Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2020

And, she teaches us how to reclaim and cultivate the curious, flexible and youthful mindset called "rookie smarts." You are busy but bored. You're spending a lot of time trying to fix other people's problems. Liz Wiseman 's book, Rookie Smarts , is all about living and working perpetually on a learning curve.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

My first barrier was that if I was going to write a second book about how to craft a business story, I had to admit that I hadn’t done that perfectly well already in the first book, so there would be room to improve on it. It provides a specific example of a problem they had and how your product or service solved that problem.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish? When thinking about fundraising, many nonprofits and funders believe in the old adage, “Give a person a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a person to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” What you think? Guest post by Paul Connolly. In a vacuum, it can be marginal.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 10, 2015

Every year, the Kansas City Business Journal honors 25 women business leaders in the Kansas City metro in its " Women Who Mean Business " awards competition. Attitude is something you can't teach." Attitude is something you can't teach." You have to be a good listener and a good problem-solver."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2017

"It is a driving passion of mine to get people to understand that improv skills can be effectively translated into the business world with powerful results," says Bob Kulhan , veteran improv performer, university professor, and author of the fascinating new book, Getting To "Yes And": The Art of Business Improv. and "Yes, but." "Yes,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 24, 2018

He considered himself a “problem-solving lawyer” and warned me against getting involved with “problem-creating lawyers!” I needed help with business negotiations and software licensing and Gerry jumped in teaching me everything I know about doing business. Gerry enabled my life’s work in so many ways!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2014

Entitlement is "killing your business," says author Brad Hams. Entitlement has become an enormous problem in our culture, and I''m afraid it''s getting worse with every generation," says Hams. People are drawn to unearned compensation and security for obvious reasons, but we have learned that they are not happy there.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Fortunately, Wiggins’s new book, The New CEO , fills that educational gap by teaching you the 10 components that make for a successful CEO transition – whether you are a newly announced or newly appointed CEO. These 10 components inform the chapters within the book. Get the message right: what you say, and how you say it, sets the whole tone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 27, 2021

And, she teaches us how to reclaim and cultivate the curious, flexible and youthful mindset called "rookie smarts." You are busy but bored. You're spending a lot of time trying to fix other people's problems. Liz Wiseman 's book, Rookie Smarts , is all about living and working perpetually on a learning curve.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A recent Harvard Business School study compared two groups of consultants—one using AI tools and the other not—performing the same workplace tasks such as writing, analysis, and strategy. The most important skill nonprofit leaders can learn and teach their teams is to know when to use AI and when to use human skills.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

In Nick Sonnenberg’s new book, Come Up For Air , (available February 7, 2023), you’ll learn about his CPR Business Efficiency Framework , which stands for: C ommunication P lanning R esources This framework focuses on eliminating the pain points most teams experience by optimizing these three operation areas foundational to every organization. “In

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 29, 2012

Every year, the Kansas City Business Journal honors 25 women business leaders in the Kansas City metro in its " Women Who Mean Business " awards competition. Attitude is something you can't teach." Attitude is something you can't teach." You have to be a good listener and a good problem-solver."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2021

Some of the broader themes for how to harness the power of humanocracy include: Teaching frontline staff to think like businesspeople. And, do your best to banish these common objections when solving for new problems and forging new paths: We don’t have the budget. I get to make meaningful business decisions. It’s impractical.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Some of the broader themes for how to harness the power of humanocracy include: Teaching frontline staff to think like businesspeople. And, do your best to banish these common objections when solving for new problems and forging new paths: We don’t have the budget. I get to make meaningful business decisions. It’s impractical.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Some of the broader themes for how to harness the power of humanocracy include: Teaching frontline staff to think like businesspeople. And, do your best to banish these common objections when solving for new problems and forging new paths: We don’t have the budget. I get to make meaningful business decisions. It’s impractical.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 7, 2014

If your organization is fundraising without donor data to support it, then you have a problem that needs your attention. It is time to manage that problem and reduce risk. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. But from the perspective of the charity, we need to recognize the problem and associated risks.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

My first barrier was that if I was going to write a second book about how to craft a business story, I had to admit that I hadn’t done that perfectly well already in the first book, so there would be room to improve on it. It provides a specific example of a problem they had and how your product or service solved that problem.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 2, 2022

With simple steps, Zani (a former US Olympic sailing team coach) shows how companies of any size can collect and analyze voluntary data about their employees to purposefully align a company’s business and talent strategies. Teach company leaders the key to developing strategies that bring long-term success. It solves problems.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

October 14 brings a powerful new book full of leadership lessons for " how to be a first responder in business." And we can all benefit from a strategic way to approach problems and decisions," he adds. This week, Wood, answered questions about his book, the lessons he teaches, and the remarkable work of Team Rubicon.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

With simple steps, Zani (a former US Olympic sailing team coach) shows how companies of any size can collect and analyze voluntary data about their employees to purposefully align a company’s business and talent strategies. Teach company leaders the key to developing strategies that bring long-term success. It solves problems.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Teach your staff to fish: People aren’t born knowing how to build a major donor pipeline and expertly move folks through this pipeline. Reassign: If the problem is leadership heaping so many additional activities on this person’s plate (e.g., You have the wrong person in this job; their strengths lie elsewhere.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

With simple steps, Zani (a former US Olympic sailing team coach) shows how companies of any size can collect and analyze voluntary data about their employees to purposefully align a company’s business and talent strategies. Teach company leaders the key to developing strategies that bring long-term success. It solves problems.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 18, 2021

So before getting to the solution, try sussing out the problem. What do you want to teach your children and grandchildren? . This was not an insurmountable problem, but it was something that needed to be authentically raised with the prospective donors. . What does the donor want to accomplish by making this gift?

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

We looked at problems associated with “status quo” management and thinking. And why forecasting for “going back to normal” is not a good business plan. It will never go backwards, any more than civilization moved back to “normal” after the discovery of fire or the wheel. . “ I think normal was part of the problem to begin with.

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3rd Sector Labs

JULY 24, 2015

If your organization is fundraising without donor data to support it, then you have a problem that needs your attention. It is time to manage that problem and reduce risk. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. But those occasional gifts aren’t the problem. That is a problem. Online donations.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Many people all over the world face different challenges and problems. These issues include climate-related disasters, diseases, poverty, and other problems that present major roadblocks to peace and prosperity. Teaching volunteers valuable life skills. This is why volunteerism has played such a major role throughout history.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

To become a digital business everyone in the organization must use their IT tools to collaborate. Identify staffers who can be your IT ambassadors and fill these significant roles: Strategists Strategists are the visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity throughout the organization.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

The problem with viewing fundraising as primarily about money – still a largely taboo subject in our society – is it creates a tendency is to avoid the subject as much as possible. Or as my mentor and teacher Hank Rosso said years ago: “ Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.”. People Yearn to Express their Love

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2016

Let’s face it, deciding how your business should give can be hard. But as a business, you have some pre-determined factors in place that can help you decide on an approach to leverage your resources for good. But what if what you do as a business doesn’t align so nicely with a type of nonprofit?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 11, 2021

Question: Do you believe someone is more likely to be a successful entrepreneur if they previously worked in a non-entrepreneur business? The sharks do an excellent job of probing an entrepreneur’s motivations and probing for problems with a venture’s product design and marketing plans.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 14, 2018

"Ninety percent of business problems are actually recruiting problems in disguise," declares Jeff Hyman , author of the new book, Recruit Rockstars: The 10 Step Playbook To Find The Winners And Ignite Your Business. Finally, the author stresses the importance of onboarding. Yes, even Rockstars need proper onboarding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. The author of the book, Giving 2.0 , has just released all her teaching notes and syllabi, along with philanthropy library. The goals for the Giving 2.0 3) Giving 2.0: 3) Giving 2.0:

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

My first barrier was that if I was going to write a second book about how to craft a business story, I had to admit that I hadn’t done that perfectly well already in the first book, so there would be room to improve on it. It provides a specific example of a problem they had and how your product or service solved that problem.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

A story that compels includes a protagonist your audience cares about, important problems that must be overcome, a solution that overcomes the problem (something to root for), and (4) an ending—hopefully a happy one. .

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2022

Creating The Perfect Union Between Business And Your Nonprofit. If you feel like your nonprofit is a match made in heaven for a for-profit business and want some inspiration on how to strategize it, there’s a lot you can learn from Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE. S – Serotonin: mood, feeling pride that they can solve this problem.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 17, 2020

You work hard to promote yourself as a viable worker, a profitable business, or an intriguing business partner. Typically, when you attend business networking events, you are there to promote yourself, a brand, or a business and connect with other industry professionals looking to do the same. . Sharing business ideas.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 7, 2021

After a year of pandemic-fueled isolation — undoubtedly a primary factor in 42% of adults experiencing anxiety and depression, up 11% from previous years — educational institutions and businesses are making the mental wellbeing of their students and employees a priority. Our parents, they were scratching and surviving.

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