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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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. Volunteer to support one or more of the thousands of Trailblazers pivoting to Salesforce careers from other industries. Connect with her on LinkedIn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Authored by Capulet’s Julie Szabo and Darren Barefoot, this report is based on in-depth interviews with leading practitioners and a literature review. Orange hats” are assistant crew leaders who teach “green hats” how to do trail building and maintenance correctly. They offer direction, supervision and make outings fun.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 14, 2020

and global workplace tracking, including interviews of employees and managers from 160 counties, interviews with leading economists and roundtable interviews with CHROs (Chief Human Resource Officers) from 300 of the world’s largest organizations. How does your role make a difference? What are you most proud of?

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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. 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. This isn''t always easy to accomplish.

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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

JULY 7, 2019

and global workplace tracking, including interviews of employees and managers from 160 counties, interviews with leading economists and roundtable interviews with CHROs (Chief Human Resource Officers) from 300 of the world’s largest organizations. How does your role make a difference? What are you most proud of?

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 14, 2024

Volunteers are the backbone of many nonprofits and fill various roles, from special event support to hands-on work at your program sites. With a tool like Rosterfy, organizations can create custom registration forms that help them screen candidates and recruit those with the specific skills and credentials they need.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. We were also teaching business students, leading innovation and entrepreneurship workshops, and it suddenly hit us that this was something extraordinary, a larger story. Ultimately, we uncovered 10 iconic archetypes.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 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. When they leave here, I want my students to continue to question, learn, teach, and continue to use their education to change the world.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. We were also teaching business students, leading innovation and entrepreneurship workshops, and it suddenly hit us that this was something extraordinary, a larger story. Ultimately, we uncovered 10 iconic archetypes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. We were also teaching business students, leading innovation and entrepreneurship workshops, and it suddenly hit us that this was something extraordinary, a larger story. Ultimately, we uncovered 10 iconic archetypes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

For this project, participants were carefully vetted, avoiding organizations that were in a leadership transition, had other organizational priorities to address or did not have the capacity to apply the skills or knowledge. Peer Learning Exchange: Theory of Change. There was a lot of synergy and points of reciprocity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Content delivery is less important then the skill to making sense of it and that needs to be what “classroom time” is about. The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

I’m not leaving nonprofit technology, though, just this particular role – I expect to stay involved, keep connected, keep prodding and poking, and keep learning. Being an independent consultant was, for me, a way to feel like I was using my skills for the greater good. I have now realized I need to set it down for good.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 26, 2015

What skills are they trying to gain when they are giving to your organization?”. A HALO staff member will then conduct a phone interview and bring in the volunteer for a face-to-face interview with employees. What are their skills? It ties into the larger culture of how you treat the volunteer. Where is the greatest need?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We we use the “with” instead of the “for” perspective, we are able to see skills and contributions the community can make, opportunities for growth outside of your programs or your walls; we are able to see that we are part of a solution and not responsible for engineering the entire fix. What’s our role?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I've become increasingly interested in the role of spirituality/inner work informing outer social change work. The Seasons Fund for Transformation , who I posted an interview with on Friday , supports social change organizations that are incorporating inner work into their outer work. Or, what are you already doing that works?)

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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.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 15, 2020

Many nonprofits don’t make an explicit ‘trailer’ to fill this role, and instead, choose one of their videos that best reflects their cause or their current campaign. The courses teach general skills, such as how to establish a channel, and (importantly for nonprofits seeking donations) ways to raise money on youtube.

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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. Then, I moved into the world of teaching.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

This level of skills and portfolio development would not have been possible without digital technology. Empowr creates a school-to-career pipeline for students of color by offering a learning platform that teaches software development to Black high school students.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Offer skills-based volunteer opportunities for participants to enhance certain skills, especially tech-related ones. Plus, you can still make your virtual opportunities hands-on by giving participants an active role in driving your mission forward. Volunteers play an important role in any nonprofit organization.

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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? What was your approach? Did it work?

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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.

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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.

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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. Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:01 PM Labels: Leadership Books , Leadership Skills , Management , Motivating Employees 1 comments: davidburkus said.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Play Team Sports To Build Leadership Skills Todays high school and college team sport athletes are learning leadership skills that will serve them well when they enter the workforce. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 2, 2006

This week's Solutionary woman is Viet-Ly Nguyen, a former co-worker from Streetside Stories , who I interviewed for my Big Vision Podcast last winter. Viet-Ly: The biggest challenge is that some of the students have very low writing skills. Update: Viet-Ly was accepted into a teach credential program for this fall].

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

I recently posted my interview with Steve Williams, the Executive Director and co-founder of POWER: People Organized to Win Employment Rights on the Big Vision Podcast. Steve also happens to be the fiancé of Mei-ying Ho, who I interviewed last month. Britt Bravo: Tell me a little more about the campaign for domestic workers.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 6, 2021

A volunteer’s mistake ruins ten perfectly good suits at a nonprofit that gives interview clothing to jobless women. Or maybe teaching a course to a group that already knows all of the information. Talent waste is failing to recognize or utilize people’s talents, skills, or special knowledge.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

A mentor can benefit leaders new to their leadership role and they can benefit experienced and seasoned leaders, as well. A strong mentoring relationship allows the mentor and the mentee to develop new skills and talents, to build confidence, and to build self-awareness. Does this person have the traits and skills I want to develop?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

Today I am posting the transcript from my interview with Brahm Ahmadi, the Executive Director of People's Grocery. If you are inspired by the interview and live in the Bay Area, People's Grocery is launching its 2-acre farm in Sunol this weekend and they are looking for volunteers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

An example of positive feedback is : “Bob, your communications skills have dramatically improved over the past couple of months. 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?

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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?

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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.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Teach something new to your team 24. 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? Praise when compliments are earned 19. Be decisive 20. Say "thank you" and sincerely mean it 21.

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