Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Fortunately, reading Eduardo Briceño ’s bold and highly applicable book, The Performance Paradox , will help you break free of chronic performance. To be constantly learning Briceño says your organization needs to add the Learning Zone into your company’s DNA. Common habits that suppress individuals and teams from improving.

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Candid

MARCH 12, 2024

“Sometimes it’s hard to learn in front of people,” Jay-Z recently told Gayle King. He then went on to say that he loves “being a beacon and helping out my culture, people of color.” It’s a principle designed to help funders develop those sorely needed abundance mindsets and become beacons for change.

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Gyrus

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Common content, multiple participants like live video conferencing, webinars, interactive chats and discussion forums, etc., exemplify synchronous learning.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 19, 2023

Project retrospec tives play a pivotal role to capture lessons learned. By openly discussing challenges as a group, teams can enhance their communication, foster a culture of collaboration, and streamline processes for future projects. This helps nonprofits understand individual contributions and promote a sense of accountability.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

Personal anecdotes about their own learning experiences can help new members feel more confident. Create a casual atmosphere that makes it easy for people to feel comfortable discussing what they don’t know and asking about what they don’t understand. Organize panel discussions featuring the Finance Committee.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

While it will have astounding impacts in the richest countries, it also has the potential to help poorer countries leapfrog technologies and jump straight to some of the most advanced tools available. It can help farmers get better prices by making market data more freely available, and optimizing logistics chains. Any other areas?

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.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

When we met to discuss her findings, we discovered that Sue was extremely uncomfortable assimilating her colleagues’ suggestions into the work plan. In addition to being important for leaders like the CEO and the CTO, EI can also help anyone to organize effective teams and give them the ability to successfully collaborate.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

The resulting data can help identify where members are in their journey, which members might be falling through the cracks, what opportunities your association can take advantage of to improve membership offerings and benefits, and so much more. Start discussing what metrics will help you make overarching decisions.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

With the introduction of culture to a digital environment, we saw interpersonal dynamics in a new light.orgCommunity , our professional development and networking organization, was thrilled to host two in-person events that brought people together to explore those themes and discuss significant issues that emerged from our post-pandemic experience.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Leadership, or how to navigate fast-moving digital markets and we’ll be sharing what we learned. Nonprofit attorney Kimberly Pendo, a founding member of Chicago Law Partners, is going to discuss the issues we all need to understand. She developed digital learning programs that can be repeated, monetized, and are guaranteed to engage.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 4, 2021

Insights into your membership can help you make smarter decisions and provide greater member value. Three effective approaches to learning more about members. Send another survey to lapsed members to learn why they left and what might win them back. Learn more. But, how do you get those insights? Send a survey.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2022

To recognize the values of differences, we must be willing to learn, accept and strive to eliminate the biases that exist in all of us. Be aware that discovering biases and discussing them can cause discomfort and anxiety. There are many tools available to help people become aware of their biases. This takes time.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A board of directors is a legal requirement to establish and maintain a nonprofit organization and helps to ensure the organization achieves its stated mission and meets the expectations of stakeholders, according to Nick Price. Yet, many nonprofit boards do not reflect the communities in which those same organizations are serving.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

3 Dreamforce 2023 takeaways for association professionals With over 1,500 sessions and more than 75 A rtificial I ntelligence trailblazers, we learned so much at Dreamforce 2023. We hope our helpful takeaways will tide you over until Dreamforce 2024. Check out our helpful toolkit: Salesforce for Associations. Watch now!

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2022

Public speaking and presentation skills can help you craft better written and verbal communications, whether you’re engaging with your team internally or connecting with an external audience. . Meetings allow you to discuss important issues, work through challenges, and ensure everyone’s on the same page. . According to.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

Step 2: Explore – In addition to reviewing the data in their dashboard, IAEE asked members in its annual member survey and in post webinar surveys about topics they’d like to learn more about. This helped to nurture and engage these members until they were eligible.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If your association is lucky enough to have an investment portfolio, a discussion about risk has probably been on the board’s agenda. There are multiple reasons to make both the upside and the downside of risk management a broader topic of board discussion. Most professionals are happy to help. No one was exempt.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

I find the rapid developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) thrilling, with endless applications for our Forum One partners, but I know from discussions with my counterparts in government agencies that AI and ML can also be mystifying, and even scary. Jay has advised U.S.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

As I announced in August , Bonnie Koenig and I are cultivating a learning space at [link]. I am excited to say that we have created a bit more content, a new discussion group, and are planning a roundtable discussion for December! Global Scale Discussion Group. It’s pretty exciting And we hope you’ll join us!

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 11, 2024

Want to learn more strategies to advance volunteer engagement? Welcome new volunteers Leverage your online member community to help new volunteers feel welcome to your program. Have a staff member ready to moderate discussion and promote the start of new conversations. Your online community platform can help!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 16, 2014

The best thing you can do as a leader is to help your employee learn from his (or her) mistake. If he knows that mistakes happen in the course of doing business and that one learns from making mistakes, you will have a more productive employee. Then, discuss with him how the mistake happened. Mistakes happen.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

But how do fundraisers know where to invest and what strategies will help them raise more for their causes? In this free webinar , you’ll learn two strategies that will allow you to maximize donor retention and raise more: With Social Impact Solutions, you’ll learn how to leverage storytelling to advance your cause.

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John Kenyon

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In my work helping philanthropic and nonprofit organizations consider how to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools into their work, a pathway for good outcomes is emerging. Understanding: Learning about AI and ChatGPT not in a deeply technical sense, but how they work, the benefits and risks. PATHWAY + ACTIVITIES 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

This panel discussion focuses on the generational divide, with the following panelists: Wendy Harman and Suzy DeFrancis, American Red Cross. Intro from Kari: When the Case Foundation was first discussing with partners what they wanted to get out of the Summit, they talked about how to bridge the generational divide.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

The best thing you can do as a leader is to help your employee learn from his (or her) mistake. If he knows that mistakes happen in the course of doing business and that one learns from making mistakes, you will have a more productive employee. Then, discuss with him how the mistake happened. Mistakes happen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

We also discussed use cases, benefits, limitations, adoptions, and lots of practical tips. If you want to continue learning about AI for nonprofits, register for the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit , using the code VIRTUAL. Use Cases We discussed different use cases beyond productivity for writing tasks and processing email.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 16, 2021

This in-depth roundtable discussion focused on how these organizations have navigated the tectonic technological terrain created by the global pandemic, and what life will, or should, look like for nonprofits post-pandemic. The pandemic helped us to accelerate our technology innovation and receive buy-in from our people.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

The best thing you can do as a manager and leader is to help your employee learn from his (or her) mistake. If he knows that mistakes happen in the course of doing business and that one learns from making mistakes, you will have a more productive employee. Then, discuss with him how the mistake happened.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 1, 2023

For some, it might feel like a continuation of the past three years – learning how to adapt, shift priorities, and engage with members in different ways. Customer segmentation is another helpful approach to consider. This proactive strategy will definitely help set your association apart in such a busy world!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

It’s like a helpful program that makes managing grants easier. It helps with everything from applying for money to showing how you spent it. Using this software doesn’t just make things run smoother; it also helps you make better choices and have a bigger impact.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Because the teams were not prepared at the year-end audit for these types of significant changes, there were often issues that required auditors to spend additional time in discussions with management or to document their understanding of the changes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Recently, a nonprofit professional said to me, “I don’t have time to learn anything new because I have too much work to do.” Yet, we know that learning continuously in a complex world is critical because otherwise our skills are quickly outdated. That’s the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion. This combination of advanced planning and evaluation helps one continuously improve their instructional design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

The highlight was a master panel with Dave Gray, Harold Jarche, and Jane Hart on connected learning and culture change needed to embrace this type of learning. We used Dave Gray’s “ Board Thing ” online tool to crowdsource questions to discuss from the audience. Why is learning the new important?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

The workshop was part of the three-day program where participants were learning both strategy and how to use tools from women who work in the tech industry here in San Francisco. But learning from adjacent practices can also be quite rich. This helps with increasing attention spans and retention as well as make the session more fun.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

Engaging volunteers helps get the word out about your mission, since most volunteers share their passion with their personal and professional networks. Volunteers can certainly be a huge help for any nonprofit staffer, especially since cloning yourself isn’t an option… yet. Recruit Like Your Mission Depends on It.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2021

Mid-February brings the beautifully presented, coffee-table-styled book, Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt , written for senior executives who are frustrated by the slow pace and limited return on investment (ROI) of their digital transformation, and are unsure what’s holding them back.

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