Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

The best CEOs kept all six plates spinning at all times, even if the external and internal environment meant that some needed to be spun faster or slower than others,” explain the authors. are all questions that weigh heavily on the minds of today’s CEOs. Question: There is so much to learn from CEO Excellence.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

The International Society for Third Sector Research published a recent paper that summarizes why nonprofit leaders must use technology to connect with stakeholders in the emerging digital, civil society. NLP is useful for an AI model to identify the intent of a person based on what they say or what they type. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

The best CEOs kept all six plates spinning at all times, even if the external and internal environment meant that some needed to be spun faster or slower than others,” explain the authors. are all questions that weigh heavily on the minds of today’s CEOs. Question: There is so much to learn from CEO Excellence.

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Candid

MAY 5, 2021

While any loss of able employees is a tragedy, this does mean that if your nonprofit is hiring, there is a significant pool of qualified candidates to interview. Keep in mind that to even get candidates to apply, you need to build the kind of environment in which your model employees would want to work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

And while this model is describing individual behavior, individuals make up organizations – so I think it is important for people working in organizations to understand, whether they are the executive director or the social media manager. If they do, they are typically “resistant” learners, often questioning the value of the technology.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

The best CEOs kept all six plates spinning at all times, even if the external and internal environment meant that some needed to be spun faster or slower than others,” explain the authors. are all questions that weigh heavily on the minds of today’s CEOs. Question: There is so much to learn from CEO Excellence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2019

Really good set of questions for your nonprofit to ask about Machine Learning to see the value or benefit. The questions include: Do you have a mission-related question to ask and have answered by your data? Do you have access to people with expertise to build the algorithm for predictive models?

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

To effectively advance your cause and push your fundraising goals forward, your nonprofit needs a strong internal infrastructure and team. To facilitate this process, your consultant will lead interviews with your stakeholders, including your board, to gather their unbiased feedback.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 30, 2021

After all, y’all said so in the three interviews we had with the staff, Executive Director, and the Board of Directors. They should be recognized internally as important contributors that touch every department at the nonprofit. Others internally and externally will observe and do the same. .

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

They should put internal controls in place and help write policies to prevent loss, theft, or confusion, using current b est practices. Your bylaws are the organization’s internal rules of operation and if they are out of date or not followed, your nonprofit is out of integrity with itself.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

This post features an interview with Sarah Schultz, a museum staffer at one of the institutions Light profiled in the book (the Walker Art Center). A lot of these partnerships push against our internal ways of working, and while that's a healthy tension, we need to be sensitive to the stress on our organizational systems and each other.

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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. We bring communities together to identify their top problems, needs, and priorities, and solve them internally. The model that FORGE takes is really a long-term impact framework.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2010

In our quest we have interviewed, and continue to interview, top brands engaged in social media for social good. We hope we can co-create this model with all of you and come out the other side of this research much smarter as a community, and much richer as a society. on November 5, 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Interviews with 9 other foundations that conduct OE grantmaking (April-May 2012). Interviews with approximately 30 grantees (April-June 2012). Program Officer focus group (May 2012), internal review meeting (July 2012), and lots of conversations with our colleagues. Focused questions through our Web site and several list-serves.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? Last month I interviewed Cristi Hegranes, its Founder and President. CH: Yes, we do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

I interviewed Jim Murphy , Senior Online Editor, about how Human Rights Watch ’s integrated social media strategy leverages the personal brands HRW 197 employees to get results. Have point person in a training role to answer questions, but also encourage staff to share what they are learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Make sure that you good internal system for sharing any updates that might come in through fundraising office or other school connections. 5. Images, Questions, and Comments Inspire Facebook Engagement. In a recent interview, John Hadyon reinforced this timeless piece of Facebook engagement advice. Images work for engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

She graciously did this interview with me to share more of her knowledge. Another option is to create a Theory of Change or Logic Model , which should include inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact. Start with the question, “what does success look like?” Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

.’ The book was an inspiration and encouragement for those us whose inner critics have been keeping us away from using the technique in front of other people. The book offers a wonderful road map for a learning journey to internalize these techniques and I’ve practicing a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Swedish-Lesson - (Photo: International Federation of Red Cross/Hakan Flank/VolunteerMatch). The question is what can volunteer coordinators – those who are tasked with the work-a-day chores of volunteer engagement – do to help bring about this transformation? He offered to write a guest post. Here are some examples: Needs Assessment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2015

After quizzing my teenage son who is a fan of PewDiePie, I did a quick interview with Ettore Rossetti , Director of Social Media & Digital Marketing from Save the Children , to learn some insights about the campaign. That way, you can answer charity questions, address issues and even post updates if necessary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

One of the questions that threaded into each conversation or presentation was, “What is important for creating a wisdom-based culture?” Soren asked a terrific question about how technology and being connected helps or gets in the way of giving. I call it slow social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The 45 page report is based on an extensive literature search and interviews with Philanthropy professionals who are currently experimenting with Web 2.0 Many we interviewed felt that communicating those innovative efforts through these new technologies makes sense. Build internal allies. tools and techniques. Be strategic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

I also video blogged the session and caught up with a participant for a quick interview about their impressions. Some questions: What kind of camera should I use? There were questions about signing a release form. We modeled that in our demonstration. We ended up interviewing each other ( Andy , Jonny , and me ).

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2015

A theory of change is a model that connects: the activities we do, to the outcomes they effect, to the impact we seek to create in the world. Internally, everyone needs to know what “good” looks like and how their work helps contribute to the overall goals of the organization. I’ll write about the handbook soon. We have to prove it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Non-profits like Room to Read are benefiting from the program by promoting International Literacy Day in partnership with Twitter. Questions for you … Will the fragmentation of online fundraising effect non-profits? Networked Nonprofit – Interview with Allison Fine. Hope140 ’s aim is to do just that. Want to be featured?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. Chema Gargouri, In Country Director, Tunisia being interviewed by the local radio station in Fez, Morocco.

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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? How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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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 7, 2010

I also learned that the best money in museums for someone who's starting out is in art modeling. I survived the first half of 2003 financially on art modeling and poetry gigs. In 2004, Anna was the Director of Exhibitions and Programs at the International Spy Museum. The Spy Museum was a dream place for me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

What I loved about this exercise, is that after Stephanie and I modeled taking photographs and sharing on our Facebook Group or Twitter, participants started to also document digitally. This happened when we shared some examples from the American Red Cross and participants tweeted their questions to Wendy Harman (who answered).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, September 18, 2010 How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills Here is this weeks book recommendation. As author David Grossman says, "good internal communication gets the message out, but great internal communication helps employees connect the dots between overarching business strategy and their role.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Do Exit Interviews Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee. The book is a quick and handy resource for any leader, manager or Human Resource professional.

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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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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

JULY 31, 2021

So don’t be shy, ask questions. There’s a question box. We’d love to answer your questions. . And I’m going to leave time for questions, as Steven said. And you can always listen to the recording, follow up with any questions. There’s a chat box. You can tweet us. trillion package.

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