Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

In addition, “Even though the book is written directly to the leader, going through the Survive, Reset, Thrive loop is a team activity, not an individual one,” adds Homkes. One of the hardest things about strategy, and the jobs it gives leaders, is that it’s never done,” a checkmark you can complete.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 14, 2023

The drain on human capital was immense and was compounded by the need to pull others away from their core jobs to help. Yes, there was support for change, but the most challenging part of this entire project would be the change management component. This needed to stop and in short order.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

A tech-savvy team is essential for nonprofit organizations that want to thrive in the digital age. Success in highly technical roles relies just as much on customer service and change management as on technical abilities. You could also review each job description and add essential and helpful skills.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 6, 2021

Just like any technology, realizing success on the Salesforce platform takes careful maintenance, dedication to change management, and intentional roadmap planning. These types of agents may support Salesforce as their full-time job or may have a variety of responsibilities, including, but not limited to, being a BA or SU.

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Forum One

AUGUST 10, 2021

Some common focus areas for investments in government digital transformation might include using and optimizing data and analytics collection, updating IT infrastructures, migrating data and files to a cloud storage, and facilitating change management. Organize for success. Why digital modernization for government matters.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Ultimately, we wanted to build a community of trust that CDOs can turn to for answers they can’t find anywhere else, on issues related to innovation, impact, fundraising trends, and change management. Sterrin does a great job organizing speakers and facilitating discussion.”

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For nonprofits working with limited resources and staff, the prospect of adapting a new practice or technology can seem extra intimidating—even if it promises to make everyone’s job easier in the long run. That’s where change management comes in. Change management: What is it?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Make information readily available to internal stakeholders so it’s easier for people to do their jobs. A crucial part of a leader’s daily role is to guide the path toward positive change: more efficiency, better information, and more accessible data. Clearly communicate to staff the objectives of the grant and why you applied for it.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Contributing factors include a strong job market, challenging political landscape, and the ongoing student debt crisis. Most have centralized undergraduate recruiting with team members from admissions, recruitment, and marketing coordinating communications, technology, and processes. may be reaching the graduate education community.

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Forum One

JULY 27, 2021

Find time to meet with your marketing and communications teams regularly to see how your approaches can help each other out. Digital tools and systems often touch different teams and departments and can require investments that need to be discussed at a higher level. Build stakeholder buy-in across your organization.

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sgEngage

MARCH 3, 2023

They’re supported round-the-clock by service teams ready to answer questions and ensure that your people get the information they need when they need it. Cloud-based systems are not only secure, but they’re frequently backed up. Will you be able to attract younger employees in 2022 with software dating back to 1992?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. More people working in or with grantmaking organizations now have some term related to knowledge work in their titles or job descriptions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

If being part of our epic 20th Dreamforce gathering isn’t enough to convince you to join us this September, maybe one of these six reasons to attend Dreamforce 2022 will do the job. We’ll be covering topics like change management, implementation and adoption readiness, end-of-year giving, building dashboards, ethical marketing, and more.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

If being part of our epic 20th Dreamforce gathering isn’t enough to convince you to join us this September, maybe one of these six reasons to attend Dreamforce 2022 will do the job. We’ll be covering topics like change management, implementation and adoption readiness, end-of-year giving, building dashboards, ethical marketing, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

This was really important – hearing colleagues talk about their posts being read by EPA officials or members of international negotiating teams made the point in a way no consultant could. Then the hands-on part started: • We broke into teams of 40 to 70 people, based on the type of work we do. And then the fun really started!

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NTEN

AUGUST 4, 2011

Here's a little more background from him on this topic: " I spent my days at [a for-profit company] working with managers on process improvement. My team would be brought in and asked 'How do we do this better?' We would then figure out a software solution and people process to streamline the work, cut down on resources, etc.

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NTEN

AUGUST 19, 2010

In other words, those field staff who were always breaking the rules and systems he put in place were doing so not because they were punks, but because they genuinely needed to find new ways to get their job done. All those zeroes and ones that your IT team deals with every day are immeasurably valuable to your organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Leaders often blame change managers or teams who do not control the source or circumstances which cause the “failure.” tools that they need to help their workers become more efficient at their jobs. The 4Change Team thinks that this topic is a really important. #4 Most organizations lack the enterprise 2.0

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

And in this last survey we took a step even futher and broke out our staffing question to ask respondents about different technology roles (we asked folks to tell us how many staff they had with "Data" in their title or formal job role, for example, and had separate questions for "Web," "Online/Digital," "IT," and "Other Tech."

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2011

Always Be Looking The most talented people aren't looking for a job. Talented people might not be looking for a job, but they are always looking for a good opportunity. Have a group of potential rocks stars ready to join your team. Think ahead for changes or growth in your organization.

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People Interview NTEN Job 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2009

As Charlene Li pointed out, " Change management processes take years - you don't change over night. So, weirdly, my whole job description is to work with other departments to develop and implement their social media stuff--but nobody knows my position exists unless they personally know me (which most people don't).

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Social Media Media Social Model 61

Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

When you’re moving to a new association management software (AMS) system, having the right project team in place makes all the difference. You need the team’s input and support as you select and configure the new solution, streamline business processes along the way, and roll out the new AMS to the entire organization.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2017

I was knee-deep in a capital expansion ( Abbott Square ) that would dramatically change our services, and I had less and less time for everyone. Our team deserved a new structure that sustained and empowered them. We shaped those buckets into jobs. As it turned out, everyone’s job changed. Everyone changed titles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

FOLKS is our network management motto and stands for the following: F ( form follows function): We want to build only the level of structure and formality that we need to do the job—no more and no less. Tags: change management working wikily. O ( open architecture is best): We try to build forms (i.e.,

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2013

I’ve got an amazing family, a good job, fun friends, and a decent golf game. And if you have more than one child and they team up—you might as well be in some sort of horror film. Yeah, you and your team will be starring in one if this is the case. It’s like change management mad libs. The other two months?

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

And so I am not new to the idea about what it means to lead when the tide has shifted, but what I really had to come to understand over the last several years was what it means to really lead and manage your time and manage your team when your reality continues to change and the only thing that feels constant is change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Chip Conley was the keynote speaker at last week’s Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp and one thing that he said that has been stuck in my head is: “ You can have a job, a career, or calling “ The latter, a calling, is when you can tap into an internal motivation that fuels and inspires you. It resonated.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

They demand an in-house tech team. They identify the right tools for the job are and balance the cost with potential benefits. This is also a commonly held view of programmers, web developers, IT professionals, database administrators, and other tech staff in an organization. Efficiency. Tech people are trained to automate processes.

Leadership 94

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

When nonprofits are ready to make the shift to Salesforce, having the right team in place and the right mindset for the launch makes all the difference. What kind of nonprofit teams need Salesforce? It aligns teams by giving them a single, shared view of their members, participants, volunteers and supporters.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 18, 2010

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Plan Monthly Job Learning Days Having your employees learn more about what their fellow employees do is invaluable. When everyone knows how each job/position on your team fits together, your team can accomplish so much more. Activities like these help your team to bond.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Nonprofits face unique challenges that commercial enterprises often don't face: you have no IT staff, no IT budget, uneven levels of technical skills in staff, high turnover and volunteer staff, distributed teams with only the internet connecting them, no long term IT planning or vision, and project based funding models.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

The point is that the changing demographics of the country are forcing nonprofits to address issues of diversity in their organization. In particular, you want more diversity on your teams that advocate, make, marke,t and sell stuff. But this is our job. It's become critical to their future success. How do you do it? Do nothing.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Monday, May 17, 2010 Build A Strong Team. Be An Effective Team Member. Its somewhat difficult to find a copy of Price Pritchetts 1992 handbook called, The Team Member Handbook For Teamwork, but if you do locate a copy, it provides you good, practical, useful information. Youll learn as a manager how to build a strong team.

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Forum One

JUNE 21, 2023

These include external channels like your website and social media presence, also internal communications, and data tools like email, Slack, Teams, and your CRM. Organizations can feel overwhelmed by the various systems and tools they’re using, which can be redundant or seem incomprehensible across different internal teams.

Digital 64

Digital Case Study Map Review 64

sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Nonprofit CEOs and Executive Directors are faced with changes in the landscape of their work so frequently that the ability to be agile and pivot quickly should be a standard job requirement. Why a Modern CFO and When Do You Need One If you were to close your eyes and picture a CFO or an accountant, what do you see?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills Todays high school and college team sport athletes are learning leadership skills that will serve them well when they enter the workforce. Be An Effective Team Member.

Skills 40

Skills Leadership Team Build 40

Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

But the truth is, the Salesforce team did an amazing job of making attendees feel safe. In addition to giving information on how Salesforce helps accelerate their mission, they spoke to the ‘how’ behind receiving internal and external stakeholder buy-in, as well as tips for change management. Education Cloud.

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