Your 2024 New Year's Resolution Check-In
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MARCH 5, 2024
If you need another resolution to tackle this year or haven't yet selected one, now is a good time to review this list below.
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How Nonprofits Can Use Clubhouse to Build Community & Deepen Engagement
Saleforce Nonprofit
APRIL 21, 2021
The only thing that could make it better in many cases would be the ability to interact. This is where it gets interesting; not only do these rooms encourage much more in-depth conversations than other platforms, but they also allow guests to ask questions or request to speak. Enter: Clubhouse. .
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Volunteer Week: Orientation for Your Leadership
Greater Giving
APRIL 23, 2024
Engaging with Volunteers during Events Guide board members and committee members on how to interact with volunteers during events to ensure a positive experience. Make it a Collaborative Learning Experience Instead of a traditional lecture, consider an interactive workshop format.
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Want To Be a Leader? Get to Know Yourself
.orgSource
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Personal growth—Acknowledging what brings out the best in you as well as what triggers less desirable behavior builds confidence and makes for more positive interactions. Career coaches and mentors are great. Ask open-ended questions that invite feedback and follow-up. Observe behavior. Create space for conversation.
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How to Enhance Your Nonprofit’s Written Content with Artificial Intelligence
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 23, 2023
It is trained on a massive dataset of text and code, and it can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. It can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way.
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Beyond efficiency: A human-first AI adoption strategy
Candid
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Increasing staff interactions with AI tools could reduce human interactions internally. If staff interact more with AI tools than with one another to complete tasks, it reduces the well-documented benefits of informal conversations of building an effective workplace culture, onboarding new staff, and improving staff retention.
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Use Engagement Scores to Point Your Members in the Right Direction
Association Analytics
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Because engagement is critical to retaining members, many associations are using a member engagement score to track and build loyalty. A number or “score” is assigned to a member based on how they interact with your association, e.g., attend meetings, take classes, participate in your community, volunteer, read your content.
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How to Start Your Data Analytics Journey
Association Analytics
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
The team at Association Analytics often hears questions like, What exactly is data analytics? To help answer these questions, we’ve laid out some helpful tips on how to get started and where to go from there. What questions are you trying to answer with analytics? Why is it important? First: Reporting vs. Analytics.
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Break Out of Your Comfort Zone…and into Breakout Rooms!
AccelEvents
JULY 22, 2021
When analyzing the full scope and value of attendee engagement, we at Accelevents try to think in terms of both large and small-scale interactions. Getting to know everyone: The best kind of personal connection is specialized, and writing a list of questions for each breakout room will help foster that conversation!
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Onboarding New Fundraising Ambassadors: 3 Strategies for Nonprofits
Media Cause
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Create a mentor program. . Get to know your ambassadors: Use the onboarding event to get to know your ambassadors and build relationships. Create a mentor program. . With a mentor program, you can help your ambassadors get up and running as soon as possible. When launching your mentor program, be sure to: .
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Seven tips to survey staff at your association and improve employee engagement
Nimble AMS
JULY 19, 2022
Here are seven tips to get feedback from your employees by conducting a staff survey: What questions to ask when designing a survey for staff . Ask the right questions. When designing your staff survey, you’ll want to ensure you ask quality questions. As a rule, make your questions direct and without an implied answer.
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Time To Check In On Your 2021 New Year's Resolutions
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JUNE 10, 2021
Congratulations if you selected some of these earlier and are making progress on them. Feel free to select some additional ones now to complete throughout the rest of the year.
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Time To Check In On Your New Year's Resolutions
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MARCH 15, 2021
Congratulations if you selected some of these earlier and are making progress on them. Feel free to select some additional ones now to complete throughout the rest of the year.
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Ways that Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Can Build Virtuoso Listening Skills
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
The specific practice skills include these three: Ask empowering questions. Pay close attention to interactions with other people. Ask Good Questions. In this HBR article about asking empowering questions, the benefits are clear: An empowering question does more than convey respect for the person to whom it’s posed.
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New Year's Resolutions For Leaders And Managers
Eric Jacobsen Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2021.
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10 Elements That Contribute To Fundraising Success
Bloomerang
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Successful fundraisers have an intuitive desire to mentor and empower others to succeed. The returns are several-fold, including attracting others to support their cause and building a network of emerging leaders who can play increasingly significant roles in the future.
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E-Mediat: Networked Capacity Building in the Middle East
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 18, 2011
Last week, I participated in three very intense days of project, curriculum, and online community planning for a new project, E-Mediat , a multi-stakeholder capacity building project for NGOS and Social Media in the Middle East. Build the capacity of these NGOs and CSOs to use new media effectively through mentoring and coaching.
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Announcing… Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits!
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MAY 3, 2011
From building your e-newsletter list to finding your “Twitter voice&# to launching a mobile website and texting campaign on a small budget, this guide presents a step-by-step strategic plan for launching and maintaining successful social media and mobile marketing campaigns. nonprofit communications and fundraising. Testimonials.
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70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders For 2015
Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 29, 2014
Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and December 31, think about which couple you want to work on in 2015. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management New Year''s Resolutions'
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70 Ways To Be A Better Leader
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MAY 12, 2019
Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes 5. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Ask questions to clarify 64. Don't micromanage 2.
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10 Must-Have Skills for Nonprofit New Media Managers
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 14, 2014
Young volunteers and interns who are lacking in the longer view of mobile and social media can quickly advance provided they are mentored by experienced communications or development staff, or given access to quality training. Community Building. Community building is now more strategic and based upon proven best practices.
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Smarter Nonprofit Networking: Building A Professional Network That Works for You
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 29, 2015
When you intentionally build your professional network in the right way, you create a circle of individuals who are all rooting for your success and happy to help you. People who are influential and who provide mentoring, sense-making, political support, and resources. How energizing are those interactions? Organization.
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How Are You Doing With Your Leadership New Year's Resolutions?
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JUNE 16, 2019
And, if you need a few more to tackle during the rest of this year, find some that you know achieving will make you a better leader.
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How Are You Doing With Your 2018 New Year's Resolutions?
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JUNE 24, 2018
And, if you are still seeking resolutions for this year, perhaps write down (and start working on) five to ten from the following list of ideal resolutions for leaders: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all (..)
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Eric Jacobsen Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2013
To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year''s resolutions for leaders ? Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management New Year''s Resolutions'
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70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders
Eric Jacobsen Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2014
To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year''s resolutions for leaders ? From: Eric Jacobson. 2015 Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership New Year''s Resolutions'
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70 Ways To Be A Better Leader
Eric Jacobsen Blog
AUGUST 6, 2018
Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes 5. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Ask questions to clarify 64. Don't micromanage 2.
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Are you a giver, taker, or matcher?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 19, 2013
The main thesis in the book is that in a networked world success depends on how we interact with others. You probably spend many of your waking hours helping others, connecting people who can benefit from knowing each other, and offering mentoring and advice.
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Now Available for Pre-Order! Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 13, 2011
From building your e-newsletter list to finding your “Twitter voice&# to launching a mobile website and texting campaign on a small budget, this guide presents a step-by-step strategic plan for launching and maintaining successful social media and mobile marketing campaigns. nonprofit communications and fundraising. e-Newsletter.
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5 Volunteer Recruitment Tips for Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers
Qgiv
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
You can determine who your most engaged followers are by tracking who is actively interacting with you on social media. You want your advocates to feel confident and encouraged, so be sure to answer any questions they have throughout the training process. This also helps build community within your volunteer program.
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52 70 Tips For How To Be A Better Leader
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JUNE 27, 2013
Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes 5. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Ask questions to clarify 64. Don''t micromanage 2.
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70 Ways To Be A Better Leader
Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes 5. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Ask questions to clarify 64. Don't micromanage 2.
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How To Be A Better Leader
Eric Jacobsen Blog
APRIL 29, 2017
Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes 5. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Ask questions to clarify 64. Don't micromanage 2.
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How To Be A Better Leader: 70 Tips
Eric Jacobsen Blog
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes 5. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Ask questions to clarify 64. Don''t micromanage 2.
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