Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Fortunately, according to Dr. Kandi Wiens , author of the new book, Burnout Immunity , you can learn how to build immunity to burnout. Those specific EI behaviors include: They believe that each new stressor offers an experience to learn, expand, and evolve. They can handle the discomfort of learning curves and uncertainty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way. What to do?

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 6, 2024

By Olga Moshinsky Woltman “The growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts.” – Carol Dweck It is a truth universally acknowledged that employees who are motivated to continuously learn and grow will be the ones to take on new challenges, innovate, and problem-solve.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As my internship comes to a close, I decided to ask my fellow interns at Candid what they’ve learned about working remotely. You can practice skills, such as presenting in an online setting, writing professional communications, and asking for feedback. This is also a great opportunity to learn more about potential career paths.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

Successful E-Learning – A Roadmap. When evaluating the effectiveness of eLearnings it is vital that we keep in mind exactly what we are trying to accomplish; then craft exceedingly mindful learning experiences to ensure the highest possible return on our investment. Learning Styles. With new media comes challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars. His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention.

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Tech Soup

JULY 10, 2012

Here's something we all dread: Slide after slide loaded with text that is being "read" by the presenter. But then when we are asked to create a presentation, we fall into the same trap. Or we go to the other extreme and create a presentation full of images, animations, and more information than any human mind can handle.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

The mesolimbic part of the brain assigns values to the sensory stimuli, helping us classify what we feel. Nonprofits have an opportunity to present their cause as the hope and possibility that counteracts negative emotions. When a donor responds to emotions, the brain releases volatile power chemicals. . Understand Donor Values.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

I am thrilled to be presenting with my colleague, Ananda Leeke in Boston next week at the Resilience at Work Conference. It helps center and refocus our brains which is important for learning. It works, in part, because your brain doesn’t know the difference between the actual event or the visualization.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 7, 2020

Virtual events are beneficial to event planners in many ways but they also present a unique set of challenges. Fortunately, the very makeup of the human brain offers some potential avenues for increasing engagement in a digital environment and producing a far more satisfying experience overall. Appeal to Emotion. Prime Your Audience.

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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 I continue to serve on the advisory board of Leadership Learning Community and Wake.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

.&# I’ve been giving some mindful attention to my system for professional learning online, using social media – and blog reading habits are definitely a part of that system. Debra has posed a very good question frame in the comments: Does the blog offer consistent insight and education about an area I want to learn about?

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 24, 2020

Neuromarketing is based on insights from psychology and neuroscience, helping organizations get to know their audience and to learn the best motivational approaches to encourage giving. Thanks to neuromarketing, organizations can promote their brands based on the way their target audiences’ brains work. This is not a bad thing.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 17, 2016

​. What Makes Social Learning so Interesting? A Comprehensive Examination of Social Media in Our Learning Programs. Social learning, relied solely on what one could obtain in a classroom setting, working with direct peers, or what could be conveyed back in forth on a phone. New more consistent source of materials.

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AccelEvents

JULY 22, 2021

It’s easy to sometimes feel lost in a big virtual room, and this smaller-scale interaction provides the intimacy needed for genuine connections that can lead to all kinds of networking and learning opportunities. . Facilitating this relationship-building creates memories by slowing everyone down to be present in the moment. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2009

I love doing presentations, the preparation, creating the content, and the performance. Many of my presentations are training, so it is also thinking through the instructional delivery. Rashmi Sinha asked me if I would do a session on how to present for nonprofits at the upcoming presentation camp.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2014

But she quickly learned this nugget of wisdom: don't assume that all of your users want to be a part of your community just because you have them. Learning from Failure. By owning up to her failure, Ally learned some key lessons about building an online community: Acknowledge failures. Ally joined Scoop.it Reevaluate goals.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Some of the objections to learning about accounting sound very reasonable at first, especially when there's no one around to express a contrary view. I don’t need to learn that stuff. My brain is not designed for numbers. As a nonprofit accountant, I hear this question asked often. So, don’t rely too heavily on your accountant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

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 terms of content, I have one foot in the present and one foot in the future.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2023

That’s because when people engage in a positive physical experience, our brains release neurotransmitters like dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins that create a strong emotional connection and sense of happiness. Present a clear and compelling call-to-action that gives them multiple ways to donate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

As many trainers and teachers already know, people have different learning styles. Howard Gardner has dedicated his life work to this Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Yet, many conference panels are designed to accommodate only one or two styles of learning and go shallow instead of going deep. How much do you retain?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

Whatever you choose, there are probably tutorial videos online that will help you learn to use them efficiently, raising your nonprofit productivity. Keep plugging away through the learning curve. Present the tool with enthusiasm and share that you did your research and spent time learning the ins and outs of the tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

If we learned anything during 2020, work-life balance is much harder when working from home. For me, it is valuable as a ritual that helps me shut off my work brain and creates a boundary between me and overworking. . If you are not one to meditate, try practicing being present on your commute by noticing every detail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

What have you learned, Dorothy? She had to learn it for herself.” ” Tin Man: ”What have you learned, Dorothy?” I often think of the above exchange when foundations talk about learning. What have you learned? Do we know what we want to learn? – Guest post by Peter Laugharn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2013

Unpacking the Relationship Between Volunteering, the Brain and the Body ” featuring author Adam Grant, “ Give and Take.” Adam Grant gave an engaging presentation about his research on givers, summarizing a few of the big ideas in his book “ Give and Take.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I’m thrilled to be doing a panel on nonprofit technology training and it has a bit of a star wars theme, “ Learn You Will.” The Accelerated Learning Handbook. It can help people learn faster and in a more fun and natural way. By Dave Meier. by Eric Jensen.

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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 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. On the other hand, I have learned a lot about ways to make remote work better and the joys of staying home. Keeping Resilient in 2021.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being “hyperconnected” or “over connected” to the web, mobile technologies and social media. The study and presentation begins with some context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

They 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. Workshops, Keynotes, Webinars, and Conference Panels: This year I did over 75 speaking engagements and presentations. My Theme for the Year: Learning.

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Media Cause

MAY 28, 2021

Click here to view the presentation and learn more about how color theory informs our creative work at Media Cause. We’ve provided a summary, as well as the whole recording of the presentation here because of its timeliness and timelessness. Pink has feminine connotations and communicates romance.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

In all, there were over 30 overlapping sessions, plus breakout rooms, allowing inquisitive minds to pick the brains of developers, configurators, architects, and anyone responsible for building on Salesforce. Camaraderie is one of the best learning opportunities. DevOps Sessions + Speakers. 3 Key Takeaways from DevOps Dreamin’.

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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

APRIL 4, 2010

ArtsLab SF View more presentations from Beth Kanter. The inspiration was part The Lab Theater a place where you try out contemporary or experimental works before you bring them to the main stage and part peer learning program. The configuration of the physical space definitely enhances learning.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Present a struggle and a solution. . It also produces chemicals in your audience member’s brain—dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins—which can create a stronger bond between you and the person listening to your story. . When in doubt, focus on yourself and what you’ve learned. At the root of every story is a struggle or conflict.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

While they are fully invested in their work and are constantly giving feedback, there is an often unspoken level of trust between this leader and their staff that is not present with many other leadership styles. Interested in learning more? Pace Setter. Share your results in the comment section below!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Last week I presented a session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference called “ Activating A Culture of Resilience for Sustainable Impact ,” with fellow NTEN board members, Ananda Leeke & Meico Whitlock as well as Carrie Rice. I presented and facilitated a small group activity on rituals.

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