Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2013

Among the thousands of tweets and retweets on Twitter about leadership during 2012 are these 25 favorites. To be effective, leaders have to close the conversational gap with their employees. presidents and current-day athletes. Great leaders know the power of asking questions. Lead with your heart, not just your head.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of June 6th).

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NTEN

MAY 10, 2012

photo from Broken Banjo Photography We've already established the successes and failures of the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , but what about the straightforward facts? 1772 NPTechies registered for 2012 NTC. The majority of the online conversation, 98% , happened on Twitter.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

It’s hard to believe that the 2012 NTC is a wrap. As Holly wrote in the #NTCFail blog post outlining the things that didn’t go as planned at the event, we value being open and accountable at NTEN. The community showed up for the 2012 NTC. Sarah had the marvelous idea of doing Twitter song requests during breaks and meals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2012

From November 6-8 – 2012 I will be in Florianopolis, Brazil to keynote the Social Good Brazil – The Seminar , which brings together influential minds, social entrepreneurs and innovators, and connecting people from all walks of life to share ideas and actions to make the world a better place using technology, social media and innovative thinking.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 13 Issue 1 (Winter/Spring 2012), “Language, Identity and Politics” and is re-published here with permission."

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. You may recall that the NTEN community recently helped us raise over $15,000 to host more local events throughout 2012.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of March 30th).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

There was a lot of buzz about crowdfunding in 2012: a video game called Star Citizen raised more than $7 million, Kickstarter banned nonprofits from using its platform (see #3 on that page), and a Tumblr popped up that takes aim at suspicious crowdfunding projects. Check him out on Twitter @daveiam.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2012

Social Media 4 NPOs (@SM4Nonprofits) July 26, 2012. It means communicating through a network model, rather than a broadcast model—finding where the conversations are happening and taking part. regarding social media #SM4NP @ dalvarez1 of @ sfgoodwill — Jennifer Bullock (@JennyBullock) July 26, 2012. It means sharing by default.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. The Center wanted to expand its reach, connections, and impact using social media and received grant funding in 2011 for social media planning and implementation through 2012. work must be spread among staff 2.)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

Email is still a very powerful tool for fundraising and the likely reason why donor conversion rates dropped in 2012 is because nonprofit e-newsletters are still formatted to primarily be read on desktop and laptop computers. Blog Unique Visitors. eNewsletter Subscribers. A 25% increase is recommended for your first year.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

Pacific time for a special Digital Storytelling Challenge edition of the weekly CommBuild discussion on Twitter. Join us directly on TweetChat.com to follow along with the conversation. Participate in the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #commbuild. He served as a mentor at SXSWi in 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Help spread the message about this and contribute to the conversation using the hashtag. Twitter: Join the #GivingTuesday Google+ Hangout Tues Nov 6 at 12:30 EST to hear from @Kanter @ZoeBFox @MakeLifeBetter & @UnicefUSA [link]. ” I did it because I want to participate, of course!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I happened to stumble upon this funny tweet from Billboard that asks its Twitter followers to tweet with the hashtag #ReplaceGirlWithSquirrelInASong and gave the example “I kissed a squirrel and I liked it.” Keep A Running List of High Engagement Conversation Starters and Use Them Regularly. To share on Twitter?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of June 15th).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Even better if you can tag the individual or do their Twitter handle. In this Twitter example below, the school is also encouraging the alumni network to RT this alum’s accomplishment. Be sure to use compelling photos and other visuals. Notice the the conversation is about the application deadline. ” 3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2013

After taking a break, I felt a lot like Hank – I just wanted to keep on resting. But in the quiet and last days of 2012 and the reflective moments in the new year, it was time to face the new year! I decided to go offline and take a break from blogging, pinning, Facebook, Twitter, and all the rest.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Cause Fatigue #4Change Recap « 4change – Did you miss the recent #4change twitter chat? Check it out!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Ken Homer is the founding partner of Collaborative Conversations - Include More Voices, Make Better Choices , a consultancy offering numerous approaches to bring people together in ways that are both productive and fulfilling. Find Ken on Twitter at @kenhomer. Find Kristy on Twitter at @kg.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2015

All year during 2012, I collected my favorite quotes about leadership from Twitter. So, for today''s leadership flashback , among the thousands of tweets and retweets on Twitter about leadership during 2012 these 25 were my favorites. To be effective, leaders have to close the conversational gap with their employees.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 3, 2013

All year, I''ve been collecting my favorite quotes about leadership from Twitter. In the meantime, among the thousands of tweets and retweets on Twitter about leadership during 2012 these 25 were my favorites. To be effective, leaders have to close the conversational gap with their employees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But a good CMS can also facilitate constituent relationships in a number of other ways, including facilitating comments, blogs and social media. This week Idealware released the much-anticipated 2012 edition of our free Consumers Guide to Low-Cost Nonprofit Management Systems.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 27, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Disclaimer Wednesday, April 27, 2011 All You Need is Love. Great post.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2011

Teaching The Essential Blog Content Development Workshop I loved co-facilitating the Essential Blog Content Development Workshop with Elizabeth Soutter of Da Momma: Motherhood is Not for Wimps , and Julie Weckerlein of Julie and Martin. My 5 takeaways were: Checking email, Twitter and Facebook constantly can be "insecurity work.".

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 4, 2012

In January of this year, nonprofit organization Invisible Children released “Kony 2012,” a video about Joseph Kony. Using Facebook and Twitter, signers have shared this petition with their followers and friends. From there create a list of blog topics. posted by Carly Rowe , Social Media Specialist.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 21, 2011

After a short conversation with the eccentric donor, she realized that every donor has a different motivation for giving, and a smart fundraiser should keep in mind the donor’s motivation when asking for a donation. The National Conference on Volunteering and Service is currently accepting session proposals for their 2012 conference.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. By Laura Quinn, Idealware Odds are good that your organization is using multiple communications channels to reach people, from social media to direct mail and email to websites and blogs. You may not have to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

The first and most important step is for organizations to put on their listening ears and monitor conversations, get feedback, and continuously improve. Social media listening (or social media monitoring) is the practice of paying close attention to digital channels when conversations relevant to your cause are being discussed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The day ended with a curated conversation on “ Data, Transparency, and Impact ” facilitated by the amazing Erica Mills and with Jane Meseck (Microsoft), Paul Shoemaker (Social Venture Partners) and Eric Stowe (Splash). They crowdsourced questions that we discussed and then we opened it up for audience q/a. Funding Measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

As you might expect, the 16-hour program covered all the basics of social media: from how and why to write a social media plan, to a review of the major social media tools, including LinkedIn and Twitter and Facebook and WordPress. This blog post was originally published on the Communications Network Blog. Berkeley Prof.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

(You can get a discount of $20 off the registration by entering the code “Beth” when you sign up ). This year, since content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching , I’ll be doing a conversational presentation on the topic.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

Visual content motivates more responses than text, engages younger participants, and is often cited as a major trend of 2012 and 2013. I spend my professional time online reading blogs, reading reports, sharing articles, engaging in text chat. And of course, I use this blog as a reflective space to learn by writing.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

I love Trevor Donnell's brilliant book and blog, Marketing the Arts to Death , in which he documents the disasters caused by our inability to be audience- and data-driven in our marketing efforts. The people who produce the programming or who have the relationships produce the messaging, so the conversations are authentic and personal.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

I wrote the book because it seemed like something was missing from the conversation about digital advocacy and activism. Between the hashtags, the Facebook groups, the online petitions, the blog posts, and the constant emails, there’s just an overwhelming amount of advocacy communication online today.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

I know I’m in danger of committing the crime that makes me cringe, but my goal for this blog post is for you to take away some actionable tips to start implementing in your web and content strategy. It has been described as the ladder of engagement, and has been used to famous effect by the Obama campaign in 2012.

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

adults use smart phones as of February 2012, up 11% from May 2011 and 10% said that their phone was their primary means of getting online. To get a full write up on the session head over to the TechSoup blog and read Mobile Tips from 12NTC. You probably have a smart phone in your pocket or on your desk right now. 6) Gaming for Good.

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