Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. It’s all about teaching digital literacy and citizenship: the knowledge and skills necessary to think critically, behave safely, and interact responsibly in a digital world. Teaching them to use creative tools responsibly?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). A mentor always exercises the power of suggestion. They pose alternatives.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 12, 2023

A nd learn volunteer empowerment strategies to try out at your organization! Empower your volunteers by offering the chance for members to teach in your learning program or speak at your annual conference. Mentor/Mentee program. Offer additional professional development options so volunteers can upskill.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Each year at this time, I reflect on the valuable lessons my father taught me that have served me well in business and in life - including lessons I learned when I didn't at the time necessarily realize I was learning from him. He loved to learn. He loved even more to teach. He lived to help other people learn.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The 70 tips below make for a good list for learning how to become a better leader when you don't have a lot of time to read books about leadership. Teach something new to your team 24. Learn the names of your team members even if your team numbers in the hundreds 33. Read leadership books to learn 51. Don't micromanage 2.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

Frustrated, she decided to try training engineers to meet her team’s hiring standards by mentoring at a local coding bootcamp. After two and a half years of mentoring on nights and weekends, Novati decided to turn her passion into a career. 13 investors say lifelong learning is taking edtech mainstream.

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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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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

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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Strive is an online learning platform that teaches kids to code, but it wants to do more than just that. Developed with an active learning model that lets students take the lead in classes, Strive wants to instill in them a lifelong love of STEM subjects. If you want to inspire adaptable students, learning should be fun.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 27, 2013

The 70 tips below make for a good list for learning how to become a better leader when you don''t have a lot of time to read books about leadership. Teach something new to your team 24. Learn the names of your team members even if your team numbers in the hundreds 33. Read leadership books to learn 51. Be decisive 20.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

I helped coach them along the way, as a good startup mentor will do. We need to teach kids to not fear risks, and we shouldn’t reprimand students for failure. We need to teach kids to not fear risks, and we shouldn’t reprimand students for failure. s, my parents learned in the 1940?s Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion'

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Unfortunately, this doesn’t inspire sustained learning or positive change. Even when people do respond, they often do so out of obligation rather than motivation,” explain the authors of the book, Helping People Change: Coaching With Compassion For Lifelong Learning And Growth.

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Tableau

JANUARY 8, 2021

In my many years as a scientist, I mentored trainees in data analysis and witnessed frustration, anxiety, and even productivity loss in students who lacked foundational data skills. Those experiences not only informed my teaching, but it became a personal passion to bring foundational data skills to all.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If you’ve been part of the Salesforce community for a while, you’ve certainly heard of Trailhead — the fun way to learn about all things Salesforce. Road-Tested Tips for Designing a Learning Program. First, some tips for your learning program based on our experience. You may have even earned some badges.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Inspiring, humbling, motivating and instructional is how I describe the leadership book by Ron Williams , called, Learning To Lead: The Journey To Leading Yourself, Leading Others, And, Leading An Organization. I wanted a front row seat to observe and learn whatever I could. And, how do you find a mentor? That can help you.

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Tableau

JANUARY 18, 2023

Britt Staniar Senior Community Program Manager, Recognition Programs Catherine Gosparini Senior Community Program Manager, Developer Program Sarah Molina January 18, 2023 - 8:24pm January 19, 2023 Tableau Ambassadors teach and share while fostering a positive and supportive space within the data community. Registration is now open!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

In the past week, Coderhouse, a live cohort-based learning platform, and Crehana, an on-demand skills development service for the enterprise, both announced financing rounds. The founder estimates that only 8% of teachers are accepted to teach on Coderhouse’s platform, resulting in nearly 2,000 active teachers with the company today.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

They can work quickly to collect and learn from data. For Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA), personalization for each young person (a “Little”) and their adult mentor (a “Big”) is critical to its mission. Research shows that nonprofits that have worked through a digital transformation process are fast, agile, and resilient.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

The 70 tips below make for a good list for learning how to become a better leader when you don''t have a lot of time to read books about leadership. Teach something new to your team 24. Learn the names of your team members even if your team numbers in the hundreds 33. Read leadership books to learn 51. Be decisive 20.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 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

JUNE 15, 2014

On this Father''s Day , I thank my dad for teaching me the following business and life lessons : Listen - Growing up, I thought my Dad was perhaps shy or quiet. He loved to learn. He loved even more to teach. He lived to help other people learn. Mentoring is equally powerful. That time is still a blur to me.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Dear Charity Clairity, Every time I attend a conference or webinar on the subject of major donor development I learn about the importance of meeting with major donors in person. Teach your staff to fish: People aren’t born knowing how to build a major donor pipeline and expertly move folks through this pipeline.

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Tableau

JANUARY 18, 2023

Britt Staniar Senior Community Program Manager, Recognition Programs Catherine Gosparini Senior Community Program Manager, Developer Program Sarah Molina January 18, 2023 - 8:24pm January 19, 2023 Tableau Ambassadors teach and share while fostering a positive and supportive space within the data community. Registration is now open!

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 10, 2022

However, providing a variety of professional development options will help your employees learn more skills, develop new relationships, and continue to grow. To maximize professional development across teams, encourage mentoring relationships between senior staff and newer employees. The United States? The United States?Institute

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2012

I shared my story and my experience in doing some online blog mentoring project with young women in Nigeria through my colleague Ore Somolu. I focused on showing them Twitter because there were so many examples of women leaders here in Rwanda and other countries in Africa using it for networking and professional development.

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Tableau

JUNE 8, 2022

You can find them answering questions in our forums, publishing content on social platforms, leading or speaking at user groups, contributing code on Github, and teaching people about data visualization. Learn more about the Tableau Ambassadors on our website. They teach, share, lead, innovate, and inspire. The fine print.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Members pay annual membership dues for access to peer learning and thought leadership opportunities, events and more. Without a cultural shift that embraces safe failurethe opportunity to fail, learn, and try againinnovation will stagnate, and talent pipelines will weaken. million FIRST participants and alumni understand well.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The platform’s entry-level gives workers a way to safely and effectively learn a trade, and companies a solution on mass up-skilling needs. Transfr started as a mentor-based VR training programming play. I don’t think anybody understands what this is gonna be for teaching and learning.”.

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The Next Web

APRIL 20, 2013

I also teach students, residents and fellows and hold joint appointments in the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health as an Assistant Professor. Their concern was that a set of orders might make them less thoughtful and compromise their learning. How has lean startup methodology influenced your role?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Unfortunately, this doesn’t inspire sustained learning or positive change. Even when people do respond, they often do so out of obligation rather than motivation,” explain the authors of the book, Helping People Change: Coaching With Compassion For Lifelong Learning And Growth.

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The Next Web

JULY 15, 2013

Work to learn, not to earn. When I was 16 or so, I discovered a book called Rich Dad, Poor Dad – What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money. I’ve recommended it to many of my friends because it contains a solid piece of advice: “ Work to learn, not to earn. ”. In retrospect, learning to face failure was my biggest takeaway.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

The History and Evolution of Learning Management Systems Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems In the modern world of education and corporate training, the significance of LMS cannot be overstated. This platform allowed learners to choose the content they wanted, enabling personalized learning.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

The History and Evolution of Learning Management Systems GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - In the modern world of education and corporate training, the significance of LMS cannot be overstated. Here are the key LMS milestones: 1924: Sidney Pressey invented the first “teaching machine,” which resembled a typewriter with a window.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

The History and Evolution of Learning Management Systems GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - In the modern world of education and corporate training, the significance of LMS cannot be overstated. Here are the key LMS milestones: 1924: Sidney Pressey invented the first “teaching machine,” which resembled a typewriter with a window.

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