Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The 12-Week MBA offers an alternative way to learn business essentials by focusing on the skills and knowledge required to succeed as both a manager and a business leader. And it links you to a website where you alone or in a group can supplement your reading with some interactive exercises and resources.

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.orgSource

APRIL 22, 2024

We selected this group because, as independent business owners, they were acutely aware of the challenges of digital markets and the attitudes needed for success. Their resumes will list skills we barely register today. Everyone on your team will not become a believer overnight. Don’t limit creativity to the management team.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Turn the focus away from individual success and toward team building. In fairness, so many groups operate with minimal staff that this type of program can seem like a luxury. If mentoring is a new concept for your group, baby steps may be needed to create buy-in. I’m not sure that mentoring is a priority in most associations.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

More than a few of those executives were managing virtual teams. One bit of wisdom is that like most skills, managing a remote team is both easier and more complicated than we could have imagined. Most groups navigated the unusual challenges and got work done. What are the lessons learned?

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

You can build more collaborative teams. There is plenty of advice out there, and most leaders have the management skills to retool organizational structures for better communication and greater agility. Involve the marketing team in strategic decision-making. Encourage them to explore and bring new ideas to the group.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As the coach of a youth sports team or the leader of a school-affiliated academic bowl team, you know that there are some aspects of team fundraising that make it different—and often more challenging—than other types of fundraising. Team members can personalize their efforts. Team members can personalize their efforts.

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The MatrixFiles

MAY 1, 2024

Matrix Group is officially 25 years old today. For a change, Leah Monica, Director of Marketing at Matrix Group, interviewed me about my personal journey and the journey of Matrix Group. If you want to read about the first 10 years at Matrix Group, here’s a blog post I wrote back in 2009 !

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sgEngage

MARCH 30, 2021

I’m excited to highlight yet another Blackbaud customer that went above and beyond in 2020 to harness employee engagement and reward the employees that have kept their teams engaged in corporate philanthropic programs during what has been a difficult and isolating year for many.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

When smaller, place-based foundations collaborate and align their work, they provide unique value to local communities and nonprofits. Funder collaboration need not be burdensome, nor does it require perfect alignment. These informal collaborations usually consist of two to six foundations but can encompass a dozen or more.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

leadership is how we christened the skill set we identified for success in digital markets. Collaborative relationships are the future currency. Look to the human skills to increase your stability and value. Collaborative relationships are the future’s currency. Innovators and strategists complement each other’s skills.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Each year, we celebrate Pro Bono Week: a time to recognize professionals around the world who volunteer their skills for causes they care about. Salesforce MVPs Bill Florio , Barbara Christensen , and Charise Van Liew co-lead a team of community members to create content for the NPSP How-To Series.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These important team members give their time, talents, and resources, unmotivated by financial compensation or contractual obligations. Regardless of the number of volunteers, having a thriving team requires intentionality on the part of key leadership to minimize the reasons why volunteers leave. Team building. Share the love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Overall, the program led to over 100 collaborations and its impact is ongoing. Emerging Leaders Playbook Toolkit -The toolkit includes highly practical meeting facilitation “recipes” to help build skills in managing self, teams, and organizational culture.The facilitator agendas are designed for beginner or novice facilitators.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

Most groups have invested in improved systems and platforms, and some have adjusted their strategy to maximize the new equipment. Remote work is challenging teams. Initiatives are undermined by silos, turf wars, and poor collaboration. The executive team is stretched too thin. Teams are engaged and proud of their work.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

Taking the right approach can go a long way to helping your team ease into this new style of operating. Remove the barriers that compartmentalize strategy and keep your talent from being a real team. To become a digital business everyone in the organization must use their IT tools to collaborate. It’s a choice.”

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In order to unlock its full potential, your team needs to be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills. Customize training materials: Develop user manuals, best practice guides, video tutorials, and FAQs that support each team’s CRM journey. Encourage open discussions and problem-solving within the group.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

You might not be able to pick your team, but there are plenty of circumstances that you can control. The matrix is a diagram that helps the board outline its current characteristics, pinpoints gaps in demographics or talent, and identifies what skills are needed in the future. Respect for the group and their time.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 4, 2021

Corporate event team builders are an essential way to build a strong team culture and can significantly improve team morale. As company culture evolves, every business needs to pay more attention to growing their team’s cohesiveness and camaraderie. Preparing For Your Corporate Event Team Builders.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

Build Competencies Connecting with diverse groups and people creates nuanced vision. CEOs must be role models for their teams. In the past, resilience, like culture building, may have been viewed as a “soft” skill because the qualities that are involved don’t directly impact the bottom line.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Tailoring your recruitment efforts to find individuals whose skills and expertise align with your organization’s mission is fundamental. Adopt technologies that simplify collaboration and enhance communication , like board portals or other real-time tools. Implement a board portal for communication and organization.

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

Build internal trust first: A soccer lesson I wasn’t an amazing soccer player, but I did enjoy playing on soccer teams throughout my childhood. Passing the design ball” on projects similarly builds skills amongst team members. But how do you build trust like a team? Just like a good soccer coach does for their team.

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Classy

AUGUST 18, 2021

True to form, it is not surprising that our employees organically created what would soon be employee resource groups around common interests, identities, and causes. . We quickly understood that these groups, which we named Classy Communities, were the heartbeat of our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) movement at Classy.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2021

I’m excited to highlight yet another Blackbaud customer that went above and beyond in 2020 to harness employee engagement and reward the employees that have kept their teams engaged in corporate philanthropic programs during what has been a difficult and isolating year for many.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2014

Are leadership skills different for emerging “Millennial” leaders than for people from different generations? Or is there a set of skills fundamental to every level? Survey respondents were asked to rank skills have the greatest impact on a their professional success in the position they currently hold.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Projects have many components, such as team members, budget, timeframes, activities, tasks, and more. These team members provide the organization, coordination, and leadership that every organization and partnership needs to achieve their goals effectively and efficiently.

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Kindful

AUGUST 28, 2023

Come join our team of talented individuals who are passionate about building relationships within our team, with our partners, and with our customers that enable Kindful to make a real difference in the nonprofit market with our fully integrated online fundraising CRM. You may review designs for some upcoming work with a small group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The digital team works hard to produce social content that balances sharing stories of the people they serve, the impact of their work, and the generosity of their supporters. While the communications team features a wide variety of content on social media, one of the messaging themes they focus on is innovative partnerships.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 6, 2024

In contrast, a fixed mindset is grounded in the belief that talents and skills are fixed traits. In the context of this column, growth is not about structured acquisition of new knowledge or skills but focused on learning to apply knowledge in unexpected ways and stretching boundaries of comfort. What Is Growth?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A recent Harvard Business School study compared two groups of consultants—one using AI tools and the other not—performing the same workplace tasks such as writing, analysis, and strategy. The group that used AI tools on average completed 12% more tasks, 25% faster, with 40% higher quality. Investing in “soft skills.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Though recommendations from third parties may help you narrow down the wide selection of nonprofit CRMs available, only you and your team know what’s best for your organization. Which tasks are slowing your team down the most? Whether they’re remote or all under one roof, your team should be able to get help fast when they need it.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

So many of us can visualize that experience, that moment where we know we are about to spend the day volunteering, team building, and making an impact on people’s lives. Yet, what we sometimes overlook is the opportunity to collaborate with our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) colleagues on an integrated strategy and approach.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

Your team may be grappling with questions like, “How do we transform words on the page into reality?” Your team may be thinking, “equity work is hard. Provide the tools Offer folks training to increase their skills so they can hold conversations about DEI. Conflict management is also a must-have skill.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Communication is the most important tool a project manager and their team has to help clients achieve their goals, especially in the ever-changing landscape of the current workplace. Every facet of the organization benefits from a project management role team member and communicating in the most effective way possible.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 7, 2023

Culture revolves around personalities and a positive environment depends on understanding the needs of individual players and their interaction as a team. I’m glad to see more organizations approaching group dynamics as an essential component of outstanding performance. The leadership team began by discussing the issues.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2022

Hierarchies are becoming flatter, work more collaborative and co-location less relevant. Leadership styles conducive to authentic engagement, providing clear guidance and building integrated processes and structures that foster collaboration and team cohesion is essential. A collaborative process also helps to build trust.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you’re part of a nonprofit, a dynamic team, or an individual on a mission, having a well-defined strategy for quickly creating and sharing fresh ideas is a must-have in our times. This might sound easy, but sharing an idea with your board, boss, or team can be tricky, even nerve-wracking. Do you have one in place?

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Now’s the perfect time for us to take a step back and celebrate the team that has built Nimble AMS over the last decade. . It’s been pretty amazing getting to see the different aspects of our development process as well as so many talented teams. Prior to Nimble AMS, I started out as a member of the QA team. And, are we ever.

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