Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Both flood the brain with dopamine, provide a brief high, and kill your productivity. Question: What is the best first action to take for a business leader to become more strategic and to follow your book's advice? Horwath : I define strategic as possessing insight that leads to advantage.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

Emotionraising is where neuroscience meets actionable advice for nonprofit organizations. The mesolimbic part of the brain assigns values to the sensory stimuli, helping us classify what we feel. The rational part of a donor’s brain still mediates the action evoked or prompted by the emotional part through values and learnings.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 6, 2019

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 15, 2018

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 9, 2023

This book, by Brain Solis, details the incredible transformation happening in business today, driven by new social and mobile technologies. His advice? Stories are so powerful because they are simple, timeless, demographic-proof, contagious, easy to remember and inspiring. What's The Future Of Business?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 22, 2023

It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. Perhaps Wooditch’s best overall advice is to think of “failing more” as “trying more.” Finally, the book provides excellent advice on how to: Recognize when fear is disguising itself as procrastination or distraction.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2020

It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. Perhaps Wooditch’s best overall advice is to think of “failing more” as “trying more.” Finally, the book provides excellent advice on how to: Recognize when fear is disguising itself as procrastination or distraction.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 24, 2017

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2017

If you’re having trouble focusing, you may be suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting at work. My advice: stop using your computer keyboard as a lunch tray. My advice: stop using your computer keyboard as a lunch tray. Instead, incorporate a brain-replenishing walk into your lunch hour.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 12, 2017

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Jenn Lim Today, Lim shares these additional insights, thoughts and advice about four-day workweeks: Question: In addition to the research supporting a four-day workweek, why do you believe more companies should adopt this practice? And, it allows time for play/flow/creativity to surface (our brains need time to unplug)!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2017

Recently, 60 Minutes did a piece on Brain Hacking or intentionally designing apps so you feel the need to to check in constantly. Rosen’s research can not yet determine what the impact is on our brains and lives as it too soon. Thrive also has a terrific section about how to unplug , packed with practical advice.).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness.

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Mentoring Brain Advice Relationship 40

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today’s question comes from a major gift fundraiser who wants advice on whether it’s better to ask for too little or too much. . ” Essentially, it says the human brain compares subsequent options with one that came first and uses this as a means to make judgements.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Both flood the brain with dopamine, provide a brief high, and kill your productivity. Question: What is the best first action to take for a business leader to become more strategic and to follow your book's advice? Horwath : I define strategic as possessing insight that leads to advantage.

Leadership 58

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2016

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness.

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Mentoring Brain Advice Relationship 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 31, 2016

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness.

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Mentoring Brain Advice Relationship 40

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The story above is about how your brain works. Your brain has a part called the Prefrontal Cortex, or “PFC” (remember “Paula Front-and-Center”?). It directs our attention, is responsible for moral decision-making, allows us to empathize with others, and helps coordinate the thousands of signals rushing around your brain.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

One of the biggest downsides for me personally from being connected to the Social Web 50-70 hours a week is that my brain has a hard time reading for extended periods of time. 4) Read more books. My mind wanders after a couple of paragraphs even when reading New York Times Bestsellers. 6) Say “Please” and “Thank You.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 23, 2016

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness.

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Brain Advice Relationship 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2020

This book, by Brain Solis, details the incredible transformation happening in business today, driven by new social and mobile technologies. His advice? Stories are so powerful because they are simple, timeless, demographic-proof, contagious, easy to remember and inspiring. What's The Future Of Business?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on what would be considered a good new donor acquisition rate. Dear Charity Clairity, I’m wondering if you have a data point readily available in your brilliant brain? Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D.,

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your employees grow and develop in their own careers. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

Today’s question come from a fundraiser and donor who wants advice on how to handle poor donor engagement: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m a fundraiser, but also a donor. You, because you’re human, are driven to want to light up the pleasure center of your brain with “feel good” shots of dopamine.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 20, 2015

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness.

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Brain Advice Relationship 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 7, 2014

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. Perhaps Wooditch’s best overall advice is to think of “failing more” as “trying more.” Finally, the book provides excellent advice on how to: Recognize when fear is disguising itself as procrastination or distraction.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2015

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Encourage others to engage in random acts of kindness.

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Brain Advice Leadership 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. (In The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2021

But everyone has heard the advice before that stepping away from work is important. Even if it is just a 10-minute breather between meetings, giving yourself the time to step away and “turn your brain off” for a bit is a key to staying effective, productive, and (most importantly) happy in the work you do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

My doctor’s advice was to start eating a heart healthy diet and get more exercise. The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. Last year, when I got may annual physical, my cholesterol numbers were not good. It’s not a luxury.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2020

It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. Perhaps Wooditch’s best overall advice is to think of “failing more” as “trying more.” Finally, the book provides excellent advice on how to: Recognize when fear is disguising itself as procrastination or distraction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Rituals leverage our brains’ ability to run on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted by other things, such as potentially contracting a deadly disease. As we face an even darker winter due to the pandemic, we need to keep improving our resilience, the ability to adapt well in spite of significant stressors.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2022

In this roundup, I compiled the best year-end fundraising advice from several nonprofit consultants in my network. If you had one piece of advice for successful end-of-year fundraising what would it be? When a donor reads your year-end appeal, their brain is working fast to answer this question: “Is this for me?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. (In This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. (In This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2010

You’ll find lots of advice and tips from these experts: The authors include Jeff Brooks , Sarah Durham , Jocelyn Harmon , Kivi Leroux Miller , Mark Rovner , Nancy Schwartz , Chris Forbes , Alia McKee Scott and, of course, Katya Andresen. You will get a refreshing perspective that may inspire your next ask.

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