Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

There are so many big things, scary, unexpected things that changed us as individuals, families, communities, and a collective human race in 2020, that as I was trying to write this blog post, it was hard to know where to start. Turns out that this last thing in particular—reading—didn’t just change me in 2020. Ah, technology.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 26, 2021

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 18, 2021

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 19, 2020

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2019

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2014

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2014

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 18, 2018

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2016

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 17, 2014

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

You want your letter to sound sincere, not like a form letter. It should not sound like it’s coming from some corporation. So, tell me how my donation will be used to change a life. I love knowing how my money will be used, that my gift filled an important need, and that I am part of something that is changing lives.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 7, 2016

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 6, 2016

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 22, 2015

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 12, 2015

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 19, 2015

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 9, 2020

She passed them out and the sound of shredding and crinkling paper filled the air. Over the years I have developed the ability to communicate those “gut checks” and voice it in a way that can sometimes lead to change. It’s okay to change career paths and sometimes the grass is greener on the other side.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2012

The leader as coach -- You provide support and guidance and you serve as a sounding board. The leader as change agent/catalyst -- You hold team members accountable, make the unpopular decisions, energize the group to action and enable breakthroughs where possible. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

After over a year of social distancing, the Girl Scouts of North Carolina Coastal Pines needed some extra support to help the kids in their troops to feel safe, connected, and comfortable. The Girl Scouts of North Carolina Coastal Pines took advantage of the resource they had (and yes, that resource is cookies).

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Barry Hessenius follows up with more thoughts on "coercive philanthropy" and how and whether funders make change possible in the field. I truly wish I could have attended Facing Race , which sounded like a completely awesome and transformative event this past fall in Baltimore.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

The nonprofit creates books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. Cary Creative Center in North Carolina is an upcycling nonprofit that provides used artistic materials to people. Educate about the effects of climate change. Cary Creative Center — Third-Place Winner.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2016

Does this sound familiar to you? Track flux information–for example, changes in your account balances, financial reports , budgets and so on. In the same way, advance preparation is key to a successful, low drama audit. Many athletes use Fitbits or other devices to help track their progress towards fitness goals.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

How do you overcome institutional resistance to change and uncertainty to do something wild and hopeful? This may sound obvious and natural, but it’s easy to underestimate the power of institutional culture. These transactions will make change possible. It takes six steps. When you meet someone who can help you, ask her.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Our guest today came highly recommended from someone I’ve known and trusted for many, many years, Marie Palacios is joining us from beautiful Western North Carolina, as she was saying before. ” Well, you know, it sounds like a good goal, right, but do I need to lose that? Marie, how are you doing? You doing okay?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

It’s a change of pace for the monthly nonprofit technology news to lead with non-electronic technology, but what can I do? It is 2025 according to a new report by the nonprofit Pew Research Center and Elon University in North Carolina. The web introduced publicly viewable web pages that include text, images, and sounds.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 8, 2006

I threw a Grub party at a friend's farm in rural North Carolina that was started by four friends who were living in Brooklyn, living the city life, and decided to take over the family farm in North Carolina, and have totally taken over this farm, and made it organic, selling to their neighbors, selling to their community.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

On September 5-6, during the Microsoft evening reception and Idea Accelerator finale at the 2014 Leading Change Summit, 24 brave individuals and teams pitched ideas for social good. Credit: Broken Banjo Photography] It takes a lot to jump onstage and pitch a brand new idea in front of a new group of people.

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