Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

Dave kindly met with me for a one-on-one training session on Candid’s resources, and I was absolutely amazed by what was available to nonprofits for free through the library. This will give us insight into how autism-friendly Utah’s communities are and what neurotypical people and communities can do better to support adults with autism.

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Candid

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Onboarding is the process of training your peer-to-peer fundraisers to run a successful campaign on your behalf. During onboarding, walk fundraisers through the process and teach them how to set up their pages to share their unique connection with your mission. Set up donation pages. Connect with other fundraisers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

I just finished doing a training for Open Society Institute media and information coordinators on social media with colleague, David Sasaki , from Global Voices. The moderator then interviews people at different points on the spectrum about the opinions they hold. It can serve as an anchor for additional conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Organized around the four phases of change, Feifer shares personal insights and learnings from his interviews with success entrepreneurs and changemakers who have experienced tectonic shifts in work, culture, and life. Therefore, Feifer teaches that: When in the Panic phase of change , pause when other panic. Change is coming.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

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. I was writing my books for the vast majority of leaders, parents, and salespeople who would do wonderful things with what I was teaching them. It didn’t take long).

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Learning After working as a communications consultant since May for Rockwood Leadership Institute , I finally had the opportunity to participate in their signature personal leadership development training, The Art of Leadership. As a Rockwood alum I recently interviewed put it, "It could be blueprint for something bigger."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

Gary Vee , a social media celebrity champion and many others, helped this cause win the contest and receive a grant of $50,000 for Invisible People TV. Mark uses social media to tell the story of homeless people in America. He has built a supportive network of people who help him fuel his cause. He reciprocates, he listens.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

I contribute to the DEI Open Source project because I want to help create events that are open and affirming to people who have traditionally been excluded from working in tech,” says Sarah Pilzer , a Salesforce Trailblazer and the director of operations at Country Dance & Song Society. “I Sponsor, Sponsor, Sponsor!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Beyond the First Click examines innovative volunteer engagement work by 35 organisations empowering people to scale change and win by learning and doing more. Authored by Capulet’s Julie Szabo and Darren Barefoot, this report is based on in-depth interviews with leading practitioners and a literature review.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 17, 2017

So, I thank my dad for teaching me the following business and life lessons : Listen - Growing up, I thought my Dad was perhaps shy or quiet. He loved even more to teach. He lived to help other people learn. Train and Prepare - All those years of hearing, "Have you done your homework?" He loved to learn. I miss you.

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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. The social unrest brought on an urging that the time was right, and we knew that people might be ready to hear our testimonies. Almost a year later, the book continues to resonate with so many people.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

The pioneering, pull-no-punches Simone Joyaux , who passed away too soon on Sunday May 2, 2021, understood this well before people were talking about it. We’ve been trained in our society that it’s not polite to talk about money. When people are presented with something novel they don’t understand, a natural tendency is to ignore it.

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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. Mark : Yoga is the oldest warrior development program known to man. Any idea why?

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Without proper “education,” landing an interview let alone a job working in digital marketing was a pipedream—I found myself stuck, making minimum wage, wearing a well-known green apron simply for the health benefits. 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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 15, 2014

On this Father''s Day , I thank my dad for teaching me the following business and life lessons : Listen - Growing up, I thought my Dad was perhaps shy or quiet. He loved even more to teach. He lived to help other people learn. Train & Prepare - All those years of hearing, "Have you done your homework?" I miss you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 29, 2016

So, I thank my dad for teaching me the following business and life lessons : Listen - Growing up, I thought my Dad was perhaps shy or quiet. He loved even more to teach. He lived to help other people learn. Train and Prepare - All those years of hearing, "Have you done your homework?" He loved to learn. I miss you.

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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. Mark : Yoga is the oldest warrior development program known to man. Any idea why?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

In his timely, must-read book, Wetzler shows you a powerful method called The Ask Approach™ , based on a simple premise: that tapping into what other people truly think, know, and feel is a game-changing superpower for leaders. Make it Safe : How you make it easier for people to tell you hard things. Zip your lip. Wetzler : Absolutely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. ” What is Human Centered Design?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. You have to ask, how is polling the audience and seeing the aggregate results helping people learn? This summer I was lucky enough to do a network training with June Holley.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2015

On this Father's Day , I thank my dad for teaching me the following business and life lessons : Listen - Growing up, I thought my Dad was perhaps shy or quiet. He loved even more to teach. He lived to help other people learn. Train & Prepare - All those years of hearing, "Have you done your homework?" I miss you.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

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. I was writing my books for the vast majority of leaders, parents, and salespeople who would do wonderful things with what I was teaching them. If you have not read it, please do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It shows that attention is the sharpest during the first 10 minutes of the lectures, then plummets, and then gradually goes back up but not to the same level. That means talking non-stop for more than 10 minutes, people start to tune out. It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

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. I was writing my books for the vast majority of leaders, parents, and salespeople who would do wonderful things with what I was teaching them. If you have not read it, please do.

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Story Storytelling Chapter Teach 52

Allegiance Group

MARCH 14, 2024

million people watched the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in February, making it the most-watched telecast in history. For instance, onboarding volunteers can be incredibly taxing, often involving paperwork, training, and background checks. This blog post is based on a podcast interview with Albert Vasquez.

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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. Mark : Yoga is the oldest warrior development program known to man. Any idea why?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2005

He is currently training young people in Cambodia's provincial areas how to blog. The trainings were held in different Community Information Centers in the provinces. We did started this email interview several weeks ago after I first heard about his project. I also conducted the training in Phnom Penh last month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

In my interview, I shared that I didn’t know a modem from microwave, but that I had the passion and curiosity to learn and teach others. They hired me and it turned into a decade of learning and teaching others (artists, arts organizations, and arts educators) how to integrate this technology into their work and organizations.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

With the internet saturated with different content and experiences, how can you ensure that your own volunteer opportunities reach the right people and inspire them to participate? For some of your opportunities, you might need to interview or screen a volunteer before they can participate. Take your training online.

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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. There are benefits for both nonprofit organizations and the people who work for them. Benefits for Nonprofits. That’s less true.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

1. Deep Analysis of Your Audience: I always (try) to do a thorough participant assessment before I teach any workshop or do a presentation. For each group, I had them create a spectra-gram and interviewed them and gave advice on next steps. Having a metaphor, made it easy. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

sign up) to ask for donations (see our “No Money, More Problems” webinar for how), or host fundraising-specific events like multi-day virtual galas with different speakers, trainings on best virtual fundraising practices and webinars with donor special guests. – Host virtual “office hours” where people can drop in to ask questions.

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Forj

JULY 25, 2017

Dr. Hicken and I interviewed one of the three editors who put this book together, Mary G. In our interview, Dr. Hicken and I prompted Dr. Turco to discuss editorial decisions and specific chapters she felt deserved special call out for the readers of this blog. The design of the book speaks to this. Turco comments: [link].

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

As you implement the strategies given in this guide, you’ll be able to find and recruit people who want to dedicate their time and talent to helping your organization. People are often more comfortable getting involved with an organization if someone they know is already involved with that organization. Request a Demo.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 11, 2021

Rather than writing yet another how-to guide for people wanting to launch a startup, Tom Eisenmann conducted original research on startup failure to better understand startup success. In this way, the show mirrors the case study approach we use to train students at Harvard Business School.

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