Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Jake Wood , author of, Take Command , weaves together hard-learned lessons in leadership and teamwork from his experiences in college football , as a former Marine sniper and as cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon -- a disaster relief organization that unites military veterans with first responders deployed to areas hit by natural disasters.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You’re part of the problem. In fact, you may BE the problem. This means any or all of the following, depending on current levels of understanding at your organization: When interviewing for a new job , ask your interviewer how they would describe the organization’s culture. Why is that? It’s in your job description.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

With an impressive portfolio that includes collaborations with celebrities like Melissa McCarthy, Jimmy Fallon, Jerry Seinfeld, and recently teaming up with Oscar winner Brendan Fraser for a fundraising collaboration, Brett’s influence extends across the globe. She has a big heart for and background in social change and activism.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 14, 2020

and global workplace tracking, including interviews of employees and managers from 160 counties, interviews with leading economists and roundtable interviews with CHROs (Chief Human Resource Officers) from 300 of the world’s largest organizations. And, it’s based on the largest study of its kind: 37.2

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

That problem your nonprofit has been trying to solve in your community may be a thing of the past for another organization that is closely aligned in mission, but thousands of miles away. In an interview for a previous ED position, I was asked to provide an example of how I demonstrated “extreme frugality.” Stuck on a problem?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 11, 2021

But the wrong team, investors, or partners can sink a venture just as quickly. The sharks do an excellent job of probing an entrepreneur’s motivations and probing for problems with a venture’s product design and marketing plans. Question: What is the largest change in entrepreneurship you've seen during your 24 years teaching?

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

We looked at problems associated with “status quo” management and thinking. It will never go backwards, any more than civilization moved back to “normal” after the discovery of fire or the wheel. . “ I think normal was part of the problem to begin with. Do this via survey, focus group, or one-to-one interviews.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 7, 2019

and global workplace tracking, including interviews of employees and managers from 160 counties, interviews with leading economists and roundtable interviews with CHROs (Chief Human Resource Officers) from 300 of the world’s largest organizations. And, it’s based on the largest study of its kind: 37.2

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Forj

JULY 25, 2017

Dr. Hicken and I interviewed one of the three editors who put this book together, Mary G. In our interview, Dr. Hicken and I prompted Dr. Turco to discuss editorial decisions and specific chapters she felt deserved special call out for the readers of this blog. Mary G Turco, PhD . The design of the book speaks to this.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

We’ve rounded up a list of specific examples of virtual opportunities, organized by nonprofit issue area, that solve real problems and are easy to execute. This new environment is an opportunity to rethink solutions to strategic problems and create innovative virtual events that inspire supporters to do more. Urgent issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2005

We did started this email interview several weeks ago after I first heard about his project. The problem is what they have for posting in their blog. I am setting up a blog team for a few blogs of Clogger ( [link] ), which is an umbrella site. It seems like a few of them were very excited to start blogging?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2015

Our problems go to 11. The problem? I went through a staff interview before I was hired as an Executive Director. The decision will ultimately be mine to make but I am interested in your perspective, how you feel each candidate would fit into the leadership team….” Cultural Roadblock #1: No Margin For Error.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. And…they know technology, so they’re also an asset to help teach other volunteers. and Canada about their technology use. Who are these people we talked with?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

Our charge was to teach back-to-back simultaneous workshops covering social media strategy for NGOs and social media tools. It made me think of the metaphor of the Dance Floor and the Balcony a phrase and exercise that I learned from a session that Eric Eugene Kim facilitated. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

We are working very closely with Dr. Yasmeen Qazi who is the Pakistan Country Advisor and her very talented team members, Dr. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. organizational change, and technology. Dealing with Connectivity Issues, Remote Work, and Use of Social Platforms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

To celebrate this accomplishment, I interviewed her! I figured out that I could offer teaching, training, consulting activities online. Since then, I've incorporated as Vision2Lead and started teaching online for Capella University. I have developed and teach a variety of graduate courses on leadership and team leadership.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). I was particularly touched by my interview with Deron Beal, the Executive Director and founder of the Freecycle Network , so I thought I'd share it here.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

However, to know the true value of volunteers to your unique organization, you should work with your team to identify how they’ve helped your nonprofit power its programs and services in the past. Volunteers are important to nonprofits for a range of reasons like these. This can help you learn how best to recruit more volunteers.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Interview people who are your influencers and champions, and find out why. Remember that most content is consumed and discarded, and so use content as a teaching moment, and a way to engage and involve your audience in your work. Think of a team, group, community, or organization that you're really passionate about.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

At in-person sessions in New York City and San Francisco, and virtually on Youtube Live , Demo Day brought together nine social entrepreneurs to explore solutions for problems they’ve experienced. But while tech is helpful, it can sometimes exacerbate the problems it’s trying to solve. Tech Is No Substitute for Human Support.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Do Exit Interviews Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee. The book is a quick and handy resource for any leader, manager or Human Resource professional.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Monday, May 17, 2010 Build A Strong Team. Be An Effective Team Member. Its somewhat difficult to find a copy of Price Pritchetts 1992 handbook called, The Team Member Handbook For Teamwork, but if you do locate a copy, it provides you good, practical, useful information. Youll learn as a manager how to build a strong team.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

That helps nonprofits kind of simplify all of their operations and kind of bring their teams together. . We have to take risks and experiment in order to innovate because we’re solving some of the world’s most complex unsolved problems. So today, I’m going to teach you a bit about how to actually do that.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills Todays high school and college team sport athletes are learning leadership skills that will serve them well when they enter the workforce. Be An Effective Team Member. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 6, 2021

A volunteer’s mistake ruins ten perfectly good suits at a nonprofit that gives interview clothing to jobless women. Engage your team to identify the sources of defect waste. Or maybe teaching a course to a group that already knows all of the information. Engage your team to right-size production to meet the demand of the moment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Below is an edited transcript of my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jose in late August. We're all about building relationships, so we have to believe in the entrepreneur, or the team that comes to us. We interview the teams. I'm a personal believer that you can't teach someone to be an entrepreneur.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I first "met" Marshall when he left a comment on my blog about the interview with Marnie Webb. So far, I have interviewed people who I have met face-to-face or have known through my work in the nonprofit tech field. By blog coaching I mean that I teach people how to run a blog. human aspects of technology.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

You’re teaching grant writing and doing board development and super involved in the nonprofit community there. And I teach Board Development and Grant Writing for the program. So every time I present or teach, I like to be really clear about what we will be talking about, what the outcomes for the session are.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Identify the problems your nonprofit is facing when it comes to collecting data and search through your database, noting unhelpful and inconsistent information. They can help you with more technical processes and teach you how to improve your data hygiene routine. You’ll first submit your website to the Google Ad Grants team.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

They want to solve a problem. Noble Paws teaches people with disabilities to run their own dog team, which was a very unique idea in Alaska. Within weeks of putting out the press release, they got calls to be featured on local radio and were asked for written interviews. Build a school in Zimbabwe.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan, shares in his new book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews: Why did you decide to leave us?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

I appreciate all the work you’ve put into it, as do your team members.&# Much of what you read on my Blog may not be new to you, but hopefully, it’ll serve as a good reminder of things to consider when you lead your next employee, team or group.I’m Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

If not, and you want to be a more effective leader for your team at work in 2011, select one or more of these 70 New Years resolutions for leaders: 1. Constantly challenge your team to do better 11. View every problem as an opportunity to grow 17. Teach something new to your team 24. Dont micromanage 2.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

To solve problems in one easy step — because a survey is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Much of what you read on my Blog may not be new to you, but hopefully, it’ll serve as a good reminder of things to consider when you lead your next employee, team or group.I’m Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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