Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2012

They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What's Your Favorite?" Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. Then, select one or more for your summer reading list.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?" Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. Top Books About Leadership. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership Books'

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What's Your Favorite?" Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. Then, select one or more for your summer reading list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Since conversations are getting more distributed and in addition to using the NpTech tag to discover, aggregate, and summarize resources, I'm incorporating nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, nptech friendfeed room, and networks. The story is used to teach the virtues of hard work and preparation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

I've also added the pink ribbon to my Facebook profile. A key point about how difficult it is for most non-profits to shift from message delivery to conversation and advice about being patience. The best question to come through the "Ask Your Friends" application on Facebook thjs week is "Have you used Mechanical Turk?"

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I can't remember the details of our conversation, except that he used a lot of words beginning with "C": courage, commitment, calling, creativity. question from your relatives, order a copy of Be Bold and read it on the plane. I also knew that a 9-5 work schedule wasn't the best fit for me. How did you start organizing?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

But most importantly, we love for these sessions to be interactive, so feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. There’s a chat box and a questions box. If you use the questions box, it might be a little bit easier to call out your question, but we’d love to hear from you.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Make sure you or someone else on the board regularly checks in with them to answer any questions they might have. This doesn’t mean every board meeting has to be dedicated to teaching board members how to write appeals or run a great event. Some may have a background in marketing that helps you raise your organization’s profile.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 9, 2010

Sunday, May 9, 2010 Ask These Five Questions If you are leading a business or a nonprofit organization, take the hour or two to read Peter F. Druckers book, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization. The 100-plus page book, co-written with Jim Collins, Philip Kotler, James Kouzes, Judith Rodin, V.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Send in your questions and comments, we love for these sessions to be interactive. So, as Steven said, if you have any questions, put them in the Q&A box. You can put them in the chat box as well, but we prefer Q&A, I prefer Q&A because it’s easier to track your questions. There is a chat box and a Q&A box.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R. Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. These open-ended questions will let your customers really express their ideas, opinions and needs.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

It might be a little tight because we’ve got a lot of good stuff to share with you, but ask questions anyway because we might be able to get to your question offline as well. In addition to being super active in her San Francisco nonprofit community, she also does a lot, including teaching a CFRE class.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions? Open Leadership author Charlene Li reminds leaders to periodically ask themselves these "open leadership skills assessment" questions: Do I seek out and listen to different points of view? Thanks for these great questions, Charlene!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performance Review Here are five important questions you, as a manager and leader, should ask during employee performance reviews: What have I done to help - or hinder - your job performance? 5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performan.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to chat in any questions or comments that you have along the way. These days I spend my time doing fundraising, teaching, training, and coaching with my own firm, Productive Fundraising. So love to teach and train and share the knowledge I have to take other organizations to the next level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2015

Rachel Calderon, Marketing and Communications Manager, Central Florida Foundation was a workshop participant and after the workshop we brainstormed a design for training her board members to be champions. She agreed to write up her process and experience – and especially grateful as I’m in London now teaching the same topic.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Each description, at its core, stems from the answer to this one question: Does your school function at its optimal level? Blackbaud has more than 40 years of experience working with K–12 schools, and our team has developed a proven strategy to reach that greater good conversation. and discuss those department processes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

You can also listen to our conversation on iTunes. I'm a personal believer that you can't teach someone to be an entrepreneur. I don't think you can teach someone to be an entrepreneur. That's a good question. Below is an edited transcript of my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jose in late August.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Send in your questions and comments. A little bit higher chance that we may see your question, but a little insider tip for you. This is a topic we’ve actually been getting a lot of questions about and never covered on the webinar. And I appreciate the chance to even have this conversation and be included in it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Ask questions as we go along. There’s a Q&A tab, so put your questions in the Q&A tab. And so I’m working on developing a telemarketing program for monthly donor conversions for a group in Australia. So all right, I’m going to call Steven back on and see if we have any questions that I can answer.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Teach something new to your team 24. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Ask questions to clarify 64. Dont delay tough conversations 65. Make conversation with your team. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. Send written thank you notes 22.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Source: Dollar Bin, Flickr In February, I'll be co-teaching the " WeAreMedia Live " intensive two-day workshop in San Francisco from NTEN. Not everyone needs a web site and a blog - that age old question - to blog or not to blog? Make your objectives "SMART" (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-Bound).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Teaching in an international context. When teaching in different contexts, especially outside of the US, you need to make some adjustments to your context. For example, I include information about Forrester's Social TechnoGraphics profiles as part of the social media game which is based on US data. No wonder I am still tired!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Druckers book called " The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization " will be well worth it. Perhaps one of most challenging questions Drucker asks the reader is: " Do we produce results that are sufficiently outstanding for us to justify putting our resources in this area ?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Thursday, September 23, 2010 How Sports (Or Band) Can Make You A Better Leader LinkedIn members continue to offer their insights on my recent discussion question about whether playing high school and/or college sports can help to make you a better business leader. 5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performan.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan, shares in his new book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews: Why did you decide to leave us?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

But, perhaps the more important question is, "How will I remembered as a leader?" The answer to that question is likely going to be based on the valuable lessons you shared with those you led. Make conversation with your team. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

When seeking out a mentor, think about these questions: 1. Make conversation with your team. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. Proper mentoring takes a commitment from both parties and it takes time to develop and to reap the rewards of the relationship.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

Drucker provides the following good advice in one of my favorite books of his, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization :" Every mission statement has to reflect three things : Opportunities Competence Commitment In other words, he explains: What is our purpose? Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Grossman recommends that when you have something you want to get your employees input on, post a question on a flip chart in your department or office. Make conversation with your team. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. But, it works!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2010

The Leadership Challenge -- "This book examines the practices that make leaders effective and teaches aspiring leaders how to inspire and lead others," explained Burkus. Make conversation with your team. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2010

Ill ask a similar question in some of the leadership groups on LinkedIn and then will publish all our words in one list to share with everyone. Make conversation with your team. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2010

Monday, July 5, 2010 Ten More Ways To Be An Effective Leader Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. Make conversation with your team. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Brown recently wrote in Smart Companies Thinking Bigger magazine, that you should “ask a group of current, former and potential customers the following questions:" If you’re a current or former customer, why did you start using us? What have we done in the past to make your biggest challenges more difficult?

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