Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 11, 2021

In following the oft-cited advice to “fail fast” and to “launch before you’re ready,” founders risk wasting time and capital on the wrong solutions. Eisenmann features all his research findings and expert advice in his new book, Why Startups Fail. Some of the advice on how to succeed as an entrepreneur can backfire.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

Chronicle of Philanthropy has a roundup of predictions for 2008 from. And finally, Chris Brogan focused on needs for 2008. What are the nptech social media needs for 2008? As we move into 2008, one last reflection, what are you lessons learned about Nonprofits and Social Media ? Let's take a look.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

She presented a social media training to our affiliates at our annual conference in 2008 and as one of the most popular sessions, our affiliates are still talking about it – 60% of which now actively use social media. for advice, and no doubt we will be regularly using her book too.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

David shares why he decided to respond to the blogger outreach - a counterpoint to my advice about what not to do: I went along because an email from Svetlana was a model of how an organization can reach out to bloggers. Will personable intermediaries and funding local issues be on the horizon for trends in 2008 year end or beyond?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

You might also consider taking some advice from a 67-year-old blogger. While you should be wary of anybody promising to teach you how to make people laugh, some of the advice itself can be pretty funny. Of course, to follow all this advice, you need to know your way around PhotoShop (or its open source equivalent, the GIMP).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2011

She presented a social media training to our affiliates at our annual conference in 2008 and as one of the most popular sessions, our affiliates are still talking about it – 60% of which now actively use social media. for advice, and no doubt we will be regularly using her book too.”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Definitely the e-newsletter; our first e-newsletter in 2008 resulted in hundreds of responses and donations, though we have seen some donation activity on Facebook through special source codes tied to campaigns.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

December 2, 2008 In general, although I am sometimes asked, I tend to avoid assisting clients with choosing a donor database package. And I know there are plenty of folks out there who know the field really well at 50 ft, and can step in with the best advice. And Kintera Sphere, I think, is going to open a car repair shop. {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. In 2008, I raised money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. At that time I made a blog and raised $2,000 using Chipin.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

That’s just one of the great pieces of advice we got from this week’s terrific guest blogger Anthony Pisapia of Philadelphia nonprofit Tech Impact. Beth Kanter, the nonprofit social media guru, pointed out in 2008 that social media takes time. Not much has changed since 2008.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

A couple months before graduation I went to my religion professor's office hours to ask for advice. If you are a college student, or someone in career transition, who wants to find work that fulfills your big vision for a better world, I have a few words of advice, and some books to recommend. My advice: 1. Why do you organize?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits. I think I can write something up.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

The Rapleaf Business blog also has some great advice on incorporating user generated content instead of working from scratch. You just need to give them a little shove in the right direction sometimes. If you haven't read Seth Godin's seminal " Flipping the Funnel ", yet, you should start there. What's that you say?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

He provides exactly the kind of advice that will help organizations connect with their donors. For instance, I’m reading the book, Made to Stick , and this week’s post by Jeff at Donor Power talks about taglines that organizations use – how they make internal sense, but don’t make sense to people outside.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. at 10:59 pm this is such great advice. Thanks for the great advice. 5 Erin 04.30.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

That sounded like good advice, since it might take me quite a while to get to step 1. (If, I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. If, perchance, you might want to read it, drop me an email.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Beth has some advice for dealing with too much data – write it down (er, on a wiki that is.) Kivi at Nonprofit Communications , talks about how to keep track of the kind of data that writers need to keep track of – editorial calendars. I want to do more and more writing, and doing this sort of thing might be pretty helpful for me.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Beth has some advice for dealing with too much data – write it down (er, on a wiki that is.) Kivi at Nonprofit Communications , talks about how to keep track of the kind of data that writers need to keep track of – editorial calendars. I want to do more and more writing, and doing this sort of thing might be pretty helpful for me.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 24, 2007

It was also part of my job to give advice where it was appropriate, but I have come to realize, in my current position of being apart from building things, that I had a bit of myopia, as all builders and vendors do. It was, a while ago, part of my job to build technology solutions for people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2011

In May of 2008 when I joined The Lumpkin Family Foundation I was given the challenge to figure out how to develop a network to support the nonprofit capacity building work of The Foundation in downstate Illinois. I would welcome your feedback and additional advice for how to assess and sustain networks.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Ushahidi got its start in early 2008. Founder Erik Hersman and a group of fellow Kenyan bloggers were frustrated by the lack of accurate information or media coverage of the violence surrounding the 2008 Kenyan election. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Amy Kinkaid, of Fundraising Breakthroughs , has some great advice about asking for money without shame. All of these articles were interesting and thoughtful. It’s really nice to learn more about what people are talking about. A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects has a nice post about what Project Managers do all day, anyway.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

By combining industry best practices such as peer-to-peer fundraising with innovative technologies like Venmo and text-to-donate, Givebutter has become the world’s #1 rated online fundraising platform, according to Capterra, GetApp, G2, and Software Advice FrontRunners. Platform Fee : Free Transaction Fee : 2.9% + $.30 MobileCause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Advice on How To Not Pitch Bloggers. BackType: Another Listening Tool. Twitter Isn't Pointless, It's Pointilism. Working Wikily: The Secrets of A Wiki Gardener. The Best Free Sources of Social Media Audience Research. Let the Change Blogging Meme Hit The Road. Tips for Using Your Social Networking Presence for Professional Networking.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

I have some advice for both companies, though: Keep going – it’s looking more and more like not only are people expecting the ability to mash their data and other data more, it’s also looking like a pretty good business model. Bottom line: Kintera takes some important steps to open up their application.

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Care2

MARCH 27, 2009

March 30, 2009 | rabia Copyright © 2008, Care2.com The interactive conference was a unique opportunity for cross-industry learning among 11,000 web geeks from every area of the web. March 27, 2009 | Dave Steadman So nicely put, Ill have to pass along to client. Here, here to relationship building and lasting engagement. Cheers, Ali!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 24, 2011

The type of tie depicted in a social network map depends on a study's content and purpose (Knoke and Yang, 2008) [3]. A personnel map of the employees who are most sought-after for advice or assistance could be drafted to improve efficiency and camaraderie among co-workers. American Journal of Sociology. 78(6), 1360-1380. and Yang, S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2012

I’ve been a fan of Dan Roam’s work since his book “ The Back of the Napkin ” in 2008. He has some terrific advice about how to apply visual thinking to your data visualization and to get insights.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2013

In 2008, with support from the California Emerging Technology Fund , we established a formal digital divide program and, with the help of our community partners, connected more than 10,000 previously disconnected homes to broadband Internet. When I left, SDFF had a staff of 36 and a budget of $4.5

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 24, 2008

Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at 1:16 pm. Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 9:32 pm | Permalink Beth Kanter wrote: BTW, did you share any of your presentation materials or curriculum online anyplace? And, if you have a minute to offer some advice. The feedback was great. This was written by Steve Bridger. Filed under flickr.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 24, 2008

Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at 1:16 pm. Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 9:32 pm | Permalink Beth Kanter wrote: BTW, did you share any of your presentation materials or curriculum online anyplace? And, if you have a minute to offer some advice. The feedback was great. This was written by Steve Bridger. Filed under flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Photo Source: Yuba Colleage Public Space Back in September, 2008, after reading this post by Chris Brogan about taking your blog to the next level, I was inspired. Have any advice for going through a redesign process? I knew that I was outgrowing my information design as well as my blogging platform. So stay tuned!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2014

You''ll find lots of good advice and insights from this Kansas City area leadership consultant, coach and thought leader. I was a part of the 418th Civil Affairs Battalion in Belton and deployed to Iraq in 2008. Nathan Magnuson If you haven''t discovered Nathan Magnuson ''s Everyday Leadership blog , check it out today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

It's filled with good advice on this topic. We decided to become a nonprofit in early 2008 and formed the Diabetes Hands Foundation in April 2008. We decided to become a nonprofit in early 2008 and formed the Diabetes Hands Foundation in April 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2008

2008 will be a great year. I'll just end with Beth Kanter's blogging advice rings true: I'll start off the advice with try to get into the habit of writing regularly. I've been following Eugene's photos on flickr for about two years now. He's one of the best nptech photographers. He has a great eye.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2008

Congratulations to Marnie Webb for winning the 2008 NTEN Award at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in New Orleans. Oh, I also got a people's choice award (popular vote) The person you turn to most for trusted advice (for nonprofit technology issues). As the winner of last year's award I got to introduce her. The same results.

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