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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Designing Transformative Communications Capacity Building Programs for Nonprofits
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 10, 2013
In addition, I was lucky enough to be the online facilitator for a virtual leadership program for arts administrators co-hosted by the Cornell University School of Management where I learned and practiced a range of instructional techniques for teaching adults. Training Design'
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Paul Smith Teaches You How To Sell With A Story
Eric Jacobsen Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016
Because, Thursday, September 8 brings the official release of Paul Smith 's new book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. A great story builds credibility and properly positions you in the eye of the buyer." It causes buyers to put down their defenses. Storytelling is a skill.
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What Your Nonprofit Needs To Know About Machine Learning
Global Giving
APRIL 25, 2020
To do this, we use a process called machine learning that allows us to “teach” computers how to tackle these tasks. Most machine learning techniques revolve around simple arithmetic. Many AI models take a series of input data points and use them to predict aspects of new data points.
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How To Achieve Constant Learning By Breaking Free From Chronic Performance
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Among the many techniques Briceño teaches, the book also offers four tips for helping your team continuously advance their skills, even when it feels like there’s no time to problem solve: Why most managers often misuse praise—and what you should do instead to help your team improve. Confusion and conflict emerge.
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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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Leaders Must Put Character At The Center Of Everything They Do
Eric Jacobsen Blog
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
He adds that 2020 was the moment of truth for character, and building an upstanding company character is what will drive long-lasting success. Calderoni’s book teaches you how company character catalyzes loyalty, agility and hypergrowth. To build commitment, involve your employees early in this process.
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Show Me the Data!: Discovering Your Value Prop
sgEngage
OCTOBER 4, 2022
It isn’t your organization’s values, delivery model, or social impact. We can allow donors to teach us through their behaviors. Testing can take you from casting a wide net with unpredictable returns to building relationships with donors who will stick with you for the long haul. So, how do you define it? Watch the full webinar.
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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 1, 2014
Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master.
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How To Sell With A Story
Eric Jacobsen Blog
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. A great story builds credibility and properly positions you in the eye of the buyer." If you have not read it, please do. Storytelling is a skill.
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Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 8, 2019
I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. Even if you have a short amount of time to teach (and set up), you can make your trainings (and meetings) interactive.
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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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Sell With A Story
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2020
Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. A great story builds credibility and properly positions you in the eye of the buyer." If you have not read it, please do. Storytelling is a skill.
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Former Verizon Wireless CEO Teaches Leadership Lessons In New Book
Eric Jacobsen Blog
MAY 13, 2011
When pride builds, so does confidence. Strigl offers a revealing insight into how he led the company in his new book, Managers, can you hear me now? -- co-authored by Frank Swiatek. With confidence comes the desire to do even better. Trust and loyalty then grows. Good managers, therefore, drive results.
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Digital Analytics Basics: Free Online Academy from Google
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 2, 2013
Guidance on how to build an effective measurement plan. Descriptions of key digital measurement concepts, terminology and analysis techniques. It sounds like they have adapted the Khan Academy model. The syllabus includes: An overview of today’s digital measurement landscape. Best practices for collecting actionable data.
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Cause Camp Spring 2021 Recap – It’s Time To Think Bigger
NonProfit Hub
MAY 17, 2021
Whether it was Tammy Charles pushing us to build powerful corporate partnerships or Bill McKendry providing a detailed list of ways our organizations could make a leap forward, we all left feeling inspired to crush our goals in 2021. Tammy threw the traditional partnership model out like it was day-old takeout. Yeah…us, too.
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E-Mediat Day 4: What does it mean to be a social media trainer?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 3, 2011
Beirut Diary: I’m in Beirut for the week as part of The E-Mediat project , a capacity building project that leverages a networked approach. I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. Photo by SMEXbeirut.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 2, 2011
Beirut Diary: I’m in Beirut for the week as part of The E-Mediat project , a capacity building project that leverages a networked approach. I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. Mary did a fabulous job!
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It’s Not What You Know, It’s How You Learn
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 27, 2014
I was lucky enough to have a number of exchanges with them about self-directed and peer learning models in the nonprofit sector as part of their research process and are referenced in the report. The point is that we learn best by teaching what we have learned and interacting with others to share ideas and work through problems.
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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 5, 2012
On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.
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Making Museum Tours Participatory: A Model from the Wing Luke Asian Museum
Museum 2.0
JUNE 24, 2010
The new building was designed to meet neighborhood needs--not just in the content covered, but in the inclusion of spaces made for particular kinds of activities sought by locals (i.e. It was the tour of the historic part of the building. I'm always a bit nervous when I visit a museum I love from afar. What if it isn't what I expected?
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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. Teach something new to your team 24. Be a good role model 46. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Don't micromanage 2. Don't be a bottleneck 3. Focus on outcomes, not minutiae 4. Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times 6. Be decisive 20.
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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 To Sell With A Story
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JANUARY 1, 2018
2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. A great story builds credibility and properly positions you in the eye of the buyer." I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story.
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48 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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70 Ways To Be A Better Leader
Eric Jacobsen Blog
AUGUST 6, 2018
Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes 5. Teach something new to your team 24. Be a good role model 46. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Don't micromanage 2. Don't be a bottleneck 3. Focus on outcomes, not minutiae 4. Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times 6. Be decisive 20.
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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.
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The Networked NGO in Pakistan
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 27, 2012
It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. 4. Design To Build A Community of Practice. Program Design.
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111 Using Design Thinking for A Foundation’s Investment Strategy
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. The process for the one and half day lab used techniques that fall into these categories: Looking and Observing: Unpacking the Context for 21 st Century Advocacy.
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50 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. Teach something new to your team 24. Be a good role model 46. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Don''t micromanage 2. Don''t be a bottleneck 3. Focus on outcomes, not minutiae 4. Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times 6. Be decisive 20.
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Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes 5. Teach something new to your team 24. Be a good role model 46. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Don't micromanage 2. Don't be a bottleneck 3. Focus on outcomes, not minutiae 4. Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times 6. Be decisive 20.
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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. Teach something new to your team 24. Be a good role model 46. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Don't micromanage 2. Don't be a bottleneck 3. Focus on outcomes, not minutiae 4. Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times 6. Be decisive 20.
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70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders
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 ?
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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. Teach something new to your team 24. Be a good role model 46. Tailor your motivation techniques 61. Don''t micromanage 2. Don''t be a bottleneck 3. Focus on outcomes, not minutiae 4. Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times 6. Be decisive 20.
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