Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Being more introverted versus extroverted, the author's advice and teachings would have helped me during new jobs and after promotions, when relocating to new cities, when joining new clubs and organizations, and whenever I became a member of a new team. Learn and remember names. Ask questions. Seek out and start new relationships.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

The event kicks off a semester long internship for students working with nonprofits. The design was intended to create an opportunity for cross-generational learning, peer sharing, and lots of interaction and it was exciting to work with faculty members to design the lesson plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I had an exciting and busy week of teaching public workshops, facilitating informal staff workshops, and meetings at the Embassy mostly on the topic of Networked Nonprofit, digital strategy, and leading on social media. Before I left for Finland, I read Timothy Walker’s Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Here are some you don’t want to miss: Win, Win, Win: Simplifying Scholarships for Students, Administrators, and Fundraisers Christina Mohler and Ekaterina Dmitrieva, Central Piedmont Community College Together, we will explore the most effective approaches in award management for centralized scholarship offices.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

This year, we are co-locating Blackbaud’s K–12 User Conference so education professionals can learn from thousands of other change-makers at the premier technology conference focused on social impact. Our agenda is packed with actionable strategies for schools to enhance their daily operations and improve student outcomes.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2024

I first learned of this concept from Professor Arthur C. Another example–noted in Gump’s book–is the Junior Achievement’s JA BizTown program, which teaches younger students about being citizens, workers, and consumers in society. Brooks’ nonprofit management course at the Harvard Kennedy School.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. I also learned a lot working along side Nancy Smyth , Dean of the School of Social Work. Here’s a few frameworks and techniques I learned first hand from Nancy as she accompanied me to the sessions I was leading.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There is so much to learn about Black history and culture and how it has shaped our world, and there are several ways you can support Black businesses and organizations in celebration of Black History Month. Keep reading to learn more about Black History Month and how you can get involved! Donate to support their mission here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

As a trainer, I’m intensely interested in creating learning experiences that integrate or about how to use the technology for nonprofits that engage and inspire people to put the ideas into practice. I’ve been obsessed with peer learning and self-directed learning models in my own learning and the trainings I design and facilitate.

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Candid

JUNE 17, 2022

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas learned that they had in fact been granted their freedom in 1863 and had spent two additional years in bondage at the hands of exploitative plantation owners. When we talk about history, we always say we teach the past while we teach the future.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

How can they enable their institutions to reach the next level of student success, community engagement, and research impact? Universities are learning from other industries and accelerating business model innovation, with a focus on hybrid learning and teaching. Lifelong Learning to Lifelong Relationships.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2013

I love Marianne''s Elliott''s e-news where she shares what she''s been "learning, reading, writing and listening to," so I''m doing my own version. I learned a lot about my strengths and challenges as a leader, and gained a bevy of tools to help me be a better one. The last seven weeks (since I last posted) have been a whirlwind.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

Successful E-Learning – A Roadmap. As we become increasingly dependent on our technology, it only makes sense that it teach us as well. When building eLearnings it is necessary to consult people who teach and record their methodologies in making sure a message maintains its pertinence over time. Learning Styles.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Ask for details you might be able to use later, like demographic information, how they first learned about you, why they decided to give, and how they want to communicate with you in the future. Head over here to learn more about how to manage your data so you can use it in the future. Teaching them something.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey. I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The Role of Coaching in your Learning and Development Program. As Learning and Development professionals it is time to ask ourselves… What does this mean to our industry? As Learning and Development professionals it is time to ask ourselves… What does this mean to our industry? Turn this into a weekly tradition.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

If you’re interested in learning more, explore InitLive’s full rundown of volunteer statistics for more information on the state of volunteerism today. As a volunteer coordinator, it’s important to learn about the different types of volunteerism so you can learn more about your pool of prospective volunteers. Boost donations.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If you’ve been part of the Salesforce community for a while, you’ve certainly heard of Trailhead — the fun way to learn about all things Salesforce. Road-Tested Tips for Designing a Learning Program. First, some tips for your learning program based on our experience. You may have even earned some badges.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2019

Say your organization stopped using “special education” and uses “specialized learning” instead to decrease the stigma around special education. According to SEMrush, 260 people a month searched specialized learning and 12,100 searched special education. Once they find you and are engaged, you can teach them your language.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. Education is one of the more popular issues that many foundations focus on.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 15, 2016

Imagine this scenario: instead of staring at a wall map of foreign lands, students can don some hi-tech headgear and be transported to those places in a 360-degree virtual world of images. Or teachers can turn learning into playtime with games for math and science that educate as they entertain.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 24, 2021

For Students , adapted from Brian Tracy ’s time-management bestseller, Eat That Frog , which has sold more than 2.4 This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. A student’s life is completely different.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The MOOC , is a Stanford University-sponsored FREE online course intended to teach givers of all ages, backgrounds, incomes and experiences to give more effectively. Participants will do a real-time grantmaking process during which up to $100,000 of Learning By Giving Foundation capital will be allocated to student-selected nonprofits.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer. because it teaches you how to think.” - Steve Jobs. According to Code.org, “The effort is designed to demystify ‘code’ and show that anyone can learn the basics of computer programming.” Video courtesy of Code.org on YouTube. Hour of Code.

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Gyrus

JUNE 28, 2016

How We Learn – Capitalize On Knowing. This post is written based on my personal understanding and could reflect deficiencies experienced in my own personal learning process. To begin we should evaluate what a younger version of myself experienced in the learning process. Do the one-size fits all approach not work?

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The Disruptive Approach to the Learning Industry. From an outside perspective, it would appear that the Learning Market is ripe for such an opportunity. The Learning marketplace, in particular, has been very adaptive throughout its entire existence. What is next for the learning industry?

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

First, you’ll learn how to calculate your donor retention rate, and then you’ll uncover some specific steps you can take to keep new donors engaged with your organization in the coming months. You’ll learn more about how you can use them to engage your donors, and the resource includes templates you can use to create your own.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. The ability to “shift” delivery formats – from say an interactive lecture to small group activities helps students pay more attention. Research about the physical space can impact learning, can be found here.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Learning and Development: The Presidential Debate Edition. The first two topics will focus on the direction of the “Learning Management Systems Industry (LMS).” The ways in which people learn are being considered universally in the production of learnings and how users interact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

As Ryanne Hodson points out, making media together helps kids learn about the issue as well as the technology. What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in. My kids have become more and more interested in playing video games.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning. The Feng Shui of Good Teaching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. It’s all about teaching digital literacy and citizenship: the knowledge and skills necessary to think critically, behave safely, and interact responsibly in a digital world. Is it about keeping students safe?

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

We pivoted from in-person body alignment corrections and preparing for national tours and performances to ensuring all educators and students had the appropriate platforms and technology to just attend one class. teaching artists who directly interacted with students. These changes did not happen overnight. It takes a team.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 7, 2021

After a year of pandemic-fueled isolation — undoubtedly a primary factor in 42% of adults experiencing anxiety and depression, up 11% from previous years — educational institutions and businesses are making the mental wellbeing of their students and employees a priority. Listen to episode five of the Force Multiplier podcast.

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