Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The coaching with compassion method is based on five steps for intentional change , which the authors teach in the book using rich, inspiring and real-life stories and science-based, heavily researched exercises. Train managers and executives to provide coaching to their direct reports and maybe even peers.

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Mentoring Teach Authoring Exercise 63

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

In 90 minutes, we did two exercises that helped participants identify their target audience and then build out a persona, a fictionalized character that described motivations, barriers and identifies the right content and channels to use. Then it was time for a simple exercise. Write a target audience definition.

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Learning Exercise San Francisco Instruction 87

Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

The Governance Committee, responsible for ensuring the board can fulfill its fiduciary responsibilities, should work with the Finance and Fundraising Committees to create an Education and Training Plan with consistent opportunities for board members to learn about finances and fundraising. Onboard and educate new board members.

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Build Literacy Nonprofit Exercise 109

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

I just finished doing a training for Open Society Institute media and information coordinators on social media with colleague, David Sasaki , from Global Voices. It made me think of the metaphor of the Dance Floor and the Balcony a phrase and exercise that I learned from a session that Eric Eugene Kim facilitated. .

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Social Media Training Train Media 95

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In April of 2020, Charity Navigator surveyed over 4,000 nonprofit representatives and learned that of those surveyed, 83% reported suffering financial hardship due to the pandemic and the economic shut down. Many nonprofits are still unsure if they will ever be the same or even operate again.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. Brainstorming Warm Up Exercise.

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Facilitation Work Chart Technique 106

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

And it links you to a website where you alone or in a group can supplement your reading with some interactive exercises and resources. We chose where to go deep based on what we observed from delivering leadership training programs in hundreds of global companies and what we ourselves experienced running our own two companies.

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Skills Learning Knowledge Leadership 92

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

In the report “ How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ,” sponsored by the Case Foundation and released today, Geoff Livingston analyzes the impact of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington and the repercussions for other regions and nonprofit communities. Just as organizations (usually!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

One of the workshop exercises was to teach leaders a process they can facilitate back in their organizations to begin the discussion about how to activate a culture of well being. As part of the set-up to the exercise, I share some examples from the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Promote from within.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

That’s when you can add a brief stretch break, energizer , or incorporate an exercise that requires getting up and moving around. Here are some techniques you can incorporate into your training and staff meetings that will help with learning and retention. Here’s some examples.

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Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 15, 2022

The coaching with compassion method is based on five steps for intentional change , which the authors teach in the book using rich, inspiring and real-life stories and science-based, heavily researched exercises. Train managers and executives to provide coaching to their direct reports and maybe even peers.

Teach 52

Teach Authoring Mentoring Exercise 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

The coaching with compassion method is based on five steps for intentional change , which the authors teach in the book using rich, inspiring and real-life stories and science-based, heavily researched exercises. Train managers and executives to provide coaching to their direct reports and maybe even peers.

Teach 52

Teach Authoring Mentoring Exercise 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The coaching with compassion method is based on five steps for intentional change , which the authors teach in the book using rich, inspiring and real-life stories and science-based, heavily researched exercises. Train managers and executives to provide coaching to their direct reports and maybe even peers.

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Teach Authoring Mentoring Exercise 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

For training where you are focusing on a skill, it allows for folks express their opinions (negative or positive) and not have get in the way of the instructional flow later on. My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies Gunner’s techniques in his own technology/activist trainings.

Facilitation 101

Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. If time is available, also do a plus/delta exercise with participants as a close out to the session. Measure, evaluate, reflect, and improve.

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Burk shows you what it takes to hire, train, and retain top people and build healthy fully functioning nonprofits. Donor-Centered Leadership (Amazon link) Train Your Board (and Everyone Else) to Raise Money: A Cookbook of Easy-to-Use Fundraising Exercises by Andrea Kihlstedt and Andy Robinson Whining about our boards.

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Game Fundraising Storytelling Press 59

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 5, 2021

The coaching with compassion method is based on five steps for intentional change , which the authors teach in the book using rich, inspiring and real-life stories and science-based, heavily researched exercises. Train managers and executives to provide coaching to their direct reports and maybe even peers.

Teach 52

Teach Authoring Mentoring Exercise 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2017

In Hartford, I had challenge of a large number of participants, a “master class” type set up, and but a room and time constraints that limited the amount of full group interactive exercises. I experimented with using the polls as part of the opening exercise in the workshop. I did not have a remote audience. Conference. Stay tuned.

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Interaction Audience Poll Tools 81

Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

workers reported experiencing burnout symptoms this year. working while also helping your child with homework). It’s no wonder that a recent report on the State of Nonprofits in 2023 by the Center for Effective Philanthropy found that 68% of nonprofit leaders are somewhat or very concerned about burnout. Sound familiar?

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Model Job Life Blended 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

As a trainer and subject matter expert, I fight a big battle when designing a workshop. Balancing the amount of content delivery with exercises and right sizing given the available time for the workshop. The format of the concept poster was more open then the close-ended set of exercises and questions on the worksheet.

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Activities Active Activism Integration 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

In some exercises, such as the closing circle, the notes might be taken by hand so they ideas are captured. Peer Self-Assessment and Peer Coaching Exercises. I’ve done many multiple day, intense training sessions. The scribe should only interact with the lead facilitator, not the group. Then we opened up for discussion.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

When I facilitate training, I use analog and digital tools and materials. There are apps that allow participants to use “ virtual sticky notes ” to do an exercise but these are not well designed for group collaboration. Will Digital Post-It Notes Replace Paper? I know some colleagues prefer not to use paper , but go all digital.

Facilitation 139

Facilitation Arts Pakistan Exercise 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The project includes face-to-face training , webinar , as well as one-on-one coaching provided by the expert team at SpitFire. More and better partners, more and better relationships with reporters and more or better policy maker relationships. ” The exercise used the layer cake metaphor and some planning questions.

Social Media 97

Social Media Training Train Network 97

Candid

APRIL 22, 2021

In this article from our 2020 annual report , Candid employees share how these changes affected them and the stakeholders they serve. When we went virtual, I worried so much about being able to keep connected and help the nonprofit staff members who attended our in-person trainings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

According to Exponent Philanthropy’s 2022 Foundation Operations and Management Report , sixty percent of our members collaborate with other funders. Similarly, many collaborate to engage experts to provide education and training for foundation board and staff. 5) Addressing a Particular Need or Gap .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. Help the participants narrow down topics to discuss or work in small group exercises (replaces sticky dot voting and visualize the vote technique). What I Was Inspired To Adapt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. Present a concept for 15 minutes, break people into small groups with a particular exercise to apply the material, and then come back as a full group for a report out. This mirrors what you might do in a face-to-face workshop.

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Design Effective Experiment Learning 107

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The coaching with compassion method is based on five steps for intentional change , which the authors teach in the book using rich, inspiring and real-life stories and science-based, heavily researched exercises. Train managers and executives to provide coaching to their direct reports and maybe even peers.

Learning 40

Learning Mentoring Teach Authoring 40

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

45,979 accessed opportunities for work experience, internships, training, and employment. Sport, play, and physical exercise help these children overcome some of the stresses they carry with them. Sport, play, and physical exercise help these children overcome some of the stresses they carry with them.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Example: Forcing MFA when accessing reports. Disable Report Exports: While this doesn’t prevent the ability to capture data if a user has access to that data, disabling report exports can make it harder to obtain data in bulk. You can do this by going to Profile > System Preferences > disable “Export Reports”.

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Practice Data Afghanistan Environment 120

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

employees report being at least somewhat likely to leave their current employer for another with a reputation for investing in employee learning and development, according to a Harris Polls study and as called out in the new book, Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Seventy percent of U.S. As one of Inc.

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Develop Advice Poll Exercise 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Advocates have more partners or better partners, more or better relationships with reporters, and more or better policymaker relationships. Training Design. This type of active exercise gets people moving, serves as an icebreaker, and also is an efficient way for the group to share a lot of useful practical learnings.

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Network Build Learning Strategy 97

Neon CRM

JULY 21, 2023

According to a 2021 report from BoardSource , almost half (49%) of nonprofit executives feel that they do not have the right board members to “establish trust with the communities they serve.” Regular, reliable reporting is key. should be overseen by committees that then report to the full board.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

And you’re far from the only one; studies report that 85% of employees are not engaged or actively disengaged at work. Do you schedule one-on-one meetings with your direct reports? Recruiting and onboarding new employees is far more costly than retaining existing trained employees. Leadership style. Increased retention.

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Ideas Practice Leadership Roles 52

Gyrus

OCTOBER 27, 2016

At least, not now, in their current point of training. Once these needs are identified, then, training can be developed that specifically suits the needs of the positions within a particular organization. ” Our goal is not just to implement training for the sake of following an industrywide standard.

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Skills Training Train Roles 53

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

You could be getting a reimbursement check every year for thousands of dollars if you file sales tax reports. As a result of this exercise, we commonly see organizations identify $3,000, $5,000, and even as much as $10,000+ in savings! Work closely with your board to explore any state or federal stimulus opportunities for nonprofits.

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