Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Going from peer to leader Coming from the outside to take over leadership of an existing team Bringing together an entirely new team Welcoming a new member to your existing team Helping an employee who has a hard time managing time Assisting an employee who needs help with interpersonal communication Getting an employee more organized Helping an employee (..)

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

To prevent burnout from taking over your nonprofit’s culture, passion, and productivity, you have to understand it. We’re bringing that honest conversation right to you with some new voices with a passion for nonprofit culture and employee wellness. . How do you build a culture of resilience with mental health resources for nonprofits?

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

Her site, Clairification is a favorite of ours and consistently ranks on our list of the Top 100 Nonprofit Blogs – as it is consistently filled with information to motivate nonprofit professionals interested in cultivating a donor-centric culture at their organizations. How attitude and body language will affect your success.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 7, 2023

Organizations that treat culture like an impromptu party will see their “guests” leave early. Culture revolves around personalities and a positive environment depends on understanding the needs of individual players and their interaction as a team. Developing an agreed-upon language to describe those qualities.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Today’s nonprofit marketers must be experts in learning how to shift their organizational culture towards a culture of philanthropy. This gets to the heart of the best practices that are needed to create a culture of philanthropy within anonprofit organization. Shifting the organization’s culture is a process, and it takes time.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 16, 2019

Going from peer to leader Coming from the outside to take over leadership of an existing team Bringing together an entirely new team Welcoming a new member to your existing team Helping an employee who has a hard time managing time Assisting an employee who needs help with interpersonal communication Getting an employee more organized Helping an employee (..)

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Challenge Management Attitude Language 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 20, 2020

Bachelder, former CEO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., and attributed to Rick Warren, Ken Blanchard, and others: " Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Going from peer to leader Coming from the outside to take over leadership of an existing team Bringing together an entirely new team Welcoming a new member to your existing team Helping an employee who has a hard time managing time Assisting an employee who needs help with interpersonal communication Getting an employee more organized Helping an employee (..)

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Challenge Management Attitude Leadership 73

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 2, 2016

Going from peer to leader Coming from the outside to take over leadership of an existing team Bringing together an entirely new team Welcoming a new member to your existing team Helping an employee who has a hard time managing time Assisting an employee who needs help with interpersonal communication Getting an employee more organized Helping an employee (..)

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Challenge Management Attitude Language 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 27, 2015

Going from peer to leader Coming from the outside to take over leadership of an existing team Bringing together an entirely new team Welcoming a new member to your existing team Helping an employee who has a hard time managing time Assisting an employee who needs help with interpersonal communication Getting an employee more organized Helping an employee (..)

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Challenge Management Attitude Language 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2015

That's why I find the new book, Light A Fire Under Your Business: How to Build a Class 1 Corporate Culture Through Inspirational Leadership , so interesting. CPR for business creates a culture where people respond with a focused will-do attitude because they know that what they do is important, and doing their best always matters to someone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Sometimes our language, traditions, and yes, those pesky power dynamics keep us apart. In other words, when it comes to measuring the impact of arts and culture, we may be surprised by how much funders, creatives, advocates, and communities have in common. It has the ring of judgment – which does little for creativity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

For this to happen, organizations need to the space to begin to work together to build the common language and frameworks for these metrics to hold up against different approaches and models. We spent a chapter or two talking about exactly how to put this into practice because is this a very important point.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The focus of Eugene's work with this network was to better understand its community, the most promising group practices, and have an open discussion that would facilitate learning and interaction among these leaders who were miles apart, spoke different languages, and had Internet access challenges. 1) Everybody is People.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Speaking your donors’ language — lose the jargon! Building a culture of philanthropy throughout your organization. Enjoy them now; then practice a year-round attitude of gratitude. The keys to building an effective donor retention strategy lie in: Thanking donors well — and promptly. Chew ‘em up. Spit ‘em out!

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

NTCwinning 4: Innovation Debate While our panelists may have gotten their mouths washed out by soap by their mothers after the final morning plenary, the passionate language sparked a great debate about nonprofits and if and how they should be innovative. View the recording.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2012

But the arguments trotted out represent how far we have to go in articulating the public value of arts institutions (and helping our supporters speak the same language). Your cultural outlet is art galleries and symphonies. The whole 'we know how to spend your money better than you' attitude is condescending and false."

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. By Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM Team.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

Of course, the use of business metaphors, language and procedures in the nonprofit sector in general is far from new, and it’s been a trend I’ve not liked much. The wholesale adoption of for profit language into the nonprofit space has bothered me for years.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

Speaking your donors’ language — lose the jargon! Building a culture of philanthropy throughout your organization. Enjoy them now; then practice a year-round attitude of gratitude. The keys to building an effective donor retention strategy lie in: Thanking donors well — and promptly. Chew ‘em up. Spit ‘em out!

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Retention Donor Change eBook 55

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

While the evaluation component of the report is focused on the extent to which these various projects promote science learning and behavior change among participants, the rubric of participatory models introduces a language that can be useful to many kinds of institutions and projects. One last thought on evaluation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Sigida Keneyali means “Health in Our Homes” in Bambara, the most common language in Mali. But I love Mali, and particularly the communality and generosity evident in Malian culture. They operate on a “Give us money and we’ll build six wells within two years” kind of attitude. What is the Sigida Keneyali Project?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2007

Cultural icons serve many important purposes, but these, I have reluctantly begun to realize, may be quite different from, and perhaps mutually exclusive with, museums focused on community well-being. What does this “not sufficient by itself’ bit mean? Some are simple design choices—like at the MFA. But many are about personnel.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Being culturally aware is extremely important when attempting to collaborate with different entities and communities large or small. I have come to believe that culture is a language that you speak with your actions. Every time I walk in somewhere, I try to take note of that space’s culture.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2020

You can read body language and tone inflection. Anyone going out there during this crisis with a “rah-rah” salesperson attitude will rightly get crushed. Here are my 10 best practices for conducting a Zoom meeting with donors: Consider Zoom equivalent to an in-person meeting. I’m talking to the managers right now. Are you all well?”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

1: Create a Facebook culture inside your organization. Networked Nonprofits have a created a Facebook culture inside their organizations. The Mayo Clinic has addressed in its social media policy – many nonprofits have borrowed their language. What’s missing? Organizational and Community Facebook Guidelines.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Well, that 80%, 60% of that money goes to large institutional organizations like hospitals and universities, and large cultural institutions, like museums, zoos, and libraries, and religious organizations. And you really can only share your passion unless you have a kind of energized spirit and positive attitude, terrific.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

What’s your body language? The attitude you present is assumed to be the attitude of your organization. So your attitude and your demeanor, they change so often throughout the week. Great questions, you guys. So we’re talking about tone. Usually by Tuesday, I’m the one in the middle.

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Virtual Communication Video Newsletter 114

The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 15, 2022

Aim to create a positive culture for the event. This is determined by the attitude, language, and behavior used by the attendees, staff, and volunteers. Consider including a live stream via Zoom, YouTube, Facebook, or another platform so that those supporters can be part of the event.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to empowering students of all ages through high-quality arts and cultural programs. Keeping it simple and straightforward is a great way to convey a professional attitude and strong principles of stewardship. Nonprofit Website Overview.

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