Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology. Be a leader who teaches.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 20, 2024

Off-the-shelf AI tools are being touted as the solution to all our content woes, promising to churn out blog posts, social media updates, and newsletters at lightning speed. But just as a microwave can’t teach culinary skills, generic AI can’t inherently understand your organization’s unique voice, mission, or brand.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 15, 2013

Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology. Be a leader who teaches.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Invest in your fundraising skills There’s never a bad time to prioritize professional development, so start thinking about putting together a plan based on your career goals. Practicing your public speaking by volunteering to teach a workshop or speak on a panel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

I have continued to teach facilitation and meeting design workshops and coaching for online and hybrid meetings Training & Facilitation: I have maintained an active schedule of conference keynotes, master classes, workshops and webinars on the topics of workplace wellbeing and digital transformation for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

This post follows yesterday’s post about networked leadership skills. I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Connecting the dots: What Corporate Training Can Learn from Formal Education. ” This core competency of organizing is vital to the success of individuals in the training field. As it is difficult to make the most of the training if the concern of the trainees lies elsewhere. Assigning Priority. Avoid Distractions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

I have continued to teach facilitation and meeting design workshops and coaching for online and hybrid meetings Training & Facilitation: I have maintained an active schedule of conference keynotes, master classes, workshops and webinars on the topics of workplace wellbeing and digital transformation for nonprofits.

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Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

Earlier this month, I presented on a panel called “ Learn, You Will ” with Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon, and Andrea Berry on the topic of designing effective nonprofit technology training at the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. You can find all resources materials here. Does #14ntc give an award for best slides?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

We wrote an op-ed for the Chronicle of Philanthropy on the age of automation and it implications for fundraisers, Leveraging the Power of Bots for Civil Society on SSIR Blog and The Robots Have Arrived: How Nonprofits Can Put Them To Work on Guidestar. I wrote guest posts for many nonprofit publications and blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

At the time, the Salesforce Admin certification had only just been introduced and was beginning to gain momentum, there wasn’t a Trailblazer Community (we had a few “community boards” and Google groups), and it was nearly impossible to find training materials. Why aren’t we training new workers on it?” Salesforce is projecting $26.01

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, training is esse ntial to keep knowledge and skills up to date. Whether your organization is training its own staff in nonprofit management, or teaching others technical skills, TechSoup can help you get started. Train on Over 150 Products with Atomic Training.

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M+R

APRIL 13, 2023

READ TIME: 3 minutes This post was originally published on EveryAction’s Thursday Thoughts blog. The Planned Parenthood team has built a community that they nurture with content and skills. As spring unfolds and the days get longer, many nonprofit supporters are ready for opportunities to show up—in person, virtually, or both!—and

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish? When thinking about fundraising, many nonprofits and funders believe in the old adage, “Give a person a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a person to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” What you think? Guest post by Paul Connolly. In a vacuum, it can be marginal.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Byte Back is a nonprofit computer skills and career training center located in Washington, D.C. Glenn taught himself the skills needed to maintain and repair computers. In the mid-1990s, Glenn met with his friend Barbara Altman to share his idea of opening a computer and career training center in Honduras.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In addition, I was lucky enough to be the online facilitator for a virtual leadership program for arts administrators co-hosted by the Cornell University School of Management where I learned and practiced a range of instructional techniques for teaching adults. Training Design'

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, training is essential to keep technology knowledge and skills up to date. Train on Over 150 Products. You can use Atomic Training to help your organization maximize its tech tools and software products. The training is available to both your staff AND your constituents.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Storytelling is a skill. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling. Paul's new book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. It didn’t take long). That wasn’t fair.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Sometimes they won’t have the skills. There are a few things that may be going on here: You have the right person in this job; they need some training and/or coaching. Provide training and/or coaching. Offer training if you think this will help. Sometimes they won’t have the support, time and resources. .

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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?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I don’t set goals, but use the themes to guide the type of work I will take on, what I want to write about on my blog as well as my professional reading and professional development. Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes.

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Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Have you ever considered allowing that volunteer to train others on how to efficiently complete that specific task? In another recent blog post , we talked about the amount of free time the average person has access too. Provide volunteers with valuable skills. Be flexible and considerate of your supporter’s schedule.

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

Have you ever considered allowing that volunteer to train others on how to efficiently complete that specific task? In another recent blog post , we talked about the amount of free time the average person has access too. Provide volunteers with valuable skills. Be flexible and considerate of your supporter’s schedule.

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Volunteer Retention Skills Studies 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Skills Reflection Management Aggregator 96

Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Have you ever considered allowing that volunteer to train others on how to efficiently complete that specific task? In another recent blog post , we talked about the amount of free time the average person has access too. Provide volunteers with valuable skills. Be flexible and considerate of your supporter’s schedule.

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Volunteer Retention Skills Studies 85

Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re looking to brush up on best practices for annual appeals, boost your fundraising game on social media this GivingTuesday , or build expert storytelling skills to win over supporters this giving season and beyond, we’ve got you covered with this list of 12 free nonprofit books. Happy reading!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

And no other book on personal branding teaches readers the sales skills that will help them sell that brand—sell themselves—like a pro. Do we need training or more education? Personal branding, whether it’s for the first time or it’s a rebranding, starts with examining our goals. A new wardrobe? A more relevant network?

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 15, 2016

Online resource EdSurge has even compiled a five-point list for educators to help understand and begin merging VR into their lectures and lab exercises as well as how to create their own custom-made videos as supplements to their normal teaching routines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

And that’s why I love teaching and training because it is all about the learning for both you and the participants. No matter what flavor of facilitation you put into your toolkit, there are some facilitator fundamentals and skills that facilitators need. Part 2 offers checklists and reminders for these basic skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

This blog post serves as a resource page for a session on mindfulness with Rob Cottingham and Jana Byington-Smith. To practice techniques like mind-mapping, use of visualization, attention-training, technology tools, and more to stay focused and productive in our work. Information Coping Skills on Scoop.It. The Information Diet.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

About Black History Month Black History Month began when Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Their programs are aimed at increasing digital literacy and helping people gain valuable tech skills to funnel into successful careers. The post February Cause Awareness: Black History Month appeared first on Qgiv Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I’ll be in the air enroute to Rwanda for a training project. As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. At Common Sense, we believe these skills are as essential to thriving in the 21st century as reading and writing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I continued an active schedule of teaching workshops on self-care for nonprofit professionals and creating a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace as well as numerous keynote presentations. Writing and Blogging: I’ve kept an active publishing schedule for Beth’s Blog, something that I’ve done since 2003!

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In the first blog post of this series, we discussed the basics that need to occur to onboard any volunteer at any level. Your Program Volunteers Your Fundraising Volunteers Get Them Trained Provide Them with Useful Tools. Train Them On the Job. Teach Them About the Program, Too. Get Them Trained.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills.

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