.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

When Kevin Ordonez, my business partner, and I wrote our Association 4.0 books , a home office was still a glimmer in every busy parent’s eyes. Despite the novelty, we were interviewing some of the most forward-thinking leaders in our community. Businesses and even a few associations are moving away from bricks and mortar.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

To put our ideas into real-world context, we interviewed leaders who are using this approach to grow their organizations. Those talks with association CEOs and executives who head businesses that service the association industry formed the basis for two books. With a growing business, things change, but they don’t get easier.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

Lego is another company that has consistently expanded its business model. Disruption promises to be a permanent feature of the business landscape. Include EI qualifications in job descriptions and stress the importance of those skills during interviews. Ask questions that invite self-evaluation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Awhile back, the Harvard Business Review published some great questions that Gilt Groupe CEO Kevin Ryan asks when he is checking references. His main seven honest-feedback-extracting-questions (and follow-ups) are : Would you hire this person again? Checking References Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Interviewing'

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

There’s a change going on in business. To keep pace with the speed of business, teams need to reinvent themselves along with innovation and technology. When.orgSource engages with a client, we frequently interview the staff. These are questions to ask: Is everyone a competent user of the available software platforms?

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Forj

MAY 18, 2021

Video interviewing platforms frequently field questions around the benefits of implementing video interviews when you are already using a video chat or video conferencing tool. Video Conference vs. Video Interview. Their widespread personal use makes them unattractive for video interviewing. Live Video Interview.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 28, 2010

More recently Godin spoke with the Chronicle of Philanthropy about Innovation, Failure and Why Non-profits should stop operating like businesses. I though you’d enjoy the interview. My Question to You. How can we continue to push the limits of the internet, social media, online fundraising, email communication, etc?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

Anish Batlaw Ram Charan Batlaw and Charan share these insights with us: Question: How do you identify, recruit, and support high-performing executive talent? Candidates are interviewed by a panel and referenced extensively. Question: What are the most important things to look for in a candidate when selecting a CEO?

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

Several years ago, my business partner Kevin Ordonez and I, wrote two books. Our research included interviewing thought leaders, organizing think tanks, and surveying professionals. When we began that project in 2017, we knew business was changing quickly. Association 4.0 Association 4.0 ” That is profound wisdom.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

In spite of having a busy launch day, I got ahold of him to ask a few questions. Check out the short interview with Rob below and a preview of some of the functionality launched today! Interview: Rob Wu, CauseVox Founder. What inspired you to start CauseVox ?

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In a Harvard Business Review Article , authors Robert S. Now that every business needs to reinvent regularly, associations are becoming more comfortable with the kind of risk/reward trade-offs that characterize start-up organizations. A formal business meeting isn’t a venue that is conducive to debate. Sig is right.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

For example, the answer to the question “Tell me about a project that you’re proud of” usually gets more weight in a job interview than the response to “Describe what you like best and least about your most recent position.” We tend to focus more on what employees do than on how or why they do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I recently interviewed Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink, Head of Product Impact, who designed the challenged to learn more. I’ve been leading this work at Google.org for five years and was previously at The Bridgespan Group where I helped nonprofits and foundations address strategic questions. aichallenge.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Create a personalized chatbot to interact with members, answer questions, and offer customized recommendations. Review your strategic plan, business goals, and data to identify where automation could make an impact. Onboarding a bot will probably be a cross-functional project requiring input from multiple business units.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2022

Quantify their answers — along with qualitative interviews and industry research — to inform your messaging to the public. Below is a sampling of important questions to ask. Below is a sampling of important questions to ask. For more questions, please download the complete Identity Questionnaire.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Kandi Wiens Today, Wiens shares these insights with us: Question: Why did you decide to write the book? I wanted to understand one big question – why do some people get burned out and others do not? Question: Of the five EI-based skills, which one is typically the most challenging to master and why? Try meditation.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Analysts often preach that the goal of a business should be to set itself apart from the competition, perhaps through a better product or service or even simply by lower-cost, higher-quality tangibles. All good questions to be sure. When you approach a local business, let them know their efforts don’t need to be fiscal.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2014

To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan , shares in his book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews : Why did you decide to leave us?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

I’m thrilled to have the chance to share an interview with her here and encourage you to add your questions in the comments! This interview is part of her virtual book tour; check out the full calendar of events. Tags: interview marketing best practice fundraising storytelling.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This includes asking questions such as: “To what extent have we met your needs?” Follow-up questions might ask about specific aspects of the service or clients’ interactions with the nonprofit. Ask clients and staff to review proposed survey questions to make sure they’ll make sense to other clients.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

In the book, Jacobs defines the mindset that drives his remarkable success in corporate America – and distills a lifetime of business brilliance into a tactical road map. Toward the end of the book is Appendix C, which lists 45 core questions to help you assess job applicants. Building an outrageously talented team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 4, 2023

Author Melissa Greenwell interviewed many top business executives while doing research for her book, Money on the Table. When she asked them to list characteristics of their best leaders, those who work well as a team, collaborative was almost always first and foremost.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

This week I attended a session with David La Piana , author and long-time nonprofit consultant, hosted by the Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program. David gave a talk about his new book, The Nonprofit Business Plan , and mini-workshop about what makes a good business plan from a funder’s point of view.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2022

Among the especially helpful sections in the book is the one on how to effectively interview via Zoom and similar video conferencing platforms, and also the section on creating a 90-day plan to ensure success in your new job. His playbook, guide and techniques incorporate real life examples, research, and a little tough love.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Author Melissa Greenwell interviewed many top business executives while doing research for her book, Money on the Table. When she asked them to list characteristics of their best leaders, those who work well as a team, collaborative was almost always first and foremost.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2014

that produced dozens of stories about what local small businesses on Main Street’s across America do that can inspire big businesses on Wall Street – or Madison Avenue megabrands, or enterprise of any size -- in today’s economy. What surprises about small business did you learn during your road trips?

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

CA: While I was busy conducting academic research and taking university classes to secure a master’s degree, I decided “real life” work experience in my area of interest would be helpful. You will be answering many questions in your grant proposals. Q: Will it help to become a volunteer? You will need to be flexible and patient.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Leaders first need to recognize that the reality of life, including in business, is that everyone brings the whole of who they are with them wherever they go, including both their strengths as well as self-limiting beliefs. Soren Kaplan Kaplan shares these insights with us: Question: Please further explain Experiential Intelligence?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2024

During our webinar with Blackbaud Product Manager Brenda Noiseux , she shared the feedback she heard when interviewing grant writers as part of our update to the Blackbaud Grantmaking application portal. Are any of the questions duplicative? And it also helps your grants managers from having to answer the same question over and over.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The book is divided into three sections: The first section includes: A focus on how and why women tend to build strong companies, staring with the structural challenges they must overcome to raise venture capital and scale their businesses. An Impetus for women to structure their businesses in a more purpose-drive way.

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Nucleus

AUGUST 17, 2021

Some questions to consider before conducting a survey include: Why are we conducting a survey? What question are we trying to answer? Once you know your survey’s raison d’etre , you can move forward in designing a survey instrument (also known as “the questions”). These types of questions tend to be ranking questions (e.g.,

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

Businesses gave away products for donations, attendees held competitive fundraisers, and hundreds of others used other creative means to make fundraising personal. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the fundraising effort, whether you participated or not – questions, feedback, and ideas.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2013

I’m so excited to kick off my “Interview with a CRM Expert Series” and particularly pumped that we get to start with one of my favorite topics: BI, a.k.a. Business Intelligence. Our readers are interested in knowing more about Business Intelligence. It’s an interesting question. Tiffany: Last question, Jay.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Anish Batlaw Ram Charan Batlaw and Charan share these insights with us: Question: How do you identify, recruit, and support high-performing executive talent? Candidates are interviewed by a panel and referenced extensively. Question: What are the most important things to look for in a candidate when selecting a CEO?

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Case Study Leadership Review Interview 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The book is divided into three sections: The first section includes: A focus on how and why women tend to build strong companies, staring with the structural challenges they must overcome to raise venture capital and scale their businesses. An Impetus for women to structure their businesses in a more purpose-drive way.

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Learning Leadership Benchmark Story 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 7, 2014

Awhile back, the Harvard Business Review published some great questions that Gilt Groupe CEO Kevin Ryan asks when he is checking references. His main seven honest-feedback-extracting-questions (and follow-ups) are: Would you hire this person again? Hiring Hiring Leaders How To Hire Interviewing References' He holds a B.A.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

Author Melissa Greenwell interviewed many top business executives while doing research for her book, Money on the Table. When she asked them to list characteristics of their best leaders, those who work well as a team, collaborative was almost always first and foremost.

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