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 even more to teach. Really, he was just a great listener. Educate - My Dad's passion was education.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

But it has also served to highlight the abysmal nature of early years teaching: Some 40 million teachers across the globe are leaving the sector, according to the World Bank. With the pandemic wreaking havoc amongst early years education amid school lockdowns, it’s no wonder edtech startups have piled into the space. It has now raised $1.4

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Sometimes, it wasn’t apparent that some of them had even held a hammer before, says associate professor Deb Naybor, who teaches the class. “It’s a life skill,” says Derek Grant, a senior majoring in natural resources management. So we started a very basic support safety training, just showing them techniques.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

Netflix, did Squid Game teach you nothing!) But when you consider the cast that came together, the money spent on building a varied and textured population of weird robots, and the time invested in bringing the Russos' vision to life, it's hard not to feel like The Electric State is nothing if not a monument to missed opportunities.

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

The premise of Blackfish isn’t an Attenborough-esque window into the charmed life of orcas. Orca mothers teach their babies, and in the film, you can watch the people who knew Tilikum recall the way he cried for his mother when she was taken from him. Different orca groups communicate in different dialects.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Nonprofit activities shape the students, teaching them valuable skills, helping them foster empathy, and connecting them to causes that matter. Their ability to think outside the box can breathe life into campaigns and events, while their energy helps tackle tasks that require hands-on effort. Students are bursting with potential.

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Medium Technology Section

MARCH 27, 2025

What History Teaches Us About Psychology and Thriving in Modern Life Continue reading on Long. Valuable.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 24, 2025

So, that is why Mackenzie wrote her book to teach you how to take actions that ultimately will improve your impact on the job and increase your happiness and fulfillment in your career. Part 2: Lead Your Boss describes proven techniques to transform your relationship with your boss.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2020

My attempts to teach my five-year-old to read over these past few months — sight-word flashcards, Bob Books, songs to build phonemic awareness — have been scattershot and have yielded poor results. I fear that I’m inadvertently teaching her to hate reading. I’m also a poor substitute for a substitute teacher, to be honest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Update & Review My Work-Life Balance Plan: In my workshops on personal and organizational wellbeing, I help nonprofits improve their personal resilience through life-work balance and self-care. One tool that I’m exploring is “ Action for Happiness ,” that helps incorporate joy into your daily life.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Last October, Matthews was sentenced to 158 years to life in prison ; a jury convicted him on 35 counts related to drugging and/or sexual assaulting 11 women between 2019 and 2023. SEE ALSO: Meta-funded program teaches tweens about online exploitation Despite women reporting Matthews on the app, his profile remained up. "We

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

In 2024, the company made its North American debut with Horizon of Khufu , an exhibit in which visitors to sites in Montreal, Atlanta, and New York City don VR headsets to explore Egyptian life in the time of the pharaohs. Other exhibits focus on the history of Notre Dame and the evolution of life on Earth across nine eras and landscapes.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

On top of all the other things out there that people want in their life, and all the other sources of information and learning and networking – engagement, quite literally – that are increasingly available, associations need to be smarter about what they do, and how they reach out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Update & Review My Personal Resilience Plan: In my workshops , I help nonprofits improve their personal resilience through life-work balance. I shifted a lot of my content and advice to focus on creating a life-work balance when you work remotely and how to create a more connected virtual team as well as digital wellness.

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Media Cause

APRIL 29, 2021

We hope you find these resources helpful, and would love to know about any others that have been beneficial in your own life. Ten Percent Happier is an app offering guided meditations and practical teachings you can carry anywhere, with courses on stress, relationships, communication, and more. Day #1: Ten Percent Happier.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Khan Academy cites a real-life example of a teacher with 100 students who typically needed 17 hours to review the first drafts of a two-page essay assignment, assuming the teacher spent 10 minutes on each paper. The app already offered an English tutor that could teach and converse, but the conversations felt slow and unnatural.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Being more introverted versus extroverted, the author's advice and teachings would have helped me during new jobs and after promotions, when relocating to new cities, when joining new clubs and organizations, and whenever I became a member of a new team. I found the teachings about asking questions as a newcomer particularly useful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

3) Update & Review My Personal Resilience Plan: In my workshops on resilience, I help nonprofits improve their personal resilience through life-work balance and self-care. Resilience is what allows you to recover from change or hardship, whether in the workplace or life in general.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

I also include my list of work/life habits that I want to maintain or modify. Resilience: This relates to all the curriculum, writing, and teaching I do around The Happy Healthy Nonprofit and Leadership Development. Resilience is what allows you to recover from change or hardship, whether in the workplace or life in general.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Update & Review My Work-Life Balance Plan: In my workshops on personal and organizational wellbeing, I help nonprofits improve their personal resilience through life-work balance and self-care. One tool that I’m exploring is “ Action for Happiness ,” that helps incorporate joy into your daily life.

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

The premise of Blackfish isn’t an Attenborough-esque window into the charmed life of orcas. Orca mothers teach their babies, and in the film, you can watch the people who knew Tilikum recall the way he cried for his mother when she was taken from him. Different orca groups communicate in different dialects.

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

The premise of Blackfish isn’t an Attenborough-esque window into the charmed life of orcas. Orca mothers teach their babies, and in the film, you can watch the people who knew Tilikum recall the way he cried for his mother when she was taken from him. Different orca groups communicate in different dialects.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 17, 2024

In his new book , Crossing the Desert: The Power Of Embracing Life's Difficult Journeys , Zamani tells his harrowing journey and gives readers an intimate look at how the paths we choose, the values we embrace, and the systems we decide to participate in (or not) can make or break us, not only financially, but spiritually.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

This video-based coding academy teaches coding skills in a fun, accessible, and engaging format on YouTube and other social media platforms (for free!). We need to ensure our technology represents people from all walks of life. I also encourage teachers, parents, and family members to check out our Code Along series!

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The company totally backed me and had me flying around the US hosting these Excel training sessions because I just genuinely loved to teach Excel. He wrote, basically, “Hey, I love your teaching style. I host these different high-energy Excel parties, essentially, where I come in and I teach a ton of free content.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

Certain expectations are important for navigating everyday life. It turns out that the way that we see the world is no different than the way that the mind processes dreams; Neuroscience teaches us that. We can learn to let go of these expectations. Its a learnable skill. But, we recognize that it’s a dream.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

SG: Graduate education was transformative in my life, and I enjoy teaching, and we thought there was an opportunity — because of the pandemic and changing behaviors — to start an online ed concept that tried to deliver 50% to 70% of the value of an elite MBA elective at 10% of the cost and 1% of the friction.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

How do I balance work and life? It will teach you how to navigate these types of paradoxes more effectively. His work still inspires us and helps bring the Paradox System to life: Assumptions – change the question. If you struggle with these paradoxes: How can I express my individuality and be a team player?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

The 10 Disciplines teach you how they can lay a foundation that creates space in your busy life for you to consistently and optimally perform and achieve your inner peace. “I Yet I have come to learn that there are disciplines and a practical approach to accomplish significant life success, as well,” says Gino.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 12, 2021

If that’s the case for you, you may have held yourself back from opportunities that would have positively impacted your life in many ways. . It means you shrink yourself to become a background player in your own life by convincing yourself that what you have to offer isn’t really that important. . How did their story impact your life?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Virtual education is a great tool and can be used to teach a wide range of skills. Just ensure that you’re able to secure an expert to teach who’s comfortable speaking on camera and familiar with the hardware and software necessary to make it happen. 5) Online classes. 16) Hybrid costume party.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2022

His playbook, guide and techniques incorporate real life examples, research, and a little tough love. If you focus on developing these skills, they will not only lead to success in your career, but in life. I deeply emphasize the importance of grit, charisma, perseverance, and emotional agility.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

His playbook, guide and techniques incorporate real life examples, research, and a little tough love. If you focus on developing these skills, they will not only lead to success in your career, but in life. I deeply emphasize the importance of grit, charisma, perseverance, and emotional agility.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 19, 2022

“You are one more intentional thought and action away from discovering your best life,” explains author of the new book, The Power Of One More , by Ed Mylett – released earlier this summer. You can find your best life by doing ‘one more’ than the world expects from you,” he adds.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2024

Teaching piano like that would teach you chopsticks but not how to genuinely and authentically express yourself. It will also give you direction to keep practicing for the rest of your life. My course will get you nearly all that experience in a fraction of the time.

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The Verge

APRIL 12, 2021

It’s why the internet — thus far, anyway — has remained willing to continue human life as we know it: for our cats. We did not teach the computers that people are adorable. And Skynet doesn’t have cats. This is our major structural advantage: we can feed the internet fresh cat photos. That means Skynet doesn’t need us anymore.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

How you answer these two questions will determine if you are more likely to be successful, resilient, and engaged at work – and likely to do something great in your life by taking seriously what you love and expressing it in some sort of productive way. More specifically, he teaches you how to: Use love to reveal your unique gifts.

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