Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2022. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to encourage their Development Director to take meetings with major donors. . The real work of major gift fundraising is relationship building.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As we wrote in The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Age of AI , when used responsibly , AI can help nonprofit staff reduce the countless hours they spend doing labor-intensive and often energy-draining tasks—so they can focus instead on mission-critical work. This is called “co-botting” or “co-piloting” with AI.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2020. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 2, 2024

As a Strategic Consultant at Blackbaud, I have the privilege of working closely with many leaders in higher education who are navigating the ever-changing waters of fundraising. It is a job that demands you bring 100% of yourself to work and yet is 0% about you personally—it is about the organization and the mission.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2021. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders?

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

A little more than a year later, I am six months into my dream role as an Associate Account Strategist, here at Media Cause, and I’d love to share some of the questions I asked myself during my journey along with some tips to help those who are interested in a career in digital marketing. Mentor someone. Be on time/prepared.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

By working hard and working smart, nonprofit leaders can increase the likelihood of a favorable response to a solicitation. Everyone in the organization has something they can teach us, particularly those on the front lines of delivering programs and services. It comes back to working hard and working smart.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This work over the next five years gave me a variety of experience (web design, team management, graphic design), Jill-of-all-trades style, alongside the growth of a social media account with over 60k+ followers across platforms. I was the self-taught applicant that didn’t have a degree. . What I Learned from the RiseUp Fellowship.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 18, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who wants advice on ways to stay in touch with potential donors who have major donor potential. . Try asking questions like: What caused you to become interested in this, and why is it important to you?

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2021

For the betterment of any organization, it is imperative to work on enhancing the skills and abilities of its employees. The first thing that comes to our mind when we hear this question is building a better training and development program for employees. Mentoring Mentoring as a training technique for employees has its benefits.

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2021

For the betterment of any organization, it is imperative to work on enhancing the skills and abilities of its employees. The first thing that comes to our mind when we hear this question is building a better training and development program for employees. Mentoring Mentoring as a training technique for employees has its benefits.

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Gyrus

JUNE 9, 2021

For the betterment of any organization, it is imperative to work on enhancing the skills and abilities of its employees. The first thing that comes to our mind when we hear this question is building a better training and development program for employees. Mentoring Mentoring as a training technique for employees has its benefits.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and December 31, think about which couple you want to work on in 2015. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year''s resolutions for leaders?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2019. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2021

Some of the broader themes for how to harness the power of humanocracy include: Teaching frontline staff to think like businesspeople. Pair new employees with experienced mentors. While you are breaking down bureaucracy within your organization, the authors also recommend you ask these 9 questions. That’s not our culture.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Question: How best should a leader pro-actively prepare for that impact? Step up your communication game.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Some of the broader themes for how to harness the power of humanocracy include: Teaching frontline staff to think like businesspeople. Pair new employees with experienced mentors. While you are breaking down bureaucracy within your organization, the authors also recommend you ask these 9 questions. That’s not our culture.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Question: How best should a leader pro-actively prepare for that impact? Step up your communication game.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Some of the broader themes for how to harness the power of humanocracy include: Teaching frontline staff to think like businesspeople. Pair new employees with experienced mentors. While you are breaking down bureaucracy within your organization, the authors also recommend you ask these 9 questions. That’s not our culture.

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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

JUNE 24, 2018

With just a few days left in the first half of this year, it's time to check in to see how we're doing with our New Year's Resolutions for 2018. Congratulations on everything you've accomplished so far.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 30, 2017

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Question: How best should a leader pro-actively prepare for that impact? Step up your communication game.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and tomorrow, think about which couple you want to work on during 2018. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and tomorrow, think about which couple you want to work on during 2017. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and December 31, think about which couple you want to work on during 2017. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and December 31, think about which couple you want to work on in 2016. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

So if you have to leave early or maybe you get interrupted by a co-worker or a toddler, if you’re working at home or something, don’t worry, we will get all those good things in your hands later on today. If you put your question in there, it might have a little bit more visibility. I’m going to ask you questions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and December 31, think about which couple you want to work on in 2014. To get your started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year''s resolutions for leaders?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

I just had the honor of being part of a new leaders group studying how different generations were leading in the work force and we found there were lots of differences between where people were in life. In the work place, what I love about Millennials is that they seemed really focused on their passions, not necessarily their professions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Okay, so you're likely already working on selecting your New Year's resolution for your personal life. Stop smoking. But, have you identified your New Year's resolution for your workplace life?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Making the Play: Successfully Engaging Youth Within the Nonprofit Sector posted by David "DJ" Heyward , American Humanics Student / Team MPhasis Coach Many of us in the nonprofit sector work specifically with children and young adults. Kids know they can expect two things from us: sports and God.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

This honed his appetite for frolicking in the hurricane swells that sweep the ocean in late summer. He introduced surfing to the Jersey Shore in the 1960′s – He was an early adopter, teaching himself how to surf and owned the first Greg Noll surfboard. He told me to go back to California and not to neglect my family or work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

This week, Wood, answered questions about his book, the lessons he teaches, and the remarkable work of Team Rubicon. A few surgeries later I found my role relegated to that of a back up and mentor to a rising star. Wood : That''s a tough question. And, how to be prepared -- physically, mentally and emotionally.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Today, he kindly answered questions about leadership, mentors, his book, and Millennials in the workplace. I love hiring athletes because high-level sports teach two core leadership skills: professional will and curiosity. It doesn’t feel like work. How important have mentors been to your career? I love my job.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 7, 2013

Before responding, I ask them questions about the roles they have for volunteers, how they recruit volunteers, how volunteers are “on-boarded” to the organization, who supervises them and how, and how successful they are at retaining volunteers. She currently teaches NMI 104: Managing Staff and Volunteers for the ASU Lodestar Center.

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