Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Many organizations take a step back at the end of the year to set their strategic goals, define their annual budget and inspire their team with a vision for the future year. While it’s a little tougher to squash the optimism of vision-chasing social change professionals, there are some common traps that organizations fall into that derail their ability to march towards their most important goals. At Common Impact , we take goal setting and goal achieving seriously.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 19, 2020

"The more specific you can be about your goal, the greater your level of success will be," explain authors Tom Pandola and James W. The authors explain that all goals must have these five elements : Goals must clarify a specific action or outcome.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2019

In 2015 all the United Nations member states adopted the impact measurement framework which consists of 17 broad goals, 169 targets and, currently, 232 indicators. When examining the list of the SDGs you find that eight goals could possibly be a good fit.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

This week is the first anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals —a set of 17 goals and 169 targets to save millions of lives, to protect our planet, and to stop a large range of injustices. The Global Goals are for all us: They’re for our neighbors.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2019

"The more specific you can be about your goal, the greater your level of success will be," explain authors Tom Pandola and James W. The authors explain that all goals must have these five elements : Goals must clarify a specific action or outcome.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

In 2017, Equal Measures 2030 —an independent civil society and private sector-led partnership—was established in order to connect data and evidence with advocacy and action as a means to drive gender equality and reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. .

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Connection Cafe

JULY 21, 2016

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present us with a great opportunity to address the world’s most pressing issues and, as we are quickly learning, we need to work together across sectors and borders to strengthen our means of implementation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

If you've had a lapse in maintaining your New Year's resolutions for this year, it may be time to set a new goal for yourself. Here are seven tips for goal setting from two-time U.S. Set intermediate goals that complement a long-term goal. Write your goals down.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In 2015, 193 world leaders came together at the United Nations to launch the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , a universal call to action adopted by all nations to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people can enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. The goal isn’t just to execute a successful event in Boston, but to develop a cross-company, city-wide model for skilled service in support of the SDGs that can be replicated in other cities across the country.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The fundraising call has always been a staple of donor outreach. However, changes + advancements in the ways you communicate with your audience means adjusting your approach to the dreaded cold call.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

Social psychologist, Heidi Grant Halvorson , wrote Succeed to help you understand how goals work, what tends to go wrong, and what you can do to reach your goals or to help others reach theirs. Setting goals is important," said Halvorson, "But that's not the whole story.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

In 2017, Equal Measures 2030 —an independent civil society and private sector-led partnership—was established in order to connect data and evidence with advocacy and action as a means to drive gender equality and reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. .

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 26, 2018

A specific focus of the organization is the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). First, let’s discuss the facts, and, frankly, your motivation: we need $5-$7 trillion every year to drive the Goals to success.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 28, 2015

Too often, businesses don't have clearly defined goals and even less often specific plans to reach those goals. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Goal Setting Leadership Setting Goals SMART Goals

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2019

Here are some great tips for how to set goals from the book, OnePage Talent Management , by Marc Effron and Miriam Ort: The Harder the Goal, the More It Motivates – There is a linear relationship between a goal’s difficulty and the amount of effort and performance the goal produces.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 30, 2014

Awhile back, I wrote about goals and the importance of having a plan in place to reach your goals. Today, I remembered reading these additional goal-setting tips from two-time U.S. Set intermediate goals that complement a long-term goal. Write your goals down.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

In 1911, Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott planned their South Pole expeditions with the goal to get there first. His research helped also him formulate a detailed plan for food, transportation, and their goal to travel 17 miles a day. Life is unpredictable.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2019

“Making small changes to reach big goals is the answer,” says entrepreneur and bestselling author Michael Alden in his book, 5 % MORE: Making Small Changes To Achieve Extraordinary Results. “If Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Goals Growth Leadership Michael Alden

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 10, 2015

If you''ve had a lapse in maintaining your New Year''s resolutions, it may be time to set a new goal for yourself. Here are seven tips for goal setting from two-time U.S. Set intermediate goals that complement a long-term goal. Write your goals down.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2015

If you had trouble maintaining your New Year's resolutions, it may be time to start thinking about how you'll set your goals for 2016. Here are seven tips for goal setting from two-time U.S. Set intermediate goals that complement a long-term goal. Write your goals down.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Some of the best advice I''ve ever found about goal-setting are from two-time U.S. Here are his seven tips for setting goals , whether are your workplace or away-from-work goals: Be clear and specific about what it is you are trying to accomplish. Write your goals down.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 11, 2018

Knowing your goals is the key to making good decisions ," says Whitaker. Because goals and decision-making are so intimately intertwined." Therefore, he advises that you: Keep a few key goals close : Choice five prime goals and stay focused on them.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Human Race goal: Double fundraising by 2018 : 'via Blog this

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Too often, businesses don't have clearly defined goals and even less often specific plans to reach those goals. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Goal Setting Goals Leadership Setting Goals

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Too often, businesses don't have clearly defined goals and even less often specific plans to reach those goals. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Goal Setting Goals Leadership

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

"The more specific you can be about your goal, the greater your level of success will be," explain authors Tom Pandola and James W. The authors explain that all goals must have these five elements : Goals must clarify a specific action or outcome.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 18, 2019

"The more specific you can be about your goal, the greater your level of success will be," explain authors Tom Pandola and James W. This is because once we have visualized something that doesn't yet exist, it causes our subconscious mind to make the decisions necessary to make that visualized goal a reality." The authors explain that all goals must have these five elements : Goals must clarify a specific action or outcome.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

If Skip the resolutions and let’s talk about goal setting for your nonprofit. July 1 represents a new fiscal year for many nonprofits, a time to review programs and previous goals to be sure they’re aligned with the mission and to establish new benchmarks. What are the short-term goals?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 25, 2016

Too often, businesses don't have clearly defined goals and even less often specific plans to reach those goals. Eric Jacobson Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Goal Setting Goals Setting Goals

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 10, 2016

"People with clear, written goals accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine." - Brian Tracy. Brian Tracy Eric Jacobson Goal Setting Goals Leadership Setting Goals

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SocialFish

JULY 25, 2016

Pageviews aren’t the goal. Your goal is the goal. You have to set the right goals for your website. If its goals are focused on increasing revenue, then that’s what you are focused on. But whatever those business goals are, your website goals should match them.

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John Haydon

JULY 2, 2015

If you want to be smart about using Google Analytics, the first thing you have to do is setup Google Analytics Goals. With goals, Google Analytics starts making a whole lot more sense. What are Google Analytics Goals?

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Google Analytics can be overwhelming and confusing, but setting up Goals in your Google Analytics account helps to narrow down what you need to be looking at. Setting Goals in Google Analytics is an easy way to track these conversion metrics on your supporters. Click on New Goal.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 7, 2015

10 Goals for Nonprofit New Media Managers for 2015 : ''via Blog this

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 26, 2014

" A goal without a plan is just a wish ," is something Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said a long time ago. But, goals and plans were top of mind this past weekend. When 2013 started, I set a goal of running in 30 5K races during the year.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

If you''ve had a lapse in maintaining your New Year''s resolutions, it may be time to set a new goal for yourself. Here are seven tips for goal setting from two-time U.S. Set intermediate goals that complement a long-term goal. Write your goals down.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Social Media for Nonprofit Goals: "Using Social Media to Meet Nonprofit Goals: The Results of a Survey".

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

There are many different forms of engagement with many different outcomes depending on your goals, your project, or your institution." In early 2014, we developed a set of five engagement goals: Relevant, Sustainable, Bridging, Participatory, Igniting.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2015

I hit my 2015 fitness goal - run 50 competitive races during the year. This year also solidified my firm believe in goal setting , a topic I often write about on this blog. I followed the advice from many goal-setting experts: Clarify a specific action or outcome.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Knowing your goals is the key to making good decisions ," says Whitaker. Because goals and decision-making are so intimately intertwined." Therefore, he advises that you: Keep a few key goals close : Choice five prime goals and stay focused on them.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

If they know you and care about you, they will help you achieve your goals.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 14, 2015

Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Goals

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

There's one gift every team deserves - a good set of goals. Human Resources Nonprofit Management human resources Non-Profit nonprofit nonprofit organization staff Strategy time management

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