Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Therefore, this book shares a new method of leadership thinking – the Phoenix Encounter – relevant to all organizations in today’s ever-changing environment. As you read the book, you’ll also benefit from the book’s specific exercises, checklists and reflection questions to challenge your thinking and encourage growth and success.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2017

We often hear about the doing good movement in the context of millennials , and oftentimes Gen Z’ers, two generations that have demonstrated substantial shifts in attitude surrounding the belief in their own power to create positive change in the world. So what does this movement mean for your nonprofit’s strategy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

” This post shares my notes from that session along with a reflection about my session and some resources. And, those who wanted to make money would head to Wall Street. That’s changed. That they have a “Do good where ever attitude.” That changes the conversation for nonprofits.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2023

Changes in the market, new technologies, partnerships with other organizations, grant opportunities, and more efficient digital systems ; these are all examples of potential opportunities for growth, and therefore, increased impact. Opportunities External factors that may present new opportunities for an organization to grow or improve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Even more inspiring was to learn more about the work that PopTech Fellows are doing to change the world. In comparison, this was a shorter time amount of time, different instructional styles across faculty, and the overall frame was social innovation. Otherwise, attitudes don't change. Graphic Facilitation Rocks.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

We listened to lectures, participated in reflections and had the chance to hear about real life experiences in the sector. I suffered from a severe case of imposter syndrome and was constantly having to remind myself why I was there: I want to change the world.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

While we were busy catching up on sleep, we also spent a lot of time reflecting on the experience. It will change the way that I move forward on a large web redesign and database integration project that I will be working on this year. Really shows how our work is making a difference. Draw, don't write! View the recording.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

networks, training and capacity building approaches, and culture change. I have been reflecting on my system for doing this – looking at the tension between curating one’s network and get things done, but leaving room for serendipity. Sense: Sensing is making sense of the information.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

But we can and SHOULD change this! Mark Rovner , founder and CEO of Sea Change Strategies. Second, genuinely respect and honor your donors and the difference that they make in the world. Sharing the stories of how your donors’ gifts are making a difference. So let’s get started, right? Superb content. Chew ‘em up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

The story is shared via an intermediary – journalists, bloggers, or influencers: Metrics reflecting the sharing of the message with the target audience. The document includes examples from different industries, including nonprofit organizations and for advocacy campaigns.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Needless to say, a festival during COVID is going to look far different from a “normal” festival. Because the change in seasons is constant, you can count on a seasonal festival, like a winter carnival, to become a welcome and comforting celebration year-after-year. . Physical distancing will still be required.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

Investing in movements or networks for social change is a strategy that some funders are using. The report captures a conundrum in measuring social change movements or networked approaches. Outcomes for “ wicked problems ” can be easily counted – policies passed, housing the homeless, educating children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. What is the difference? There not is a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. Example of A/B Testing Results. It comes down to organizational culture.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Take a close look at your mission and your “competitors” and remind yourself what makes you different. Nike’s “Just do it” says nothing about shoes or apparel—it simply expresses an attitude. Your organization may simply offer job-training skills to people, but by doing so you’re changing their lives and opening up new possibilities.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

And just because they rationalize their paycheck supports helping people, animals, nature or whatever the “real work” of your mission is, while yours facilitates raising money to pay for this work, there’s no real difference if you look at the big picture. . And your attitude will be contagious. Not in a good way. Closing Thoughts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. I also keep in mind dips in the circadian rhythms for humans that have impact on their ability to pay attention and learn – and I design different types of activities accordingly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

Strategy is analytical, reflective, and thinking - not much action. The moderator then interviews people at different points on the spectrum about the opinions they hold. This generated a good discussion allowing for expression of different points of view. David Sasaki has a terrific reflection on that here.

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

Either way, we’d guess it looked quite different from the eLearning assessment types we’re going to discuss today. What are the different types of online assessment? These exercises can measure knowledge gained, skills learned, or even attitudes or mindsets changed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Then each person introduced themselves to the group using the sticky notes and added them to the wall. Each country was represented in a different color. Once we mapped the network on the wall before our eyes, we reflected on the following questions: * What are the points of connection? Social change. Passion for work.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Needless to say, a festival during COVID is going to look far different from a “normal” festival. Because the change in seasons is constant, you can count on a seasonal festival, like a winter carnival, to become a welcome and comforting celebration year-after-year. . Physical distancing will still be required.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

But the reality is that in many nonprofit organizations, different teams and departments do not have a shared mental model for a culture of philanthropy. The nature of today’s nonprofit workplace——face-paced and heavy workloads—makes it difficult to find the reflective time to put together a learning plan and implement it consistently.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

As I got older, my relationship with my body changed. These thoughts changed how I moved, and dance became a self-conscious, self-critical experience, which was a bigger reflection on how I lived life and viewed myself within it. Repeat in a different order with other fun things sprinkled in, turning up your personal volume.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

happen in different locations several times a year and for the past three years, these meetings have taken place after the annual NTC: Nonprofit Technology Conference. The questions that emerged from this group were not different from those that are asked when we talk about online facilitation and online communities. Penguin Days.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

The Science Center World Congress looked standard in makeup--keynotes, plenaries, parallel panels--and yet the content was made distinctly different by the people involved. In most sessions, I didn't learn new things to apply to my own museum practice; instead, I learned new things about what that practice looks like in different countries.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2010

Anecdotally and intuitively, you know that changing demographics and technology are driving a shift in your engagement with donors, volunteers, event participants and other people your organization relies on to fulfill your mission. Tad Druart, Convio. " The report of my death was an exaggeration." " Mark Twain.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Note: the title of this post pays homage to Elaine Heumann Gurian''s excellent and quite different 1981 essay of the same title. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? It looks different in different types of institutions. BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 6, 2010

The key to your success is in what you think about, in what you say to yourself and others, in what you believe, and in what your attitudes are about yourself and others. If you change your beliefs, and how you think about things, you can change challenge and failure into success. Any belief can be changed. Guess what?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2009

Over the past two years, the Packard Foundation has worked in partnership with Monitor Institute to explore how networks were changing the social sector. (If The diagnostic tool includes 8 different areas: membership, leadership, governance, purpose, strategy/structure, assessment, communications/technology, and resource management.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Note: the title of this post pays homage to Elaine Heumann Gurian's excellent and quite different 1981 essay of the same title. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? It looks different in different types of institutions. BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Road trips touch on so many different goals that organizations focus on that it’s hard to believe how few major nonprofits have embraced the road trip campaign strategy. You'll want to post regular reflections on your blog, and on Twitter and Facebook so people can engage with you along the way. Diverse Goals. Over to You.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 5, 2015

By keeping a positive attitude, I had a pleasant experience and wasn’t worried about all the minor aches and pains that popped up. Keep in mind that you get to make a difference in this world and have a lasting impact. Keep in mind what you can change and what is outside of your control. Fight Through Adversity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

The book includes a "Connected Quiz, a set of reflective questions that can help an activist think about how well they or their organization is connecting with others -- something to think about before jumping into the tools. the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information. Judgment ???

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 9, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes Maximizing Nonprofit Impact: A Roadmap to Sustainable Fundraising In an era where resources are stretched thin and the need for positive change is greater than ever, nonprofits face the critical challenge of not just making an impact, but ensuring their efforts are sustainable in the long run.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2012

I'm focusing on the community response to the prospect of the millage and the way the public debate reflects broader conversations about the public value of the arts. Here are just two arguments that were notable for the difference in the responses they sparked: Unsuccessful argument: Great cities should have great arts institutions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

was a chance for me to make a difference in the world. It's a funny phrase we sometimes tell young children, but developing a winning attitude is a life-long challenge for all of us. is meant to help young professionals win, and it's hard to win without a winning attitude. I felt writing Stand Out! Magnuson : Two things.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2021

was a chance for me to make a difference in the world. It's a funny phrase we sometimes tell young children, but developing a winning attitude is a life-long challenge for all of us. is meant to help young professionals win, and it's hard to win without a winning attitude. I felt writing Stand Out! Magnuson : Two things.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 22, 2020

was a chance for me to make a difference in the world. It's a funny phrase we sometimes tell young children, but developing a winning attitude is a life-long challenge for all of us. is meant to help young professionals win, and it's hard to win without a winning attitude. I felt writing Stand Out! Magnuson : Two things.

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