Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 7, 2024

“The most successful companies are those that adopt an Experience Mindset that strengthens both employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CX) at the same time,” explains Tiffani Bova , author of the new book, The Experience Mindset: Changing the Way You Think About Growth. A workforce more open to change, including technological.

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Teach Instruction Instructional Experiment 57

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 14, 2022

See giving as a family tradition and seek to teach their children generosity. The best way to find out is to ask them directly: Schedule regular check-ins with board members and personal conversations with donors, especially new ones! Sample identities could be “community leader” or “survivor” or “change maker.”.

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Donor Giving Method Nonprofit 280

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Juni Felix, a member of the Stanford Behavior Design Lab teaching team and an expert in behavior change shares how to create effective systems using the science of behavior design to elevate your donor engagement game. Remember that each conversation is a stepping stone to greater success. Behavior design strategies can help.

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Podcast Fundraising Storytelling Culture 98

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

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 times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

“The most successful companies are those that adopt an Experience Mindset that strengthens both employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CS) at the same time,” explains Tiffani Bova , author of the new book, The Experience Mindset: Changing the Way You Think About Growth. A workforce more open to change, including technological.

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Experiment Teach Instruction Instructional 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

This is something that our DEI Open Source Commons team is working to change. You can mentor or teach a class with Tech Forward. Assume Good Intent — and Have the Tough Conversations. Imagine that a good friend wants to have a conversation with you about some perspectives and opinions you may have.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 4, 2023

When you start with a pain point, you have a different conversation. A more meaningful conversation. Nine out of ten times a senior leader can quickly engage in a full conversation with these simple prompts. A hired vendor can very easily change your accounting software from QuickBooks to Intacct.

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Consultant Culture Nonprofit Issue 93

Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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. The use of AI in the nonprofit workplace will create deep and profound changes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Fortunately, Wiggins’s new book, The New CEO , fills that educational gap by teaching you the 10 components that make for a successful CEO transition – whether you are a newly announced or newly appointed CEO. The state of change is so radical that many of your information networks and skills are temporarily blunted. Wiggins : A Hero.

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Lesson Culture Challenge Attention 65

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 9, 2023

WTF?) -- Changing The Way Businesses Create Experiences. It covers basic management, managing staff changes, managing projects, strategic thinking, hiring, delegating, and communication.and lots more. Plus, there are five other lessons McBean teaches in the book. Most important, they put the listener in a mental learning mode.

Business 52

Business Captivate Leadership Brain 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

I believe that our children’s generation is key to creating lasting change in equality, justice, climate change, and human rights. It’s the gift of having my children teach me that everyday actions can make a world of difference. Children are teaching their parents that everyday actions can make a world of difference.

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Children Global Group Action 136

Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2017

The typical percent distribution of program costs to overhead costs paints a false picture for donors to view a charity’s work—and can force some organizations to manage to the metric (much like teaching to the test). It’s not a good way to live or to work. I challenge the industry to adopt a new metric.

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Issue Conversation Change Metrics 39

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

But those of us who have seen the color of our hair change during the course of our careers in asking for gifts know there are no guarantees. Our profession and the world in which we carry it out is constantly changing. As much as we hold them dear, principles, strategies, and best practices change over time.

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Fundraising Attitude Arts Causes 108

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

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 times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

Mentoring 98

Mentoring Policy Technique News 98

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

They have the courage to have conversations often considered taboo or too difficult.” Leaders who do not have an exquisite understanding of an relationship with themselves can never hope to have conversations that unlock creativity, purpose, and results with their teams.” How do you address these signs?

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Gift Culture Companies Conversation 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Last winter, after Harry and I had a conversation about global warming (and quite a conversation it was for a then eight-year old), and we collaborated on a series of green videos. What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in.

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Children Teach Philanthropy Hunger 86

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2021

WTF?) -- Changing The Way Businesses Create Experiences. It covers basic management, managing staff changes, managing projects, strategic thinking, hiring, delegating, and communication -- and lot's more. Plus, there's five other lessons McBean teaches in the book. Most important, they put the listener in a mental learning mode.

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Leadership Business Captivate Demographics 52

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The good news is that the myth that you can’t make systemic change quickly is just that, a myth. You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills – change their behaviors through games. That’s teaching. Fundamentally that’s what teaching should be.

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Game Education Change Classroom 132

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2020

WTF?) -- Changing The Way Businesses Create Experiences. It covers basic management, managing staff changes, managing projects, strategic thinking, hiring, delegating, and communication.and lots more. Plus, there are five other lessons McBean teaches in the book. Most important, they put the listener in a mental learning mode.

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Captivate Leadership Brain Demographics 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

They have the courage to have conversations often considered taboo or too difficult.” Leaders who do not have an exquisite understanding of an relationship with themselves can never hope to have conversations that unlock creativity, purpose, and results with their teams.” How do you address these signs?

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Gift Culture Companies Conversation 81

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Conversely, the mission statement encompasses your shorter target goal and can be changed once that goal is met. Teach for America’s vision statement is that one day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education. . vision statements. Vision & Mission Statement Generator.

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United States Conservancy Children Nonprofit 98

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

They have the courage to have conversations often considered taboo or too difficult.” Leaders who do not have an exquisite understanding of an relationship with themselves can never hope to have conversations that unlock creativity, purpose, and results with their teams.” How do you address these signs?

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Companies Gift Culture Conversation 70

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

WTF?) -- Changing The Way Businesses Create Experiences. It covers basic management, managing staff changes, managing projects, strategic thinking, hiring, delegating, and communication -- and lot's more. Plus, there's five other lessons McBean teaches in the book. Most important, they put the listener in a mental learning mode.

Leadership 52

Leadership Captivate Demographics Authoring 52

sgEngage

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In this conversation , they emphasized how organizations are most effective when they aren’t trying to be all things to all people. We can allow donors to teach us through their behaviors. Anger – Nothing motivates giving like the desire for change. But we must set up a system to listen.” Do enough people want it?

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Data Test Blackbaud Donor 69

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 16, 2023

They have the courage to have conversations often considered taboo or too difficult.” Leaders who do not have an exquisite understanding of an relationship with themselves can never hope to have conversations that unlock creativity, purpose, and results with their teams.” How do you address these signs?

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Gift Culture Companies Conversation 52

sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

This year, we are co-locating Blackbaud’s K–12 User Conference so education professionals can learn from thousands of other change-makers at the premier technology conference focused on social impact. bbcon is back in-person October 22–24 in Denver, Colorado! Case Study: Let’s Talk Tuition Management!

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Professional Blackbaud Denver Student 71

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: 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 times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Effective Mentoring Policy Technique 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

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 times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Mentoring Policy Technique News 52

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In her conversation with Blackbaud Institute Managing Director Ashley Thompson, Rachel shared insights into how your organization can assess your marketing effectiveness and goals that you can set to reach marketing maturity. Your focus now should be on teaching others how to achieve this milestone! The Stages of Marketing Maturity.

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Marketing Blackbaud Analytics Trend 82

EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Tectonica Ned Howey, founder The constant flux between crisis and calm that nonprofits in the advocacy space experience is not only expected, but also presents an opportunity to achieve the change stated in their missions. Successful people-based change is fundamentally rooted in longer-term movements rather than isolated moments of action.

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Advocacy Local Poll Audience 143

NonProfit Hub

JULY 30, 2020

We’re going to have to teach ourselves and our teams how to stay productive and motivated , even when we can’t be there face-to-face. . When you’re communicating with a group of people over zoom or on the phone, you can get your message across, but it feels less personal than a normal conversation. Changed for the better.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

But, it’s time to face the music for the opportunity to share what, in short, as cliche as it sounds, has changed the trajectory of my career, and life. I’m eager for the day I’ll be ready to carry weight and help create change with this team!” What I Learned from the RiseUp Fellowship.

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Experiment Time Life Environment 59

The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Here is a process to help you do so: Define what the learner needs to change. Or, do they need to change their mindset, such as revising their habits and lifestyle to work from home successfully? Decide how that change happens. Consider which learning activities would lead to the desired change.

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Effective Learning Strategy Course 162

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: 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 times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

Effective 52

Effective Mentoring Policy Technique 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

They have the courage to have conversations often considered taboo or too difficult.” Leaders who do not have an exquisite understanding of an relationship with themselves can never hope to have conversations that unlock creativity, purpose, and results with their teams.” How do you address these signs?

Companies 52

Companies Gift Culture Conversation 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

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 times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Time Mentoring Policy Technique 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

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 times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Time Mentoring Policy Technique 52