Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 24, 2014

The person I turn to for effective communication advice, David Grossman, has released a new eBook called, Top 10 Barriers Communicators Face: How to Get Your Leader on Board with Internal Communication. Communicating Communications Skills David Grossman Effective Communication'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

I made it to the 1000K level for United, in part, due to too many International trips, including trips to London and Croatia. I also continue to expand my practice to designing and facilitating internal meetings for nonprofits and foundations on a variety of topics, including activating a culture of wellbeing and innovation labs.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

For anyone who has experience creating an international employee engagement program, they know these things do not happen overnight. The company is committed to motivating young girls to build STEM skills that will help them become leaders of tomorrow. It takes time, effort and a whole lot of dedication. And to us, that’s priceless.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

How do we help individuals and organizations make that internal shift in mindset as well as structure for working to be effective? How do we teach leaders to know when emergence is working? Essentially, design thinking process teaches how to be iterative. How do we get a telling the story about why this all important?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2023

Put another way, if we ask donors to cover the cost of a learning event to help students gain job skills, with different set amounts per month (e.g., As you point out, rescuing a dog, providing a meal, sourcing 20 chickens, or teaching a child new skills are multi-faceted processes. Make a Monthly Gift. Impact a Community.”.

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Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

Teach them about fundraising. Reading financial statements, analyzing data, reviewing the Form 990 before it’s filed, approving policies related to conflicts of interest, tapping into reserves, and conducting internal audits might not light your fire. Teach them about fundraising. Make sure members understand Duty of Care.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Feeling like an island, burned by management, with no growth opportunities to lean into any of my previous passions or skills (did I mention work-life balance is nonexistent when working two jobs to get by?) That is a loaded question so I’ll opt out for something with a little more structure—what did the RiseUP Fellowship teach me?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Very few of us ever learned how to be present with another person, to ignore internal and external noise and distractions, and to connect and converse with others in useful or collaborative ways,” affirm the authors of the new book, Bridge The Gap: Breakthrough Communication Tools To Transform Work Relationships From Challenging To Collaborative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

This past year took me to London to teach nonprofit leaders at workshops on digital strategy hosted by LinkedIn and Social Misfits, and to Cambodia to teach a series of workshops for Women’s Rights NGOs hosted by Wake International.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

I made it to the 1000K level for United, in part, due to too many International trips, including teaching a master class and workshop session at the IFC-Asia in Bangkok, teaching a workshop in Brasil for Ford Motor Company Leadership Fellowship Program, and Tech2Empower in Peru.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Universities are learning from other industries and accelerating business model innovation, with a focus on hybrid learning and teaching. With the pandemic leading to new skills needed, being able to attract alumni for their own career development and upskilling opportunities is a strategic growth area. Business Model Innovation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

There are a lot different styles, philosophies, and techniques for facilitating groups of people. Check out the International Association of Facilitator’s Method database which contains more than 500 entries. These skills are useful in all group settings, whether it is a meeting, workshop, or conference. This includes: 1.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Build capabilities around skills rather than authority. Break down internal silos. But it’s also an outline that can be used to teach students and executives alike to become bridgebuilders.” Be human and sincere in communication. Understand that trust and accountability are interlinked. Make conversations transparent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2018

I am honored to be working with Wake International on their Tech2Empower Program in Cusco, Peru. The program hosts a delegation of women who work in the tech industry to share their knowledge and skills with women-focused nonprofits, startups and girls empowerment programs in developing countries and in the US.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 13, 2012

Rosansky is co-founder and president of LHR International, Inc. He has more than 25 years of experience as a consultant, helping Fortune 500 clients to drive rapid strategy deployment and alignment. Thanks to the book publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

And while video games like Zoo Tycoon or online games can teach them all sorts of skills that will need to be successful adults (and this has been validated recently by a MacArthur Foundation funded study ,) I was excited to discover this wonderful list of games for change.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

This technology and analysis is used by truth commissions, international criminal tribunals, and non-governmental human rights organizations around the world. Maintain and develop our team's internal groupware websites: a MoinMoin wiki, a rietveld code review deployment, and several small custom sites built on Django.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Grant writing tip: While the task of writing a proposal often falls on the shoulders of a project manager or grant writer, anyone—even an outside consultant—with the proper skills could write the proposal. International Game Technology. International Game Technology. Funding Priority: Education. The Awesome Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills. I was honored to lead a featured season at the United Way Leadership Conference on Networked Leadership and teach many workshops networked leadership skills.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Your participants get the chance to showcase their unique skills–whether it’s singing, dancing, or any other talent they’d like to show off. Your supporters can pay an entrance fee for the chance to show off their decorating skills and even win a prize for their hard work. Tax tips event Taxes are stressful!

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

There are skilled tradespeople in every country we serve, and local talent makes our model far more sustainable. (As When we started, we were creating an internal tool for project management and quality assurance. When we let this discussion unfold, it simply reframed how we looked at “internal” or “proprietary” data.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

So how do we close the skills gap in the Salesforce ecosystem? After projects go live, Cloud for Good clients will be able to hire the apprentices that have been working for them, perhaps to support this specific internal Salesforce instance, or perhaps in another Salesforce role. It’s experience that matters most of all.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

International Paper Foundation. Their grantmaking aims to ensure that American public education prepares all students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to fully participate in democracy and thrive in the global economy. International Paper Foundation. Funding Priority: Education. Mellon Foundation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

The authors, Richard Boyatzis , Melvin Smith and Ellen Van Oosten , teach that the most effective way to help people learn and change is to connect to a positive vision of themselves, or to an inspiring dream they’ve long held. Having a personal vision is one of the most powerful ways to engage neurologically and emotionally.

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Teach Authoring Mentoring Exercise 52

Candid

DECEMBER 10, 2021

PCORI announces medical research grants totaling $49.5 Grants totaling $23.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I continued an active schedule of teaching workshops on self-care for nonprofit professionals and creating a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace as well as numerous keynote presentations. Well Being: This relates to all the curriculum, writing, and teaching I do around The Happy Healthy Nonprofit and Leadership Development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

Before I get to the topic of using posters to make your workshops or meeting more interactive (and fun), I want to wish you a Happy International Women’s Day! The photo above is from a mini-workshop I did as part of Wake International’s “ Tech2EmpowerUSA.” ” at Twitter Headquarters this week.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Bring it to life by internalizing your declaration. The number one skill you need to overcome challenges in life is commitment. I want you to BE the best each and every day. I want you to live it. Then share it with friends, family, co-workers. Question: How do we overcome obstacles and challenges we encounter?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The authors, Richard Boyatzis , Melvin Smith and Ellen Van Oosten , teach that the most effective way to help people learn and change is to connect to a positive vision of themselves, or to an inspiring dream they’ve long held. Having a personal vision is one of the most powerful ways to engage neurologically and emotionally.

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Teach Authoring Mentoring Exercise 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up. I usually draw from these sources to create “instructional resources” for any workshop or class I teach. Here’s an example from a recent webinar on training. by Eric Jensen.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Busia, Kenya: Teaching Mobile Apps Development to High School Students. Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 17, 2021

Do more to solve important problems at work , whether they be inefficiencies that waste time or money, internal processes that sap morale, or product or service choices that lead to dissatisfaction among current customers. Some of my favorite parts of the book are where Detert teaches how to: Create the right conditions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2021

Some of the broader themes for how to harness the power of humanocracy include: Teaching frontline staff to think like businesspeople. To what extent are your interactions with your other leaders focused on internal issues (e.g. Organizations are (mostly) not. Human beings are passionate. Our organizations are (mostly) not.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Are your results related to external environmental factors or internal strategic ones? List causes related to what you do, e.g. cultural institutions, environmental organizations, human services, journalism, justice and legal, education, international relief, veterans organizations, religious organization, etc.].

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Led by Benetech’s VP of Engineering Gerardo Capiel, we will create an online space, SocialCoding4Good, where people in the tech community interested in social causes can volunteer ideas, connections, time and skills. with the tools to teach reading to adolescent and adult beginning readers, such as those with developmental disabilities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Some of the broader themes for how to harness the power of humanocracy include: Teaching frontline staff to think like businesspeople. To what extent are your interactions with your other leaders focused on internal issues (e.g. Organizations are (mostly) not. Human beings are passionate. Our organizations are (mostly) not.

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