Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Gorick Ng is a career adviser at Harvard Collage and during the last four years, he’s interviewed more than five hundred interns, early career professionals, managers, and executives, across the globe. Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? Think like an owner.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Without proper “education,” landing an interview let alone a job working in digital marketing was a pipedream—I found myself stuck, making minimum wage, wearing a well-known green apron simply for the health benefits. That is a loaded question so I’ll opt out for something with a little more structure—what did the RiseUP Fellowship teach me?

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2022

The reactionary funding of Black leaders and communities raises a critical question: what is possible when we build sustainable funding ecosystems that affirm the genius of Black leaders and sufficiently resource them to develop and deploy world-changing solutions?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Here are some rituals that I have consistently used over the past few decades: Review the Past Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

This includes orientating participants to the agenda, introductions and a check-in or icebreaker, questions or activities used to help people ease people into a meeting or learning situation. . Longer Introductions with Pandemic Check-In Question: You can add on a check-in question. Some of these were inspired by this tweet.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2022

The question simply becomes how much to ask for. You need to be able to answer these questions if you want to get into a donor’s heart: What kinds of words do they use? Note, however, that if you survey your donors or ask questions of a potential donor, you have to learn to read the answer behind the answer. Practice your ask.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

A volunteer handbook gives volunteers the information they need about the organization and its mission, and answers any common questions they may have. Policies and procedures give volunteers the information and structure they need to feel confident in their role, especially when they are just getting started. Is orientation required?

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Gyrus

JUNE 30, 2016

After assembling a team and discussing all the things required in this new system, spending weeks combing through written materials and vetting vendor demos, then conducting final interviews, the wait is over. Load all of these completed materials into a test environment, then conduct rounds of testing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

I just *loved* this book, and also enjoy Temra's show, so I was super excited to interview her for the Big Vision Podcast. Britt Bravo: You interviewed 30 women, and organized them by if they were farmers, activists, and different things. Overall, was there a theme among the stories of the women that you interviewed?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 30, 2021

To find them, ask yourself these questions: Who is your Ideal Volunteer? Invite them in for an interview, if the opportunity requires a significant time commitment and particular skills. When you distribute the handbook, encourage volunteers to come to you with any questions or concerns they may have. Don’t micromanage.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

An eLearning consultant can help you answer this question and more. Through that work, we’ve seen the common questions that associations face when it comes to hiring an eLearning consultant— and now, we’re here to answer them: What is an eLearning consultant? That’s great! But, where do you begin? What does a learning consultant do?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. They can facilitate that change or create the structures to help that along. Kjerstin Erickson is one of those people "shiny" people who lights up a room. They can create the change makers.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

How do I deal with going through the interview process all over again? Talk to each other, introduce yourself in the chat if you haven’t already because we will save some time for some Q&A once we kind of get through our scripted questions. Sarah, I’m going to start with you in the first question. Ephraim: Okay.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

" The second question is the more important of the two, and the more difficult to answer. But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Current best practices will serve nonprofits just fine in 2009.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

They are the result of research — measuring something quantitatively or qualitatively, formally or informally; usually involving a question, a purpose, and by necessity a methodology and instrument. This process produces data broadly defined, whether numeric, textual, or audio-visual, structured or unstructured.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And you all got to know Elizabeth because she’s all over the place speaking, she’s doing podcasts, she’s getting interviewed. And then we’ll have some time for question and answers to make sure that we can do our best to address some of the things that you and your teams and your boards are facing today.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Monica publicly launched Museum of Impact this year with an exhibition on #blacklivesmatter, and she has projects on other themes--immigration, environment, mass incarceration--in the works. Check out this great interview with Monica by Elise Granata, and learn more about how you can get involved. Want to know more?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2010

Below is an edited transcript of my interview with Jessica for the Big Vision Podcast. We eat a lot of factory-processed foods, and it's having terrible consequences for our health and for the environment. We just have to offer them the structure that they need to be able to learn. We also take groups.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

Questions Nonprofit Most Often Ask About the Cloud. TechSoup: What are a few questions you hear most often from nonprofits about the cloud and/or Office 365? Sam Chenkin: I’m afraid it is not so easy to answer that question. Sam Chenkin: This question is exactly why we built the Office 365 DIY workshop series.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

The organization also offers culturally relevant content designed to support Black women as they navigate white-dominated STEM workplaces, including articles on job interview strategies. Such content works as a guidebook to help Black women navigate racial disparities in predominantly white organizations.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Introduce yourself if you haven’t, say hi, but ask questions, you know, leave comments. And if there are questions that you’re like, “Oh, this is a really good one,” feel free to just say, “Hey, Julie, we got a good question here.” I’m unable to address specific hand-raising questions.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 5, 2007

Today, an interview with Sibley Verbeck (Hathor's his virtual name), founder/CEO of the Electric Sheep Company , which does experience design for real-world companies in virtual worlds including Second Life. That question is wide open, and I don’t think anyone’s addressing that really well yet in Second Life. Use the phone?

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 16, 2019

The question simply becomes how much to ask for. You need to be able to answer these questions if you want to get into a donor’s heart: What kinds of words do they use? Note, however, that if you survey your donors or ask questions of a potential donor, you have to learn to read the answer behind the answer. Practice your ask.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

So don’t be shy, ask questions. There’s a question box. We’d love to answer your questions. . We’re sort of in this kind of hybrid environment related to COVID. And I’m going to leave time for questions, as Steven said. And I’ll leave time for more detailed questions at the end.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

I talked to Chris Messina of Citizen Agency and Ivan Storck of SustainableMarketing.com about their green coworking space in San Francisco, Citizen Space for the Big Vision Podcast and have posted a transcript of the interview below. You can even be a student, or anybody who frequents cafes, or you can work from home.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 29, 2016

That’s the question Tom Okarma poses to us in this week’s cross post from Tom’s terrific blog. You use comprehensive checklists, you interview a wide range of people, you consider what skills and talents our strategic plan requires, you consider our key volunteers and partners. Thanks Tom!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

We’ll save some time for questions but, most importantly, we would love to hear from you. But do reach out because we’ll have some time for your questions at the end. I interviewed Steven on my podcast, Smart Communications Podcast, about his book. We’ll see them. We’d love for these to be interactive.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

You can listen to my interview with Jensine on the Big Vision Podcast website, or on iTunes. That's a great question and it's very true. Tags: Big Vision Podcast interview. ." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So ask questions, use that chat box. In fact, we may call on you to answer some questions of ours as well. And so I’m going to ask you some questions throughout the chat and throughout this this talk. So this is my first question for you, and is do you want to reach more diverse communities? So do that. A lot of 1s.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 7, 2006

The organization's founder, Brande Jackson, took the time to answer my Solutionary Women e-interview questions. Well, as I am answering these questions, I’m getting bounced around by some nasty turbulence somewhere over Tennessee! Ask questions, think of new ways to do the tried and true, and continuously challenge yourself.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 19, 2009

At the physical museum, visitors who wished to provide feedback on the skull were instructed to leave the building and walk into a temporary structure that served as both a For the Love of God gift shop and feedback environment. The overall viewer experience is one of dislocated, strange beauty, not discussion about art.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 4, 2022

If you’re not working toward climate justice, you’re probably not working toward the necessary structural change in the climate space. Structural racism. Much of the following work took the form of interviews with CBOs and subsequent design workshops with community fellows and pro bono volunteers. Political will.

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

We focus on what is required to build a more just society—in matters of race, health, the environment, and the economy. What questions do we need to be asking? Weinstein : —around this question of descriptive representation. Amy Costello: Welcome to Tiny Spark , a podcast of the Nonprofit Quarterly. I’m Amy Costello.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

The newest Big Vision podcast is up , and it is an interview with Ilyse Hogue, the Global Finance Campaign Director for the Rainforest Action Network and one of the founders of SmartMeme , a non-profit collective of long term organizers, strategists, trainers and communications professionals.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

Note: the speakers today are being introduced and interviewed by journalist and emcee Nadira Hira , on Twitter at @nadirahira. As a marketing professional in the nonprofit sector, the question being asked right now is how do we get young people engaged and ultimately get them to support our nonprofits? Millennial Giving.

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