Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

It will teach you how to navigate these types of paradoxes more effectively. Lewis Earlier this year, the authors answered this question for us: Question : What are the couple best next steps for a workplace leader to take after reading your book? Changing the question invites us to think more creatively about possible answers.

Problem 68

Problem Leadership Strategy Alternative 68

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 26, 2020

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. Ask questions. So, even for extroverts I believe this book will be useful.

Chapter 52

Chapter United States Teach Skills 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Like all good training sessions, this workshop started off with an opening conversation that allowed us to get to know others in the room and connect to what we already know. Heather facilitated this exercise as a series of share pairs where we discussed each question with a different partner for a few minutes.

Design 105

Design Course Leadership Network 105

Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

A little more than a year later, I am six months into my dream role as an Associate Account Strategist, here at Media Cause, and I’d love to share some of the questions I asked myself during my journey along with some tips to help those who are interested in a career in digital marketing. Do you believe in their mission?

Job 52

Job Digital Marketing Mentoring 52

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The company is committed to motivating young girls to build STEM skills that will help them become leaders of tomorrow. The Girls4Tech programs are organized by regional coordinators and they are the ones who encourage employees to serve as role models and mentors, teaching the foundations of payments technology in fun, engaging ways.

Skills 26

Skills Mentoring Stats Global 26

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2021

When she’s not representing political prisoners, journalists, and victims of mass atrocities around the world, she co-teaches the Human Rights course at Columbia Law School, and serves as co-founder and President of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which aims to advance justice through accountability for human rights abuses around the world.

Nonprofit 134

Nonprofit Headline Teach America 134

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

This guide will teach you what you need to know to get your new organization up and running. What questions should you ask before starting a nonprofit? Before taking the steps to start a nonprofit, ask yourself these questions: What need or problem will the nonprofit address? How long does it take to start a nonprofit?

Nonprofit 82

Nonprofit Files Policy Software 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

No matter what flavor of facilitation you put into your toolkit, there are some facilitator fundamentals and skills that facilitators need. These skills are useful in all group settings, whether it is a meeting, workshop, or conference. Part 2 offers checklists and reminders for these basic skills. Facilitated Listening Skills.

Facilitation 121

Facilitation Technique Chart Method 121

Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In a Forbes article published last year, Ryan Craig asked an important question: “America’s businesses are running on Salesforce. So how do we close the skills gap in the Salesforce ecosystem? Success Story: Creating Equity in Education With Teach For America + Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

Gartner 96

Gartner Training Train Badge 96

Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Feeling like an island, burned by management, with no growth opportunities to lean into any of my previous passions or skills (did I mention work-life balance is nonexistent when working two jobs to get by?) That is a loaded question so I’ll opt out for something with a little more structure—what did the RiseUP Fellowship teach me?

Experiment 59

Experiment Time Life Environment 59

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2018

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. Ask questions. So, even for extroverts I believe this book will be useful.

Chapter 44

Chapter United States Teach Skills 44

NTEN

APRIL 6, 2021

It should be easy for someone to see what volunteer opportunities are available, what those volunteer roles are, and then sign up for the option that interests them. If you can teach a new volunteer a necessary skill for the role, consider removing it as a prerequisite. Volunteers should feel empowered to ask questions.

Volunteer 110

Volunteer Ideas Develop Management 110

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2021

Some of the broader themes for how to harness the power of humanocracy include: Teaching frontline staff to think like businesspeople. 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. Organizations are (mostly) not.

People 52

People Create Organization Headline 52

Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

More importantly, are your staff and volunteers ready and trained to perform productively in their roles? Most importantly, with all of these changes, your team’s roles changed, too. Step 2: Person by person, redefine their role. There’s no doubt that just about everyone’s role changed in 2020. But are you ready?

Training 105

Training Train Volunteer Effective 105

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Some of the broader themes for how to harness the power of humanocracy include: Teaching frontline staff to think like businesspeople. 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. Organizations are (mostly) not.

Headline 52

Headline Mentoring Authoring Problem 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Some of the broader themes for how to harness the power of humanocracy include: Teaching frontline staff to think like businesspeople. 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. Organizations are (mostly) not.

People 52

People Create Organization Headline 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up. I usually draw from these sources to create “instructional resources” for any workshop or class I teach. Here’s an example from a recent webinar on training. by Eric Jensen.

Training 114

Training Train Technology Instructional Design 114

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Bo Eason Today, Eason shares the following great advice: Question: How can a person stay focused and not let distractions take her/him off course? Question: How can a person get and stay motivated every day? Question: What’s the difference between a “goal” and a “declaration”? Learn to dance with those distractions.

Game 40

Game Life Teach Los Angeles 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2016

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. Ask questions. So, even for extroverts I believe this book will be useful.

Chapter 40

Chapter United States Teach Skills 40

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Our goal at Salesforce.org in delivering our own nonprofit trends report each year is to better understand: the role nonprofits have in serving their communities, what’s shifting within the nonprofit space, mental health and wellbeing, and how technology supports an organization’s ability to fund and run their missions across departments.

Trend 111

Trend Report United Kingdom Australia 111

Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. For example, the board member may question why you maintain a particular program that loses money.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Policy Advocacy Awareness 52

Forj

JULY 8, 2021

We’re going to cover types of eLearning assessments through the following questions: What is an eLearning assessment? These exercises can measure knowledge gained, skills learned, or even attitudes or mindsets changed. Multiple-choice assessments are those that pose a question with three to five accompanying responses.

eLearning 69

eLearning Course Test Knowledge 69

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

ECB involves a series of steps taken by an evaluator (internal or external) to build evaluative knowledge and skills, create a culture of continuous learning and accountability, and make resources readily available. The evaluator takes on many roles: facilitator, technical expert, and sometimes a shoulder to cry. Create a written plan.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Program Attitude Instruction 52

Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Now we’re going to look at the next step, and what some people might consider why any volunteer is really there: getting the volunteer up to speed on their specific role, and duties within that role. Teach Them About the Program, Too. If it’s possible to introduce people from these areas, all the better.

Volunteer 52

Volunteer Program Fundraising Training 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

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. Ask questions. So, even for extroverts I believe this book will be useful.

Chapter 40

Chapter United States Teach Skills 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 14, 2020

When discussing career development with an employee ask at least these eight questions : What are your recent successes? How does your role make a difference? How are you using your strengths in your current role? What knowledge and skills do you need to get to the next stage of your career? What are you most proud of?

Conversation 52

Conversation Interview Review Culture 52

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

These volunteers should have the time, skills, and interests to help you provide programming and services to your beneficiaries. Once you’ve pinpointed what you need new volunteers to do, write out “job descriptions” for different volunteer roles to put on your volunteer website. Ask your board to get involved.

Volunteer 98

Volunteer Strategy Guide Local 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

We used Dave Gray’s “ Board Thing ” online tool to crowdsource questions to discuss from the audience. She explained that “learning or teaching the old” is about training, knowledge transfer, and structured, directed learning. Teaching the new is not structured because it is social learning.

Learning 98

Learning Work Knowledge Management Knowledge 98

BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

Most candidates come to us with an answer to this question before we even ask. Once the decision has been made to give back in a substantive way, the next question for many becomes what is the best way to do so? Develop New Leadership Skills: There are invaluable skills you’ll acquire serving on a board.

Skills 40

Skills Nonprofit Teach Service 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. Earlier this year, authors Jonathan Littman and Susanna Camp answered the following questions about their book: Susanna Camp Question: What inspired you to write your book?

Story 52

Story Chapter San Francisco Test 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 12, 2019

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Teach something new to your team 24. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Be a good role model 46. Ask questions to clarify 64.

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Leadership Policy Technique 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

About a year ago, Mario Marino reached out to me and several colleagues with some provocative questions about e-learning in the nonprofit sector. The point is that we learn best by teaching what we have learned and interacting with others to share ideas and work through problems. Put e-learning on the agenda. Learning'

Learning 110

Learning Remix Teach Hype 110

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? Content delivery is less important then the skill to making sense of it and that needs to be what “classroom time” is about.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Teach something new to your team 24. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Be a good role model 46. Ask questions to clarify 64.

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Leadership Policy Technique 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. Awhile back, authors Jonathan Littman and Susanna Camp answered the following questions about their book: Susanna Camp Question: What inspired you to write your book?

Lesson 52

Lesson Chapter San Francisco Test 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Teach something new to your team 24. Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Be a good role model 46. Ask questions to clarify 64.

Mentoring 83

Mentoring Leadership Policy Technique 83

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 7, 2019

When discussing career development with an employee ask at least these eight questions : What are your recent successes? How does your role make a difference? How are you using your strengths in your current role? What knowledge and skills do you need to get to the next stage of your career? What are you most proud of?

Conversation 40

Conversation Interview Review Culture 40