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

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

books , a home office was still a glimmer in every busy parent’s eyes. We learned the importance of technology for communication and collaboration. Groups that developed a structure and schedule for online meetings managed their time and effort more efficiently. Remote work was one of those unsettling tests.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Whether it’s brainstorming a long-dreamed-of children’s book for your cause or exploring a campaign idea that’s been on the back burner, passion makes the process more enjoyable. Provide enough context in a well-structured manner to ensure they can complete the task you ask of them.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

And as revealed in Gallup’s latest book, Culture Shock , authored by Jim Clifton and Jim Harter , the following are some eye-opening statistics today’s business leaders need to know. Finally, one of my favorite takeaways from the book is the chapter outlining the importance of having one meaningful conversation with each employee each week.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

This means they also require plenty of clear communication and collaboration. The nature of capital campaign committee structures. This builds a standard structure into the process from the start. Capital campaigns require input from many stakeholders, both internal and external. Kicking off the conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” The book offers some recipes for culture change.

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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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.orgSource

MARCH 14, 2023

There were multiple areas where collaboration helped to ease the hardship. Now we’ve moved to a hybrid work structure, requiring that everyone be in office at least two days per week. On the other hand, in Madison, where we didn’t have a Kitchen Cabinet, collaboration on reopening was much more challenging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

There is a whole book devoted to the topic, “ Rituals at Work.”) My New Year’s Reflection Rituals Review the Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I just received my 2023 email.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 19, 2014

" Frustration in the workplace is a silent killer," claim authors Mark Royal and Tom Agnew in their book, The Enemy of Engagement. Employee Engagement Engaging Employees Leadership Books' Further, "in an organizational context, frustration is not as simple as failing to get something you want.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This is a must-read book whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur or a current entrepreneur. The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. The Collaborator : Embraces teamwork, synchronizes efforts, shares tasks and goals. Platform builder.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2022

For some reason, neither of them had ever sat down and talked through their shared business processes and technology in the spirit of collaboration and partnership. The Benefits of Working Collaboratively. Other than decreased stress, there are big benefits to working collaboratively: Faster access to accurate information.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2023

Having conducted extensive field research, Ranjay Gulati , author of the book, Deep Purpose , The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies , reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when attempting to implement a reason for being. “My Gulati : A key insight in my book is that purpose is not a tax on business.

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Companies Culture Generation Question 59

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You’ll learn plenty more about what it means to burn the boats, how to unleash your full potential, and how to tear down your barriers to achieving success in Higgins’ new book, Burn The Boats – a business-advice and self-help book. This is the biggest takeaway, and the foundation of my entire book. Higgins : Forget Plan B!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Having conducted extensive field research, Ranjay Gulati , author of the book, Deep Purpose , The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies , reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when attempting to implement a reason for being. “My Gulati : A key insight in my book is that purpose is not a tax on business.

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Companies Culture Generation Question 74

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

This is a must-read book whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur or a current entrepreneur. The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. The Collaborator : Embraces teamwork, synchronizes efforts, shares tasks and goals. Platform builder.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

This is a must-read book whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur or a current entrepreneur. The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. The Collaborator : Embraces teamwork, synchronizes efforts, shares tasks and goals. Platform builder.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

Online courses are professionally structured and guided opportunities that simultaneously provide flexibility and convenience for students. You don’t need to spend hours searching the library for the best books to learn about specific topics anymore. For instance, some people learn better when they have a guided and structured course.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2011

"Frustration in the workplace is a silent killer," claim authors Mark Royal and Tom Agnew in their terrific new book, The Enemy of Engagement , coming out this month from Amacom. Note: Thank you to Amacom for sending me an advance copy of this book.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

All too frequently, the grantmaker alone is determining, leading, and benefiting from MEL processes with no input or collaboration from the people, organizations or community impacted. As the art critic John Berger said in his book Ways of Seeing , “We only see what we look at. Consider: Who defines objectives and “success”?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

After those initial steps, the challenge is to establish processes that let the organization close the books as close to month-end as possible. Break Down Culture Siloes for Effective Collaboration. However, connecting finance to the program and development teams enables highly effective collaboration.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Close the books by the 10th. Based on the size and structure of your organization, you will be required to files one of the following 990 returns: Reinforcing Your Mission with Financial Transparency: Annual 990 returns don’t have to be a stressful annual chore. Your finance office is driven by deadlines.

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M+R

JUNE 5, 2023

If radical anti-family forces have their way, this UN sponsored program is likely to become an all-out assault on our traditional family structure. As digital citizens break off into smaller and smaller communities — and have seen every type of marketing copy and tactic in the book — organizations and institutions need new inroads.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Having conducted extensive field research, Ranjay Gulati , author of the book, Deep Purpose , The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies , reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when attempting to implement a reason for being. “My Gulati : A key insight in my book is that purpose is not a tax on business.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 15, 2012

We blew up the old approaches to converting inaccessible books into accessible equivalents. When Bookshare was first created, most people with print disabilities read printed material via books on tape or hardcopy Braille books delivered through the mail. Our lower cost model allowed us to invert the power structure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. Douglas Rushkoff, author of Team Human , has been serializing chapters from his book on Medium. The Key to Successful A.I.?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Having conducted extensive field research, Ranjay Gulati , author of the new book, Deep Purpose , The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies , reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when attempting to implement a reason for being. “My Gulati : A key insight in my book is that purpose is not a tax on business.

Companies 52

Companies Culture Generation Question 52

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Strategies for effective and collaborative idea generation How can you ensure that your ideas not only get heard, but also gain traction within a brainstorming group? The author is Jack Elkins, Founder of Sidekick Innovations, whose mission is to help businesses collaborate to keep up with the world’s increasingly complex challenges.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2016

One of my organization's core values is radical collaboration. But radical collaboration with our community only works if we also collaborate internally as a team. We all collaborated to develop programs, strategies, and community partnerships. Sometimes, we fail because we are not collaborative enough.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Having conducted extensive field research, Ranjay Gulati , author of the book, Deep Purpose , The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies , reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when attempting to implement a reason for being. “My Gulati : A key insight in my book is that purpose is not a tax on business.

Companies 52

Companies Culture Generation Question 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Here’s the list: Function.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

What was most exciting for me was to finally meet three people in person after following their writing, blogs, and books for almost a decade. If you are not already familiar with their work, you will learn a lot about online collaboration, knowledge management, informal learning, and networks by following them.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 10, 2018

I had lots of creative formats for drawing people out, sharing stories, and working collaboratively. Priya Parker's wonderful book The Art of Gathering shares the core principles of how to drive. Whether you dream of better meetings or you're planning a community festival, I urge you to read this book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

NetSmart is Howard Rheingold’s latest book. It synthesizes his 30 years of experience if being a model digital citizen and what he has learned from asking other this simple question: How to use social media intelligently and mindfully? If you are going to purchase one book about using social media , this is the one to read.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

Two years ago, Hildy Gottlieb published her book, The Pollyanna Principles , and with it she helped bring together many people who were talking about and working on this same topic, even if they didn’t realize it. Learn more about the book. We’ve done step 1: admitted that we have a problem. Read the full post. ].

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. Collaboration: The Alpha paradigm is all about the individual, but “going it alone” simply does not work anymore. shared mission.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

After those initial steps, the challenge is to establish processes that let the organization close the books as close to month-end as possible. Break Down Culture Siloes for Effective Collaboration Major changes in technology and processes often call for major shifts in organizational culture as well.

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