.orgSource

JULY 29, 2023

In prison, Martha continued doing what she does best–cooking, cleaning, and showing others how to make fun things. If you sense a problem brewing, you may already be knee-deep in a hot mess. While naming the problem may be extremely unpleasant, clarity is the beginning of a solution. Are staffing changes needed?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

That approach is: Monday: Identify the real problem holding you back – Far too often, companies don’t tackle the root issues but instead focus on surface problems that mask what’s really going on. The solution is to ask tough questions, build a team of problems solvers, and surface major roadblocks to progress.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

If I asked you to describe the work styles of the colleagues on your team, could you tell me how each one prefers to solve problems? The inventory is also a fun and effective way to ease into conversations about communication, behavior, trust, and other interpersonal issues that are important to keeping culture on track.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2024

These groups attract community leaders looking to drive positive change. 5 ways to make it fun and rewarding Give your board a hands-on experience of your work. Make time for networking, fun, games, play, and strategic conversations. Start meetings with a fun icebreaker. Young Nonprofit Professionals groups.

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Nashville Fun Celebrate Leadership 81

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2019

Leveraging the power of social fundraising doesn’t mean you have to stop posting on social media or change your strategy altogether. Use gamification and incentives make social fundraising fun. Here are a few ways you can boost your campaigns with a little fun… Peer-to-peer fundraising. Promotions. Challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

This makes it easier to focus on the content while handling additional questions, troubleshooting and technical problems. It’s a quick way to hide your background but also to have fun with your colleagues when picking a background. Reminder: when you are not using it anymore, make sure you change the settings.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 10, 2011

The eighth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Mary Mulliken. Mary Mulliken, Intentional Motherhood: How I Have Fun, Do Good While I was pregnant, I heard one of my favorite writers, Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy say, "we treat our planet like a supply closet and a garbage dump."

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

But if you’re surviving on little fundraisers, you’ve got a bigger problem. There are many KINDS of events, but they fall into two basic categories: The Community/Fun Event and the Heartstrings Event. A Community/Fun Event can help you build community relationships. People leave Community/Fun Events feeling good.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

These quotes truly inspire me and hopefully they will inspire you as well : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael (..)

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 29, 2023

It’s a holiday that means summertime fun to many: watermelon, cookouts, and fireworks. When we raise money to change lives, we are helping to release folks from something onerous. When you become donor-centered and you care FIRST about the donor, THEN about their money, everything will change and fundraising gets easier.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

The challenge is part of the fun, right? When we began that project in 2017, we knew business was changing quickly. Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity. “Stuff” is coming your way. I don’t know exactly what your “Stuff” will be, but I promise surprises are part of the package.

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TechImpact

JUNE 2, 2014

The number one problem a lot of nonprofits face is their inability to get noticed. Highlight the problem your nonprofit is looking to correct, and exactly what you’re doing to correct it. Show your fun side. Generate some interest in your nonprofit by creating a light hearted or fun video. Thank your donors.

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Video Nonprofit Demographics Tech 220

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 20, 2022

While others escalate problems, Impact Players move things across the finish line. While others attempt to minimize change, Impact Players are learning and adapting to change. Being willing to change and taking smart risks. Bringing good energy, having fun, and making others laugh. Asking for feedback.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Every change, every burst of creativity, begins with the identification of a problem or opportunity that somebody finds meaningful. This is the problem we’ve agreed to focus on today. And some of the really fun tools take some practice. Or even fun! It can be effective if you have a manager resistant to change.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Sometimes when people are looking for new fundraising ideas for nonprofits, they’re looking for a quick solution to solve their funding problems. If lack of funds is an ongoing and major problem for your nonprofit, it’s possible that you’re trying to fix a broken leg with a band-aid. Things change. That’s not a problem.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 27, 2021

Very often, employers reject autistic candidates because of presumed interpersonal problems — the candidate might have been staring at the floor instead of giving eye contact or didn’t seem to have a sense of humour, and the interviewer might feel that they wouldn’t be good at dealing with customers. 2) Mitigate Common Workplace Barriers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Understand staff concerns about AI changing their jobs Jon Townsend, National Trust says that leaders should understand people’s anxiety about AI in the workplace as the very first step. There’s also discomfort over the rapid pace of change and perceived steep learning curve while being overwhelmed with current workloads.

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

Check out our specially curated reading list of 16 free nonprofit books perfect for any summertime occasion: If you’re short on time… Is your calendar booked solid with fun plans between Memorial Day and Labor Day? Find out how to tap into your unique skills to create social change and make a positive impact in today’s world.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Plot/Desire: In any good story, there’s a problem that becomes part of the plot of the story. And the hero has a desire to overcome that problem. For nonprofit storytelling, conflict really refers to the challenges that need to be overcome or maybe the circumstances that perpetuate the problem. Your donation of $7.32

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

These quotes truly inspire me and hopefully they will inspire you as well : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael (..)

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Leadership Russia Arts Washington 84

NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

What if video games could change the world? may prove to be a key resource for solving some of our most pressing real-world problems," according to game designer Jane McGonigal in The Wall Street Journal. Gamers are already helping tackle real-world problems, just by playing games. They already are. Why are games important?

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

If he was on television today, he’d be telling us, “In 2020, the world changed.” The world has changed a lot, and it’s not likely to get back to the old normal. Just about every nonprofit made major changes in 2020. Chances are they changed. Now ask yourself, what changes are going to stay attractive for your donors?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 23, 2022

These quotes truly inspire me : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael Phelps “It is amazing what you can accomplish (..)

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Leadership Russia Arts Washington 79

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2021

These quotes truly inspire me : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael Phelps “It is amazing what you can accomplish (..)

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Leadership Russia Arts Washington 98

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

These quotes truly inspire me and hopefully they will inspire you as well : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael (..)

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Leadership Russia Arts Washington 52

Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2010

I had a good time going onstage with Asi Burak of Impact Games and Games for Change to do a quick runthrough of PeaceMaker , a game that places you as a leader in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at this year's NTC. Most serious games I've played share the same problem. Click here to continue reading this post.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 28, 2022

While others escalate problems, Impact Players move things across the finish line. While others attempt to minimize change, Impact Players are learning and adapting to change. Being willing to change and taking smart risks. Bringing good energy, having fun, and making others laugh. Asking for feedback.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 26, 2022

While others escalate problems, Impact Players move things across the finish line. While others attempt to minimize change, Impact Players are learning and adapting to change. Being willing to change and taking smart risks. Bringing good energy, having fun, and making others laugh. Asking for feedback.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2010

Below is my 5th annual list of favorite do-good books that I read in 2009, but this year I'm calling it my Have Fun Do Good Book list. I realized that I needed to make having fun a priority. I'd love to hear what have fun do good books you enjoyed reading in 2009. I gotta say it. Don't listen Glenn Beck. Listen to Van Jones.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Each year, our staff marks the occasion by dressing up as some of our favorite nonprofit organizations as a way to recognize their incredible work and the start of end-of-year fundraising push with some fun. Star Wars: Force for Change. Black Cat Rescue. The Humane Society. Union of Concerned Scientists.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 26, 2021

Because the world can change on a dime. You can even add entertainment components, like our friends Fun Team Events, with just a few clicks. No problem, simply crack the mic, share the QR code, or link in chat. Event Inspiration From the Fun Files. About Fun Team Events . Your events are in good (and fun) hands!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

But before we got there, we talked abit about the problem. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Since the theme this year was “Change Making,” I taught a workshop on self-care for change makers based on my forthcoming book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , co-authored with Aliza Sherman. It was great to watch her in action facilitating the creative, interactive, and fun program.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

While others escalate problems, Impact Players move things across the finish line. While others attempt to minimize change, Impact Players are learning and adapting to change. Being willing to change and taking smart risks. Bringing good energy, having fun, and making others laugh. Asking for feedback.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

And if you’re searching for fun and engaging ways to raise money, auctions and simple online events will get your donors excited to support your organization. Check out our comprehensive list to keep your fundraising campaigns fun and fresh for all of your donors. Designate a night for a few fun games of virtual bingo.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

While others escalate problems, Impact Players move things across the finish line. While others attempt to minimize change, Impact Players are learning and adapting to change. Being willing to change and taking smart risks. Bringing good energy, having fun, and making others laugh. Asking for feedback.

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Impact Work Job Practice 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

While others escalate problems, Impact Players move things across the finish line. While others attempt to minimize change, Impact Players are learning and adapting to change. Being willing to change and taking smart risks. Bringing good energy, having fun, and making others laugh. Asking for feedback.

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