Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In a highly personal and reflective manner, Mulligan, with Greg Shaw , details through stories, examples, insights and frameworks, how business leaders can prepare for and respond to technological disruption. Mulligan : This really came into focus for me after the 2008 financial crisis.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

It’s worth noting that beginning July 31 Google will delete all private Google Profiles (this best practice will then be revised to reflect the new sign up process), so at the very least your first name, last name, and profile picture will be public. For example, my Google+ vanity URL is gplus.to/heathermansfield.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

Stephen Blyth, a nonprofit capacity builder who I met when I keynoted Connecting Up in 2008, hosted my trip to NZ and arranged for this workshop to take place on Makaurau Marae which is the land of Maori. When learners enter the room, I ask them to reflect on their “burning question” or why did they want to take this workshop.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In a highly personal and reflective manner, Mulligan, with Greg Shaw , details through stories, examples, insights and frameworks, how business leaders can prepare for and respond to technological disruption. Mulligan : This really came into focus for me after the 2008 financial crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. September, 2008 Dr. Mani, a heart surgeon in India - and Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Last conducted in 2008, this study of primarily US foundations found that there was little to no change in the degree to which grantmakers incorporated practices deemed important to the success of grantees. The survey can help convince trustees who, for example, still object to the idea of making grants for general operating support.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Whether you were, or weren’t, I’m hoping you’ll join with me for a few minutes to think, and reflect. TapIt water bottle refilling network was founded in 2008 to give New Yorkers free access to clean sustainable water on the go. But it also means thinking about today.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

If they want to brag about an accomplishment (a certain number of page views or visitors to a particular campaign page, for example), that’s fine. That, however, WILL not be reflected in our webstats for a while, if at all. Organizing a community and serving it well has a lot of dimensions poorly reflected in webstats alone.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks. Examples from Haiti. Direct Content. Indirect Content.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

This is an indication that nonprofits are definitely moving in the right direction, which is also reflected in the Nielsen Study (What Americans Do Online, August 2010 ). Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? [1] And 92% of surveyed nonprofits plan on using at least one of these tools in 2011.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

In 2008, Vermont became the first state to permit the creation of the L3C (Powell, Jackson-Zapata, & Kammerling, 2014), an entity that allows companies to achieve modest profits while operating under a business model that emphasizes impact over profits. The organization became the first Benefit “B” Corporation in Florida.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

But, maybe you've done some of that thinking and implemented a few focused social media experiments in 2008 and have gleaned some insights. Make Time for Reflection. Build in daily or at least weekly time for reflection on your social media strategy and use to make improvements. Good for you! Great work.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Their donor file has quintupled since 2008. P ut together an all-org donor listening team—Ask for help then show the WIIFM of donor feedback via tangible examples. For example, Fundraiser Penelope Burk showed that a thank you call to a newly acquired donor yields 40% more revenue in year 2. Can you do like they do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I'll be doing a presentation on a panel at the Museum Computer Network Conference in two weeks on this topic and in early 2008 for the Legal Services Corporation. When I blogged my preliminary thoughts and set up a wikispace , I was seeking a specific nonprofit example to make it more real. I think your pyramid approach is spot on.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2016

" So wrote Cynthia Gibson, then of the Carnegie Corporation , and Nonprofit Quarterly Editor-in-Chief Ruth McCambridge in a 2008 special issue of that magazine dedicated to infrastructure. Too often nonprofit leaders do not reflect the diversity of the communities they serve. Take VolunteerMatch, for example.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. I''d love to hear more peoples'' reflections on this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

We'll be back before 2008 with a roundup of 2007. The PeaFund Friday Campaign PeaFund Friday is an amazing example of the power of social media for social change. But looks that they are catching up, check out Burleigh Mountain's Channel , for example. It is authentic, it is caring, and it is beautiful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2009

The best example comes from Social Media for Social Change (SM4SC), an organization started by Gradon Tripp, that uses social media tools to raise money for nonprofit. This charity event was not a self-organized, networked fundraiser, but an example of an agency-driven event. Twestival is the most recent and impressive example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Return on Investment, Return on Reflection: I will integrate my work on social media ROI with general nonprofit technology ROI More about this theme is below because it will be a major focus area for me this year. One example recently was I post I wrote about a Twitter tool. This is a bonus goal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Amy Sample Ward shares her first reflections and critique of the platform and wonders what’s the point? But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. So What and Who Cares.

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

or a good example of how silly the term "follower" is?). Adam and I first met in 2008, when we were part of a National Academies think tank-ish thing on the future of museums and libraries. It's a good post that is representative of her powerful writing (mostly focused on the performing arts).

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. I'd love to hear more peoples' reflections on this.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

ToMamaWithLove (TMWL) is no exception – but, as Stacey Monk, CEO of Epic Change, reflects, "It's a much different medium than it used to be.". Here are a few of the examples: When we asked people to join by tweeting, because it was easy and different, we went from 20 to 180 people that had signed up to let us tweet through their accounts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

He imagines a Jamaica ten years in 2008, ten years after the initial discussions about this project began. "We might imagine J amaica in 2008 that has become a remarkable leader in the world. The process of self-reflection and identifying differences, working ways to relate to issues, and going forward.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Second, in 2008 and 2009, when the economy dipped and membership renewal rates started to soften, we started to think more seriously about the emotional factor of supporting the arts in the community. So we wanted a membership segmentation that reflected their individual needs. The "insiders" are another example.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2012

It’s a story that reflects the turning points in our past, describes where we are at present, and indicates where we are positioned to go in the future. For example, our 2008 major human rights grants from the Oak Foundation and the John D. For example, our largest single funding arrangement is a competitive award by the U.S.

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Care2

JUNE 22, 2007

A printed page is viewed with reflected light, while a page on a computer screen is luminous. Examples of serif fonts are Times New Roman and Courier New. Plain text is easier to read than italicized text, as I hope this example illustrates. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Sans serif fonts do not have serifs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

For example, in April 2007 I wrote 52 posts, but in April 2008 I wrote 61. In early 2008 it was slightly lower for several reasons. In June 2008, it has more than doubled. I've been thinking about and blogging about - take for example conversation readiness and conversation strategy posts I wrote recently.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Doug concluded his welcoming remarks with posing some important questions for the future for participants to reflect over the next few days: How do we keep a balance between the emerging and traditional technology so we keep in touch with digital natives and those who have limited connectivity? Mike Seyfang responded. Need time and patience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I first came across @paullyoung in September, 2008 when he implemented a birthday campaign as part of charity:water’s September campaign. In 2008, even more people joined and raised over $1 million for clean water projects in Ethiopia. How do you report, reflect, and revise what you’re doing?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Blogging helped me develop my ideas, engage in reflective practice, and pursue a growing passion for visitor participation in museums (and it's funny to look back and realize the first lines of my book came from one of the very first posts ). I expected the museum blogosphere to explode in 2007 or 2008. Share your ideas.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

The Public Library of Science is a wonderful example of a reputable, respected peer-reviewed journal where articles are freely available to the public. First, I want to say a few words about my enthusiastic support for the critique of closed licensing offered by Michelle by reflecting a bit on my past actions in this regard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

I think I was the person to coin the term Free Agent back in 2008 when I first wrote about Shawn Admed’s work. How Is The Connected World Changing Your Work? I started with a story about this crazy world of networks and Facebook is changing our personal relationships and the way we work within organizations.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Here is the user profile by age circa July 2008 (per this report ). For example, check out this discussion about the Monte Carlo method, Pi, and what it means to be forty. The last three reflect the interests of the users--and not in quantity (i.e. The adults aren't solely there as monitors--many are creators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

Note from Beth: Ashoka's Twitter account was placed on the Twitter Suggested List about the same time as my account. Tom Dawkins, who is responsible for Ashoka Tweets, offered to write a guest post reflecting on some best practices for using Twitter.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

Here are some examples of cognitive bias, and how our organization has dealt with them. The Bandwagon Effect In 2008, we launched a "single-sign on" method using Facebook Connect that allows our visitors to use their Facebook credentials to log in. Our decisions related to this trend reflected a strong bias towards Status Quo.

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