Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Take advantage of that strong desire to learn by offering professional development opportunities from formal training to informal mentoring options.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Take advantage of that strong desire to learn by offering professional development opportunities from formal training to informal mentoring options.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 30, 2017

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Take advantage of that strong desire to learn by offering professional development opportunities from formal training to informal mentoring options.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2017

The project, which combined peer learning and mentoring together with an online “ Emerging Leaders Playbook ,” offered a new and entirely virtual approach to leadership development. It isn’t enough to read an article about a leadership skill, it is also important to practice it as part of doing your work.

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BoardAssist

MAY 6, 2014

Be clear about roles and responsibilities. It’s crucial that both you and your board chair clearly understand his role on the board. Without good communication about roles and responsibilities, you’re bound to have wrong expectations and miscommunications. Becoming a board chair is a little like taking on a new role in a show.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2012

As recently noted by Frank Barry of Blackbaud, technology plays a key role as the art and culture sector engages its audience. A Tech Advisory Committee of nine Bay Area technologists such as Kollective Mobile CEO Sian Morson mentored the teams. To tackle the challenge, Zero1 decided to create an app. The Teams Get to Work.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

And hundreds of top mentors contributed to what’s rattling around in his head. Ahern was surprised that basic skills he took for granted as a sales copywriter – like the deft use of emotional triggers to prompt action, for instance; or reverence for the customer – were often missing in the donor communications he saw.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2022

The easiest way to listen to your volunteers’ voices is to conduct a survey. What skills do you have? To gain leadership skills. To donate their professional skills. Offer mentor/mentee volunteer programs. Training your volunteers refers to the time when you cover the role-specific details of their work.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I promised to commit to stay through the opening if she'd let me take on this role, and I suggested that she could keep me at my (low) salary instead of hiring an expensive project coordinator. Heroes I admired from afar became friends and mentors. Seek out mentors. There is lots of room for new voices online.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

He’s now one of my mentors, advisors, and dear friends. This is what we need you to do, so roles and responsibilities, those were sent out in advance before anybody then ultimately committed. . I want the best for you, this is a little bit more interpersonal skills, of course. And how do we communicate that from them?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 20, 2021

Coach newcomers into living-wage careers: Upwardly Global moves newcomers from unemployment or survival jobs to living-wage roles that are aligned to their education and professional experience. Salesforce is committed to eliminating employment barriers for skilled immigrants and refugees and has committed $300,000 to support their mission.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Talk in your normal voice. Keep each blog posting under 500 words. Post regularly.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Was the employees tone of voice pleasant and businesslike?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 20, 2022

Coach newcomers into living-wage careers: Upwardly Global moves newcomers from unemployment or survival jobs to living-wage roles that are aligned to their education and professional experience. Salesforce is committed to eliminating employment barriers for skilled immigrants and refugees and has committed $300,000 to support their mission.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

We’ve got some people new in their role. Some of them are just incredible experts and I had mentors and I had community and I wasn’t in it alone. And your voice and your unique personality that no one else has. And then what’s your voice? Is it because of their skill set, their technical know-how?

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

For example, instead of simply stating that your nonprofit provides mentors for women of color who work in STEM fields, tell the story of one specific woman and where her mentoring experience has led her. Lean into your storytelling skills to explain the need that the donor’s gift will fill, and then ask for a specific dollar amount.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 30, 2011

After observing the girls clear talent at math and science throughout the week, Shelina encouraged her to think about other careers that would make use of her skills. Ambika - Yes, especially with mentors, I've seen organizations ask for those types of commitments.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out. But, I had people who gave me skills. and who gave me the self-confidence to be able to have that voice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

Yesterday, I had the honor of participating in the 4th annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit that brings together women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. This is an important employment skill for them. In her dual roles, Wanjiru divides her time between the U.S.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

Corinne: Mentor and leadership. And even since Sarah and I started this presentation a couple of years ago, this has changed as the younger generations, we all are aging up, and the next generations are starting to enter the workforce more, and millennials are taking over more leadership roles. Alexa asked who should assign the roles.

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