The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

A collaboration between the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) and Citi , the free program offers interactive live video chats, how-to guides, an eBook club, and weekly email lessons. Established entrepreneurs participating in #StartupLab include Slava Rubin of Indiegogo, Jason Nazar of DocStoc, and Matt Mickiewicz of 99Designs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 30, 2012

CASE offers a tremendous program for MBA students and alumni interested in applying their business skills for social purposes. True to this commitment, I draw tremendous satisfaction from mentoring new social entrepreneurs, finding resources for them, and helping them avoid the pitfalls that I had experienced.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

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. At Common Sense, we believe these skills are as essential to thriving in the 21st century as reading and writing. There’s no going back now.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Most-Read New Articles of 2024 Here are the three most popular articles of the year: Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board Board dysfunction often starts with lack of accountability and clear expectations of what it means to be accountable for a nonprofits success. Hindsight is always 20/20!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 17, 2014

The book contains all the lessons you''ll need to learn about functioning at work ," explains Dilenschneider. His lessons are based on his four decades of experience in the work world, along with research and dozens of interviews with business experts. Dilenschneider wrote, The Critical First Years of your Professional Life.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 21, 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). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Gyrus

DECEMBER 25, 2024

On-the-job training and apprenticeships play a critical role in developing skilled manufacturing workers. The Critical Role of Training in Manufacturing The manufacturing industry in the United States employs millions of workers, from skilled operators to contractors and temporary staff. advancements. advancements.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2013

One of my favorite lessons from the book, The DNA of Leadership , is the importance of being a developing leader.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2024

Here are ten lessons in surviving and moving forward when reporting to a leader who clearly lacks leadership skills and leaves co-workers wondering what they are doing in such positions of authority in the first place. The truth is they are likely envious of your good work, skills, and ability to complete projects.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 13, 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). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

When you step in the door, you come prepackaged with skills you can share. Suzy : Collaboration is the best skill someone can have. Seeing Millennials with those skills is great. And that’s an important lesson to learn. But finding a mentor and a champion, we were able to make things happen.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The book contains all the lessons you''ll need to learn about functioning at work ," explains Dilenschneider. His lessons are based on his four decades of experience in the work world, along with research and dozens of interviews with business experts. Dilenschneider wrote, The Critical First Years of Your Professional Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

The goal is to train over 150-250 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Morocco, and other countries and help them put social media skills into practice. Build the capacity of these NGOs and CSOs to use new media effectively through mentoring and coaching. People can be connected in networks through their knowledge or skills or interests.

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VQ Strategies

DECEMBER 14, 2020

We thought it would be helpful to look at what the successful organizations all shared so that we might be able to apply those lessons more broadly to our sector’s work in 2021 and to our personal work plans. As we move into 2021, how can you embrace these lessons into your work? Here are a few thoughts to guide your response.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2018

There were also plenty of leadership lessons in Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle. . Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle. Be willing to adapt to your audience – Leadership lessons from Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle Click To Tweet. Each of the characters has a unique set of skills.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

There’s also Datasaber , a thriving, community-led learning program in Japan founded by Tableau Visionary, KT , complete with a curriculum, mentors, and assignments. After all, what better way to test your skills than explaining a technique to others? Data Viz lessons I learned in art school. Ten Tips & Techniques: Round 5.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

There’s also Datasaber , a thriving, community-led learning program in Japan founded by Tableau Visionary, KT , complete with a curriculum, mentors, and assignments. After all, what better way to test your skills than explaining a technique to others? Data Viz lessons I learned in art school. Ten Tips & Techniques: Round 5.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 23, 2021

The book contains all the lessons you'll need to learn about functioning at work," explains Dilenschneider. His lessons are based on his four decades of experience in the work world, along with research and dozens of interviews with business experts. Dilenschneider wrote, The Critical First Years of your Professional Life.

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VQ Strategies

DECEMBER 30, 2020

While it would be easy to focus on the many difficulties that this year delivered (and we don’t take any of those lightly), for this exercise in reflection, we choose the lens of gratitude – as we learned from our mentor and friend Jill Friedman Fixler who perfected the practice of gratitude [1]. Thank you. [1]

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Years later, as a CMO, I’ve come to appreciate how those early lessons shaped my understanding of professional possibilities. Nevertheless, numerous skilled marketing leaders, including myself until recently, hesitate to pursue a trajectory beyond CMO.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2024

In his highly authentic, sincere and personal book, Balancing Act , author Dr. Andrew Temte, CFA , shares candid insights and timely lessons about the balance needed to succeed as a leader. Successful leaders : Teach, coach, mentor, and inspire. I wrote this book in the hope that others will learn from my triumphs and failures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The most important skill we can give kids or anyone is learning how to be adaptable,” said Shklaz. “If Agarwal gave me a short sample lesson, which was an interesting experience for me because I’ve never studied coding, so I’m starting at the same level of the kids they teach (or even lower, to be honest). Learning should be joyful.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Determining who to hire is a powerful skill to have and it’s very difficult to learn. As a founder you need to develop this skill very quickly. The next big lesson you need to learn is to fire people. It’s a long road to learn those skills, but you will get there. Learn how to hire and maintain your company culture.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 28, 2014

The book contains all the lessons you''ll need to learn about functioning at work ," explains Dilenschneider. His lessons are based on his four decades of experience in the work world, along with research and dozens of interviews with business experts. Dilenschneider wrote, The Critical First Years of your Professional Life.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 18, 2014

The book contains all the lessons you''ll need to learn about functioning at work," explains Dilenschneider. His lessons are based on his four decades of experience in the work world, along with research and dozens of interviews with business experts. Dilenschneider wrote, The Critical First Years of your Professional Life.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 23, 2021

The book (co-authored by Dick Weiss ) chronicles Michael’s story of going from an underdog athlete to a turnaround CEO, and how he took his student-athlete experience and translated those learned lessons to successes in his career. As an business executive, he found the perfect environment to apply these skills.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 8, 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). What lessons will you leave behind?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

This organization uses sports, specifically basketball, as a vehicle to help youth get motivated in school and learn life lessons while at the same time producing some seriously great athletes. In my experience, Ive learned how integral life skills can be taught and nurtured by tapping into something kids love: basketball.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 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). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 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). Third on the top five list is an employees opportunity to use his/her skills.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 11, 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). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 7, 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). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 22, 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). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Becoming certified as an orange hat is recognition of commitment and skill–it’s a real accomplishment. Six key lessons surfaced from our interviews with more than 35 global nonprofits. By investing in Prabhaker’s leadership skills, Haiyya has helped her reach both personal goals and achieve for the organisation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 7, 2012

The best way to mentor is to challenge people and then to set an example by letting them see you in action. Broad's book, subtitled, Lessons in Unconventional Thinking , is well worth the read. Try to widen their perspective, deepen their sense of accomplishment, and build their capacity.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The good news is that there are numerous cost-effective strategies that can help your staff develop new skills, stay motivated, and bring fresh ideas to your mission. In a peer mentoring program, more experienced staff members are paired with newer or less experienced colleagues, creating a dynamic where both parties benefit.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 24, 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). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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