Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. Support mentoring -- both informal and formal. Take an interest in your employees and their personal milestone events. Give feedback in a timely manner and make it individualized and specific.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2008

That brought me to the question of "What are effective ROI storytelling techniques?" Evangelist Creation and Mentoring: Communities attract your biggest fans and give them a place to connect with others, in the process creating new evangelists. What are your techniques? Numbers alone won't do it. You need stories.

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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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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Setting up your own domain will help you see the impact of each SEO technique you implement Click To Tweet. Setting up your own domain will help you see – in real time – what is the impact of each SEO technique you implement. Setting up your own domain helps you see the impact of your SEO techniques! STEP 3- Find a Mentor.

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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 26, 2012

Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Share bad news, not only good news 57. Start meetings on time 58. Discipline in private 59. Seek guidance when you don't have the answer 60.

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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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Recode by Vox

MARCH 13, 2025

The optimistic theory of the case is that, given enough real-world data about movement, the same techniques that have made language models so successful can be used to make robots work well. With AI, presumably the need to mentor in-person becomes moot. the end result will be a model good enough to govern a robot in the real world.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 27, 2013

Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Share bad news, not only good news 57. Start meetings on time 58. Discipline in private 59. Seek guidance when you don''t have the answer 60.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Share bad news, not only good news 57. Start meetings on time 58. Discipline in private 59. Seek guidance when you don''t have the answer 60.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2011

One of the project tasks is to develop a multilingual online learning community for partners, contributors, sponsors, participants, teams, mentors, social media techies from the region, and trainers to interact and share best practices. (For context, read my earlier post ).

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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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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

For example, in a mentoring program, one short-term outcome is “student and mentor develop a positive relationship.” You might: Ask a simple yes/no survey question (“ Do you and your mentor/mentee have a positive relationship ”?). Some metrics require specialized training or techniques to collect, analyze, or interpret.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. Kalyani also facilitated a participatory curriculum development process using different techniques. The photo above shows the “Fish Bowl” technique. Documentation of the Visioning Process. Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

Spectragram is a facilitation technique I learned from Allen Gunner at Aspiration. I use a “Living Case Study&# technique — it is less formal that your traditional case study because it covers a work in progress and shares lessons learned as well as successes. Spectragram. We used: I love grass-fed beef.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 9, 2011

Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Share bad news, not only good news 57. Start meetings on time 58. Discipline in private 59. Seek guidance when you don't have the answer 60.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 11, 2022

Create discussion groups in your online member community inspired by topics from your career center, such as job interview tips or resume techniques, to deliver a superior member experience. Dedicate specific feeds for members looking for mentors, individuals searching for new jobs, and a safe space to ask questions.

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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? Ten Tips & Techniques: Round 5. Rody Zakovich , Starschema. Nir Smilga.

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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? Ten Tips & Techniques: Round 5. Rody Zakovich , Starschema. Nir Smilga.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Gear Up For Giving from the Case Foundation is a month-long series of social media tutorials, to help nonprofits and their supporters understand how to use key tools and techniques to create awareness, catalyze civic action and cultivate new supporters and donors for their causes. Global Voices Bloggers Mentor Others.

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The Next Web

APRIL 20, 2013

Our program used Lean Sigma to figure out the variance in care, we then used design thinking and brain storming techniques in partnership with IDEO to come up with solutions. Our goal is to provide fellows with a unique opportunity to learn about health innovation while exposing their mentors and host institutions to entrepreneurial concepts.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2022

Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. Support mentoring -- both informal and formal. Take an interest in your employees and their personal milestone events. Give feedback in a timely manner and make it individualized and specific.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader : Respond to questions quickly and fully. Support mentoring -- both informal and formal. Take an interest in your employees and their personal milestone events. Give feedback in a timely manner and make it individualized and specific.

Mentoring 52

Mentoring Technique Interaction Tips 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. Support mentoring -- both informal and formal. Take an interest in your employees and their personal milestone events. Give feedback in a timely manner and make it individualized and specific.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 14, 2020

Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. Support mentoring -- both informal and formal. Take an interest in your employees and their personal milestone events. Give feedback in a timely manner and make it individualized and specific.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Many options exist for skill building among board members including one-on-one mentoring like I had, making training available to board members on their own time, or setting aside time at board meetings or retreats for group training on donor identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship techniques. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 27, 2013

Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Share bad news, not only good news 57. Start meetings on time 58. Discipline in private 59. Seek guidance when you don''t have the answer 60.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Share bad news, not only good news 57. Start meetings on time 58. Discipline in private 59. Seek guidance when you don't have the answer 60.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 3, 2013

Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Share bad news, not only good news 57. Start meetings on time 58. Discipline in private 59. Seek guidance when you don't have the answer 60.

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 24, 2025

With over 150 sessions and attendee-led events, discussion, mentoring, and meetup groups are among the many ways to connect beyond engaging keynote speakers and educational sessions. The event focuses on combining digital tools, creative marketing strategies, and donor engagement techniques to increase revenue and impact.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 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

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

I explore techniques as diverse as orgami to stamping. I've also used computer arts & crafts ideas when I volunteered as a computer mentor at the computer kids clubs (a long time ago). I'm also a paper artist. I create art with paper. My tools include pens, ink, rivets, glue, ribbon, and many other objects.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

If not, and you want to be a more effective leader for your team at work in 2012, select one or more of these 70 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 (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: 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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