Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Pottruck 's book, Stacking the Deck , teaches readers a nine-step course of action leaders can follow from the first realization that change is needed through all the steps of implementation, including assembling the right team of close advisors and getting the word out to the wider group. Developing a clear, executable plan. Downsizing.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Hit play and let’s embark on a journey of growth, learning, and success together—because when you bloom, we all grow! Unlocking Donor Engagement: Designing Tiny Habits That Increase Fundraising Success With Juni Felix What the Fundraising Struggling to establish strong relationships or sustain donor support?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Because, Thursday, September 8 brings the official release of Paul Smith 's new book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. Storytelling is a skill.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Personally emailing your annual report to donors or funders and describing how their support was central to your success. Build your social capital Your professional network can be invaluable to your career and organization’s fundraising success. Practicing your public speaking by volunteering to teach a workshop or speak on a panel.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

To kick off our new success stories. section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. We called it the TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge. We of course got lots of great stories, and our winner is the Pottsboro Area Library. success stories.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2021

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Plus, there's five other lessons McBean teaches in the book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Your hopes for today: brilliant success? How do we get a telling the story about why this all important? How do we teach leaders to know when emergence is working? Essentially, design thinking process teaches how to be iterative. The questions: What do you hope to learn today? How do let go and allow for emergence?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. This book is a wake-up call for every business leader.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Plus, there's five other lessons McBean teaches in the book.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. Storytelling is a skill.

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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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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

What skills and qualities should you look for in a major gifts officer? The MGO is a big deal because it requires a unique skill set: A love for people A genuine dedication to your cause A good storyteller (and ‘question asker’!) What was your worst fundraising experience, and what did it teach you? What makes you nervous?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2021

When she’s not representing political prisoners, journalists, and victims of mass atrocities around the world, she co-teaches the Human Rights course at Columbia Law School, and serves as co-founder and President of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which aims to advance justice through accountability for human rights abuses around the world.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. Storytelling is a skill.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Get a free Demo Volunteerism has a long and storied history, in both the United States and the world as a whole. 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. Teaching volunteers valuable life skills.

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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. Build capabilities around skills rather than authority. Eggers and Donald F.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Through practical exercises, stories, illustrative case studies, chapter-by-chapter reflection questions and action items, you’ll learn how to harness the real and raw power of your mind to build solid workplace relationships for virtually any situation. Never make a point without telling a short-story example. Don’t interrupt.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 20, 2019

Pottruck 's book, Stacking the Deck , teaches readers a nine-step course of action leaders can follow from the first realization that change is needed through all the steps of implementation, including assembling the right team of close advisors and getting the word out to the wider group. Developing a clear, executable plan. Downsizing.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

These expert practitioners share their real-life world stories, advice and the actions they took to be successful. Dilenschneider : I chose a successful group of professionals who joined in creating a useful, broad-ranging, up-to-date, and authoritative book. This new installment, edited by Robert L.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Plus, there's five other lessons McBean teaches in the book.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

Pottruck 's book, Stacking the Deck , teaches readers a nine-step course of action leaders can follow from the first realization that change is needed through all the steps of implementation, including assembling the right team of close advisors and getting the word out to the wider group. Developing a clear, executable plan. Downsizing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

And while video games like Zoo Tycoon or online games can teach them all sorts of skills that will need to be successful adults (and this has been validated recently by a MacArthur Foundation funded study ,) I was excited to discover this wonderful list of games for change. They created the Popcorn For Kids Campaign.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Pottruck 's book, Stacking the Deck , teaches readers a nine-step course of action leaders can follow from the first realization that change is needed through all the steps of implementation, including assembling the right team of close advisors and getting the word out to the wider group. Developing a clear, executable plan. Downsizing.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Pottruck 's book, Stacking the Deck , teaches readers a nine-step course of action leaders can follow from the first realization that change is needed through all the steps of implementation, including assembling the right team of close advisors and getting the word out to the wider group. Developing a clear, executable plan. Downsizing.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Packed with uplifting personal stories, action steps and writing exercises, you’ll learn how to be accountable for developing your character, integrity, and commitment to reaching your goals. Why writing your success story in reverse is the best approach. This is the timeline for success. It takes decades, not months.

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Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

Teach them about fundraising. Because with the perks and benefits of board service like meeting great people who are also passionate about the mission, honing your leadership skills, and making a difference for others comes the task of maintaining strong financial oversight. Teach them about fundraising. Hold monthly meetings.

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Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

And third, we see a number of individuals from established organizations who are looking for professional development or to learn new skills. My role is to contextualize those tools and teach customers how to best use them. Candid: Can you provide any examples of success stories from your work?

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

So how do we close the skills gap in the Salesforce ecosystem? Success Story: Creating Equity in Education With Teach For America + Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Indeed a report by Mason Frank showed most candidates don’t find that Trailhead badges increase their chances of gaining future employment.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. Plus, there's five other lessons McBean teaches in the book.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Highlights of this Letter: SocialCoding4Good CityOptions Read2Go and Route 66 Literacy Selected Program Updates Human rights: Legal victory in Guatemala, PBS NewsHour stories Literacy: Major milestones for Bookshare at home and abroad SocialCoding4Good Just funded by the John S. and James L.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. A great story builds credibility and properly positions you in the eye of the buyer."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

Just to give you a few examples: He is a co-founder of Teach a Man to Fish , a global network that promotes “education that pays for itself,” partnering with dozens of organizations around the world to establish self-sufficient schools in rural areas that teach independence and sustainability to young people from poor families.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 17, 2016

Pottruck 's book, Stacking the Deck , teaches readers a nine-step course of action leaders can follow from the first realization that change is needed through all the steps of implementation, including assembling the right team of close advisors and getting the word out to the wider group. Developing a clear, executable plan. Downsizing.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 13, 2016

Pottruck 's book, Stacking the Deck , teaches readers a nine-step course of action leaders can follow from the first realization that change is needed through all the steps of implementation, including assembling the right team of close advisors and getting the word out to the wider group. Developing a clear, executable plan. Downsizing.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Pottruck 's book, Stacking the Deck , teaches readers a nine-step course of action leaders can follow from the first realization that change is needed through all the steps of implementation, including assembling the right team of close advisors and getting the word out to the wider group. Developing a clear, executable plan. Downsizing.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2014

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. This book is a wake-up call for every business leader.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

ECB involves a series of steps taken by an evaluator (internal or external) to build evaluative knowledge and skills, create a culture of continuous learning and accountability, and make resources readily available. But the key to success in ECB is participation. So the evaluator has to consider if they are going to: Teach.

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