Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

Keep in mind that we’re not suggesting that the best CEOs excel in every aspect of the role—in fact, we’ve yet to meet one who does. CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence.

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Volunteer Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In this article, we’re going to show you how to present that volunteer work so you can highlight it like a pro and get more job interviews! Presenting your volunteer experience like a job emphasizes that you take every role, whether paid or unpaid, seriously. List your volunteer work on your resume as if it were actual work experience.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Once he began to learn in new ways, it opened the door for me to understand my mind better, though I still struggled. It was tough to hear something like this in the workplace, but instead of letting it get me down, I eventually shifted to being fully transparent about my neurodiversity and brought it up during job interviews.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

As top leaders in your organization, your board members should be skilled, trustworthy, reliable individuals who are passionate about your mission. Determine the type of leadership your nonprofit would benefit from What skills or connections would you like board members to have?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Keep in mind that we’re not suggesting that the best CEOs excel in every aspect of the role—in fact, we’ve yet to meet one who does. CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence.

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Lesson Singapore Leadership Interview 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 27, 2021

Very often, employers reject autistic candidates because of presumed interpersonal problems — the candidate might have been staring at the floor instead of giving eye contact or didn’t seem to have a sense of humour, and the interviewer might feel that they wouldn’t be good at dealing with customers. 2) Mitigate Common Workplace Barriers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Keep in mind that we’re not suggesting that the best CEOs excel in every aspect of the role—in fact, we’ve yet to meet one who does. CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence.

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Lesson Singapore Leadership Interview 52

Nonprofits Source

MAY 6, 2024

As we review these techniques, keep your nonprofit’s current recruitment approach in mind and consider how these strategies can help achieve your recruiting goals. Depending on the size of your nonprofit, you might have numerous roles open at any given time. Use automated personalization tools. Highlight value proposition.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

If you don’t currently hold a leadership role, talk to your management early and often. Always be mindful of the burden you’re placing on applicants. We offered them a description of the role, what the benefits would be to participants, and the honorarium the participants would receive for sharing their time and expertise.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

Your board can do much more than approve budgetary plans and make high-level decisions about your nonprofit’s direction; in fact, board members can play a substantial role in every aspect of your organization. This means rallying not only your staff and volunteers around your nonprofit’s mission, but also your board. Let’s begin.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

Furthermore, Smith and Lewis teach that in bringing to light the existence of paradox in each dilemma, our minds become open to the possibility for more as we begin to deconstruct the dichotomy between one choice or another and we begin to apply ourselves towards making more creative, flexible, and impactful decisions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Furthermore, Smith and Lewis teach that in bringing to light the existence of paradox in each dilemma, our minds become open to the possibility for more as we begin to deconstruct the dichotomy between one choice or another and we begin to apply ourselves towards making more creative, flexible, and impactful decisions.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 30, 2021

Get clear about exactly who you need in your volunteer roles. Brainstorm the skills, talents, and abilities you need so your marketing is clear. Write down all the different types of roles that Ideal Volunteers will fill. These are all Ideal Volunteer roles! Next, what are the required skills for the job?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

You can review resumes, do mock interviews, or be a referral to job seekers through GEMs in Tech. Immediately, your mind perceives this as being ill intentioned, and when the conversation begins, you feel attacked and what they’re saying to you doesn’t process. Don’t have co-workers from underrepresented groups?

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

I burned out by year six with the leadership role, and after a series of life-threatening medical scares, I had to make major lifestyle shift. The following year, I joined the ZSR’s foundation selection committee and along the way read more than 300 nonprofit leaders’ stories and interviewed more than 40 applicants.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

As you enter the recruitment process, keep in mind that this entails more than filling seats. Reach out and have each candidate fill out an application form, where they answer questions pertaining to why they want to join the board, what skills they hope to bring, and what they would like to gain from the experience.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Identify 6-10 candidates for phone interviews. I know that the market for good candidates is tight, especially for fundraising roles, but hiring has long term implications. Schedule 30- to 45-minute phone interviews . That way they will all be fresh in your mind as you evaluate. Spend some time on culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2018

Eager to understand how nonprofits are faring in this challenging environment, we recently interviewed a number of diverse leaders about their capacity-building needs. In our interviews, we heard stories of physical attacks on clinics, on individuals being served, and on staff. Think systemically and act proximately.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

While the image of a volunteer holding a clipboard may spring to mind, we all know that it’s an inefficient method for collecting and processing data. Through the discovery process, we discussed how some staff members had to go to remote villages that were a month’s walk through the mountains to conduct interviews. Just show up.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

What leadership skills did you learn playing football that then served you well as a Marine? Wood : Football taught me a lot about the power of understanding roles. My coach, Barry Alvarez, used to yell "know your role." A few surgeries later I found my role relegated to that of a back up and mentor to a rising star.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

With this in mind, let’s begin by discussing the value of thoughtful nonprofit impact metrics. . Impact metrics play a crucial role in defining your nonprofit’s impact story and demonstrating your value to your donors, funders, volunteers, board members, and other key stakeholders. Why Are Impact Metrics Important? Assessments.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

These volunteers should have the time, skills, and interests to help you provide programming and services to your beneficiaries. Once you’ve pinpointed what you need new volunteers to do, write out “job descriptions” for different volunteer roles to put on your volunteer website. Connect with civic groups.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. Over the next few years, we interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs, startups, and ecosystem builders.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. Over the next few years, we interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs, startups, and ecosystem builders.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. Over the next few years, we interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs, startups, and ecosystem builders.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2019

Maybe you’ve seen the situation first hand – an incredibly passionate individual decides to make a difference and shifts their career to the nonprofit sector, only to be burned out and leave their new role within the first year. Make sure your fundraisers have the chance and skills to build relationships with donors and potential donors.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 2, 2022

To maximize the potential of your key volunteers, it helps to organize them into a fundraising event committee with specific roles and expectations. Think through the various elements or skills your event requires, such as income generation, logistics, attendee recruitment, and event planning. But keep the “as needed” part in mind.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 24, 2014

Another terrific bonus of board service is that it often creates an opportunity for members to learn a new skill or hone an old one. Keep These Things in Mind. If, after three interviews, you discover a board’s expectations do not fit your budget, you will have wasted both their time and yours. Ready to Join a Board?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Clearly, my conversation partner didn’t understand the role of a CFO, let alone how important the position is in providing financial acumen and strategic vision in the rapidly changing nonprofit sector. The modern CFO is visionary, abundance-minded, collaborative, and technologically savvy. Chief Financial Officer,” I clarified.

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Qgiv

MARCH 28, 2022

Check out this Fundraising Fundamentals eBook we made with our friends at Donorly to keep learning and honing your fundraising skills! The first thing that comes to mind for many people when they consider how nonprofits make money is fundraising. What role will members play in your organization? Raise money through fundraising.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

We all have certain skills and we all possess special passions. But don’t just take it from me – Forbes named storytelling the #1 most important career skill of the future. Storytelling makes it personal and transforms the heart and mind of your target audience by showing them why something is important, instead of just telling them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

It is also important to be mindful of how different generations use online social networking and the trends. John Hadyon talks about how to do this in a recent interview at the Social Media Examiner where he says that engagement on Facebook is getting your community to talk about your organization and its programs.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 15, 2014

Discussions of this nature will activate your board members’ various backgrounds and skills sets, not to mention their interest. For these meetings, switch your view to seeing the board as the team that is out on the field, with the role of the staff being there to encourage and congratulate them: How would you stage such a session?

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

How do I deal with going through the interview process all over again? ” I’ve lined up a couple of interviews. How do you prepare for interviews? So if you go into the interview and you look to say, “Hey. How do you prepare for interviews? What should I be doing to find the next big thing for me?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I started yoga about, you know, from a really early age, my family introduced me to mindfulness and meditation, even though you would never guess it because they don’t look like typical hippies. . This is what we need you to do, so roles and responsibilities, those were sent out in advance before anybody then ultimately committed. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy. The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. I grew up in Florida in a pretty narrow-minded, and very closed South Asian community.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2016

Drawing on extensive research, including a comprehensive, original workplace survey and in-depth interviews with Millennial managers, Millennials Who Manage , offers teaches Millennial readers how to overcome workplace perceptions and become great leaders. They are open-minded. They are more open minded and willing to change.”

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