Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Through practical exercises, stories, illustrative case studies, chapter-by-chapter reflection questions and action items, you’ll learn how to harness the real and raw power of your mind to build solid workplace relationships for virtually any situation. Question: There is so much to learn from, Bridge The Gap.

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Relationship Collaboration Challenge Work 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

He lead us on a series of improvisation exercises designed to teach important skills for networked leaders: empathy, awareness, celebrating failure, being open to change and more. While she didn’t teach us improvisation exactly, she lead us through some group discussions on the question: What do we do when things go wrong?

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Teach Change Exercise Social 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

One technique is to incorporate movement – from mini-stretch breaks, to self-assessment exercises to switches in the delivery model. Then we had a discussion to pull highlight and discover different practices. I used this exercise right after lunch to avoid the after lunch energy drop and use the time for instruction.

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Training Train Audience Activities 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

As part of the face-to-face training, we spent a day introducing participants to the different platforms and because we had wifi at the training, integrated using it as part of the exercise report outs. We are also using a Facebook group for daily communication. There is also an self-assessment exercise. We did this on Day 1.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I always like to start with an icebreaker that allows participants to reflect and identify burning questions. Together, we co-facilitated this exercise in two languages and Maria did a great job at bi-lingual capture of the notes. This was part of an exercise to think through how a personal brand can support an organizational brand.

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Reflection Network Mexico South America 50

Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

Your board is already asking questions about whether you’ll hit the projected amount you’ll need to break ground. Kick-off - one event: The kick-off event is when you announce your goal and objectives to the wider community, issue press releases, and celebrate to drum up broad energy and enthusiasm. Always conduct a feasibility study.

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Campaign Phase Gift Studies 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Before you can carry out this exercise, you need to understand the vocabulary of networks. Here’s a simple process based on an exercise that Nancy White designed based on the NetMap Process. Share your map with other groups doing the exercise. Some reflection questions to generate insights. Share your map online.

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Network Map Exercise Nonprofit 124

Museum 2.0

APRIL 11, 2017

There were lots of big unresolved questions. So we did two exercises—with board and staff, separately—to develop our priorities. I suspect these exercises might be useful in any complicated project. But they were not the ones people talked about the most in the months leading up to this exercise.

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Technique Museum Exercise Structure 29

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

There are a wealth of theories, ideas, and methods covered, for example the “ SAVI ” model for designing exercises that help learners embrace learning in different styles. You will find answers to questions like, “Why are some learning tasks easier in the morning or afternoon?”

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Training Train Technology Instructional Design 114

VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 10, 2021

November 20, 2021 is Family Volunteer Day – a global day of service that celebrates the power of families who work together to support their communities and neighborhoods. Here are some questions to get you started on developing a philosophy: What is your organization’s mission? What does your team value about families and volunteers?

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Volunteer Children Hunger Mentoring 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

“Staff retreats” can mean all sorts of things: hours-long strategic planning sessions, reviewing annual reports and budgets, feedback sessions where staff are encouraged to ask questions of leadership but no one speaks up because everyone is in the same room. Rotate to a new table and discuss this question…”). The list goes on.

Design 90

Design Lesson Effective Life 90

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2008

Yesterday, I was telling a friend about what I perceive as the essential challenge to involving visitors in co-creation in museums: finding compelling questions that open people to the experience of sharing. Recent questions include: What's your law? 2007) And this year's question is: What have you changed your mind about?

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Question Exercise Law Lecture 20

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Exercise more. Lose weight. Stop smoking. Okay, so you're likely already working on selecting your New Year's resolution for your personal life. But, have you identified your New Year's resolution for your workplace life?

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Time Mentoring Exercise Policy 53

Achieve

JANUARY 3, 2018

Initially, one celebrity was accused of egregious sexual misconduct by a large number of women. The question was—would they be heard? Amy received her PhD in Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Why had their voices quieted? Unequivocally, the answer seems to be yes.

North Carolina 52

North Carolina Voice Policy University 52

Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2013

Do: Start with the Big Questions. Many times, we get caught up in very specific questions. Start with the big question – each time you answer a higher level question, other questions will continue to lead you down the path of the most valuable information. Don’t: Limit Yourself to Your Data.

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Data Analytics Exercise Model 39

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

One of the questions that threaded into each conversation or presentation was, “What is important for creating a wisdom-based culture?” Soren asked a terrific question about how technology and being connected helps or gets in the way of giving. I use pen and a note book to take notes! I call it slow social media.

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Brain Mind Offline South Africa 104

Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Food can offer great visuals and this can be a great community building exercise. Hold a Santa-Con celebration to get in the Christmas spirit, get pictures of people's paint-smeared faces at Holi, take advantage of when neighborhood kids show up to trick-or-treat at your door. Be prepared to field some teacher questions.

Ideas 78

Ideas Images Flickr Adopt 78

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to send in any chats or questions or comments along the way. We’ve got an awesome expert here that’ll answer as many questions as we can before the 2:00 hour. So these three, and Steven and I were just talking about and celebrating Mallory Erickson. You can also use Twitter.

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People Community Video Podcast 76

Candid

JULY 5, 2023

In this exercise, team norms are agreed upon and serve as operating principles that guide remote team members’ interactions. This exercise helped them clarify how they communicate and work together effectively, while respecting time zones. A check-in generator is an easy way to change up questions from meeting to meeting.

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Team Build Tips Exercise 105

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2010

This is my kind of question 'cause I *love* eating! It has affected how I exercise (or not), my weight, the shoes I wear, (and consequently, the clothes I wear), and in some ways, my sense of self. December 26- Soul Food What did you eat this year that you will never forget? What went into your mouth and touched your soul?

Photo 57

Photo Wikipedia Life Exercise 57

See3

MARCH 12, 2008

The Celebrity Solution This article is about celebrity involvement in philanthropy and specifically looks at Natalie Portman, someone who has become the spokesperson for the growing field of micro-lending. Stars — movie stars, rock stars, sports stars — exercise a ludicrous influence over the public consciousness. Well, who is?

Charity 40

Charity People Giving New York 40

Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

For the last time this summer, I'm sharing a chapter from my new book The Art of Relevance to celebrate its release. Come work in the fields, grow organic vegetables, do leadership exercises, and eat healthy food. He answers the question on every teen’s mind: “what do I get if I participate in this program?”

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Teen Arts Classroom Student 25

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

The session will begin with a brief presentation that describes my past three social media infused birthday celebrations. It also ties right into the lecture/presentation and class exercise of learning the technique of learning loops or real time tracking and reflection. What might they use from this exercise for their class project?

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Classes Celebrate Cambodia Exercise 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Last week I was lucky enough to facilitate a mini-innovation lab for 60 community foundation program officers at the first meeting of ProNet during the Council on Foundations conference in Cleveland, Ohio that celebrated 100 years of community philanthropy.

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Foundation Design Community Work 102

NonProfit Hub

APRIL 29, 2016

Dumb question, I know. Your answers to the following questions will frame the answers you come up with for the following questions. Few other questions are more important. In our questions revolving around the reader, we asked, “Why would they be likely to respond?” Now, we’re asking a different question.

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Exercise Question Donor Poll 28

Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2009

That discussion has traditionally focused on visitors' ability to distinguish real artifacts from props and the question of whether an experience with a reproduction is lesser than, equivalent to, or superior to engaging with "the real thing." The participatory element employs an accessible speculative question.

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Museum Alternative Portland Artist 22

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

But most importantly, we love for these sessions to be interactive, so feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. There’s a chat box and a questions box. If you use the questions box, it might be a little bit easier to call out your question, but we’d love to hear from you.

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Report Measure Impact Process 79

NetWits

JUNE 23, 2011

The Big Question. Social is an easy media form to become bedazzled with temporary successes, the latest shiny object, and the hippest influencer/celebrity involvement. It was a revealing exercise talking to the five orgs. Most important is the last topic, how to create success over a period of years for your nonprofit.

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Social Media Media Social Chapter 219

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 13, 2022

Reaching them creates a sense of accomplishment and allows you the opportunity to celebrate! Answer the ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’, and ‘why’ questions to make your goal specific. Imagine knowing what you want to achieve and figuring out how to get there…and then actually getting there! A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Goals boost motivation and ambition.

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Goal Fundraising Sponsor Grant 59

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

is celebrating its second birthday. blog in 2006 as a personal learning exercise about "the ways that museums do and can evolve from 1.0 blog in 2006 as a personal learning exercise about "the ways that museums do and can evolve from 1.0 This is a post to say thank you. Today, Museum 2.0 I started the Museum 2.0

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Museum Voice Minnesota Participatory 20

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In addition, each chapter in the book ends with a list of Action Exercises to help you implement Tracy's guidance.

Review 40

Review Chapter Interview Mentoring 40

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Introduce yourself if you haven’t, say hi, but ask questions, you know, leave comments. And if there are questions that you’re like, “Oh, this is a really good one,” feel free to just say, “Hey, Julie, we got a good question here.” I’m unable to address specific hand-raising questions.

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Community Video Slides Survey 77

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

But most importantly, we love for these sessions to be interactive, so use that chat box, use the question box, you can use either of those, we would love to hear from you. But you’re also welcome to just pop a question into the chat anytime. I want to make sure you get your questions answered along the way. ” .

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Video Goal Method Impact 91

Museum 2.0

MARCH 29, 2020

I made a little free brochure of my exercises , Self-Care for Now, and I'd love to hear if you have any you've enjoyed. Now, onto the question: (Blog research) what’s one thing about living in this phase of museum work you need to share? We should celebrate how amazing the folks in this field are way more often.

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Museum Phase Exercise Storytelling 47

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

In addition, each chapter in the book ends with a list of Action Exercises to help you implement Tracy''s guidance. I recommend the book for any manager who wants to learn how best to work with an employee to: build up his/her self-esteem build his/her self-image drive away his/her fears make him/her feel like a winner.

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Chapter Interview Mentoring Exercise 40

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Darren Rowse celebrated ProBlogger's two year anniversary by using his blog to raise $830 US ($100 AU) for Oxfam Australia with his Blogging for Chickens campaign. Library users can ask questions and make suggestions about library news, announcements and events in the comments of each post.

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Blogger Causes Support Nicaragua 41

CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

This gives you the opportunity to ask questions and engage with one another as they normally would have at the event. Afterward, have a live-stream to celebrate your participants and give them the ability to connect with each other and hear from someone at your organization. It’s a great way to have everyone engage with each other.

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Virtual Ideas Fundraising Classes 98