Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today’s question comes from a major gift fundraiser who wants advice on whether it’s better to ask for too little or too much. . This technique can be flipped for current donors by using something called “ door in the face.” This, of course, is very similar to the anchoring technique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I continue to serve on the advisory board of Leadership Learning Community and Wake.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.

Professional 111

Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 111

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Font-Line Leader: Building a High-PerformanceOrganization from the Groumd Up , by Chris Van Gorder. What advice do you have for those struggling with their reinvention? Van Gorder : Spend time with them.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Ken Blanchard , author of, Great Leaders Grow , shares today's guest post: How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. It is a question I've asked countless people at the leadership seminars we conduct.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

. • The workforce included a blend of long-term employees with a rich company, product/service and customer history, employees who had been at the company for five to seven years, and then new hires with a fresh perspective and keen sense of new technologies and techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

For each group, I had them create a spectra-gram and interviewed them and gave advice on next steps. Having a metaphor, made it easy. 2. Living Case Study Technique: Assessment also helps find examples from the participants themselves. I had a brave volunteer from the audience and we did a role play.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. What advice do you have for those struggling with their reinvention?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 10, 2015

How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. It is a question I've asked countless people at the leadership seminars we conduct. Just remember, what you think about your own leadership style really doesn't matter.

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Evaluation Leadership Authoring Life 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.

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Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 96

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 1, 2019

. • The workforce included a blend of long-term employees with a rich company, product/service and customer history, employees who had been at the company for five to seven years, and then new hires with a fresh perspective and keen sense of new technologies and techniques.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 20, 2022

Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love. Part 2: Lead Your Boss describes proven techniques to transform your relationship with your boss.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2014

In The Way of the SEAL : Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed , ex-Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine reveals exercises, meditations, and focusing techniques to train your mind for mental toughness, emotional resilience, and uncanny intuition. Able to sense danger before it''s too late? and don''t quit!

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Leadership New York Share Baltimore 85

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 2, 2020

Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love. Part 2: Lead Your Boss describes proven techniques to transform your relationship with your boss.

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Technique Advice Relationship Teach 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

She serves on the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard Kennedy School, and her speaking and DEI advisory client list includes Fortune 500 companies, international forums, government entities, and top academic institutions. My best bit of advice: Ask, don’t assume. Seeking balance sets us up for failure and defeat.

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Voice Exercise Chapter Script 79

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Study good grant writing techniques and apply what you learn to as many as you can. They will have good advice about ways to structure your nonprofit finances responsibly. They have invaluable information about everything from organizational advice to local legislation that you may need to pay attention to. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

My doctor’s advice was to start eating a heart healthy diet and get more exercise. The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. Last year, when I got may annual physical, my cholesterol numbers were not good.

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Work Brain Exercise Conference 135

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2020

If you want to create a heart culture and a people-first culture at your workplace, read the book, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman. Gives you specific techniques and tactics. Not guiding the troops. Holding on to toxic employees. Capsulizes "Tips to Remember" for you at the end of each chapter.

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Culture People Create Chapter 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2019

Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love. Part 2: Lead Your Boss describes proven techniques to transform your relationship with your boss.

Technique 40

Technique Advice Relationship Teach 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2021

Fleming's techniques teach you how to acquire customers faster and how to create what he calls legitimate brand loyalty -- the type that helps to keep your business thriving. Content -- which basically means whatever the company offers -- products, services, food, advice, or information. How you bring people closer together.

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Exercise Companies Relationship Technique 65

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love. Part 2: Lead Your Boss describes proven techniques to transform your relationship with your boss.

Technique 40

Technique Advice Relationship Teach 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 19, 2018

Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love. Part 2: Lead Your Boss describes proven techniques to transform your relationship with your boss.

Technique 40

Technique Advice Relationship Teach 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you enjoy and are great at doing? Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love. Part 2: Lead Your Boss describes proven techniques to transform your relationship with your boss.

Technique 40

Technique Advice Relationship Teach 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

For years, David Grossman has set the gold standard for delivering effective and actionable techniques for communicating with employees. Now, he’s raised the bar to a whole new level for publishing a book where every page is both incredibly visual and packed with must-read content. to name a few.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love. Part 2: Lead Your Boss describes proven techniques to transform your relationship with your boss.

Technique 40

Technique Advice Relationship Teach 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The skills that we are focusing on are “networked leadership” skills both online and offline and working with self and working with others. In the book, Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness, and (World Peace) , author Chade-Meng Tan offers 3 simple techniques to practice mindful conversations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love. Part 2: Lead Your Boss describes proven techniques to transform your relationship with your boss.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

” Leadership modeling is important. When they launched their staff as champion strategy, they had to make the case that it was worth the investment of their time. In addition, they have an internal listserv for support where staff share suggested tweets for new reports or new features or techniques on Twitter.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 17, 2020

Fleming's techniques teach you how to acquire customers faster and how to create what he calls legitimate brand loyalty -- the type that helps to keep your business thriving. Content -- which basically means whatever the company offers -- products, services, food, advice, or information. How you bring people closer together.

Exercise 52

Exercise Companies Relationship Technique 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 29, 2016

Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You Firs t offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love. Part 2: Lead Your Boss describes proven techniques to transform your relationship with your boss.

Technique 40

Technique Advice Relationship Teach 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Expert Advice to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit. Q: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO NONPROFITS TO PREVENT BURNOUT FROM SPREADING? You may even consider bringing in an external partner to discuss wellbeing techniques. Devereux Resilient Leadership Survey (DERLS). A: Definitely. Notice.Talk.Act.® Headspace for Nonprofits.

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Culture Nonprofit Attitude Awareness 105

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. It is a question I've asked countless people at the leadership seminars we conduct. Just remember, what you think about your own leadership style really doesn't matter.

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Authoring Leadership Evaluation Life 69

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 28, 2012

Now, there is extensive literature on effective networking techniques that are tested and true (I implore you to Google “effective networking”; it’s exhausting). Valley Leadership , Scottsdale Leadership and Generation Next all have huge networking components connecting up-and-comers to experts in the field.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Thanks for your great advice Tom! One of the major causes of friction in the area of nonprofit leadership and poor nonprofit board performance, and a big reason why boards and CEO’s may part ways, is poor boundary setting between the board and the CEO. Staff and volunteers are smart and can sense when all is not well with leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

He recommends reading The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr to better understand the impact of chronic information overload, followed by his best advice about being purposeful with your attention online. Another excellent variation of the Pomoro Technique. Personal Productivity in Practice.

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