Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Pair new employees with experienced mentors. Create teams that are small and where roles are loosely defined, and policies are flexible. Treat every individual and role as indispensable to collective success. How much autonomy do frontline teams have to design their work, solve problems, and test new ideas?

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Each role has specific responsibilities, and training helps set a foundation for each worker’s confidence. Peer-to-peer mentorship can help new team members acclimate to the organization faster and have a role model in a similar role to them. Leaders can incentivize participation by providing free meals to mentors and mentees.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Technology plays an important role in showing members they matter to your organization. The Digital Evolution Study also shows that technology plays a critically important role in the lives of today’s members. Invite them to serve as a mentor, or even hold a leadership position. Offer the tech experience your members want.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 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.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Even among the most loyal member segment (Super Members), who are more likely to have participated in most of the activities tested in the study, less than half say they’ve participated in any one engagement opportunity. Invite them to serve as a mentor, or even hold a leadership position.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Junior Boards, or other leadership roles, help cultivate the next generation of leaders committed to your organization. Inter-generational mentor program: A mentor program can help make your organization more personal. You might also be pleasantly surprised with the talent that they can share with you.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

By providing students with funds for school supplies, coats, eye care, class trips, test fees, and athletic gear, InvestED has encouraged over 16,500 youngsters to stay in school in the state of Washington.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Through being tested, my confidence grew. Starting out, my main focus was recruiting community members to become change makers and role models in children’s lives—also known as Big Brothers and Big Sisters. To be able to meaningfully pitch myself, I had to grapple with who I was and what I would bring to the table.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Helping staff grow in their roles. Crafted by academically-minded individuals who wish to draw conclusions derived from the latest research in the sector, these journals can help your organization stay up-to-date with the latest trends as well as backup strategic decisions with time-tested research data. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Carlman explained that Global Giving’s leadership was already web-savvy, so implementing social media was a no-brainer However, Carlman needed to do more convincing with organizations in previous roles. His digital background is great, and he’s really become like a mentor to me.”. Find someone who will go to bat for you.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2017

Test drive the site and figure out what the biggest goals are when arriving on your site— whether it’s donating or becoming a member—and understand what frustrations or barriers are detracting users from taking action. Then, actually use that information and test different things out so that you can build upon what’s already working.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

Software implementations are largely exercises in change management, so keep in mind that change to end user roles and existing processes can rarely be avoided even with significant development work. Access to platform SMEs and/or a community of developers who can train and “mentor” your staff? Development approach.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Coaching and mentoring junior consultants working on the same team/vertical? . Like other leadership roles at Cloud for Good, this is an outcomes-driven role.? T his role has a billable utilization quota and requires driving towards stated outcomes related to enablement, sales,?and Serve as a digital thought?leader

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 24, 2022

Designing and Developing Marketing Cloud enterprise solutions Coaching and mentoring junior consultants working on the same team/vertical? Like other senior roles at Cloud for Good, this is an outcomes-driven role.? and mentoring to be successful.?? Act as a role model for Cloud for Good’s culture and values?

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

For example, let’s say you work for a youth development organization where you offer peer mentoring services to nearby kids. Your nonprofit’s web design plays a vital role in your Google Ad Grants management strategy. Test out different ad extensions to determine what drives results for your ads.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 2, 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). The test and discussion regarding authenticity and transparency are particularly important.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 23, 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). Clarks compact, 100-page, The Leadership Test. For me, that book would be Timothy R.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 21, 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). How test marketing is critical. How they can be used by leaders to boost morale.

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Everyaction

MARCH 14, 2018

We have 83 affiliates across the country and in Canada, and the mentoring relationships our staff and volunteers provide for each of our girls at our affiliates is instrumental to our mission. The targeting and testing has been so helpful! What aspects of your work are you most excited about and/or proud of?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

Jen and I sat down to talk about building for teens, working the web, and the role of innovation in museums. We selected girls and they go out on the road and we get them with great mentors. It reflects the GMSP’s—and Jen’s—commitment to creating a set of programs by and for its audience: teen girls. So when it comes to Web 2.0,

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Build one of the winning ideas, mentor a team, or just learn more at https://mozillaignite.org/. Testing 123: Global Integrity Innovation Fund seeks new and innovative ideas that will overcome, illuminate, or mitigate challenges in transparency and accountability. Congratulations to all the winners!

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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. So I tested the ideas, tweaking, fine-tuning, kept playing with them, and then seeing more results, even better results. You need a mentor, you need, you know, education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

The Return by Danielle Brigida, NWF NWF Description of Case Study While strategy plays an important role within the National Wildlife Federation, initially it was very hard to determine one for our social media presences. Tis a test and nothing more!'. It’s hard to prove social media’s role. I do not know, go ask the judges!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 29, 2021

So I’m just giving it a test run today. Another really cool reason that this is something that we can focus on is because returning participants are great mentors for newer participants who maybe aren’t as familiar with your organization, or your fundraising event, or your tools. Ask them to be a team captain.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 4, 2018

Chapters in the book fall within these three sections : Get Strong: Master the CEO Genome Behaviors Get to the Top: Win Your Dream Job Get Results: Navigate the Challenges of the Role Finally, one of my favorite takeaways from the book is The Art of Apology. Over 70 percent of CEOs didn’t set out to become CEOs early in life.

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