TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The problem, as he and Koller saw it, was that the format didn’t do a good enough job of connecting with individual students, checking in with them to make sure they were paying attention, understanding, and actually interested in what was being taught.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

The jobs-to-be-done (JTBD) approach provides a framework for defining, categorizing, capturing and organizing all your customers’ needs. It teaches us to think about users’ needs and develop a product to meet those needs. Share on Twitter. Michael Popchuk is a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Saldo Apps.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Teach Them to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Hold fundraising lunches/seminars/receptions to teach them how to fundraise. Problems + slow response times = frustrated fundraisers. The Ride For Roswell does a nice job placing “Donate to a Rider” above the fold on their home page. Encourage them to use their social network.

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Tableau

MARCH 19, 2024

Karolina Grodzinska speaking on stage at Tableau Conference Iron Viz 2023 Discovering data visualization and Tableau Like many graduates of Economics, Karolina snagged her first job in finance. Everything was going smoothly except for one little problem. “I It’s also easier during job interviews.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Much like the head coach or manager of a professional sports team, your job when assembling and managing these teams becomes less about teaching and directing, and become more centered on ensuring the group is working cohesively. The bottom line is, a great team, regardless of who’s on it, is only as good as its moving parts.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2020

And, she teaches us how to reclaim and cultivate the curious, flexible and youthful mindset called "rookie smarts." It makes you tired to think you could be doing the same job a year from now. You're spending a lot of time trying to fix other people's problems. She contends that we do our best work when we are new to something.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2013

After all, who doesn’t want to be the next Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg? Gary Chou, an instructor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, teaches people how to launch a startup by taking an entirely contrary approach. The problem is that fundraising is much different from operating a company.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2021

Studies often claim that millions of jobs are going unfilled because there aren’t enough qualified candidates available for hire. The basic laws of supply and demand mean there will always be people in the workforce willing to move into well-paid security jobs. The problem is not that these folks don’t exist. I don’t buy it.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2022

A teaching moment. Your offer is a message about the problem, solution, and how the donor can help. It’s not so bad to live in “No-Man’s Land” once you understand a large part of your job is warmly endeavoring to figure out why your particular donor prospect is sending their regrets at this point in time.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 30, 2014

it works for everyone’s job role. Each person has value to contribute beyond a narrow job description, and including everyone is crucial to tapping into all of that value. Current traditional work practices mean getting your job done within your 8-hour window. we all know how to use it best.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

There are a few things that may be going on here: You have the right person in this job; they need some training and/or coaching. You have the right person in this job; they’ve got wrong things in their portfolio. You have the wrong person in this job; their strengths lie elsewhere. Provide training and/or coaching.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A generation that grew up with Google is forcing professors to rethink their lesson plans Catherine Garland, an astrophysicist, started seeing the problem in 2017. She was teaching an engineering course, and her students were using simulation software to model turbines for jet engines. That’s where the problem is starting.”.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 12, 2013

They make it easy for everyone to teach what they are good at and also learn something new. So many companies have tried to disrupt the ancient business card, but nobody has yet to completely solve the problem for the masses. . – Sunil Rajaraman , Scripted.com. I would invest my money in Udemy. Codename One. Affinity.is.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2021

If a station doesn’t send out an error or a driver doesn’t report it, network providers might never know there’s even a problem. That wasn’t the problem. During her time there, she worked with 12 manufacturers, which gave her knowledge into inner workings and common problems with the chargers.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Doyobi , a Singapore-based professional development platform, wants to give educators new, more engaging ways of teaching STEM subjects. There is a massive gap between what is being taught in schools and what children need to learn in order to be prepared for jobs of the future. The startup announced today it has raised $2.8

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

The book is an extremely practical resource whether you are working on improving your skills or teaching others. If you facilitate and scribe, sometimes it can slow down the conversation and this can be problem if you are doing brainstorming. Part 2 offers checklists and reminders for these basic skills. This includes: 1.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

Taking the safe career option, the regular job, the job that pays the bills, is admirable. Unfortunately, the problem compounds itself as people age. Steve Jobs. It teaches you just how mundane the everyday existence of an early-stage startup is. This effect can be seen amongst so many of Europe’s youth.

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Tableau

JANUARY 8, 2021

Working with data is a necessity for most jobs, and analytical skills can be a huge differentiator for success across all kinds of work—whether corporate, nonprofit, or academic. Those experiences not only informed my teaching, but it became a personal passion to bring foundational data skills to all. Kristin Adderson. January 8, 2021.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You’re part of the problem. In fact, you may BE the problem. It’s in your job description. It’s a big job, serving as a development officer. A Nonprofit’s Culture of Philanthropy: Who’s Job is it? . Your job is to disabuse those with whom you work of this “dirty money” notion. Why is that? You choose.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Potential job applicants are beginning to place as much emphasis on positive organizational culture as they do on job tasks and salaries. One of the workshop exercises was to teach leaders a process they can facilitate back in their organizations to begin the discussion about how to activate a culture of well being.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

After finishing a four-day intensive training in Delhi for the Networked NGO , I stayed on a few days in India to visit colleague, Rufina Fernandez, who I met when she was the CEO of the Nasscom Foundation when she brought me to India to speak at the leadership conference and teach workshops back in 2010. The man denied it and left.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Glean For arming employees with the tools to get their jobs done Companies contain a lot of information thats crucial for employees to know, but its spread out across an array of workplace apps: Slack, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, and more. But the company took a big step forward during 2024 with a little help from OpenAI.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Nonprofit leaders could use them to have staff do the same tasks they’ve always done, just faster, or shift jobs from full-time work to part-time or contract work. This will be especially detrimental for junior staff, who need human-to-human feedback to learn and improve their job performance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2013

As an organization that believes in the tremendous power of technology to effect change, our approach to preventing bullying throughout the month was centered on teaching empathy and kindness at a young age using apps and games. No problem. With no marketing budget and a finite amount of time to think big, I came up with a plan.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

It’s the gift of having my children teach me that everyday actions can make a world of difference. Children are teaching their parents that everyday actions can make a world of difference. Learn about the problem, the effects, and the solutions. I think this is my gift from my kids this Mom’s Day — and it sure beats flowers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The perfect job seldom exists, and neither does the perfect candidate. Hire smart people and teach them skills. Skills such as Python, Jira, Github, Snowflake or others are common within job descriptions, but there’s no real indication which are the highest priority or which are going to immediately apply.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

You probably learned that not everyone needs to be in your office to effectively carry out their jobs. But typically, the job someone had at the end of 2019 or the person doing it will have changed just enough that with some education and training in new skills, the organization and the person can thrive. What problems still vex them?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. And it isn’t simply a technical problem that can be solved through training or purchasing analytics software. Example of A/B Testing Results.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

View every problem as an opportunity to grow 17. Teach something new to your team 24. Use job descriptions 55. Eliminate the cause of a mistake 16. Summarize group consensus after each decision point during a meeting 18. Praise when compliments are earned 19. Be decisive 20. Say "thank you" and sincerely mean it 21.

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

This is a story about acknowledging how there isn’t one piece of software that can solve all your problems, which is why the extensibility of your systems is so important. Naturally, it will take a lot of time, training, and labor to get it up and running, but once it is all configured, it will solve all your problems. You did it!

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Towards Data Science

AUGUST 19, 2023

I began talking with data analysts who solved business problems every day using data. Playing around with new technologies helped me to see that I still enjoyed working in data, I just had to be using the right tools and solving the right problems. An eager data engineer turned analytics engineer is just the person for the job!

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

But in what might be a sign of the times, today a startup that’s focused on e-learning and the subsequent job market for a completely different end of the spectrum — home services — is announcing some funding to continue building out its business in earnest. But what if you had the liquidity to do that?

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