Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. The Beta model is taking its place. Bosses and employees need to work together to solve problems and accomplish shared goals,” writes Ardi.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 22, 2014

In her book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. The Beta model is taking its place. Bosses and employees need to work together to solve problems and accomplish shared goals,” writes Ardi.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 12, 2006

So that requires a massive shift, and we're working towards building a more local economy in the Bay Area on a policy level by working to galvanize municipal response and developing models of localization that can be replicated by other regions. Britt: For people who aren't familiar with green rooftops, what is a green roof?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. The Beta model is taking its place. Bosses and employees need to work together to solve problems and accomplish shared goals,” writes Ardi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Participants reviewed their notes from the expert sessions, and wrote down challenges on blue sticky notes, strengths on pink sticky notes, and opportunities on green sticky notes. Sometimes the enemy of innovation is not solving the right problem. How might we create a funding model that nourishes flexibility and innovation?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2010

One of my favorite green IT writers is Lance Whitney of CNET Greentech News. The larger models have metal cases, which are certainly much more recyclable than plastic cases. I was a bit surprised to find his recent story about Acer debuting biodegradable notebooks. EPA when we’d see the first non-toxic computers. read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

They are in the process of building and growing a 'problem solving' network by convening thoughtful people inside and outside of EDF to review their thinking and then comment, critique, and contribute new information so they can improve their impact. This is an open and transparent network. For example, they have a Climate Corps program.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2011

B Labs is working to create a new model for business : "When you support a B Corporation, you’re supporting a better way to do business. Governments and nonprofits are necessary but insufficient to solve today’s most pressing problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Should we be using an industrial measurement model in a digital age? For nonprofits, this should not be a foreign concept. Here's a sampling: Lewis Green warns not to use the traditional investment financial calculations but instead measure value.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 24, 2009

Cheryl Dorsey, the President of Echoing Green , a nonprofit that provides seed funding and support to social entrepreneurs, talked about how providing capital for social innovation can: Provide incentive for individual and collective engagement around social problems. Engage people who are closest to the problem.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

All models also come with Symantec Norton Antivirus and also with system restore capabilities. How Green Is RCI? Willie Cade was also involved in the creation of the Illinois Electronic Waste Recycling Act , which is the model US recycling law with a defined flow of material that is designated for reuse and refurbishment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Says Giller, “Our theory of change is engaging users around content that shows how being green can reshape our world can empower personal behavior change and ultimately impact society at large. .&# They have inspired a whole new generation of environmentalists who don’t take themselves so seriously while creating on the ground change.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Computer Technologies Program has an employment placement rate of 80% and has served as the model for technical training programs. Its IT job training model has been replicated at more than 50 locations internationally. They had no problems getting the Internet to work. Installation Problems. TechSoup and Interconnection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2007

I don't mean some wear-a-red-outfit-with-a-green-hat, only-go-outside-to-buy-milk bullshit either. Does it illustrate the problems of using the Technorati rank as any serious benchmark? But she isn't going to stop fundraising until the end of the month. Oh, the humiliation she selected? on the subway. To Rockefeller Center.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

As the world becomes more complicated and problems more intractable, we are called to serve." The Clean Energy Service Corps will create new service opportunities to fight global warming, find new sources of clean energy, create energy independence and create green jobs. The Academy would be modeled on a military academy.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2011

All of these efforts translated into real progress on real problems, opening up new opportunities to address the needs of the bottom billion — and enabling developing countries to become engines of growth in their own right. Green technology spurs mobile payments development in Africa. That is one fictional scene from this world.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010 How To Be A Green Leader You can be a green leader at work and help save the planet and money for your business, by following these practices and instilling these habits with your employees: Photocopiers: Use the "standby" button on your copiers and that will lighten your energy load by 70 percent.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Design a product that solves an environmental problem. Brand it green. Many companies are trying to leverage environmentally aware consumers by ‘green washing’ their products and presenting them as more environmentally conscious than they really are. Look for green business grants and awards. Be paperless.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Design a product that solves an environmental problem. Brand it green. Many companies are trying to leverage environmentally aware consumers by ‘green washing’ their products and presenting them as more environmentally conscious than they really are. Look for green business grants and awards. Be paperless.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

JVH: The primary argument coming out of the automakers at this time is I believe a bit of a cover-up for a larger problem, which is simply the inertia on the part of companies to change their model of business; to change their way of doing things. They recognize that green is very vogue right now.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

Fair Trade is this exciting new model for addressing poverty around the world. I think there is now lots of evidence to suggest that American consumers are increasingly aware of the world's problems. They're aware that poverty around the world is not diminishing, they're aware that environment degradation is a looming problem.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

I talked to Chris Messina of Citizen Agency and Ivan Storck of SustainableMarketing.com about their green coworking space in San Francisco, Citizen Space for the Big Vision Podcast and have posted a transcript of the interview below. Britt Bravo: What is coworking, and how can you make it green?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

What we do here in Oakland, and throughout the Bay Area, is we work with inner city companies that not only have a scalable model, but also have a social responsibility aspect built into their business model. I'm going to be green. The inherent problem with the business owners is that they're running their business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

And that’s good thing for solving complex social problems with innovative ideas. So, we decided to " eat our own dog food " that is model the use of crowd sourcing to design and implement the panel. I was modeling crowd sourcing and my new definition of an expert: Your expertise is in your network. What I do the same?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

inspired by Julia Butterfly Hill's tree-sit, Off the Mat Into the World , founded by yoga teacher Seane Corn, and Green for All , founded by Van Jones. We do that through a model of living room circles, circles in cafes, and circles in yoga studios It's a place for people to actually plug in and get trained to be leaders.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

View every problem as an opportunity to grow 17. Be a good role model 46. How Employees Approach Problem Solving Entrepreneur magazines March 2009 issue published this insightful advice about how different types of employees like to tackle problem solving: GEN Y Employees -- Form a team to brainstorm a solution.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2010

As a counselor , a manager first identifies a problem that interferes with an employees work performance and then helps the employee to define specifically what behavior he or she needs to change in order to improve his or her performance or resolve a problem. So, the difference between coach and counselor is subtle, but important.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 4, 2010

Developing leaders: Create the next generation of leaders Are great listeners Grow talent by challenging others to take on more than what they think they can do Are open, honest and direct Model the behavior they want to mentor for others If you havent read Judith E. Glasers book, The DNA of Leadership , give it a read.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

To solve problems in one easy step — because a survey is a means to an end, not an end in itself. How Employees Approach Problem Solving Entrepreneur magazines March 2009 issue published this insightful advice about how different types of employees like to tackle problem solving: GEN Y Employees -- Form a team to brainstorm a solution.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

So, rather than spending effort in placing the blame on others, your job is to minimize the damage and to take the steps necessary so that the problem does not recur in the future. Think how powerful it can be to include all your employees in problem solving and to use all the approaches! Then, call a meeting to have a discussion.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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