Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically. The SQ evaluates a leader’s current mindset and behaviors using the “3A Framework” – acumen, allocation, action. A company is only as good as its people.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

And this is a problem. In other words, your Board should help you see problems before they occur, they should evaluate how well things are working, and they should help you find new and better solutions. Every nonprofit has a Board of Directors. Yet most people don’t understand exactly what the Board’s job is.

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

The Critical Questions will prompt you to evaluate your organization’s current status. Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? This creates focus and helps leaders stay engaged with their work. It also makes it possible to be more fearless tackling tough problems. Embrace a challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? ” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. It can also be used to create work norms or processes. Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? Basic Approaches.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

The problem might be something you’ve never considered. We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. Images of the association’s founders, history, and current activities are displayed throughout the facility, and spaces were created to accommodate a variety of work styles.

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VQ Strategies

JUNE 4, 2022

As noted by Christina Pavlou in her article on performance improvement plans: A good plan will also help you know exactly what action to take as you work through productivity issues. A performance improvement plan intends to fix problems and close knowledge and skill gaps.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically. The SQ evaluates a leader’s current mindset and behaviors using the “3A Framework” – acumen, allocation, action. A company is only as good as its people.

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Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The tendency of philanthropic professionals, big donors, and other relatively privileged people to assume that they know what is best for the people who are directly affected by the problems that need to be addressed. Articles, reports, podcasts, and videos: The Problems With Philanthropy, and What We Can Do to Fix Them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

I was really excited to discover research on artificial intelligence that intersects with my work on nonprofit workplace wellbeing ( The Happy Healthy Nonprofit ). Organizations should recognize that AI, like other technology, could exacerbate the blurring of work/life boundaries by pushing workers to remain constantly ‘on’.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2022

Years ago, I worked on a project where I was hired to interview about 75 different foundations in one state. By infusing our social impact work with empathy and experimentation, grantmakers can create a stronger shared value in our collaborative work. Do you know the one thing that nearly every foundation representative shared?

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Working in the nonprofit sector is hard. This can cause problems when tasks fall through the cracks or emails go to inboxes that no longer exist. Evaluate the tasks the new user will perform regularly before handing over keys to the system. And salaries in many nonprofit organizations can’t compete with the for-profit sector.

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sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

As we evolve into a society that increasingly relies on software to manage everything from personal communications to banking needs, the debate over the pros and cons of configurable vs. customized solutions is a part of every software evaluation. A customized system is developed specifically and only for one customer.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Every change, every burst of creativity, begins with the identification of a problem or opportunity that somebody finds meaningful. Even if your team has experience with brainstorming, make sure everyone understands the ground rules for this current session : Brainstorming is about generating ideas, not solving problems or making decisions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Work backward from the end goal. Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. You’ll learn how to: Build and sustain relationships while working remotely.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Work backward from the end goal. Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. You’ll learn how to: Build and sustain relationships while working remotely.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Work backward from the end goal. Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. You’ll learn how to: Build and sustain relationships while working remotely.

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Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

AI4Good is a somewhat new field that sits at the intersection of big tech companies and the world’s biggest problems. Partnerships with technology companies are driving AI4Good, providing their expertise, toolkits, and resources to work with nonprofits to integrate the use of AI. For organizations, the guidelines include: .

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We daydream, we question, we problem solve, and we find joy in those “aha!” So why then, if our best ideas come to us when they’re given time and space to percolate, why are many people still operating in workplace cultures where the speed and quantity of our work is valued over its quality?

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Since then, Candid has been evaluating the way we identify this type of giving, both going forward and looking back over the last decade. Working with trusted community partners with deep history and expertise on grantmaking for racial equity, we responded this month by updating our special issue site on funding for racial equity.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

At a minimum, a team with a poor leader is unproductive like this one: With the right leadership, a nonprofit can grow quickly, fulfilling its mission and meeting a community need or eliminating a problem. They inspire people, they solve problems, and they build teams. The old saying “many hands make light work” is true.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

This software includes assessment tools for evaluating students’ ability to problem solve, explain the relationships in complex systems, and comprehend informational texts and diagrams. Games can also empower players to help solve seemingly impossible scientific problems. She previously worked with the Washington, D.C.,

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Gyrus

APRIL 19, 2016

will be a problem if you just let your employees learn on their own. And, the first and most critical aspect of selecting a LMS is evaluating your own requirements and objectives. For example, some of your workforce might be working at the client’s office and can’t access anything outside of the client system.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2011

We’re reacting to the following claim: “Data collected using unbounded crowdsourcing (non-representative sampling) largely in the form of SMS from the disaster affected population in Port-au-Prince can predict, with surprisingly high accuracy and statistical significance, the location and extent of structural damage post-earthquake.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

• Level 5: Fulfillment Factor – Do people feel like they are inspired and working towards a higher purpose? Then, I have participants work in small groups, using a structured brainstorming process. Building basic processes for getting work done, for example collaborative calendar planning. Responsive tech support.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

Because most of what makes your Board meetings a bummer stems from Board members not understanding how this works. The truth is that everyone wants to do good work and do the right thing. Overcoming Challenging Board Members Almost every small and growing nonprofit Board has problems. People-problems are harder to fix.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2024

Nonprofit organizations are groups that work for a social cause, but they do so without making a profit. Be sure to consider the root causes, scope, and severity of the problem and how you think your nonprofit will solve it. There may be other groups that also work to serve the needs you’ve identified.

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Media Cause

JUNE 7, 2023

What is AI, and How Does it Work? AI, if used correctly, can be extremely useful for coming up with new ideas or saving time on administrative or repetitive tasks, but if misused, it can cause a host of problems, some of which we’re still discovering. Brainstorming or ideating always works best with another person to bounce ideas off.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

The blurring lines between government, nonprofit and for-profit sectors have led to innovative vehicles to fund interventions that address society’s most intractable problems. Nonprofit managers ought to consider how a SIB might affect their evaluation, program management and fundraising efforts.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Working in marketing at a university is one of the hardest jobs in the world. Then, it’s how you evaluate and refine that message over time. Structure and Process are more about the delivery and maintenance of your content and your content team. Now, why is it worth all of this work? Welcome to syllabus week!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

I am not surprised, because I’ve been doing this work for four decades and it’s been ever thus. The problem with viewing fundraising as primarily about money – still a largely taboo subject in our society – is it creates a tendency is to avoid the subject as much as possible. I’ve used them over and over – and they work!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. Almost tend years ago, they co-wrote “Net Gains,” one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change. Generative Social-Impact Network.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

The intermediary only pays the return on the investment for programs that work, based on the findings of independent evaluators. The report argues that few government contracts are performance-based and the role of evaluation distinguishes the SIB from government contracts. The Role of Evaluation.

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Everyaction

APRIL 11, 2018

We all aspire to live by the age-old mantra “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” but often we get so used to our familiar tools and processes that it can be difficult to know when to honestly evaluate them for broken parts. If you’re constantly bumping up against the rigid structure of your current CRM, it is probably time to consider a switch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

Whether revenue comes from a previous campaign, a particular audience, or a giving package, leverage clean data so you can know where you’re going and eliminate potential problems. With the right tools and strategies in place, your development team can start working backward from an end goal of December 31st in July. We can help. #2

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The evidence flies in the face of some underlying, pervasive assumptions: namely, that people work primarily for money and that the best incentives to keep people motivated and productive are financial. It turns out that most people do their best work when they are motivated by something other than money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. But whether you call it “networked” ways of working, “collaboration 2.0” Call this “social change 2.0”.

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