2009, Mentoring and Work - Nonprofit Technology

Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 30, 2012

CASE launched the ESI Award in 2009, and Benetech is proud to join the company of past award recipients. We are grateful for CASE’s recognition of Benetech's work. CASE is a research and education center that promotes the entrepreneurial pursuit of social impact through the adaptation of business expertise.

Award

Award Lecture Social Student

Celebrating Women in Tech: An Interview with Qgiv’s Female Leaders

Qgiv

MARCH 8, 2022

Here at Qgiv we have dozens of incredible women to celebrate and recognize—their achievements and hard work have helped advance us as a tech company in the nonprofit sector. Qgiv: How did you end up working in the tech industry? In addition, Qgiv promotes a flexible work environment to support a healthy work/life balance.

Celebrate

Celebrate Tech Interview Leadership

Guest Post: Celebrating Beth’s Five Years As Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Note from Beth: Yesterday, I was the honored guest at a Google Hangout hosted by the Packard Foundation to celebrate the work that I have done over the last five years as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation. It was wonderful to see colleagues in the room and online, reflect on the work, and talk about next steps.

Celebrate

Celebrate Foundation Chapter Social Media

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How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

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QuickBooks Helps BITS Serve Struggling Youth

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

" From Peer Mentor to Program Manager. Veronika got her start at BITS by volunteering as a peer mentor in 2013. She grew up in Kazakhstan and moved to Canada in 2009 to attend George Brown College's advanced management program. After mentoring 10 youth, Veronika was promoted to program manager.

Help

Help Kazakhstan Mentoring Canada

QuickBooks Helps BITS Serve At-Risk Youth

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

" From Peer Mentor to Program Manager. Veronika got her start at BITS by volunteering as a peer mentor in 2013. She grew up in Kazakhstan and moved to Canada in 2009 to attend George Brown College's advanced management program. After mentoring 10 youth, Veronika was promoted to program manager.

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Help Mentoring Canada

Q&A With Millennial CEO And Book Author Rick Lindquist

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

He was promoted to Director of Sales in 2009 and took over as President in 2011. Today, he kindly answered questions about leadership, mentors, his book, and Millennials in the workplace. It doesn’t feel like work. How important have mentors been to your career? Co-author and mentor to Lindquist, Paul Zane Pilzer.

Authoring

Authoring Mentoring Leadership Advice

Bridging the Opportunity Divide – Empowering Youth to Imagine and Realize their Futures

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Because Microsoft works in partnerships with others in the sector,they are committing the majority of their corporate cash giving to support nonprofits that serve youth. This morning, I had the opportunity to start my day with an inspiring conversation about the challenges facing today’s youth and how we can work to solve them.

Kenya

Kenya Empowerment Global Africa

Book Reviews

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

A very different context than I, or most people reading this work in, for sure. He feels that there is an inherent conflict of interest in working for time – it is in the consultants interest to spend more time on the project, regardless of the outcome. A great many people in my Mentor Program consult with non-profits.

Review

Review Open Source Consultant Profit

Moving on to my next adventure

Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

I am so grateful to Colorectal Cancer Coalition’s founder Nancy Roach for taking a chance on me and mentoring me through the early years. I can’t sum up our friendship and working relationship in a few sentences. Right away Convio started working on a Salesforce connector to sync Convio online data.

Convio

Convio Cancer Org Data

Zerodivide seeks new board members

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

ZeroDivideâ„¢ Board of Directors Position Description ZeroDivide is seeking candidates for its Board of Directors to serve for a three-year term commencing on February 1, 2009. Through mentors, professional networks and investor forums, ZeroDivide brings a deep knowledge of what makes a venture successful.

San Francisco

San Francisco California Philanthropy Director

Help Your Helpers! Top Tips for Managing Volunteers

Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

Many nonprofits work in tandem with volunteers to move their mission forward and keep expenses down. Regardless of how you put your mission helpers to work, volunteer management at every level is key to developing happy, helpful, and empowered volunteers! Check these events that require 10 volunteers or less. Don’t Force It.

Volunteer

Volunteer Management Help Tips

Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 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). So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Skills

Research Friday: The Importance of Strong and Weak Ties In Leadership Development

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2012

Those effective passages of information are vital to teams working together as well as leadership development within an organization. Strong ties developed within an organization create support between employees that foster a positive work environment and a sense of team cohesion, which are beneficial when fighting for a cause together.

Research

Research Leadership Develop Peru

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 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). A mentor always exercises the power of suggestion. They pose alternatives.

Mentoring

Mentoring Tips Kansas City Kansas

Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

And hundreds of top mentors contributed to what’s rattling around in his head. He began working with nonprofits full-time about 15 years ago. Beth has over 35 years working in the nonprofit sector in capacity building and has facilitated trainings for nonprofits on every continent in the world (except Antarctica). Beth Kanter.

Causes

Causes Nebraska North Carolina Lecture

"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

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.

Place

Place Work Mentoring Kansas City

How To Help Your Employees Click More At Work

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 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.

Work

Work Help Mentoring Kansas City

How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 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.

Place

Place Companies Work Kansas

The Five Points Of Professionalism

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 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). Your organizations work ethic should be solution- and positive-results-oriented.

Professional

Professional Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

He was recently named 2009 Young Professional of the Year by the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. What we do here in Oakland, and throughout the Bay Area, is we work with inner city companies that not only have a scalable model, but also have a social responsibility aspect built into their business model.

Oakland

Oakland San Francisco Companies Business

Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

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). I appreciate all the work you’ve put into it, as do your team members.&#

Giving

Giving Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 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). The average worker will spend 10 years of their work life dealing with email.

email

email Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Use A Board Of Advisors

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.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reach That Goal

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

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.

Goal

Goal Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

How To Write An Employee Satisfaction And Engagement Survey

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 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.

Survey

Survey Mentoring Kansas City Attitude

How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 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.

Evaluation

Evaluation Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Engage Your Employees.Especially Now

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 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.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

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.

Leadership

Leadership Communication Kansas City Mentoring

How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 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.

Skills

Skills International Communication Mentoring

How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employee

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 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.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

What To Think About For Next Year

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 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.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 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.

Kansas City

Kansas City Kansas Help Mentoring

Run Better Meetings

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 17, 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.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 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). Did it work? What have you done to foster a wide number of views in your work environment?

Interview

Interview Question Mentoring Kansas City

Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 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.

Story

Story Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

How To Be A Green Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 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.

Green

Green Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 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.

Survey

Survey Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

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

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Skills

Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books?

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.

Leadership

Leadership Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 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). But, it works! Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

Chart

Chart Ideas Mentoring Kansas City

Great Year-End Advice For Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 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.

Advice

Advice Mentoring Kansas City Tulsa

Do you have a brand strategy?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 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.

Strategy

Strategy Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership: 70 New Year's.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 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). Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56.

Leadership

Leadership Management Mentoring Kansas City

How To Be A Better Leader -- 25 Tips

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 26, 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.

Tips

Tips Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Celebrating Women in Tech: An Interview with Qgiv’s Female Leaders

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Trending Sources

Guest Post: Celebrating Beth’s Five Years As Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation

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QuickBooks Helps BITS Serve Struggling Youth

QuickBooks Helps BITS Serve At-Risk Youth

Q&A With Millennial CEO And Book Author Rick Lindquist

Bridging the Opportunity Divide – Empowering Youth to Imagine and Realize their Futures

Book Reviews

Moving on to my next adventure

Zerodivide seeks new board members

Help Your Helpers! Top Tips for Managing Volunteers

Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Research Friday: The Importance of Strong and Weak Ties In Leadership Development

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks

How To Help Your Employees Click More At Work

How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company

The Five Points Of Professionalism

Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

Use A Board Of Advisors

New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reach That Goal

How To Write An Employee Satisfaction And Engagement Survey

How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

Engage Your Employees.Especially Now

Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His.

How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills

How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employee

What To Think About For Next Year

Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan

Run Better Meetings

Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations

How To Be A Green Leader

5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey

Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books?

Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas

Great Year-End Advice For Leaders

Do you have a brand strategy?

Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership: 70 New Year's.

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