Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I taught in the Bronx for two years through Teach For America while working toward my M.A. I left the classroom in 2007 to join Teach For America staff where I pioneered graduate school recruitment for the organization through May of this year. Why are you passionate about teaching young people?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

My favorite posts were interviews with authors from outside of the nonprofit sector, including Adam Grant , Give and Take and Eric Ries , Lean Start Up and coverage of the Social Innovation Summit: Future of Technology. Learning has kept me inspired and improving what I do. Teach: This is my passion, my calling, and my professional work.

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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. You can mentor or teach a class with Tech Forward. 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.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 14, 2018

Progressing through the book chapters you'll learn how to: Prepare for Rockstars Recruit only Rockstars Grow your Rockstars Keep in mind, however, that a Rockstar at one company isn't necessarily one at another. As you read the book, you'll discover Hyman's 10-step method for landing the very best talent.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

In The Way of the SEAL: Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed , ex-Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine reveals exercises, meditations, and focusing techniques to train your mind for mental toughness, emotional resilience, and uncanny intuition. This is primarily because they have never been taught how to use their whole minds.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

This guide will teach you what you need to know to get your new organization up and running. Host interviews After you’ve identified potential board members, invite these individuals to an in-person meeting or video conference interview to get to know them and see if they’d be a good fit for the role. Hold interviews.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2019

And most significant, it’s based on academic research and more than 100 interviews/case studies with senior management, business leaders and category experts from a wide spectrum of applicable fields who have lived through change or analyzed the phenomenon.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In an interview for a previous ED position, I was asked to provide an example of how I demonstrated “extreme frugality.” This was back in the days of coupon-clipping, and while I momentarily pondered that as a response, I knew it was not “extreme ” enough for the interviewing board members. Perhaps that was an overshare?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 18, 2018

And most significant, it’s based on academic research and more than 100 interviews/case studies with senior management, business leaders and category experts from a wide spectrum of applicable fields who have lived through change or analyzed the phenomenon.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

And most significant, it’s based on academic research and more than 100 interviews/case studies with senior management, business leaders and category experts from a wide spectrum of applicable fields who have lived through change or analyzed the phenomenon.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2014

In The Way of the SEAL : Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed , ex-Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine reveals exercises, meditations, and focusing techniques to train your mind for mental toughness, emotional resilience, and uncanny intuition. This is primarily because they have never been taught how to use their whole minds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Meet my colleague, Meico Marquette Whitlock, who is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Techie. I had an opportunity to interview Meico about being a Mindful Techie. The interview went so well that I was offered a full-time web developer position on the spot. If you’re interested in the topic, please vote.).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

This week, Wood, answered questions about his book, the lessons he teaches, and the remarkable work of Team Rubicon. "And we can all benefit from a strategic way to approach problems and decisions," he adds. And, how to be prepared -- physically, mentally and emotionally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

Will is also does a lot of work with video – so when he proposed that we incorporate video interviews as part of the session, I was thrilled. While it is hard to measure actual attention spans, there is research that people pay closest attention during the first 10-18 minutes of lecture – and then their minds wander.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Keep in mind, though, that this is an in-kind donation : Google won’t send you a check. Skillshop is a great resource; it includes tons of articles and courses that will teach you the basics of setting up campaigns, optimizing your ads, and meeting the program’s requirements. That’s $120,000 worth of advertising per year!

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 17, 2011

After six years of blogging, and teaching others how to blog, I've been playing around with the idea of what it means to be a "generous blogger." Is mindful of her time online. Is mindful of her reader’s time online. Shines a spotlight on other people's work through interviews, profiles, guest posts, and mentions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place. If you have not read it, please do. It causes buyers to put down their defenses.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 9, 2014

In The Way of the SEAL : Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed , ex-Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine reveals exercises, meditations, and focusing techniques to train your mind for mental toughness, emotional resilience, and uncanny intuition. This is primarily because they have never been taught how to use their whole minds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

This area, content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching. One of the best ways to learn is the study, observe, or interview the experts. Mindful consumption of information is at the heart of content curation practice. We need to go on an information diet. And guest what?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place. If you have not read it, please do. It causes buyers to put down their defenses.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2021

With the holy grail of 100% board giving in mind, we’ve identified 8 key steps you can take to build a board of effective fundraisers : 1. From your job description to your interviews and, finally, to the contract you ask your board members to sign, you want to be clear that you expect board members to fundraise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. We were also teaching business students, leading innovation and entrepreneurship workshops, and it suddenly hit us that this was something extraordinary, a larger story. The Visionary : Strategic, prophetic.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In an interview for a previous ED position, I was asked to provide an example of how I demonstrated “extreme frugality.” This was back in the days of coupon-clipping, and while I momentarily pondered that as a response, I knew it was not “extreme ” enough for the interviewing board members. Perhaps that was an overshare?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Based on extensive research into storytelling, Paul demonstrates the power of a great personal story to reach and teach children—by showing the hero struggling and succeeding in a way that’s interesting and meaningful to them, or failing and suffering the consequences. Most interviews yielded between five and ten unique stories.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. We were also teaching business students, leading innovation and entrepreneurship workshops, and it suddenly hit us that this was something extraordinary, a larger story. The Visionary : Strategic, prophetic.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. My professional role includes three aspects: teaching, research, and service. Meet the folks who are here to help you and your nonprofit succeed!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. We were also teaching business students, leading innovation and entrepreneurship workshops, and it suddenly hit us that this was something extraordinary, a larger story. The Visionary : Strategic, prophetic.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. This is not new, but it was on the minds of our volunteer managers, and in a big way. The challenges of remote volunteering are front-of-mind for many volunteer managers.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2013

1 The report was based on 310 survey responses and 30 in-depth interviews with people identified as next gen donors. Four key findings about next gen major donors: Driven by values, not valuables These donors are mindful of their family''s charitable legacy and want to connect with the needs of the day. Stay tuned! Bjorhovde, P.O.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place. If you have not read it, please do. It causes buyers to put down their defenses.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2011

and teaches yoga in San Francisco. I had gone to classes on and off before coming to California but regularly left before savasana, the rest period at the end of class where the mind is invited to be still. But it still didn't prepare me for the nerves I faced when teaching at juvenile hall for the first time.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

Now, in particular, it’s important to survey and interview donors so you can learn from them directly about what is keeping them up at night. It feels good to be among a group of like-minded people who care about the things you care about. What they’re thinking and feeling — right now — matters. What they value matters.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Below is an edited transcript of an interview from October 11, 2008 with Cami Walker, the founder of the 29-Day Giving Challenge, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. In the interview, Cami mentions that she is writing a book about the 29 Day Giving Challenge. Why do you teach it this way?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

The question on my mind is: Is the success of the Ice Bucket Challenge a happy accident for ALS fundraising and the people who suffer from the disease or is the first example of the power of crowd charity? We are in the collaborative economy or sharing economy – and we now have “ crowd companies.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

Our charge was to teach back-to-back simultaneous workshops covering social media strategy for NGOs and social media tools. It made me think of the metaphor of the Dance Floor and the Balcony a phrase and exercise that I learned from a session that Eric Eugene Kim facilitated. .

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

For some of your opportunities, you might need to interview or screen a volunteer before they can participate. Consider interviewing volunteers with a video chat or conferencing tool, like Zoom or Skype. Virtual volunteer screening. Online document collection. Next, we’ll talk about email.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place. It causes buyers to put down their defenses. It helps them relax. It didn’t take long).

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