Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

They can be a temporary patch to allow people to achieve goals more quickly, provide the opportunity to explore options outside the mainstream, or create a new precedent. Savaget : A workaround mindset challenges the conventional wisdom that the best course of action is always to understand the full picture and remove visible obstacles.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

As Feynman said when asked about winning the Nobel Prize: “The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out, the kick in the discovery, the observation that other people use it [my work].” Of course: from its founding Caltech has been a testament to the generosity of donors who succeeded in business.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

From famine in Africa to war in the Middle East to global economic collapse, people are increasingly becoming overwhelmed by all the tweets, status updates, photos, and videos of gloom, doom, and despair. If it continues as it has, then I fear that many people will begin to check-out and become numb to our calls to action.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Although Maher doesn’t detail new recruitment strategies in her interview with Wood, she does say “there are a number of people across the Wikimedia community and groups that are actively oriented to writing women into history.” The website also highlights a plan to “ increase contributor diversity. ”.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We need to show people what is possible. Many people don’t even know that a landscape is degraded, because for them, it’s always looked like that. People need to know what is possible, and they need to see how it works in real life. Of course, private finance will need to be involved; for example, through green bonds.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. People get that it’s necessary. Few people say to anyone “I’m here for the shoveling!”

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

I’m not one to jump into a freezing cold lake, but I know plenty of people who are thrill-seekers and adventurers who would love to have a polar plunge checked off their list. Yes, people will jump into ice cold water for your cause! Of course you can also host an in-person race with all the bells and whistles too.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2011

As I mentioned in my previous two blogs about my Africa trip of last July, I had the pleasure of meeting many interesting people and learning about numerous exciting, cool projects during that three week long visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. The good news is that trachoma can effectively be eliminated.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2016

There was a time—not too long ago—that drone technology, while in its infancy, was being dismissed by many experts in product development fields as a passing fancy, a mere hobby or pastime that few people ever thought would have important real-world applications.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

But what a lot of people are expecting (really, hoping) is that after a while, we’ll go back to normal. Others changed a lot, like the person who supports your technology infrastructure or the people who have direct patient contact. People changed, too. He was a character invented not long ago to sell bookings on Hotels.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

For the past ten days, I’ve been in Rwanda, Africa. ” I learned later from Cheryl that she has conducted this exercise for many leadership programs throughout Africa and had learned it from her mentor, Birgitt Williams , who is an international expert in holistic leadership and design of participatory programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. The art of storytelling though, and documenting an event or a slice of time is, of course, not restricted to bound pages. I saw for myself that history was unfolding in front of me.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Although our efforts on RtF are mainly around serving people with disabilities, we are open to thinking more broadly about how these technologies could benefit more people. She had been working in public health in Africa before heading to Stanford. After all, that's the whole point of universal design ! Thanks, Joy!

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

McGruder, the Ford Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, oversees Ford’s global operations and finances for its offices in New York, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Picture the scene…our heroes with pain coursing through their bodies and sweat dripping down their brows as they head toward the finish line. TechSoup's partner in South Africa SANGONeT , that like TechSoup was founded in 1987, organized the No Pain No Gain fundraiser.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

Seeing what most people don’t look helps you get ahead of problems. Of course, this also means that as long as you are living and breathing, embracing and practicing the 8 Flux Superpowers, your relationship to change is always improving, too! Are select people, teams, or departments fluxier than others? Run Slower.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. For many people, the more they learn about something that interests them, the more they enjoy it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The Marrakesh Treaty was signed last year, and now the efforts are ramping up to ratify and implement the Treaty, with the goal of helping overcome the book famine faced by people with print disabilities. This meeting in Geneva was on the form of a successor project, dubbed the Accessible Book Consortium ("ABC," of course).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2015

It of course provides TechSoup product donations to French nonprofits. In alignment with the organization's Emmaus Social Movement roots, ADB started as and remains a major employer of chronically unemployed and disabled people. ADB employs 210 people in its workshops, of whom more than half are formerly long-term unemployed.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

People attend NetSquared events to develop relationships and trust networks with fellow nonprofit techies. The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Las Vegas, Nevada: Online Courses (Storytelling).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

a new company-wide initiative to create opportunities for 300 million young people around the world over the next three years. The initiative brings together an array of existing, new and enhanced global programs and partnerships that connect young people with better education, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Imagine overlooking a city of over 6 million people (described by a Fuzhou native as a "medium-sized Chinese city!"). One of the key leaders I met described China as "Europe in the cities, Africa in the countryside." I felt like we kept driving by real estate developments designed to house 50,000 people each.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

It was surreal and incredibly exciting to see these inspiring people, my colleagues and friends, assembled in one place to launch the next generation of Martus. Not everyone was able to come to Chiang Mai, of course.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

and have a reason to hang out with other cool people! The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Las Vegas, Nevada: Online Courses (Storytelling). If you're interested, apply now.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

I invite people along for the ride. A group of us touring, studying, and volunteering in Cape Town, South Africa Seriously! Most people have a cause they are passionate about--they just don't know where to begin. Seeing people realize that they can do good no matter where they are is a blessing. How is this fun?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 11, 2013

The challenges included connecting African farmers to markets, creating an online networking space for women veterans, mapping Africa's natural resources, and a few others. After my jaunt into the civic hacking world, I came away with a few lessons: Your project will change rapidly over the course of the weekend.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 10, 2013

These conceptions are facetious, of course, but according to a current trend sweeping the nonprofit scene, all that’s necessary to support a cause you’re passionate about is clicking “like” on a Facebook page. Because people were only engaged momentarily. Never mind laboring in the heat to plant trees or paint houses.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2017

The key is just to find something that you can pull off, something that people will enjoy and show interest in, and, of course, something that brings in money. Plus, not reaching it can sometimes encourage people to give even more at the actual event in an effort to help you get there!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

I was seeking a way to combine my interest in technology and helping people. This year, I’ll also be offering online courses and programs. For example, with email, I think many people check it reflexively because of their device notifications, boredom, or having the false notion that busyness (e.g. Is it doing anything well?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa. Helping People Make Decisions About Place - Movesmart.org.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Mostly, because I get to read blogs by people that aren’t on my list of feeds I read regularly. She suggests not to panic, and not to change course – keep steady, and keep communicating. There is an interesting case study of the marketing of Tampax and Africa on the Cause Related Marketing Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2009

You can follow on Twitter – @djwesto and @t­_box , and of course @15andcounting) We exchanged resources and opinions at a furious and fun pace. . The site includes a petition and a resource kits with tools, like stakeholders letters, so people can launch campaigns in their country. Check it out, [link]. . . .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

The best part of my job is brainstorming with brilliant, passionate people around social issues. Of course, Second Life is completely inaccessible to blind people right now. For example, disabled people are very concerned about access to education and employment. To some disability groups, Second Life is wonderful.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2015

Of course, I’m pretty biased, but this is already shaping up to be the best MCON we’ve ever produced. People from across the country will gather at the. in Chicago to experience MCON in person and over 20,000 people will stream the event online. It’s hard to believe we’re only two days away from. Museum of Contemporary Art.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

Note from Beth: One of the things that I enjoyed most about IFCAsia was the networking opportunities to connect with other people in the region who share interests. We know that young people like Generation Z are future donors, so programs that help introduce philanthropy at a young age will a big pay off down the road.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2011

Of course Jason Hiner acknowledges that there will still be exceptions for people who rely on their computers to do more serious video editing, multimedia production, computer aided design, and software development. Most African and Latin American countries are on a completely different mobile phone infrastructure track.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

How do you talk about the enslavement of 30 million people in just 140 characters or in a simple Facebook post? How do you ask people to engage with such a horrifying subject, not just once, but over and over again? Not For Sale operates in Peru, the Netherlands, India, South Africa, and Romania. or read on for a recap.

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