Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Therefore, it’s imperative that as a business leader you have the essential meta-skill to navigate your business with a thorough understanding of your current situation, vision to see the future destination, and the ability to create the path to reach it,” explains Rich Horwath , author of the book, Strategic.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

The matrix is a diagram that helps the board outline its current characteristics, pinpoints gaps in demographics or talent, and identifies what skills are needed in the future. Ideally, one of these meetings will be a welcome from the executive director, which includes his or her unique advice and views on board service.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Jerry and I had a great conversation about open sourcing of agricultural scientific models, such as those used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their climate change reports. As it turns out, these models were originally developed decades ago and many are written in Fortran !

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As employees in the nonprofit sector, we often rely on the transferrable skills we've gained over time to accomplish our jobs. However, this is where we often find ourselves as mission-driven employees — called to perform tasks that stretch our skills and plunge us headlong into new areas of professional development.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When your mission is effecting positive change it’s sometimes easy to overlook that at its heart a nonprofit is still a business model, with all the same ways of failing. Pro Tip : Try to establish where your skills, hard work, and dedication can be best applied. Recognize that you’re a small business.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

For nonprofits looking to sharpen their communication strategies, CompassPoint's 24th Annual Nonprofit Day offered a wealth of advice. In the panel Rethinking Strategy: The Intersection of Impact, Brand, and Business Model, three experts defined these terms and illustrated their use for effective nonprofit communications.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Therefore, it’s imperative that as a business leader you have the essential meta-skill to navigate your business with a thorough understanding of your current situation, vision to see the future destination, and the ability to create the path to reach it,” explains Rich Horwath , author of the new book, Strategic.

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Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

When COVID forced them to cancel their in-person Kingston Business Expo event, they felt that it was more important than ever to find a way to offer local businesses the opportunity to connect and gain valuable new skills and knowledge. Looking for advice on how to go virtual ? THE CHALLENGE. I think this may be the future!”.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

And that’s been our business model since then. A lot of nonprofits can’t hire a full-time designer to work on their team or they don’t have anyone on their team with that skill set. Do you have any advice for them? Skills can always be learned. Design is about communication. What’s most important is your message.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

A nonprofit Advisory Board can be a great way to engage key supporters with relevant professional skills, life experiences, and networks. Giving Advice The most obvious role for a nonprofit Advisory Board is to give advice to the Governing Board and staff. The Advisory member then asks guests for a donation.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This isn’t something to ignore or worry about until later; good communication skills are invaluable to your nonprofit’s income stream. If you had to pick one person, who would be your role model? What advice do you give young people? It’s no good asking the right questions if you lack the skills to listen to the answers.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether or not it’s worth it to invest in digital analytics tools. . Below is what Jay Baer of Convince and Convert describes as a five-step “Digital Analytics Maturity Model.” . CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

In the age of monetizing social media through algorithms and paid advertising revenue models, getting two clicks per 100 followers is generous. Be generous with endorsing the skills of others as endorsements are often reciprocated. And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

When funders model vulnerability and power-consciousness , it signals to grantees that they can show up more fully. That means helping organizations position themselves as fiduciaries, with the requisite infrastructure, systems and skill sets to optimize unprecedented inflows of capital. So, how can funders assist here?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: Model the Way Inspire a Shared Vision Challenge the Process Enable Others to Act Encourage the Heart Kouzes and Posner explain that leaders who use these five practices more frequently than their counterparts: Create higher-performing teams. Enhance motivation and the willingness to work hard.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 16, 2020

The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: Model the Way Inspire a Shared Vision Challenge the Process Enable Others to Act Encourage the Heart Kouzes and Posner explain that leaders who use these five practices more frequently than their counterparts: Create higher-performing teams. Enhance motivation and the willingness to work hard.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

Bill Bruce, CEO of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, gives this advice. “I I try to be very clear that no one is exempt from learning and mastering new skills.” They should be role models who inspire colleagues to see from a different perspective.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2023

Today’s question comes from a director of development who wants advice on how to quickly and efficiently find the best major gift and planned giving prospects: Dear Charity Clairity, We recently purchased donor analytics and now have a database overlay indicating who has major gift and planned gift likelihood.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 4, 2014

Author Laura Brown provides 200 how-to entries and easy-to-use models organized into three comprehensive sections on writing for: Work School (research paper, book review, internship letter) Your Personal Life (i.e. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Laura Brown Writing Skills'

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2019

Over the last year, we’ve done our best to extol the benefits of skills-based volunteerism to npEngage readers , offering best practices for and case studies on pro bono service. In fact, skills-based volunteerism has emerged in response to both corporate and nonprofit desires to make the most out of community service.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

When COVID forced them to cancel their in-person Kingston Business Expo event, they felt that it was more important than ever to find a way to offer local businesses the opportunity to connect and gain valuable new skills and knowledge. Looking for advice on how to go virtual ? THE CHALLENGE. I think this may be the future!”.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 14, 2022

Nonprofits have radically needed to change their business models in light of the pandemic. Leaders say that planned growth for this post-pandemic period includes being more open to collaboration with other nonprofits and private industry, and leaning into their skill set — knowing what they are best at and going after niches.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2015

Author Laura Brown provides 200 how-to entries and easy-to-use models organized into three comprehensive sections on writing for: Work School (research paper, book review, internship letter) Your Personal Life (i.e. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Laura Brown Writing Skills'

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 16, 2021

Assess Your Data & Map it to Your New Model. As you prepare for your migration, one of your first steps should be assessing your data and working to map it to your new model. We have some good advice on what to keep, archive, and leave, which is relevant no matter where you’re coming from. Do you really need all that data?

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.orgSource

JANUARY 22, 2024

That skill was invaluable to the space travelers. A good case could be made for calling it the skill set’s most important business asset. Digital empathy brings soft skills like compassion, respect, thoughtfulness, and kindness into technology and the design process. Solis’ advice sounds complex.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

Here’s some terrific advice from Sarah Axelson. Developed by ETR in 2014, this is a research-based approach for designing and delivering skill-building trainings. Now, our staff retreat was not actually intended as a skill building training. These steps reinforce the content, skills and information from the learning event.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2021

food banks) tended to receive more gifts than previous years, whereas organizations that have been “in hibernation” because their service models rely on an in-person environment (e.g. This is often wise advice, but can lead to mission drift. The “how” – program models, operational processes, staffing structures – can shift.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Remember that a simple and small change, implemented the right away, can be more effective than a complex rewiring of a skill. Additional advice from the authors is that: The more consistently you give and get feedback, the more normal it is. Give feedback right away, even if it's imperfect.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 15, 2019

The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: Model the Way Inspire a Shared Vision Challenge the Process Enable Others to Act Encourage the Heart Kouzes and Posner explain that leaders who use these five practices more frequently than their counterparts: Create higher-performing teams. Enhance motivation and the willingness to work hard.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Why we like it: this year's new pre-conference communicators workshop with Kivi Leroux Miller from Nonprofit Marketing Guide is sure to be packed with prime advice and recommendations. Best for: foundation professionals ready to meet and collaborate with their peers around a variety of topics and skills. Cause Camp. Where: Lincoln, NE.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. We outlined a book that would become a new framework, not another Lean Startup or similar product-oriented guide, but a human-centric, narrative model. The Guardian : Turns empathy into a lens to better serve customers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2013

It begins with a story about Team Rubicon , a new model for disaster relief organization and veteran-focused enterprise founded by Jake Wood shortly after the Haiti Earthquake. It also offers examples, inspiration, and best practices for developing the leadership potential of these leaders in your nonprofit’s organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Our session will share lots of great advice about what to do before , during , and after leading an effective technology training. Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. Can participants apply the skills?” to define the four levels of training evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Alison Fine , my Networked Nonprofit co-author, is crowdsourcing suggestions and advice on making a Giving Season actionable. and Daniel Kaufman ( @giveonepercent ) Founder of the One Percent Foundation where they shared lots of solid practical and strategic advice for making a giving day successful. (The

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Small nonprofits in Brazil are usually created by social entrepreneurs in the slums or other low-income zones, people with no management skills but lots of love to give. This is happening right now and over the next decade, I think Brazilian nonprofits will have more options at more accessible prices powered by the SaaS model.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. We outlined a book that would become a new framework, not another Lean Startup or similar product-oriented guide, but a human-centric, narrative model. The Guardian : Turns empathy into a lens to better serve customers.

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Lesson Chapter San Francisco Test 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Remember that a simple and small change, implemented the right away, can be more effective than a complex rewiring of a skill. Additional advice from the authors is that: The more consistently you give and get feedback, the more normal it is. Give feedback right away, even if it''s imperfect.

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