Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

” This exercise will show you how useful this tool is for quickly generating information you can build upon. To understand just how user friendly they are, the best thing to do is to see for yourself! For your first prompt, ask something unrelated to work such as, “What are some things I can do with three hours in <city>?”

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Content Calendar Language Social Media 350

VQ Strategies

DECEMBER 30, 2020

While it would be easy to focus on the many difficulties that this year delivered (and we don’t take any of those lightly), for this exercise in reflection, we choose the lens of gratitude – as we learned from our mentor and friend Jill Friedman Fixler who perfected the practice of gratitude [1].

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 15, 2022

The coaching with compassion method is based on five steps for intentional change , which the authors teach in the book using rich, inspiring and real-life stories and science-based, heavily researched exercises. And, this type of coaching is different from mentoring, which can sometimes last over decades.

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Teach Authoring Mentoring Exercise 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

The coaching with compassion method is based on five steps for intentional change , which the authors teach in the book using rich, inspiring and real-life stories and science-based, heavily researched exercises. And, this type of coaching is different from mentoring, which can sometimes last over decades.

Teach 52

Teach Authoring Mentoring Exercise 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The coaching with compassion method is based on five steps for intentional change , which the authors teach in the book using rich, inspiring and real-life stories and science-based, heavily researched exercises. And, this type of coaching is different from mentoring, which can sometimes last over decades.

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Teach Authoring Mentoring Exercise 55

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It can also be used for those who coach, mentor, counsel and advise early career women, with insights and exercises for those you are supporting. Additionally, she shares that the book can be used as a comprehensive guide to prepare yourself to make the most of your early career years.

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Voice Exercise Chapter Script 79

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 5, 2021

The coaching with compassion method is based on five steps for intentional change , which the authors teach in the book using rich, inspiring and real-life stories and science-based, heavily researched exercises. And, this type of coaching is different from mentoring, which can sometimes last over decades.

Teach 52

Teach Authoring Mentoring Exercise 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

They are highly effective mentors and coaches. Named by the Financial Times as the Best Business Book of the Month April 2024, Burnout Immunity is packed with research, exercises, self-assessments, and real-life stories from people with natural burnout immunity and those who have cultivated it.

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Build Pennsylvania Environment Skills 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

One of the workshop exercises was to teach leaders a process they can facilitate back in their organizations to begin the discussion about how to activate a culture of well being. As part of the set-up to the exercise, I share some examples from the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout.

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Culture Activities Active Activism 125

NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 24, 2021

The more you work to improve it and exercise it, the more it grows. Showing up prepared is one of the easiest and most effective confidence-building exercises you can do. Consistency is probably the hardest item on this list, but as with any growth exercise, conditioning is the key. My “would” became my “could.”.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The coaching with compassion method is based on five steps for intentional change , which the authors teach in the book using rich, inspiring and real-life stories and science-based, heavily researched exercises. And, this type of coaching is different from mentoring, which can sometimes last over decades.

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Learning Mentoring Teach Authoring 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

While the room was set up as theatre or “military” style, there was enough room for people to do small group interactive exercises without feeling chained to their seats with attention totally on the instructor. I designed and facilitated a peer learning workshop at SXSW last week.

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Teach Instructional Design Learning Instruction 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

Cheryl lead two “transfer-in” exercises that are essential for a group to get to know each other and build trust. We gathered in a circle and were asked to pick an object from nature that Cheryl had collected from Lake Muhazi. When we came back to the circle, we had to introduce each other and the other person’s object.

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Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Last week, I facilitated a peer learning session for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders and their mentors about healthy and productive meetings. We covered the best practices of meetings , both face-to-face and virtual meetings. Recently, I read about an exercise that you can do to intentionally improve the experience for all.

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Virtual Ukraine Exercise Poland 50

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

I was able to participate in the Naropa tradition of “bowing in” at the beginning of classes: a short meditation exercise to focus the mind on the people in the room. The majority of Naropa students in the class were working on their own social enterprise concepts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

The project, which combined peer learning and mentoring together with an online “ Emerging Leaders Playbook, ” offered a new and entirely virtual approach to leadership development. Effective delivery of content and learning experiences takes both on and offline connection.

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Professional Develop Leadership Influence 91

VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Here are some examples of family volunteering values that have emerged from this exercise: We are committed to providing families with meaningful opportunities to serve. Use these answers to develop a list of four to six core values to guide your work in enhancing family volunteering at your organization. Be brief and avoid jargon.

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Volunteer Children Hunger Mentoring 40

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

They want to write "morning pages," meditate, exercise, blog, cook dinner, make art, stretch, drink 8 glasses of water, eat healthier, and give thanks more often (sound familiar?).

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Video Mentoring Exercise Structure 59

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Exercise more. Lose weight. Stop smoking. Okay, so you're likely already working on selecting your New Year's resolution for your personal life. But, have you identified your New Year's resolution for your workplace life?

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Time Mentoring Exercise Policy 53

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

And we now have 500 highly qualified Mentor Teachers—very special people who assist their peers in using Bookshare and assist us in testing new products and features. Our outreach and volunteer efforts will grow, with a new parent program to match our incredible Mentor Teacher program. and a new audio option for Spanish titles.

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Literacy Program United Arab Emirates Student 166

Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Invite them to serve as a mentor, or even hold a leadership position. As part of this exercise, don’t forget about your members’ mobile experience. So, how can you get your members more involved? Ask them to participate by volunteering at an event. The more invested they are, the less likely they will be to disappear on you.

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Associations Studies Benefit Attention 60

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 1, 2009

A short twitter conversation I had with a colleague brought up the issue of whether or not this is just an exercise – will this actually lead to any lasting change? Are there good mentoring models? That’s a good question. Kirrily has a set of really good guidelines for open source communities: Recruit diversity.

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Open Source Open Guidelines Mentoring 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 1, 2009

A short twitter conversation I had with a colleague brought up the issue of whether or not this is just an exercise – will this actually lead to any lasting change? Are there good mentoring models? That’s a good question. Kirrily has a set of really good guidelines for open source communities: Recruit diversity.

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Open Source Open Guidelines Mentoring 100

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The first project, Good Gym , makes exercise doubly productive by using it to help the community. These career professionals serve as online mentors to guide students through challenges that allow them to acquire the skills needed to succeed in a chosen career path. Users can get in shape by completing group or individual projects.

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Hosting Netsquared Phase Proposal 47

Qgiv

JULY 5, 2023

Big Brothers Big Sisters As an organization dedicated to mentoring children, Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) exemplifies how successful peer-to-peer campaigns can be for fundraising. Participants sign up to complete as many reps as possible of some form of repetitive exercise for a designated period of time.

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Ideas Fundraising Pledge Virtual 52

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Leaders can incentivize participation by providing free meals to mentors and mentees. For instance, you could award a prize for the most miles run in a month or reward participation in a daily meditation exercise. Fitness and mindfulness challenges. DEI initiatives.

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Ideas Practice Leadership Roles 52

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 18, 2018

I’ve had the chance to exercise my public speaking skills, increase my professionalism, and—most importantly—inspire others to do something great. One week later, I saw some of the kids already coming into our office to be interviewed so they could be matched to a life-changing mentor.

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Public Impact Arizona Empowerment 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

Our group also visited Starfish Impact School , where we learned about their work to ensure indigenous girls have equal access to education and provided mentoring and training for young women graduates of Starfish. I facilitated a number of openings, but we also got to experience a few opening exercises they use at the Starfish School.

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Open Guatemala Tips Training 70

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). A mentor always exercises the power of suggestion. They pose alternatives.

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Mentoring Tips Kansas City Kansas 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2015

” I’ve found that scheduling walking meetings is a great way to get to know people and you get some exercise into your day! (I’m People who are influential and who provide mentoring, sense-making, political support, and resources. I’m doing a webinar on this topic for Guidestar in February, join me).

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Network Professional Build Work 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2006

The combination of physical exercise and the hyponetic breaking of waves is wonderful for thinking and reflecting. I've also started a second "intergenerational" or rather in interdecade blog mentoring with Juanita. Found a Starbucks, had a latte, and came back to take the kids to the beach. We spoke on the phone today.

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Intergenerational Mentoring Exercise Reflection 50

Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

Often not, but the exercise of trying to do so is often worth the effort. Software implementations are largely exercises in change management, so keep in mind that change to end user roles and existing processes can rarely be avoided even with significant development work. Development approach. Be Aware of Precedent.

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Build API Evaluation Exercise 32

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2009

It was a fun exercise and participants were brilliant. This group undertook several months of two-way mentoring - brief sessions learning about the tools and each other's work flow needs. I added a new section about Twitter as Focus Group based on Nina Simon's work with the Smithsonian.

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Organization Chicago Social Media Technique 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Ten years ago, before my son Harry arrived, I volunteered as a mentor for the Computer Club House in Boston. I used the social media game as a peer assist exercise for the first time. The short answer : One Fan Page with multiple languages using Facebook Targeting tools. . Over the Shoulder Learning on Steroids: Social Learning.

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Social Media Reflection Media Social 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

To get people in the mindset for brainstorming, I lead them through a couple of improvisation exercises that teach acceptance and openness to new ideas. New power and old power leaders would have opportunities to learn from and mentor each other. Participants were encouraged to focus on quantity of ideas and not to self-edit.

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2006

Tag Mentoring: The flip side -- the intentional use of tagging to share what you know with another person or persons informally. Also, CPSquared action learning exercise on using tagging -- round up here. The trainer sharing with students, the consultant sharing with clients, beyond face interaction. A tag community.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

By using creative signage and art markerts to indicate polling places and help voters find their way, the project brought back a sense of warmth and vibrancy into Philly’s civic spaces, and encouraged citizens to robustly exercise their civil rights. We also worked with the Mural Arts’ Restorative Justice Program, specifically with The Guild.

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