Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2012

Sarah Mapes is the Director of Communications Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved and she also coordinates a team that shares updates through this profile as well as their individual profiles. One techniques she uses for new users that join the team is to create a “Twitter Scavenger Hunt.”

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M+R

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

This end-of-year, our ads team chefs served fan favorites like matches and deadline-heavy creative. But it was the experimental tools, tactics, and techniques below that helped us collectively raise a sweet $17 million for our ads clients in December. If this seems like your kind of cooking, our ads team is hiring !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 11, 2022

Team fundraising introduces gamification, which is a fancy word for an online marketing technique intended to inspire engagement with a product or service. In short, participant teams compete to see who can raise the most money and are often incentivized by a prize, which could be swag branded to your nonprofit !

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Wouldn’t it be great if there were some tools or techniques we could use to reduce our experiences with them? It’s also a collaborative technique to engage subject matter experts in identification of the true root cause of the problem. Something you thought you fixed keeps having errors? These are frustrating situations.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Teamed with Co-Founder, Chip Massey, a former FBI hostage negotiator, this duo could persuade Ebenezer Scrooge to launch a charity. Harriet Bogdanowicz, Chief Strategy Officer at the American Planning Association, will share how APA used these techniques to innovate and set trends in the planning industry. Sponsored by Multiview.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 5, 2023

Why association leaders need to e mpower employees Your team is likely made up of individuals with vast abilit ies and potential. However, if your staff isn’t fully cooperating , or if certain staff abilities aren’t being leveraged , then your team won’t reach its full capacity. This is where you can utilize employee empowerment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

Rituals can also be used by teams in the workplace to improve effectiveness. Start A New Professional Journal(s): For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal(s), using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

But, Don Draper and the team at Mad Men probably would not approve. How hard is it to add a bot or two to your team? Are there stages in the member journey where your team is understaffed and customer care is suffering? Humans still do better creative. Begin the Search Give the bot clear objectives.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

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 and not only the performance (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Many successful nonprofit professionals use rituals, either for personal productivity or team productivity. There are many approaches to journaling and types of notebooks, but I have settled in on using a variation of the bullet journal technique and the one-sentence five-year journal. I’ve shared My Three Themes below.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Aligning your management team with your company's goals and reiterating your values through various communication channels. Promoting and rewarding team collaboration instead of competition. Gives you specific techniques and tactics. Persistence and Consistency. Encouragement. Not guiding the troops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Learn stress reduction strategies for yourself and your team. Thursday, Dec 8 at 11am CT/12pm ET: Nonprofit Hub webinar understanding and reducing burnout in the nonprofit sector. Outcomes of the webinar: Identify common sources of burnout in nonprofit organizations. Develop a plan address competing priorities without creating new stresses.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Step 2: Organize a Planning Team and Create a Project Charter. A project charter serves as a compass to keep the team firmly pointed at goals established at the beginning. A project charter serves as a compass to keep the team firmly pointed at goals established at the beginning. Is your website a one-person operation?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career and life you love. Part 2: Lead Your Boss describes proven techniques to transform your relationship with your boss.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Measure Impact : Use the framework’s impact measurement techniques to assess the effectiveness of your ChatGPT-powered strategies. By inputting relevant data, the AI can generate nuanced insights that supplement your team’s analysis, thereby informing more holistic decisions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

And he shares his techniques for: Turning a healthy fear of failure to your advantage. Building an outrageously talented team. A team that’s appropriately lean has a more concentrated focus and gets more done,” explains Jacobs. Catalyzing electric meetings. Transforming a company into a superorganism that beats the competition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

We’ve modeled them as part of the session and it allowed us to brainstorm in smaller teams on how to be more engaging in our meetings from now on. Icebreakers for Teams Collection Select from over 300 icebreakers based on how well the group knows each other. Interactive Meeting Techniques.

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JANUARY 3, 2011

By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Sage Nonprofit Solutions I've been asked to present a session at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference on "Technical Management Techniques for Managers". Assemble the team. Get your team working to understand the problem right away. Survey the situation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Taking a brief walk, leaving your desk and screen, is one of the best techniques for getting rid of that overwhelmed feeling that happens. Learn more tips and how to apply them to your team at my upcoming virtual workshop, Self-Care for Nonprofit Leaders During a Pandemic , on Friday, November 6 and hosted by Candid.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you’re part of a nonprofit, a dynamic team, or an individual on a mission, having a well-defined strategy for quickly creating and sharing fresh ideas is a must-have in our times. This might sound easy, but sharing an idea with your board, boss, or team can be tricky, even nerve-wracking. Do you have one in place?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 4, 2023

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. By Day 30 share with your team: Mission -- Why here, why exist, what business are we in?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Corral Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Team Captains. If you already use crowdfunding and peer-to-peer fundraising , your team captains are built-in pipelines to rallying your extended community. Think about a way you can acknowledge or thank them for being an ambassador for your cause. Think special toolkits and new incentives.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Your sales team needs clear direction about their role in creating value and how they can execute in a way that differentiates your business. Digging deeper into sales, Edinger explains that: If your revenues are driven by a sales organization, then the center of that drive—sales—should be at the heart of your company’s strategy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Particularly for business leaders, the book offers easy-to-follow lessons on l earning to lead with positivity for effective change throughout your team and organization. The Negativity Fast is an inspiring new approach to improving your outlook, leadership techniques, resilience, and productivity.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

And the larger your organization, the larger the gifts you can expect to receive⁠—that is, of course, when your team has a plan to cultivate and steward key donors. Feel like your fundraising team could use a boost? Your board members can play a crucial role in nonprofit governance and as potential major donors.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2020

News and World Report magazine that there are three things that coaches as leaders must do to drive success : "Have everyone on the team focus on the same goal." And, the leader must effectively communicate that goal to the team. Emphasize those goals every day." And, I totally agree.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 25, 2022

Online community team. Decide who to include on your online community team and define their roles and responsibilities. The team should include a mix of staff from across your organization. A prep meeting to confirm that everything in the community and everyone on the team are ready to launch.?. Content strategy ?.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

I’m going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. You can practice these exercises alone or with your team. Here are the techniques: Meeting Ritual: A Moment of Quiet: Many people who work at nonprofits are often in many meetings, often scheduled back-to-back, everyday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

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 and not only the performance (..)

Mentoring 98

Mentoring Policy Technique News 98

EveryAction

AUGUST 29, 2023

This is why data-informed donor screening and segmentation practices are so important: with the right tools and practices, your team can maximize and optimize fundraising efforts to raise more money, spend fewer resources raising it, and increase your impact on the communities you serve.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2023

We’ll also explore the strategic intent of GA4 as well as explore its potential in adaptive techniques, robust machine learning algorithms, and powerful predictive analytics. This workshop is perfect for anyone looking to level up their team collaboration and foster a culture of rapid innovation. Vote for this session!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies Gunner’s techniques in his own technology/activist trainings. Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it. Can this technique work for an online meeting? This allows us to get into a deep discussion related to the topic.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 24, 2021

Team Games. Many attendees will attend an event as part of a team. This might be a corporate team or a social group at an academic association. Team games are also perfect for webinars or training sessions as they will improve your attendee’s ability to learn. . Gamification Techniques for In-Person Events.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

If you don't, encourage peer coaching among the members of your team. You'll likely find that everyone on your team has a skill, technique, behavior that they can teach a fellow team member. Do you create an environment at your business/organization that allows peer coaching to succeed? Hopefully you do.

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