director of Operations at Opening Act , a theatre program that teaches theatre skills to students from New York City’s most underserved schools to help them succeed in life. Their program includes about teaching artists. Then had a group conversation about what people were open to sharing.

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Culture Create Nonprofit Chapter 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

I use the chart below, which comes from Chapter 5 of our book. This is a new way of thinking for a lot of nonprofits (not all), so the checklist is a useful way to bring the concept to life. It is important to define and get broad agreement on what handful of data points will be most informative.

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Results Metrics Measure Associations 98

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 9, 2021

The progression contains four units : Understanding Yourself Leading Yourself Understanding Others Leading Others Each chapter within the four units provides you: Hands-on Exercises Reflection Questions Post-Exercise Observations "By the time you finish the book, you'll have competed 22 exercises."

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Personal Exercise Leadership Teach 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The progression contains four units : Understanding Yourself Leading Yourself Understanding Others Leading Others Each chapter within the four units provides you: Hands-on Exercises Reflection Questions Post-Exercise Observations "By the time you finish the book, you'll have competed 22 exercises."

Personal 52

Personal Exercise Leadership Teach 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The progression contains four units : Understanding Yourself Leading Yourself Understanding Others Leading Others Each chapter within the four units provides you: Hands-on Exercises Reflection Questions Post-Exercise Observations "By the time you finish the book, you'll have competed 22 exercises."

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Personal Exercise Strategy Leadership 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 11, 2020

The progression contains four units : Understanding Yourself Leading Yourself Understanding Others Leading Others Each chapter within the four units provides you: Hands-on Exercises Reflection Questions Post-Exercise Observations "By the time you finish the book, you'll have competed 22 exercises."

Personal 52

Personal Exercise Leadership Teach 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 2, 2020

The progression contains four units : Understanding Yourself Leading Yourself Understanding Others Leading Others Each chapter within the four units provides you: Hands-on Exercises Reflection Questions Post-Exercise Observations "By the time you finish the book, you'll have competed 22 exercises."

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Leadership Exercise Teach Beginner 52