Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Mistakes happen. The best thing you can do as a leader is to help your employee learn from his (or her) mistake. If your employee is afraid of ever making a mistake, he will be paralyzed from taking action or taking even calculated risks. Then, discuss with him how the mistake happened.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 16, 2014

Mistakes happen. The best thing you can do as a leader is to help your employee learn from his (or her) mistake. If your employee is afraid of ever making a mistake, he will be paralyzed from taking action or taking even calculated risks. Then, discuss with him how the mistake happened.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Mistakes happen. The best thing you can do as a leader is to help your employee learn from his (or her) mistake. If your employee is afraid of ever making a mistake, he will be paralyzed from taking action or taking even calculated risks. Then, discuss with him how the mistake happened.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 24, 2015

Mistakes happen. The best thing you can do as a leader is to help your employee learn from his (or her) mistake. If your employee is afraid of ever making a mistake, he will be paralyzed from taking action or taking even calculated risks. Then, discuss with him how the mistake happened.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 14, 2023

Bard is still under development, but I am learning new things every day. This extensive exposure to diverse texts helps it learn grammar, vocabulary, and context from vast amounts of information. Bard is still learning, and I sometimes make mistakes. I can make mistakes, just like humans. Bard is not perfect.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Spending most of your time trying to minimize mistakes. No matter how hard we work, if we only do things as best we know how, trying to minimize mistakes, we get stuck at our current levels of understanding, skills, and capabilities.” avoiding mistakes to expecting mistakes. Are you stuck in chronic performance?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2010

“I made a mistake.&# Those are hard words for some people to utter when there has been a screw up and they’re responsible for it. If I made a mistake, I admit it and try to learn from it. Mistakes happen in social media (and many other areas). Mistakes happen. Flickr Photo by elycelfeliz.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

When you read the book, you’ll discover the 12 common sales presentations mistakes and you’ll learn why the mistakes happen, why the mistakes are damaging, and how to avoid the mistakes. The goal would be for the reader to do a self-assessment and identify which of the mistakes are most problematic for them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

Things like smart computers that learn, better ways for different programs to work together, and ways to customize how things are done. It was a time-consuming process that was prone to mistakes, making it tough to stay organized and keep track of everything. These advanced technologies help analyze data faster and more accurately.

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John Kenyon

MARCH 4, 2024

Well, buckle up, because today we’re diving into a topic that’s as quirky as it is important: the mistakes ChatGPT can make. Now, I’m not sure if it was dreaming of extra condiments or just having a little too much fun, but hey, we all make mistakes, right? Yep, you read that right! So, why does this happen?

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Charity Village

JULY 13, 2023

Everybody makes mistakes. Whatever the reason, messing up happens and should serve as an opportunity to learn. Types of mistakes at […] The post What to do when you’ve messed up at work appeared first on CharityVillage.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

You’ll learn about: understanding the power of personal connections how to pivot in your career the right way to make mistakes how to use influence for the greater good how to be a memorable manager effective networking Robert L. However, mistakes become invaluable learning opportunities if embraced the right way.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 17, 2011

Mistakes happen. The best thing you can do as a leader is to help your employee learn from his (or her) mistake. If your employee is afraid of ever making a mistake, he will be paralyzed from taking action or taking even calculated risks. Then, discuss with him how the mistake happened.

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.orgSource

APRIL 25, 2023

You learn a lot about consumer preferences by reading the reviews on Yelp. Don’t Rush We all make hiring mistakes. Selecting people with a genuine interest in your mission and vision and who are eager to help you accomplish your goals is a good way to avoid mistakes. Learning is transformational.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

“Great leaders are great students, and the world is their classroom,” says Damon Lembi , author of the new book The Learn-It-all Leader. Learn-It-All leaders are constantly creating and re-creating themselves, their companies, and their leadership. Part 2: Doing – examines what Learn-It-All leaders do differently.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We’ve all heard the sentiment that making mistakes and failing is acceptable as long as we learn from what didn’t go right. Although we are aware that mistakes are necessary for learning and progression, we are still afraid of admitting our failures. We’ve learned that admitting a failure means taking the blame.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

“Great leaders are great students, and the world is their classroom,” says Damon Lembi , author of the new book The Learn-It-all Leader. Learn-It-All leaders are constantly creating and re-creating themselves, their companies, and their leadership. Part 2: Doing – examines what Learn-It-All leaders do differently.

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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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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 18, 2021

To deliver a great member experience, you must keep mistakes to a minimum. . Here are some common mistakes and how to avoid them using a modern association management software (AMS) system. Learn More. Learn more. Nimble AMS helps you avoid these common member mistakes (and more)! Not anticipating member needs.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Here are nine common mistakes Nikita and her team at Tax990 see nonprofits make when filing their form 990s. Mistake #1: Not Filing Active nonprofits need to file their 990 every year. Mistake #2: Filing the Wrong Form The form you file will depend on your organization’s financial activity during each year.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Every time we rise up and meet the “failure” or manage the “mistake,” we are actually progressing toward something greater. I’ve learned that failure is a very important experience in your journey toward success,” adds Lutoff-Perlo. People aren’t looking for perfect leaders.

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CauseVox

MAY 23, 2023

Join Rachel Muir, CFRE Speaker, trainer and nationally recognized non profit founder and thought leader to learn how to cut through the clutter to write winning email appeals. In this 60-minute live webinar, you’ll learn: 9 tips to write better email appeals. The 3 biggest mistakes in fundraising emails.

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Candid

MARCH 12, 2024

“Sometimes it’s hard to learn in front of people,” Jay-Z recently told Gayle King. The mistakes you make, you make in front of the world.” And if we’re not learning, sharing, and evolving, then—in the words of Candid’s director of partnerships for and former PEAK board member Janet Camerena—we are ignoring, hoarding, and stagnating.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

In this post, I’ll guide you through five critical mistakes to watch out for in your Statement of Activities. 5 Mistakes to Avoid 1. Continuous learning opportunities keep your knowledge base fresh and relevant. Let’s dive in! Invest in professional development for yourself and your accounting team.

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sgEngage

APRIL 23, 2024

But on occasion, a person will make a mistake or doesn’t follow the restrictions for the grant. Establish and rely on your own internal controls, best practices, and documented policies to make sure your grantmaking is less likely to fall prey to the occasional mistake or bad actor.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

For example: “Please give today, because children are waiting for help learning to read” shows WHY they should give today. Common Mistakes in Wording Your Ask The biggest enemy of good, strong messaging in fundraising is time. Here are some other common mistakes in asking for support: Mistake #1: Asking people to support your goal.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It’s a frenemy they’ve learned how to manage. Cultivate Innovation and Problem Solving Whether entrepreneurs inherit a gene for invention or not, once they are thrown into the business shark tank, they quickly learn to swim. Tracy King, CEO and Chief Learning Strategist at InspirED, always has eyes on the market. Association 4.0

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

Errors (synonymous with mistakes) are unintended deviations from prespecified standards, such as procedures, rules, or policies. In addition, she illustrates how we and our organizations can embrace our human fallibility, learn exactly when failure is our friend, and prevent most of it when it is not. Failure is a lack of success.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

But I have learned a few things about each of those topics. Companies often make the mistake of trying to sell through the lens of what’s best for them, versus what’s best for their audience. Even if you think you know your constituents, don’t dictate or guess about what they want to learn. For one compelling reason.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

If you want to continue learning about AI for nonprofits, register for the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit , using the code VIRTUAL. The worry about a steep learning curve is more of a mindset change, from letting go of doing the work from zero to 100% and shifting to focusing on the 80-100%.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 26, 2022

This means that they get smarter over time as they learn from the mistakes that users make. One of the benefits of using a grammar checker is that it can help you to avoid embarrassing mistakes. We’ve all had that moment where we send an email or post something online only to realize afterward that we made a mistake.

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Gyrus

JULY 13, 2022

To ensure that the training content is engaging and produces the right learning outcomes, here are some of the mistakes that should be avoided.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

When assessing the skills of technical staff, such as an IT director or a database administrator, you might be tempted to narrow your focus to only technical skills, which would be a mistake. Match the learning environment as closely as possible to the environment where people must apply the skill.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 16, 2021

Over the past year we’ve learned that a personal meeting can also be achieved screen-to-screen. This is a common mistake. We all make mistakes every day. The cost of making mistakes won’t hurt us personally as much as those served by the nonprofit through its noble mission that touches, improves, and saves more lives.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2022

I got to spill the tea with Cherian Koshy, Tammy Zonker, and Lynne Wester on our worst fundraising mistakes and what we learned from them. In the end everyone lived, no one got fired, and we learned a lot. . Accept that you will make mistakes as a fundraiser – we all do. . Fundraising Fails & How to Survive Them.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Running a successful virtual event is easy if you are willing to learn from the mistakes that you and others have made. Here are 8 virtual event mistakes and some recommendations on what you can do to avoid them! 8 Common Mistakes When Running Virtual Events. Consider offering: Breakout sessions. Event gamification.

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