NonProfit Hub

JUNE 28, 2019

At some point, we all have to deal with problem employees: people who are just plain difficult. But there might be more to the problem than meets the eye. They have their own problems and hardships that you might be completely oblivious to. You serve as a role model for your employees. Before anything else, listen.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

If you need another resolution to tackle this year or haven't yet selected one, now is a good time to review this list below.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When you are considering an update, it’s also a good time to take the temperature of trust in your organization. One goal was to identify how the pandemic impacted their business models. Although 73% of participants agreed that accelerating trends would require fundamental changes in the roles of associations.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

Make time to audit the impact working from home is having on your organization. If performance issues have been a problem, keep an open mind. At that time, Stuart was CEO of the National Barbecue & Grilling Association. IT specialists will also play a significant role. Several years ago, I interviewed Stuart Meyer*.

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

As the home of organizations that draw on decades of history, it’s not surprising that we love the security of time-honored strategies. Their advice about strategy, leadership, and digital business is still ahead of its time. Set clear expectations and roles from the beginning. Provide “just-in-time” volunteering.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It hurtled us into the future with no time to prepare for that demanding new reality. Civic and government partners played pivotal roles in their ability to provide that support. I can’t remember a time when the cultural, political, and economic environment was fraught with so much uncertainty. The pandemic was a wormhole.

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Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

While the tech sector pours in tens of billions in a race for dominance and future profits, how should nonprofits and philanthropists be thinking about our role? New technologies often disappoint initially, but over time, a more grounded reality emerges where we begin to reap tangible benefits. This equally applies to technology.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

Now that we are halfway through 2021, it's time to check in on your progress with your 2021 New Year's Resolutions. As a reminder, here is a list of 70 possible resolutions for leaders. Congratulations if you selected some of these earlier and are making progress on them.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

Now three months into 2021, it's time to check in on your progress with your 2021 New Year's Resolutions. As a reminder, here is a list of 70 possible resolutions for leaders. Congratulations if you selected some of these earlier and are making progress on them.

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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

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I wouldn’t be surprised if TIME magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2023 ends up being ChatGPT. Adaptive learning models can empower teachers to customize instruction for each student’s needs, and students can even personalize a digital tutoring experience. The hype is problematic, but the revolution is real.

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Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

To this end, the Job-Demands-Resources model offers a simple equation: burnout = demands > resources. budget, team members, skillsets, technology, time, emotional support). budget, team members, skillsets, technology, time, emotional support). Take time off. The simple cure for burnout is to do less. Decrease demands.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Some nonprofit staff members have expressed concerns about losing their sense of purpose.They anticipate that AI might reduce their job role to mere oversight of automated processes, stripping away the meaningful engagement that comes from hands-on creativity and a decline in job satisfaction.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Furthermore, the outdated model that worked well at one time—identifying a problem and creating a program designed to solve it—is giving way to new, muti-sector approaches to create public value.” Involve people closest to the problem. Make boundaries flexible. Forge unity form diversity. Make conversations transparent.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

Yes, it involves assessing the situation and addressing problems. Although the firm that I worked for was one of the leading providers of association software, when the company saw the investment in resources and time that was needed to switch to the new technology, they decided to stop production. “On

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It can be unfamiliar and uncomfortable, but in a culture where everyone leads, organizations start to make progress on their most difficult problems,” explain the authors. The new model leadership we talk about in When Everyone Leads is a match for our turbulent times. It is not a role. It is hopeful and forward-looking.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In my four decades as a senior fundraising executive, part-time consultant, and nonprofit CEO, I have worked with (or served on) 20 nonprofit boards. 1 Throughout my time working with nonprofit boards, I’ve found that dysfunction often starts with lack of accountability in terms of recruiting and onboarding of new members.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

At a minimum, a team with a poor leader is unproductive like this one: With the right leadership, a nonprofit can grow quickly, fulfilling its mission and meeting a community need or eliminating a problem. They inspire people, they solve problems, and they build teams. The upside is that there is space for new leaders to emerge.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

In the panel Rethinking Strategy: The Intersection of Impact, Brand, and Business Model, three experts defined these terms and illustrated their use for effective nonprofit communications. Therefore, nonprofits must have a crisp understanding of the problem they solve and how they solve it. Model Behavior.

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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.

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VQ Strategies

MARCH 2, 2023

When talking to staff about setting volunteers up for success, consider sharing these six building blocks to success: Strategic Roles – Is the position well thought out and appropriately designed? Thorough Screening & Thoughtful Placement – What is the role that staff members play in screening?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

You can plan the topics, the minutes you allocate on each topic, the speakers but also the roles for each attendee (facilitator, tech steward, note-taker, etc). This makes it easier to focus on the content while handling additional questions, troubleshooting and technical problems. How To Look Good on Camera (NY Times).

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 17, 2018

Over the years, my experience in a variety of financial leadership roles has led me to the following hypothesis: nonprofit finance is critical to mission success. The returns on these mission investments are measurable over time. I wanted to look beyond the normal job description of the role to understand it on a more personal basis.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

During her tenure, she played a critical role charting NYPR’s path forward in the midst of an evolving media landscape, setting the course for the organization’s digital content and local news, talk, and cultural programming. With M.O.B.B. Her husband of 16 years passed away unexpectedly at age 49 just a few months ago on Christmas Day.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

As our understanding of the problem has evolved, the language we use has evolved too. We once thought the problem was simply about a lack of calories, but now we know it’s more about not having enough nutritious food to support body and brain development. Nutrition insecurity. But technology alone isn’t the answer.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning. Fast forward to today….

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Julian Egelstaff, Technical Architect, Freeform Solutions Who are our IT role models? After all, those organizations must know what works when it comes to IT -- they spend a lot more time and money on it. Often, the engineer role is filled by an outside developer, consultant, or firm.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

The Role of Trust-Based Philanthropy The growing interest in giving larger, unrestricted—and in many cases multi-year— commitments reflects a widening embrace of “trust-based philanthropy” (TBP) among select funders. When funders model vulnerability and power-consciousness , it signals to grantees that they can show up more fully.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

It involves reinventing work processes, improving channels of communication, and asking your staff to imagine their roles and responsibilities differently. This kind of outreach is time-consuming. Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers. Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers.

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sgEngage

JUNE 20, 2023

Money: Noncompliance can result in regulatory audits and fines, which cost you both time and money. Even better if it is integrated with your system of record to expand the benefit of these protections and make it easier to manage their sustainer giving over time. Consumers globally are making more online payments than ever before.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2022

As we observe the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery on December 2nd, it’s important to remember that modern slavery is a complex problem that takes many forms. Its purpose was to assess the role of technology in tackling modern slavery and identify ways to improve our impact. These are not easy questions to answer.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

They also know first-hand the pain, money, and time that is wasted, and the impact and outcomes that are reduced or even lost when nonprofits and schools don’t get the help they need. OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. Do we recognize the signs of these problems?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: 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 risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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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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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

Sabrina, I got start time. We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. If you have to leave early, no problem. We’ll save some time for Q&A. Sabrina: Oh, yes, please.

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TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

The cloud’s role in nonprofit computing is expected to continue to grow into 2015. If your nonprofit hasn’t upgraded their Wi-Fi, it might be time to look into. What happens when there’s a problem with someone’s hardware? February 2014, the percentage of Google services running IPv6 crested 3% for the first time ever.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2021

When leaders admit to their own challenges instead of portraying a strong and stoic model of unshakability (on the outside), teams grow together, not apart. Maybe you have a new venture, or it’s time to pivot to meet the shifting demands of the Covid economy. Make sure you have the right mix of talents at the right time.

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