Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Nimble AMS

MAY 13, 2022

According to a Community Brands Association Trends Study , 58% of early careerist members identified training opportunities as their biggest priority. When young professionals join your organization and meet their professional or personal goals, it maximizes member engagement, accelerating your own association goals.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 19, 2023

The Volunteer: She is a woman in her thirties who completed her local CASA’s 36-hour volunteer training program. The Volunteer Opportunity: She trained to become a Court Appointed Special Advocate. The Cause: Child Advocacy and Family Justice | See how Bloomerang supports CASAs and organizations serving other causes.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

If you’ve paired new members with a mentor, make sure financial topics are included in their post-orientation meetings. Provide Education Financial development is an excellent opportunity to promote your organization’s culture of learning. Organize panel discussions featuring the Finance Committee. Financial literacy workshops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My role was to deliver components of the Networked NGO curriculum – sessions on network mapping, challenges assumptions about networked ways of working, as well as training on how to use the online collaboration platform for their together moving forward. Needless to say, I learned a lot! Documentation of the Visioning Process.

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.orgSource

JULY 29, 2023

Documenting the steps that you will take in a leadership challenge is a good way to begin training yourself to act with intention in a situation filled with extreme emotional distractions. Uncovering an issue that’s silently creeping through your organization demonstrates your control over the situation. Talk to your team.

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 5, 2023

Volunteering is an essential component of many nonprofit organizations, and it plays a crucial role in achieving their missions. According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, a research center of the Urban Institute, approximately two-thirds of nonprofit organizations in the United States utilize volunteers. Transparency.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2020

By Annisa Wanat , an independent consultant who works to strengthen the capacity of mission-driven organizations to achieve their goals more strategically by providing customized solutions in leadership, management, and communications. Other stakeholders also want to know what an organization is doing to “go green.”

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.orgSource

APRIL 25, 2023

However, the data you gather will depend on what information proves to be most useful for your organization. Consider whether there is someone in your organization who could advance to fill that position. Younger workers are especially reluctant to get out of their sweats and back on the train.

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Candid

MARCH 11, 2024

In late January, the Building Movement Project (BMP) published our newest Race to Lead report on leadership aspirations among those working at nonprofit organizations. What about positive factors such as training, mentorship, and other supports?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Once you’ve decided impact management is important to your organization, where do you start implementing it? Start with a simple self-assessment to understand where you and your organization fall along the impact maturity scale: what tools and processes do you already have in place? What works and what doesn’t?

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The Community Brands Association Trends Study found that 90% of association professionals identify developing or improving engagement opportunities for their members as a top priority. To increase member connection and loyalty in your organization in 2023, you’ll want to p repar e your member engagement strategy today.

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VQ Strategies

MARCH 22, 2022

What can your organization learn from parades, ice cream cones, strollers, and Mickey Mouse? but because I have long been intrigued by Disney Institute , an organization dedicated to helping others learn from the core competencies in which The Walt Disney Company excels, namely Leadership, Customer Service, and Employee Engagement.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

And, this type of coaching is different from mentoring, which can sometimes last over decades. Finally, the authors explain that there are three basic approaches to offering coaching services in organizations : Encourage and train staff to peer coach in pairs or teams.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 23, 2024

Celebrate and Empower: Volunteer Orientation for Your Board and Committees during Volunteer Week This Volunteer Week, let’s not only celebrate the incredible impact volunteers have on our organizations, but also empower our Board members and event committee members to be champions for volunteer engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

There are many ways your nonprofit can test the AI waters , h owever, in this post, we’re focusing on how you can use AI to improve your organization’s written content. Google’s Bard is a generative language model from Google AI, trained on a massive dataset of text and code.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

Researchers who have studied diversity for decades argue that positive outcomes associated with DEI have less to do with financial performance than with values, culture, and the kind of experiences that employees have within the organization. Unless you are committed to making a cultural change, the question of DEI is moot.

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VQ Strategies

MARCH 2, 2023

I immediately thought about the trend we’ve have been watching and supporting in recent years to shift from lengthy volunteer engagement workshops for staff partners to instead what we call, “mini-trainings.” ” Mini-trainings are 20-30 minute sessions designed to provide a very specific tool or concept.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2021

The authors present a fascinating look at how to breakdown the bureaucracy within your organization and unleash the power and true abilities of the human beings in your organization – making your organization more bold, entrepreneurial and as nimble as change itself. Our organizations aren’t. Human beings are creative.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks. Train volunteers. Craft a mission statement. Create a leadership team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

I’m giving my support as well as sharing my teaching and technology skills with Women’s Rights organizations in Ukraine. The project is called “ Tech2Empower ,” organized by Wake , an organization on a quest to leverage technology for women’s empowerment globally. In Ukraine, nearly 2 million people are internally displaced.

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The Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Organizations need a solid leadership succession plan in order to prevent potential crises resulting from life’s curveballs. In creating a succession plan, you contribute to the longevity of your organization. All positions are essential for the successful operation of your organization. Mentor and train your future leaders.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Available starting August 18, 2020, the authors present a fascinating look at how to breakdown the bureaucracy within your organization and unleash the power and true abilities of the human beings in your organization – making your organization more bold, entrepreneurial and as nimble as change itself. Our organizations aren’t.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

Meme: To disrupt traditional research methodologies, MEASURE has developed the CARE model to help BIPOC-led organizations identify their theory of change and measure their impact. Our goal is to develop platinum level Black- and Brown-led organizations. Black-led organizations receive only 1% of philanthropic funding.

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VQ Strategies

DECEMBER 14, 2020

At the start of 2020, we at VQ Volunteer Strategies were training and coaching four different cohorts of organizations. Next, we extended deadlines, adjusted training topics, and, of course, recalibrated our expectations. Like everyone else in this field, we were forced to pivot.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In early 2018, a band of adventurers who came to be known as the Salesforce.org Trailhead Editorial Board set out to reach customers, partners, and pro bono volunteers with a comprehensive menu of skills-based training. Keep in mind that no matter how you’re delivering training and resources, thoughtful design is key to success.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Most nonprofit organizations in the U.S. For most nonprofit organizations, volunteers serve in capacities that are vitally important to the organization’s impact. Well-managed volunteers provide incredible value, giving organizations the ability to strategically position themselves for continual growth and impact.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Mentoring Policy Technique News 98

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Use these tips to create a fulfilling volunteer experience and retain your remote volunteers’ support year-round: Provide thorough training Use the right tools Show volunteer appreciation By keeping your remote volunteers motivated, you can leverage their unique skills and interests to fuel change in your community. Let’s begin.

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 7, 2022

It’s no secret that a dedicated group of volunteers is an important cornerstone of many nonprofit organization. With statistics like these, it’s also no secret that organizations should be willing to do what it takes to retain volunteers. Many volunteers come to an organization hoping to expand their horizons.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 26, 2022

Talent for Good provides the nonprofit and education spaces with a Talent as a Service (TaaS) program ready to solve employers’ hiring challenges by providing vetted, trained, specialized Salesforce system administrators on a contract-to-hire basis. Talent as a Service (TaaS). The Value of Talent as a Service (TaaS).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 13, 2023

It was updated for National Mentoring Month in January 2023. A Life-Changing Relationship I made a point to find mentors — other Black reporters and anchors I still call on for advice today. I had always been an informal mentor, but when I moved to Florida, I joined Big Brothers Big Sisters as a volunteer, a ‘Big Sister’.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 15, 2022

And, this type of coaching is different from mentoring, which can sometimes last over decades. Finally, the authors explain that there are three basic approaches to offering coaching services in organizations : Encourage and train staff to peer coach in pairs or teams.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 2, 2021

An ambassador program is a fundraising and/or outreach program in which a nonprofit recruits ambassadors to represent their organization, lead peer-to-peer fundraising initiatives, and generate greater awareness for your nonprofit. . Create a mentor program. . Create a mentor program. . Plan an onboarding event. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

And, this type of coaching is different from mentoring, which can sometimes last over decades. Finally, the authors explain that there are three basic approaches to offering coaching services in organizations : Encourage and train staff to peer coach in pairs or teams.

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Teach Authoring Mentoring Exercise 52

The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 16, 2021

Find a mentor. Similarly, Cendana’s advice to those interested in pursuing executive leadership roles is to find an executive director who is willing to mentor you. Mentors can make introductions for you and give you key insights that would take you years to learn on your own. And it’s true!

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