Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With 2024 fast approaching, it's a good time to identify your New Year's Resolutions for next year. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders? Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2024.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value. Data is part of the tracking and monitoring innate to grantmaking and can be part of intentional organizational learning processes.

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2024

The introduction of Retrieval-Augmented Generation, or RAG, now allows AI applications to enhance the capabilities of machine learning models by integrating them with a retrieval component. This includes respecting human dignity, privacy, and rights, and ensuring fairness and justice in AI outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

This peer learning exchange is designed to help state-based groups to be more effective in engaging their networks toward covering uninsured children. I’m working in partnership with Spitfire Strategies. We used to help us design the program, determine process outcomes, and help us evaluate participant’s progress.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Baseball and your Learning Organization. I could talk about learning techniques utilized in the past seven games and why players were less intimidated by pitches they encountered the second and third time around, or possibly what a combined 176 years of waiting can teach us in preparing for the future.

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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. Illustration by Beth Kanter.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It turns out one of the most important strategies for our time is the ability to effectively generate, exchange, and adopt new ways of doing things. Whether you’re part of a nonprofit, a dynamic team, or an individual on a mission, having a well-defined strategy for quickly creating and sharing fresh ideas is a must-have in our times.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

These insights help organizations tailor their engagement strategies and ensure that your team’s time and resources go to the individuals most likely to contribute significantly⁠—which increases the ROI (return on investment) of your major giving efforts. Want to learn more about major giving? Consider hosting a capital campaign.

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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?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

With 2021 fast approaching, it's time to identify your New Year's Resolutions for next year. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders? Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2021.

Mentoring 98

Mentoring Policy Technique News 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars. His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

Change management is a set of tools and techniques your nonprofit can use to build buy-in and support staff members as you lead an organizational change. The techniques help to grease the wheels of any organizational change. Change management relies on a wide variety of tools and techniques. Offer time off.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In this dynamic work environment, how are you keeping gift officers motivated and connected to their outcomes? It isn’t a one-time fix. As fundraisers, we spend so much time trying to connect prospective donors to the mission of our organizations, but we don’t always remind our teams how their own work is vital to the mission.

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Achieve

JANUARY 6, 2021

Now that you have decided on your creative theme and imagery needed, October is a time to organize and plan for the year-end campaign. This includes reviewing various methods that will be used to seek support, the timing and intended outcomes of each solicitation approach. . NOVEMBER - “The Learning Month” .

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

For this post we’ll highlight a few examples from our own experimentation, explaining what we see going on and what we’ve learned. A few key things to keep in mind: AI measures probabilistic outcomes in response to a question to determine what data it should show. Basically: answer A is 56% likely; B is 23% likely, etc.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Learn more about how nonprofit marketing can benefit your organization: What is nonprofit marketing? Creating marketing goals When creating your marketing goals, they should be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound).

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

To quote Mahatma Gandhi, “The path is the journey,” and what we learn along the way as we encounter resistance, as we motivate ourselves, and as we engage others, offers great learning that supports personal and professional growth. Normalize Feedback Use the technique of calling in and calling out.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

With 2022 fast approaching, it's time to identify your New Year's Resolutions for next year. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders? Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2022.

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Mentoring Policy Technique News 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

The Grossman Group has launched its new Take5 ™ to Communicate Well three part e-learning course designed to teach managers at all levels how to plan and deliver effective communications to their employees. Take5 ™ to Communicate Well is available for license in an off-the-shelf and fully customizable format.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2016

So, now it's a good time to check on your progress with your New Year's Resolutions for how to be a better leader. You made it through the first half of 2016. Hopefully, you're still doing great. So good that you're ready to add another one or two resolutions to your list to tackle during the remainder of the year.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2020

With 2021 fast approaching, it's time to identify your New Year's Resolutions for next year. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders? Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2021.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 27, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Write a Call-to-Action (CTA) That Inspires Engagement. “Become a Volunteer Today” Imagine someone has just learned about your organization and wants to get more involved. Play with the verbs you use and connect the action you want your supporters to take to a concrete outcome.

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Care2

APRIL 11, 2019

The outcomes of the campaign surpassed expectations. By incorporating a unique and strategic combination of digital strategy, tactics and techniques, the Care2 team engaged millions of people around this critical issue via online petitions, social media and other digital channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

But, if you use reflection, documentation,pilot tests, and iteration, it is like tasting your soup while there’s still time to make adjustments. I use both. Use Learning Theory. It defines the outcomes of training in four different areas that you can measure. to define the four levels of training evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

You can read more about the framing leading up the convening in this Learning Brief that synthesizes FSG’s latest thinking on the future of social sector evaluation. Real-Time Feedback/Evaluation is different from development evaluation which is directed towards a purpose to do something. Measure success against predetermined outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2013

Despite this, when it is times to do measurement, many feel that it is a daunting task. How can we improve our measurement practice? Together they offer a great starting point on various approaches, techniques and tools for using data to make progress towards your goals. What have you learned? What methods are you using?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

With about one week before 2012020, it's time to identify your New Year's Resolutions for next year. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders? Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2020.

Mentoring 53

Mentoring Policy Technique News 53

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Dashboard design is more than simply clarifying outcomes and key metrics. Many times dashboard design is focused on “getting it done efficiently” and graphs and does not address the human side – buy-in, learning from data, and consensus on metrics. Tracking for Impact and Learning. Metrics for Movements.

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2021

Like an onion, it needs to be peeled one layer at a time. This step enables you to build rapport and establishes expectations for a positive outcome. Learning about and relating to their interests will open the door to discovery. The questioning techniques should include: Open Questions? —?they So, be patient!

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Draws your readers in and makes them invested in the outcome. And while there are times and places for these reports, storytelling for nonprofits to raise funds is not the time or the place. Using the techniques of storytelling for nonprofits can make a huge difference in the results of your fundraising.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

If not, and you want to be a more effective leader for your team at work in 2012, select one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I have also attended and facilitated meetings with a graphic recorder, most recently at the Nonprofit Technology Conference , and know the power of how “drawing on the wall” can help spark group insights and learning. Here’s an interview with Rachel about the techniques and a blog post the tools.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Searching for some more ways to become an effective leader?

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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. More than a hundred hand-selected volunteers are highly trained in interview techniques, media relations and public speaking to become Greenpeace spokespeople.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2009

Now we've transformed into the concept of learning and listening loops. Since we're calling it learning loops, seems like circles were more in order. Since we're calling it learning loops, seems like circles were more in order. I've written endlessly about the techniques of listening, metrics, reflection and reiteration.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

Workshops, panels, discussions, mentoring, a thriving job board, and networking are all part of WOC, as well as a sister branch, Allies in Action , for white allies to support and learn. A little more than one year later and we have over 1,000 members across all states in the U.S. and several countries. There are hurdles to overcome.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Searching for some more ways to become an effective leader?

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