Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” Van Gorder: I believe a work ethic is cultural – both from an individual and corporate perspective. But it’s also an issue related to organizational culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

In a research report called “ Exhausted But Unable to Disconnect, ” professors from Lehigh University, Virginia Tech, and Colorado State University found that an “always on” culture may prevent employees from fully disengaging from work, causing stress. ” Individual Techniques. Organizational Culture Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

It comes down to organizational culture. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. The Evolutionary Stages of A Data-Driven Culture. They use data visualization techniques to report the data analysis but also to reflect on best practices culled from the data. What is the difference?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. Values -- Believes and moral principles that guide attitudes, decisions, and actions. A 100-Hour Action Plan for crisis situations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 22, 2019

This issue can lead to a lack of recruitment and retention techniques. According to recent findings, nonprofit organizations can capitalize on training, building a culture of empowerment and recognition programs in order to provide incentives to employees. This group is motivated by different types of incentives. Why it matters.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. Values -- Believes and moral principles that guide attitudes, decisions, and actions. A 100-Hour Action Plan for crisis situations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” Van Gorder: I believe a work ethic is cultural – both from an individual and corporate perspective. But it’s also an issue related to organizational culture.

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Leadership Attitude Chapter Culture 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. Values -- Believes and moral principles that guide attitudes, decisions, and actions. A 100-Hour Action Plan for crisis situations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

My favorite chapters are: Know Your People Tell Stories Create a Culture of Advocacy Build Loyalty and Engagement from the Middle Bring People Together Ask “What If?” Van Gorder: I believe a work ethic is cultural – both from an individual and corporate perspective. But it’s also an issue related to organizational culture.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2017

He further explains that improvisation takes technique, training, practice, thoughtfulness and intelligence. is a technique that slows the brain down. This technique is one used effectively by the best improv professionals and Kulhan believes it's essential to succeeding in business. Warm up to change your energy and attitude.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. Values -- Believes and moral principles that guide attitudes, decisions, and actions. A 100-Hour Action Plan for crisis situations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 11, 2015

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. Values -- Believes and moral principles that guide attitudes, decisions, and actions. A 100-Hour Action Plan for crisis situations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2015

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. Values -- Believes and moral principles that guide attitudes, decisions, and actions. A 100-Hour Action Plan for crisis situations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. Values -- Believes and moral principles that guide attitudes, decisions, and actions. A 100-Hour Action Plan for crisis situations.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Study good grant writing techniques and apply what you learn to as many as you can. Here are some tips to help you create a nonprofit culture of collaboration: . Creating a sustainable funding source takes years, so work hard to keep your overhead as low as possible while you’re building your donor list. Listen to your staff.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As Linda Flower suggests, however, in her article “Partnerships in Inquiry: a Logic for Community Outreach,” there is a certain tactic in creating an outreach technique and a strategic plan, especially geared toward a certain culture. An attitude of stuffiness, elitism or ‘I know what’s best for your community’ is quickly shut down.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2016

These are techniques even smaller organizations can implement every day to improve their marketing efforts, see more impressive results, and gain even more loyalty from their communities. It's also shockingly economical and far more effective than traditional marketing techniques. The best marketing campaigns aim to influence culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

There are people or even organizational cultures comfortable with using the existing tools and are slow to change, while early adopters and agile cultures keep learning and moving. There was an excellent discussion about silo busting techniques and the role of leaders in bringing down the cubicle walls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

But, try as we might, we couldn’t find any research that looked at arts groups’ adoption and attitudes toward digital and social media nationally that also asked all-important questions about how groups are measuring what they’re doing. Arts organizations are not alone in this. What are they learning from their experiments? was created.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Here’s a couple of techniques that I try to use every time I do a workshop, presentation, keynote, or other instruction. I always start a panel with a living assessment of the audience to discover their experience, knowledge, and attitudes about the topic to be presented. What content, lines, or ideas resonated?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

For quite a few years now there have been sustained clarion calls for the development of learning organizations, more responsive and flexible cultures and for changes to fundamental assumptions and models of effective leadership and management. This is where social software and methods like crowdsourcing can shine.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others? Do you see any cultural differences in whether and how people like to participate around the world? Yes and no.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The idea, grand in scope, was to present models and technology that can assist organizations shift internal cultures to make diversity of all types the norm. Now let me say upfront, this blog post isn’t going to be about those techniques for diversifying an office culture. Pretty big and worthwhile stuff.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others? Do you see any cultural differences in whether and how people like to participate around the world? Yes and no.

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

The conversation touched on various dimensions of the data-collection issue: The challenge of cultural assumptions embedded in standard health surveys (what is "jogging", exactly? how do you evaluate the health significance of "one glass of rice wine per day" in China vs. Japan?). OK, these are hard problems to solve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

That they have a “Do good where ever attitude.” How could I efficiently use movement, interaction with peers, and report outs without wandering around Oprah style? [I improvised a technique in the moment that worked for the layout of the room that I will share in another post]. They want to combine both.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Another point of intersection here for me is Henry Jenkins recently published 72-page white paper " Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century." Some argue that young people acquire these key skills by interacting with popular culture. Expressions (media creation, mashups, etc).

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 9, 2024

Philanthropy – The Cultural Coaxing You know what’s contagious? The board’s attitude towards fundraising. By prioritizing fundraising and embracing it wholeheartedly as part of their role, board members can instill a rich, nourishing culture of philanthropy across your organization.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

They provide detailed case studies of projects in each area, including project descriptions, informal science education goals, participant training techniques, and evaluation outcomes. There is no "best" level of participation for museums and cultural institutions overall. Developing exhibits or using them to make new media products?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

What are the techniques for conversational weaving? Since OS communities generally begin with a small group of developers or a scratch your own itch approach and some developers tend to be egomanics - how do you build community within this culture? I was wrong -- this attitude isn't necessarily generational.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 28, 2009

Non-game social platforms like museums should use game design techniques to make these institutions more successful at supporting user happiness. As Elsa Bailey asked in the chat: "Don't cultural attitudes toward the definitions/descriptions of happiness come into play here? This is not an argument that is specific to museums.

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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. Jo Johnson over at the London Symphony is a master of this technique. This post summarizes the knowledge shared by many nonprofit folks on how to use Facebook effectively.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

For example, the theme could be 80s pop culture or the holiday season. Remember that recurring gifts shouldn’t encourage a “set it and forget it” attitude. As you build out your online fundraising strategy, don’t forget to build in appreciation techniques that you can use to steward supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2012

It’s hard to find funders who will fund a risky idea – they usually want case studies an proven techniques. Innovation/Culture of Play. These would have questions that allow their audience to share their experience or attitudes about the topic or a speaker’s particular point. Innovator’s Dilemma. Infographic on Innovation.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This means that web design projects (and even smaller, iterative updates) are important investments for nonprofits, and they can involve any number of different strategies and techniques. Keeping it simple and straightforward is a great way to convey a professional attitude and strong principles of stewardship. Simplified design.

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