Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Being more introverted versus extroverted, the author's advice and teachings would have helped me during new jobs and after promotions, when relocating to new cities, when joining new clubs and organizations, and whenever I became a member of a new team. Each book chapter examines: Why the skill is important to your success.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology. Be a leader who teaches.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology. Be a leader who teaches.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 10, 2015

Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology. Be a leader who teaches.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The most important skill nonprofit leaders can learn and teach their teams is to know when to use AI and when to use human skills. This process begins with learning technical skills such as “prompting,” which involves constructing the right questions to ask generative AI tools in order to get useful answers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology. Be a leader who teaches.

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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. I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2020

It’s a win-win situation as well, for volunteers are 27% likelier to be hired, thanks to the skills and experience earned through volunteering. Many professionals on RemoteHub have skills needed for nonprofit remote work, and are looking for volunteer opportunities. And yet, from the 1.5+ 1) Free vacancy postings.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 15, 2013

Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology. Be a leader who teaches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Set up a Spend, Give, and Save Allowance Policy: For younger kids, here’s a nifty piggy bank , with separate slots for investing, saving, spending, and donating is a great way to teach kids about devoting a portion of their income to charity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

2) There are over 20,000 Skills in the Amazon Skills Store. As mobile apps add functionality to smartphones and tablets, Amazon Skills add functionality to Amazon Echo smart speakers. Brands are flocking to build their own Skills using the Alexa Skills Kit or hiring developers to do it for them.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2014

Through thousands of community-run events around the world, the Maker Party unites educators, organizations, and enthusiastic Internet users of all ages and skill levels. Technology shapes how we learn, how we connect, and how we communicate, but not everyone has the basic skills and information they need to harness the power of the web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

Another example includes using AI to optimize volunteer engagement by aligning opportunities with individual skills and interests. In other words, use all your critical thinking skills. 65% are using it to clean-up their Monday morning inboxes. She pointed out there was a wide range of use cases for staff as well as volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish? When thinking about fundraising, many nonprofits and funders believe in the old adage, “Give a person a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a person to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” What you think? Guest post by Paul Connolly. In a vacuum, it can be marginal.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Storytelling is a skill. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling. Paul's new book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. It didn’t take long). That wasn’t fair.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 12, 2023

The peer groups also offer opportunities for member v olunteers to develop more skills and become leaders. Empower your volunteers by offering the chance for members to teach in your learning program or speak at your annual conference. Provide volunteer orientation so your members know their roles inside and out. Mentor/Mentee program.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 23, 2024

Getting your CFRE certificate is a process through which you can learn even more critical skills to enhance your professional work. Passing the CFRE exam demonstrates you’ve done the work necessary and have the skills to develop relationships with donors, increase volunteer engagement, and lead a team of skilled fundraisers.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2011

Successful technology training has less to do with technical knowledge than with other abilities such as communication skills, patience, interpersonal skills, flexibility, and empathy towards learners struggling with new technologies. Key Skills and Attributes. Why Be a Tech Trainer? Training is an art more than a science.

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 3, 2022

Allow volunteers to link theory, teaching, and practice. Influences emotions increasing knowledge and skills. Leverage Existing Skill-sets. Training should be used as an opportunity to get to know volunteers, identify skills, and leverage those talents to improve your volunteer program. Opportunities for Growth.

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EveryAction

DECEMBER 8, 2014

If the huge success of #GivingTuesday teaches us anything, it''s that good marketing is a nonprofit''s best friend. Are you looking to brush up on your skills or just curious about what your colleagues around the country are up to? Could your organization use some help in making the most out of its marketing resources?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2022

If you focus on developing these skills, they will not only lead to success in your career, but in life. I deeply emphasize the importance of grit, charisma, perseverance, and emotional agility. I believe in diving in, staying focused, and getting the job done, all while learning and growing in a position.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2008

Seth Godin has a post called " The Growing Productivity Divide " where he lists some basic digital literacy skills that incorporate social media tools. Digital or Internet literacy skills are nothing new - my first introduction was over ten years when Doug Johnson developed the Mankato Scale. skills to artists and educators.

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Media Cause

APRIL 29, 2021

The MC team has put together some of the books, websites, training programs, podcasts, and organizations we turn to in our daily lives, whether we’re working on building emotional skills like resilience and compassion, or struggling to navigate the challenges of stress, anxiety, and depression. Day #1: Ten Percent Happier.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The company is committed to motivating young girls to build STEM skills that will help them become leaders of tomorrow. The Girls4Tech programs are organized by regional coordinators and they are the ones who encourage employees to serve as role models and mentors, teaching the foundations of payments technology in fun, engaging ways.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

If you focus on developing these skills, they will not only lead to success in your career, but in life. I deeply emphasize the importance of grit, charisma, perseverance, and emotional agility. I believe in diving in, staying focused, and getting the job done, all while learning and growing in a position.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

How do we teach leaders to know when emergence is working? Essentially, design thinking process teaches how to be iterative. Next, we looked for patterns and grouped together the sticky notes into clusters. The following emerged for our group: How do we support individual leaders in risk taking that leads to emergence?

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2024

Another example–noted in Gump’s book–is the Junior Achievement’s JA BizTown program, which teaches younger students about being citizens, workers, and consumers in society. But it’s much harder to dig up examples of intrapreneurship in the nonprofit world than it is in the for-profit world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

That’s one of the best things about volunteering; there are a variety of ways for individuals to make an impact according to their interests and skills. Let’s take a look at some of the different volunteer types to give you a better understanding of where volunteers come from and what types of skills they bring to the table.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 19, 2023

Some members may volunteer for professional reasons like networking at your association, building their resume, or growing their leade rship skills. Perks could include discounts on membership , event registration, allowing members to teach professional development sessions, or offering mentorship opportunities. Give awards.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2020

And, she teaches us how to reclaim and cultivate the curious, flexible and youthful mindset called "rookie smarts." Something magical happens when a skilled veteran successfully re-learns her/his rookie smarts and is still able to retain her/his veteran acumen," explains Wiseman.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

One of my favorite parts of the book is where Sjodin teaches how best to use visual aids in your presentations. Question: If an eager learner wants to improve their presentation skills but doesn't have time to tackle correcting all 12 mistakes, which one or two should they first concentrate on?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2023

Put another way, if we ask donors to cover the cost of a learning event to help students gain job skills, with different set amounts per month (e.g., As you point out, rescuing a dog, providing a meal, sourcing 20 chickens, or teaching a child new skills are multi-faceted processes.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Invest in your fundraising skills There’s never a bad time to prioritize professional development, so start thinking about putting together a plan based on your career goals. Take your fundraising skills to the next level by: Attending that conference you’ve wanted to go to for years.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

This free webinar will teach you basic SEO tips to help your organization's site and content rank higher in online searches. Pull up a chair, pour yourself a warm drink, and get cozy with TechSoup's free nonprofit and library tech webinars. SEO for Beginners. Get your website found.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

While we use our technology skills for good, we don’t stop there. In the last year, 85% of my colleagues volunteered, 63% participated in skills-based volunteerism ; and 86% say that Blackbaud’s work powering the world of philanthropy was important in their decision to join the company. We Give Back. Camp Blackbaud.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

You'll likely find that everyone on your team has a skill, technique, behavior that they can teach a fellow team member. That coaching is rewarding for both parties, and it helps everyone to learn an important skill for being a successful leader -- coaching. Peer coaching can be formal, informal or a combination of both.

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