Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Kettl share compelling and instructive stories about some of today’s most successful bridgebuilders—federal state, and local government leaders who transcend boundaries and partner across sectors, to achieve success and meet their goals. Make data the language. Build capabilities around skills rather than authority.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Adaptive learning models can empower teachers to customize instruction for each student’s needs, and students can even personalize a digital tutoring experience. We hope to help paint a fuller picture, invite hard questions, and showcase the power of what these AIs are capable of with skillful prompting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

If you find one for your nonprofit, follow the instructions to claim and set up your page : If your nonprofit does not find an unclaimed LinkedIn Page, then start from scratch and create a new page by going to your LinkedIn homepage > select the “Work” icon in the upper right > Create a Company Page.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2010

Maria was raised by the sisters of the local Chennai Church, given a basic education and was sent off to Worth Trust to learn life skills. The partner we chose, Worth Trust employs people with disabilities, in addition they conduct life skills classes and provide training.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

Whether participants are joining with a corporate sponsor, or signing up with family and friends, individuals of all ages and skill levels can make an impact by raising money for kids in need. For the past 23 years, Invest in Kids has hosted the Jane-A-Thon, a fun-filled ski and snowboarding event at Colorado’s Winter Park Resort.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 25, 2020

Yes, people attend conferences and trade shows in order to learn and grow their skill set, but they also attend to network with other industry professionals. But, it isn’t just organizers and planners that benefit from the move to a digital format. Virtual attendees can see benefits as well! Advertise the Opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

The first session focused on self-awareness skills. The second half used a communications style diagnostic called “ The Social Style Model ” which helps people learn how to improve their people skills by being able to understand their own communications style and those who are they are interacting with and then “flex.”

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Tech Soup

JULY 3, 2012

One of my favorite pieces of advice is to remember that your economy of language is incredibly important when creating your slides. What does "economy of language" mean? Some great instances of economy of language can be found in the examples included in our recap blog post as well as in the following presentations.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

Inclusion – Change management gives your organization a framework with the language and instructions needed to ensure all stakeholders have a chance to voice their viewpoints. Over time, it helps build your organization’s change management “muscle” and helps your organization to stay resilient no matter what the future brings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language. When on site, make sure you introduce yourself and ask for any clarifications of language or ideas. The thumbs up means the pace and language is good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

She created templates that the trainers could used to create cards in Arabic language. A couple of tips I picked up from observing Mary in action that will be particularly useful for trainings for participants where English isn’t their first language. Both language and what you’re teaching. Mary did a fabulous job!

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 25, 2020

Yes, people attend conferences and trade shows in order to learn and grow their skill set, but they also attend to network with other industry professionals. But, it isn’t just organizers and planners that benefit from the move to a digital format. Virtual attendees can see benefits as well! Advertise the Opportunities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Led by Benetech’s VP of Engineering Gerardo Capiel, we will create an online space, SocialCoding4Good, where people in the tech community interested in social causes can volunteer ideas, connections, time and skills.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they’d need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. ARC already has a training lab there that provides lifelong learning opportunities for older adults, many of whom speak languages other than English. Administration.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

And they're doing this using the programming language Java on their laptops. Students bring their own laptops to a public library, and receive instruction from high school-aged instructors. He saw the potential of Java as a language and tried to expose Vineet to it. Many CEOs need to know programming as well."

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AccelEvents

JULY 28, 2021

You can monitor body language and real-time reactions and make adjustments if necessary. Include the prizes/rewards in with the instructions, so people are absolutely clear on what the requirements are. Trivia and puzzles: People love to demonstrate their knowledge and problem-solving skills. Determine Prizes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

This post follows yesterday’s post about networked leadership skills. The retreat curriculum is built around the a framework called “I-WE-IT” that covers mindsets and practical skills that today’s social change leaders of all generations need as we move towards more collective approaches.

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AccelEvents

JULY 9, 2020

You can monitor body language and real-time reactions and make adjustments if necessary. Include the prizes/rewards in with the instructions so people are absolutely clear on what the requirements are. Trivia and puzzles: People love to demonstrate their knowledge and problem-solving skills. Determine Prizes.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, education is essential to keep knowledge and skills up to date. Whether you're educating yourself or your staff, or teaching others technical skills, we can help you stay up-to-date on the latest technology, fundraising tools, or development strategies. September's here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

The curriculum and instructional design included " Principles of Effective Social Media for Nonprofits " and a version of the social media game created with David Wilcox. I think this is particularly important to emphasize if you want to nurture any peer learning, but especially around technology skills. What are your thoughts?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. Help participants self-assess their skills or attitudes by seeing aggregate data on the screen together and have it be catalyst for reflection. In other words, to what end?

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AccelEvents

JULY 9, 2020

You can monitor body language and real-time reactions and make adjustments if necessary. Include the prizes/rewards in with the instructions so people are absolutely clear on what the requirements are. Trivia and puzzles: People love to demonstrate their knowledge and problem-solving skills. Determine Prizes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2012

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. When contemplating their favorites, they likely thought about which books were in their minds the best, most favored, most inspiring, most instructional, most relevant, and which ones they might reference frequently.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. When contemplating their favorites, they likely thought about which books were in their minds the best, most favored, most inspiring, most instructional, most relevant, and which ones they might reference frequently.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Seniors can often apply skills from their former jobs to a nonprofit. Their skills may encompass fields such as accounting, fundraising, or foreign languages, and they often will need little training in these areas. This may be as simple as providing written instructions to a volunteer who has difficulty hearing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

I immediately saw the potential of being able to connect to my friends and family across distances and being able to read news and research in my other languages and from different perspectives than the media in the US provided. s Degree in Instructional Technology. s webmaster. Why did you start Langwitches blog? The tools of Web 2.0

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. When contemplating their favorites, they likely thought about which books were in their minds the best, most favored, most inspiring, most instructional, most relevant, and which ones they might reference frequently.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. When contemplating their favorites, they likely thought about which books were in their minds the best, most favored, most inspiring, most instructional, most relevant, and which ones they might reference frequently.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2005

s Triad Model of learning for gifted students where students participate in a variety of workshops that emphasize higher-order thinking skills, providing opportunities for creative and productive applications of these skills to real-world situations.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Many grants professionals have become skilled in identifying the types of questions to use—open or closed, multiple choice, Likert scale, etc. We may be asking about test scores to actually illuminate inequities in quality of instruction or resource availability across gender, racial, and socio-economic groupings.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

With increased competition for talent, demand for higher salaries, and specific required skills, hiring for technology staff within nonprofit organizations is particularly challenging. First, consider what specific skills and competencies will be required for success in the role. Clear and easy application instructions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

At Classy, we put our own fundraising skills to this test with our annual #ClassyGives initiative, where our staff collectively fundraises for a nonprofit organization. They end up keeping the templated language and design on the page. Insert personal language around fundraising campaign link]”.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 13, 2008

This is what separates Daisy from all the instructional graphics and "What do YOU thinks?" Over time, game designers have tried to improve NPCs by making their linguistic skills more complex. Daisy has no physical representation beyond her words, so her language is all she has to make her seem fake or real.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 10, 2008

And instructive. And O'Rourke's frustration with the use of language like "anthropologists don't fully know" in label text is understandable. If Stephen Colbert "reported" on museums at times other than during the TV writer's strike? It's painful. And revelatory. And painful. O'Rourke is wrong.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Once they’re all sold, instruct everyone to pop their own balloon and see what they’ve won. While this is more luck than strategy or skill, it’s still an incredibly engaging and exciting way to raise some money! This can include a free art project, home maintenance, and other helpful skills that not everyone has.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

So when we talk about loving people, it’s not just about loving other people, but how can we use the skills that we have to love ourselves to love other people. . The whole pack is designed to speak to the reasons of why supporters give in their own language. This just feel way too manipulative.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

One example of this is their “Home” Soup program, which provides affected or at-risk women economic opportunities and social services, and has a built-in revenue stream: Survivors of exploitation are taught culinary skills and learn to make soup in a professional kitchen. Goldie Chow, SamaUSA (Impact Manager).

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