Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2023

"Questions help us break down barriers, discover secrets, solve puzzles, and imagine new ways of doing things, But few of us know how to question in a methodical way," explains Frank Sesno , Emmy-award-winning journalist, and author of the book, Ask More. How and when to use empathy questions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

If you’re curious about where your organization stands in its digital transformation, ask yourself three questions: 1. buildOn mobilizes young people to transform their communities and build schools in developing countries. The post 3 Essential Questions to Assess Your Digital Transformation appeared first on Salesforce.org.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Just something to make me feel there are real people who see me and care about the support Im offering. Isnt it part of the role of a board member to make friends with people who care about the organization? Show me you noticed!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 26, 2021

Here are some great questions to ask yourself before hiring a fundraising coach. Do you have a manager, supervisor, or mentor who is teaching you how to fundraise and supporting you along the way? Do you struggle with imposter syndrome and question whether you have what it takes? A coach is a great idea. Time for a coach! .

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

It has a popular and meme-ified mascot in the form of the owl Duo, a creative and engaging product, and ambitious plans for expansion.There’s just one key question in the midst of all those milestones: Does anyone actually learn a language using Duolingo? Luis von Ahn, the co-founder of Duolingo, visiting President Obama in 2015.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

I reflected on the people that I planned to see that day and chose one thing that Id like to thank them for. Most people would consider their mind more important than their teeth. There are some people who think: I’m going to meditate and get relaxed. I was inspired to try this practice.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

With her new startup, Granitt — with Sandvik as its principal — aims to help at-risk people, like journalists and activists but also politicians, lawyers, refugees and human rights defenders, from threats they face doing their work. I’ve always been aware that there aren’t a lot of people that do what I do.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

degree or higher, as well as an international teaching certificate such as DELTA, CELTA, TESOL or TEFL. Self-paced content could look like a multiplayer “battle” between two students answering questions within a certain time period to get a better score. Azarov plans to add 200 people to his 300-person company in the next six months.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 14, 2022

See giving as a family tradition and seek to teach their children generosity. It begins with a simple question, “Why do you give to…?” This segmented approach will give you the best chance of reaching the right people at the right time with the right call to action. Donate for religious or altruistic reasons.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Then there's the desire of Meta's Mark Zuckerberg for more "masculine energy" in corporate America, which only added to the feeling that Silicon Valley was growing ever more hostile to women and People of Color. One thing we are really focused on this year is expanding our impact to reach more people and continuing to enhance our curriculum.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 31, 2022

Yet, in this context we are holding space for people to share some truly special or important moments in their lives. Why Supporting People Sharing Individual Stories is Necessary Do we always have the best perspective to support people through their storytelling process? I tell other people’s stories for a living.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

” Also there is a very practical selling point to providing better tools to university classrooms: “People pay those tuitions to have access to professors and other students, and this is a way to provide that in a remote world,” he said. gallery ids="2060568,2060569,2060570"].

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

You have to get comfortable asking people for money – even if you think asking for money is the last thing you would ever feel comfortable doing. Plus, I had a burning passion to help people. I knew that if I didnt learn how to ask people for money, my efforts to help people would be limited by my fear of fundraising.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

“One thing that was different from today is that a lot of people thought the whole tech industry was just going to go away.” ” Instead of instinctively going into survival mode, she said founders should ask themselves existential questions like, “Why did you start this business? What are the fundamentals?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

As of now, this technology has already shown some degree of promise for all of the following very human psychological skills: diagnosing diseases, writing code, summarizing and teaching information, predicting markets, brainstorming, product design, project management, coaching, and much more.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Innovative organizations are finding ways to make augmented and virtual reality a more efficient, and even more practical, way to interact with technologies and tools, including letting people learn complex skills through virtual training. The businesses in Fast Company s Most Innovative Companies in AR/VR reflect that trend.

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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. Ask questions. So, even for extroverts I believe this book will be useful.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Called Reactor , the program combines curriculum from classes Miura-Ko teaches at the Stanford School of Engineering and consists of two components – a pre-summer lecture series and a summer accelerator. The most common one that people point to now is just work from home. Were you incubating companies together? I agree with you.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

As People For the American Way Foundation wrestles with these same questions, we’ll share insights from some recent successes. For example, last year, we faced a campaign that sought to restrict what schools can teach—by appealing to mothers. We brought folks together for rallies and family-friendly community teach-ins.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2021

This panel discussion will explore the digital strategies and paradigms that leaders are using today to propel their people processes and technology to become digital-first and achieve greater impact in the post-COVID era. You’ll have first-hand access to speakers for questions. The best part?

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Tableau

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The Future of Data & Analytics is a new series by Tableau CTO Andrew Beers, where he connects with industry leaders, researchers, and innovators to discuss the biggest questions shaping the future of data and analytics. The past year has been rife with significant challenges, and there are many questions about how to best move forward.

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Bloomerang

MAY 1, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how to shine a light on their legacy giving program by publicizing bequests. . People just don’t pay them much attention. With stories people tend to enter into them.

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The Verge

MARCH 12, 2021

Teaching AI systems to understand what’s happening in videos as completely as a human can is one of the hardest challenges — and biggest potential breakthroughs — in the world of machine learning. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Facebook is vague about its future plans for AI models trained on users’ videos. Image: Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Experiences: People love getting to do something unique, interesting, and valuable, even more than they like “things.” Membership cards: Some people like being card-carrying members of a group. If you represent an educational or social justice charity, maybe giveaway specialty decks of cards featuring important people from history.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

For one, only four people showed up. She constructed a person of color to guard herself against criticism from actual people of color, who were beginning to come forward with worrying complaints about her leadership. When people responded with shock and grief, she let out a virtual wail. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Contextual also worked with the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence to develop OLMoE, an AI system introduced in September that uses an approach called mixture of experts, in which a specialized subsection of the model is called on to answer a given question, leaving most of the other model parameters at rest.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

Class, an edtech startup that integrates exclusively with Zoom to make remote teaching more elegant, has raised $12.25 As for Tom Brady entering the edtech world, Chasen said that the famous football player has made tech investments in the past and, “as the father of three is passionate about helping people through education.”.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 22, 2024

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., You know the old adage: “Give me a fish and I eat for a day; teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime.” This is understandable, but people who hire consultants for this reason are rarely satisfied. Have you hired a development consultant?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 30, 2024

Here’s a good list of questions to ask yourself about each Board member: Are they engaged? Do they have great people skills? In considering your responses to these questions, make a list of each Board member’s skills that are useful in raising money. And what inspires people? What skills do they have to work with?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

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 tell a compelling fundraising story when your cause doesn’t have a happy ending: We don’t save lives or have puppies or kittens.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2024

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 approach sponsorship giving levels without seeming pushy: Dear Charity Clairity, We are a small nonprofit. We usually have a few events annually bringing in added revenue.

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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. . But our head of development is super resistant and will rarely go out and meet people.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit leader who needs advice on who the best prospects are to ask for legacy gifts. But we don’t have a lot of major annual donors and don’t know many rich people. Have a question for our Fundraising Coach?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 10, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on best practices around acknowledging and recognizing major gifts. . This will make people think we don’t need any more money. Have a question for our Fundraising Coach?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 17, 2024

Zamani’s fascinating and motivating story is a timely reminder that enduring and embracing life’s most difficult journeys can lead us to a brighter future—not only for ourselves, but also for the people around us. Independence also calls upon our willingness to question the status quo.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

Alex Ruzh is the CEO and co-founder of memoryOS , an edtech startup developing AI-powered gamified software teaching people how to remember anything. We also had calls with several top-tier crowdfunding project creators who were kind enough to answer our questions and share bits of knowledge from their experience. Contributor.

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