International, Interview, Model and Teach

What can nonprofit technology trainers learn from the social work field to improve their training techniques?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. 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.

Technique

Technique Training Train Learning

How to Navigate the Post-COVID Novel Nonprofit Economy

Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Are your results related to external environmental factors or internal strategic ones? Do this via survey, focus group, or one-to-one interviews. How does your business model incorporate today’s constituent perspectives? Do you have internal commitment and alignment around your purpose among all stakeholders?

Nonprofit

Nonprofit Digital Virtual International

Broken Crayons: What Happens When Nonprofit Leadership Fails Fundraisers of Color

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. .

Leadership

Leadership Fundraising Nonprofit Director

Webinars

How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

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How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 23, 2018

The Lean Startup method teaches you how to drive a startup: how to steer, when to turn, and when to persevere and grow a business with maximum acceleration. The implementation of innovation and adaptability is a business model that should not only be accepted but embraced by the third sector and its donors (members).

Arizona

Arizona Tucson Test America

Research Friday: Does your nonprofit have an outcome-driven culture?

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

More sophisticated methods of evaluation include random controlled trials (RCTs) or the use of a logic model. More often, a combination of internal and external staff is recommended in order to ensure evaluation accountability. This approach builds internal capability while also offering a desired level of objectivity.

Research

Research Culture Evaluation Arizona

7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

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. This example from Teach for America is a photograph of handwritten thank you note from a student to an TFA alumni thanking them for making a difference. Games are even more engaging.

Practice

Practice Tips Social Meme

The Networked NGO in Pakistan

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. Dealing with Connectivity Issues, Remote Work, and Use of Social Platforms. We were able to thoroughly document the exercise here. Make It Fun, Celebrate.

Pakistan

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise

Launching a Collaboration or Content Management System: 8 Tricks for Adoption

Forum One

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Modeling appropriate site use and enforcing the “Terms of Use” as appropriate. This distributed model of content creation and publishing helps spread the responsibility and sense of ownership, and also clarifies roles and expectations for participation. Model Wanted Behavior. Support Users in Learning the System.

Adopt

Adopt Collaboration Content System

How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills

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.

Skills

Skills International Communication Mentoring

Do Exit Interviews

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.

Interview

Interview Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Below is an edited transcript of my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jose in late August. What we do here in Oakland, and throughout the Bay Area, is we work with inner city companies that not only have a scalable model, but also have a social responsibility aspect built into their business model. We interview the teams.

Oakland

Oakland San Francisco Companies Business

Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

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.

Interview

Interview Question Mentoring Kansas City

Book Review Of Full Engagement By Brian Tracy

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

So, Tracy teaches you how to make your employees happy by: Organizing their work from the first step in the hiring process through the final step in their departure from your company so they are happy with you, their work, their coworkers, as well as in their interactions with your customers, suppliers and vendors.

Review

Review Chapter Interview Mentoring

Full Engagement By Brian Tracy

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

So, Tracy teaches you how to make your employees happy by: Organizing their work from the first step in the hiring process through the final step in their departure from your company so they are happy with you, their work, their coworkers, as well as in their interactions with your customers, suppliers and vendors.

Chapter

Chapter Interview Mentoring Exercise

Full Engagement By Brian Tracy

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

So, Tracy teaches you how to make your employees happy by: Organizing their work from the first step in the hiring process through the final step in their departure from your company so they are happy with you, their work, their coworkers, as well as in their interactions with your customers, suppliers and vendors.

Chapter

Chapter Interview Mentoring Exercise

Book Highlights: Full Engagement By Brian Tracy

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

So, Tracy teaches you how to make your employees happy by: Organizing their work from the first step in the hiring process through the final step in their departure from your company so they are happy with you, their work, their coworkers, as well as in their interactions with your customers, suppliers and vendors.

Chapter

Chapter Interview Mentoring Exercise

Book Review: Full Engagement By Brian Tracy

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 24, 2011

So, Tracy teaches you how to make your employees happy by: Organizing their work from the first step in the hiring process through the final step in their departure from your company so they are happy with you, their work, their coworkers, as well as in their interactions with your customers, suppliers and vendors.

Review

Review Chapter Interview Mentoring

[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Are you going to use this to evaluate your internal operations so that you can become more efficient, more effective.

Report

Report Measure Impact Process

[VIDEO] Why You Should Ditch The Way You’ve Been Doing Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Now, I have a whole nother talk I can give you on the nonprofit business model, but let me just tell you, nonprofits as businesses are more complex than for-profits. One is that we tend to do all this research in the traditional strategic planning model. So today, I’m going to teach you a bit about how to actually do that.

Video

Video Goal Method Impact

Great Year-End Advice For Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in a recent newsletter. EWF International provides professionally facilitated peer advisory groups for women business owners and executives. Its so powerful I wanted to pass it along.

Advice

Advice Mentoring Kansas City Tulsa

Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership: 70 New Year's.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Teach something new to your team 24. Promote excellent customer service both internally and externally 40. Be a good role model 46. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Be decisive 20.

Leadership

Leadership Management Mentoring Kansas City

How To Uncover The Real Reasons Your Employees Leave

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan, shares in his new book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews: Why did you decide to leave us?

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Leadership

Leadership Communication Kansas City Mentoring

"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Place

Place Work Mentoring Kansas City

Build These Leadership Skills

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

Skills

Skills Leadership Build Mentoring

Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Giving

Giving Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Skills

Use A Board Of Advisors

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2010

The Leadership Challenge -- "This book examines the practices that make leaders effective and teaches aspiring leaders how to inspire and lead others," explained Burkus. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Mentoring

Mentoring Tips Kansas City Kansas

Be A Developing Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 4, 2010

Developing leaders: Create the next generation of leaders Are great listeners Grow talent by challenging others to take on more than what they think they can do Are open, honest and direct Model the behavior they want to mentor for others If you havent read Judith E. Glasers book, The DNA of Leadership , give it a read.

Develop

Develop Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Evaluation

Evaluation Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

I could practically teaching this class. Because once we write it down, we start to see it on paper, it reflects to us, we start to internalize it, and then we start to tell the world, right? In the survey and interviews process, that is the primary way to reach everyone. Move aside, Julie. I appreciate that as well.

Community

Community Video Slides Survey

Learn The Art Of Effective Messaging

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ▼ October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Arts

Arts Effective Learning Mentoring

Let Employees Learn From Their Mistakes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 3, 2010

If not, teach him what he needs to do differently to avoid the mistake from reoccurring. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Find out what he did or didnt do.

Learning

Learning Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employee

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

How To Be A Better Leader -- 25 Tips

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 26, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Tips

Tips Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Communicate Often And Tell A Story

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

Reynolds shared her expertise with me recently during an interview. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done.

Communication

Communication Story Mentoring Kansas City

Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ▼ October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

email

email Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

The Five Points Of Professionalism

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Professional

Professional Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

How To Write An Employee Satisfaction And Engagement Survey

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Survey

Survey Mentoring Kansas City Attitude

Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Story

Story Mentoring Kansas City Kansas

Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Kansas City

Kansas City Kansas Help Mentoring

What To Think About For Next Year

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ▼ October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Mentoring

Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Leadership

This Week's Book Recommendation

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

Kansas City

Kansas City Mentoring Kansas Skills

What can nonprofit technology trainers learn from the social work field to improve their training techniques?

How to Navigate the Post-COVID Novel Nonprofit Economy

Webinars

Trending Sources

Broken Crayons: What Happens When Nonprofit Leadership Fails Fundraisers of Color

Webinars

How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

Research Friday: Does your nonprofit have an outcome-driven culture?

7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Launching a Collaboration or Content Management System: 8 Tricks for Adoption

How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills

Do Exit Interviews

Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders

Book Review Of Full Engagement By Brian Tracy

Full Engagement By Brian Tracy

Full Engagement By Brian Tracy

Book Highlights: Full Engagement By Brian Tracy

Book Review: Full Engagement By Brian Tracy

[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

[VIDEO] Why You Should Ditch The Way You’ve Been Doing Strategic Planning

Great Year-End Advice For Leaders

Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership: 70 New Year's.

How To Uncover The Real Reasons Your Employees Leave

Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His.

"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks

Build These Leadership Skills

Give Positive Feedback. Don't Praise.

Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Use A Board Of Advisors

3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Be A Developing Leader

How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls

[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Learn The Art Of Effective Messaging

Let Employees Learn From Their Mistakes

How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employee

How To Be A Better Leader -- 25 Tips

Communicate Often And Tell A Story

Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

The Five Points Of Professionalism

How To Write An Employee Satisfaction And Engagement Survey

Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations

Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan

What To Think About For Next Year

This Week's Book Recommendation

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