Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2021

By creating structure, holding and protecting your time for the people, passions and priorities in your life, you will be able to commit to each moment fully. Personal meetings, time to read for pleasure, exercise, even morning prayer— every moment of my life is budgeted based on my absolute priorities and passions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2021

By creating structure, holding and protecting your time for the people, passions and priorities in your life, you will be able to commit to each moment fully. Personal meetings, time to read for pleasure, exercise, even morning prayer— every moment of my life is budgeted based on my absolute priorities and passions.

Exercise 52

Exercise Philadelphia Life Phone 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

CCC: This stands for the “Covid-Chat-Check-In” and is based on an exercise from Liberating Structures Playbook. While he has done this at our face-to-face board meetings, he lead us in a meditation and deep breathing exercise to help us all focus on the board meeting topics. Or the last photo in their phone.

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Virtual Facilitation Exercise Training 130

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It can also be used for those who coach, mentor, counsel and advise early career women, with insights and exercises for those you are supporting. Additionally, she shares that the book can be used as a comprehensive guide to prepare yourself to make the most of your early career years.

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Voice Exercise Chapter Script 79

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.

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Culture Activities Active Activism 125

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Who is the lead singer, guitarist, bass, and drums. Here’s how that translates to team facilitation: Facilitator Lead: The person who is facilitating the discussion or exercise. In some exercises, such as the closing circle, the notes might be taken by hand so they ideas are captured. Then we opened up for discussion.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Group Idea Generation: After laying out the ground rules and a simple warm up exercise, participants are encouraged to share their ideas verbally. Brainstorming Warm Up Exercise. To get everyone into a brainstorming mindset, you can facilitate a simple icebreaker called “Yes And” based on improvisation exercises. “Yes,

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Facilitation Work Chart Technique 106

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. It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content. I’ve done this as a reflection exercise towards the end of a multiple day training or full day training.

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Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Like all good training sessions, this workshop started off with an opening conversation that allowed us to get to know others in the room and connect to what we already know. Heather facilitated this exercise as a series of share pairs where we discussed each question with a different partner for a few minutes. It was followed by this: 4.

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Design Course Leadership Network 105

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

We all know we need to eat right, exercise, and get enough rest. I find that exercise not only helps my physical strength, but my mental strength, too. So why don’t we do it? Why do we have an epidemic of stressed out and exhausted people? I think because we take it for granted.

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Skills Leadership Director Nonprofit 119

Bloomerang

JUNE 12, 2021

Your stress levels are proven to reduce through exercise. When you neglect your social structures, you worry about it, which then causes more stress and resentment at your work, in turn lowering your productivity. So here’s a timely reminder of what looking out for yourself looks like when your job is looking out for others.

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Industry Problem Authoring Exercise 113

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

Keep in mind, however, that all CRMs and donor databases are different – each has its own database structure, definitions of key terms, and attributes for handling certain data types. A data migration is not an exercise in maintaining bad data practices. That depends on your organization’s structure. Is that okay?

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Data Donor Database Map 178

Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. The Structure Lab is set up as a "game" in which you explore cards in various categories (values, assets, financing, etc.) to better articulate what you are really trying to do with your project concept.

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Structure Model Social Profit 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

She explained that “learning or teaching the old” is about training, knowledge transfer, and structured, directed learning. Teaching the new is not structured because it is social learning. What does learning the new mean for organizations?

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Learning Work Knowledge Management Knowledge 98

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

As you read the book, you’ll also benefit from the book’s specific exercises, checklists and reflection questions to challenge your thinking and encourage growth and success. Amy had walked into the Phoenix Encounter with mixed feelings - what value will an exercise premised on destruction bring to me?

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Method Phoenix Leadership Attitude 52

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

We have thought of this more as a project than as an institution-building exercise, and the project is nearing its completion.”. “We never planned to be around forever,” said Scott Case, a co-founder of Priceline and vice chairman of Malaria No More. “We Read the full article. ]. We’ve done step 1: admitted that we have a problem.

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Change New York Exercise Chapter 203

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

I’m pleased to say that I did not get the 2nd or 3rd signal at all! Another tip that the translators suggested that worked really well was to repeat exercise directions twice. In addition, we had the in-country team leader from Morocco, Widad, translate the instructions a third time. Showcase Panel.

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Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 100

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

As you read the book, you’ll also benefit from the book’s specific exercises, checklists and reflection questions to challenge your thinking and encourage growth and success. Amy had walked into the Phoenix Encounter with mixed feelings - what value will an exercise premised on destruction bring to me?

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Phoenix Method Attitude Exercise 52

Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Additionally, apprenticeships are more structured and skill-specific than internships. We’re familiar with the concept of option values in the context of stocks, in that option value of stocks is generated from the possibility that certain stocks will become profitable, and we can then exercise that option on the stock.

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Roles Skills Vermont Germany 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

The secret is in the structure and design of the small group exercises. And, as the facilitator, you have to be good at improvising and skilled at coaching some participants to adapt exercise so it meets their need. For example, I incorporate tactical and visual techniques for participants to use to do the exercises.

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Training Train Reflection Design 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Incorporating movement isn’t just about stretch breaks, think about ways that participants can do discussions and small group exercises while moving or walking around. I’ve also done this during a session as part of a small group exercise. Movement is better than sitting. It might include standing or walking.

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Training Train Brain Exercise 50

sgEngage

JUNE 20, 2023

At their heart, these principles require organizations to: Be transparent about how you use and disclose data, what rights people have, and how to exercise them. More structured consent and preference management data helps you engage your constituents in line with their own preferences.

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Software Question Law Data 76

Gyrus

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

How to Structure Your Communication. During the show, Hamilton’s sets and props glide on and off stage with seeming ease because their route has been carefully structured. In an implementation you can improve the flow of information by using a similar structure for each email in each communication thread.

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Music Structure Roles Communication 58

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Social networks have specific structures and patterns to them. Before you can carry out this exercise, you need to understand the vocabulary of networks. Here’s a simple process based on an exercise that Nancy White designed based on the NetMap Process. Share your map with other groups doing the exercise.

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Network Map Exercise Nonprofit 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2013

Having a productive convening when bringing people who may not know each other together for the first time, but have a common interest is to provide time for participants to get know each other. The “ice breaker” exercise was for us to draw a map of a network we’re currently working with it.

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Facilitation Technique Map Case Study 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. The energizer can be connected to the content or just a movement exercise or stretch. You want to evaluate your training against your learning goals –and also get feedback about how to improve the delivery or instructional exercises.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

Participants might do an exercise, but the results are on the wall for a debrief. It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content. Wall Writing: This an exercise where participants will write specific responses on labeled charts on the wall at designated times.

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Content Learning Brain PPT 130

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Fortunately, there are many formal and informal changes you can implement into your organization’s structure to keep your employees motivated. For instance, you could award a prize for the most miles run in a month or reward participation in a daily meditation exercise. Create employee engagement programs. DEI initiatives.

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Ideas Practice Roles Leadership 52

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

As you consider these questions, here are two important exercises that will help you clarify your vision and goals: 1. You also need to build a structure that will enable you to bring in the money you need to operate. You also need to build a structure that will enable you to bring in the money you need to operate.

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Nonprofit gMail Money Foundation 111

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It is important to establish a clear direction as to what you want these new structures to accomplish. Well, it is simply an exercise to bring users back to the site and increase activity by complaining about it. Old comment sections on previous learning exercises are perfect fodder to experiment with social learning.

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Program Learning Social Learning Environment 61

The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2021

Using this simple exercise , you can coach just about anyone to build a list of prospective donors. To provide structure for your board as they fundraise, and to keep everyone engaged throughout the year, create a fundraising committee and designate a board champion as the Development Chair. What matters most is their passion.

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Fundraising Goal Develop Donor 98

Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

Do your research to understand the structure and timeline of a typical capital campaign in advance. For a deeper dive into each of these phases, explore Capital Campaign Pro’s ultimate guide to campaign structure and best practices. In short, things feel like they’re dragging along much slower than expected. What should you do instead?

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Campaign Phase Gift Studies 52

sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

This exercise can be done individually or as a small group. If the deeper structural issues in your organization that perpetuate a culture of overwork, burnout, and disengagement aren’t addressed at the root level, superficial “wellness benefits” simply become a band-aid covering a deeper wound that has yet to start healing.

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Culture Consultant Calendar Team 76

Care2

MARCH 1, 2012

Some of the elements the report identifies as contributing to Give to the success of Max Day: Greater Washington include: Contest Structure - the built gamification and prizes created a sense of urgen cy and excitement. Training – The program was framed to organizations as an exercise in best practices.

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Contest Lesson Learning Washington 63

Whole Whale

MAY 16, 2022

Train like a champion, diet, exercise, or take performance-enhancing supplements? They can also help you generate ideas and structure your thoughts. In the same way that 5 years ago it was hard to imagine that you’d be using tools like Slack and ZOOM daily, we see this shift as inevitable.

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Tools Work Software Training 80

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2010

For both, I wanted to help them first create a process to give the projects structure. After just an hour, each client had a visual structure on sticky-notes and knew what their next steps were. Have you used this type of exercise before to help you get your thoughts together? Do share!

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Structure Exercise Map Method 66

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2010

For both, I wanted to help them first create a process to give the projects structure. After just an hour, each client had a visual structure on sticky-notes and knew what their next steps were. Have you used this type of exercise before to help you get your thoughts together? Do share!

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Structure Exercise Map Method 66