Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Tuesday: Build and rebuild trust in your company – With the confidence that comes from knowing the right problem to solve, running smart experiments to steady trust “wobbles” helps strengthen relationships with key stakeholders. You’ll want to read the entire book for more instruction for each day’s activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

This year I will continue my commitment to creative activities including “ Journal as Altar ,” and calligraphy with fountain pens. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I use the themes to guide my professional work and writing.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 25, 2023

No, we’re not talking about mysterious magic spells; we’re talking about the art of utilizing S tuff W e A ll G et to elevate your event experience and drive your mission forward. SWAG Purpose and Usage Clearly articulate how you plan to use the SWAG items for events.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Once you’ve helped visitors understand the why behind your work, it’s time to present how your nonprofit translates your mission and values into action by answering: What problems, causes, and needs are you working to actively address? Who does your nonprofit serve and how are you actively working to solve the challenges they face?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Ensure that your organization’s digital experience is seamless and easy to navigate Developing fresh and distinctive messaging that makes a case for support is and always has been a crucial step for launching a fundraising campaign. Always be testing and make sure your online experience is free of hiccups for your visitors.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 21, 2023

You have experience as a funder and as a seeker. As a funder, I have reviewed hundreds of sponsorship pitch decks, negotiated, made fund allocation decisions, executed brand activations, and more. proposal letters and pitch decks) to articulate the vision of an event in a way that makes the sponsor’s decision easier to make.

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Cloud 4 Good

JANUARY 25, 2022

Most of this first cohort has pursued additional learning opportunities, whether through previous work experience, continued higher education, technical courses, or extensive time spent learning the ins and outs of Trailhead. This led us to our next step in the selection process: Salesforce demos.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 18, 2023

Simplify Event Registration : Use event registration platforms that take care of ticketing, sign-ups, and reporting, giving you the space to focus on creating an impactful experience for attendees. An activity tracker helps you track your interactions with each donor. And the best part?

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2021

Here are our thoughts: You don’t actively learn from the experience when a consultant completely handles the feasibility study from start to finish. While their thoughts are extremely helpful, they may feel pressured to come up with or overstate concerns that they wouldn’t have articulated otherwise.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 18, 2022

This kind of story will still articulate values that donors connect with and could be motivating in a different way. Their parents send them to your program as a fun, weekly activity. Returning back to our theater company example, perhaps there has been a child that developed self-confidence as a result of their experience.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Evaluate how your organization’s and your community’s core values are being articulated and experienced in the stories you tell , in your interactions with the public, and in your communications with donors. Understanding their perceptions of your organization and what philanthropy means to them can help you take actions that build trust.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 27, 2022

While Talent for Good applications are continuously accepted on a rolling basis, Cloud for Good will be actively screening program applications through the month of May. It’s not all about experience and education, however. Cohort 2 will officially begin their respective Salesforce journeys in the summer of 2022.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Open lines of communication with your membership go a long way toward developing a better—and more customized— member experience ! Before starting a new membership drive, make sure your organization has these key retention strategies down: Member experience. How are communications throughout the membership experience?

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this article, we’ll delve into the essence of giving days, exploring what they are and how your nonprofit can actively participate. Whether you’re spearheading your own giving day or participating in one organized by another entity, the mechanics are designed to create a dynamic and impactful experience.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The donors who are most active and engaged with your organization are your best major donor prospects. . Are you able to articulate the impact their gift will have on your mission. Later, Max drinks the witches’ brew so they will have to take him instead of his sister, Dani. . How does that relate to fundraising?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

It should be easy to understand and you need to be able to articulate it clearly. Look at your website with a newbie’s eye and see what your experience would be if you knew nothing about the organization. Detailed activity calendar. It needs to be something that challenges status quo and stirs people’s hearts.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

In this article, we’ll provide some guidance to those who are ready to move beyond the board statement or public equity pledge to actively and intentionally implement Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) practices and strategies into their consultant search process. . Go where the candidates you want are.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 23, 2022

Our goal is to continuously drive innovation and lay the groundwork for more customization in the future, while staying focused on ease of use and simplicity of experience for the nonprofits we have the privilege to serve.”. Active tasks assigned to you and your team. The new dashboard in Bloomerang includes visual snapshots of: .

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

Activities – What tasks and actions do we anticipate doing? Potential criteria include but are not limited to: Skills, credentials, and professional experience. Years of relevant experience in the field. Years of consulting experience. Have we accounted for financial and other constraints? Partially raised? None raised?)?

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

Affinity and Engagement : Donors who actively engage with your organization–the ones that attend events, volunteer, or serve on committees or boards–are often more receptive to discussions about planned giving. What’s your experience with the steps required to secure legacy gifts?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? For example, you might seek board members who have former leadership experience, work well within a team, and are impeccably organized and punctual. Before taking the steps to start a nonprofit, ask yourself these questions: What need or problem will the nonprofit address?

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

that generational lines haven’t stopped millennials from being exceedingly active in movements for change. This means that your direct mail can actively increase your digital marketing’s effectiveness. . Grant Cobb is a fundraising specialist with over 6 years of experience in the nonprofit space. Thank you cards. Grant Cobb.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 29, 2020

Articulate Your Brand Vision. Besides, incentivizing your top donors will help to have more successful fundraising activities. Emily Johnson is a marketing consultant with 10 years of experience in the execution of marketing strategies. Influential Partner Organizations. Author Bio.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

Writing them down has been powerful for us: these truths articulate who we are and how we do things at Benetech. We encourage our staff to take on leadership positions within the fields we work, through activities such as external speaking engagements. We're striving now to fully live up to them! 2 We get stuff done.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Leave a comment on this post explaining what your organization’s singular, most important activity will be in 2011 that will at-once drive social impact, engage supporters and increase revenues. Note from Beth: Carol Cone was kind enough to offer several copies of her a book as a giveaway. Deadline: December 23rd.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 30, 2018

Can and do board members articulate this focus to others, particularly potential donors? Can board and staff clearly articulate what will be different as a result of the campaign? Have at least some board members been actively cultivating top donor prospects? What are the critical things for your organization to get done?

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

Given this, articulating your mission can help fuel your peer-to-peer campaigns, which means it’s time for you. are active on social media due to their strong desire to connect and socialize with others. Offer a streamlined donation experience. Another essential part of a streamlined donation experience is mobile accessibility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

It is about how social media (and other digital tools I might add) help an organization move towards longer-term outcomes in their theory of change or articulated goals. This chart comes from Chapter 5 of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit where we discuss how to measure outcomes from social media versus activities. Measurement'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

I will work through all of them over the next week or so but the list that will keep growing is the one of insights and new ideas I gained from hearing fellow participants share their knowledge, experiences, and tools. I was very fortunate to be a part of the early Network of Network Funders community of practice.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Think about questions you can ask that will help you understand the donor’s motivations, so you can provide the best donor experience for them. How was that experience?”. Often when a person struggles to put something into words, it means the issue is very important to them and they want to articulate it in an accurate way.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2017

In my experience, the answer to that question is dependent on the organization. And, based on extensive interviews with board members, we found that their giving is tied directly to their experience on that board. The chance to do work with an impassioned, articulate, and engaged CEO behind whom they can rally. Don’t pigeonhole.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Gabriela graciously agreed to share her experience. I have embraced this approach myself and I make it clear to my team that I would rather not get a pre-dawn email , but instead get a more fully articulated idea after they have had time to contemplate it and strategize on how to make it effective.”. It should not be a taboo topic.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

And not coincidentally, my experience is that it fosters great new connections. I love the way Laura articulates this. Tags: Donors Fundraising Marketing Online Activism Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Running Your Organization Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Vikki Spruill, Ocean Conservancy 's President and CEO and members of her communications team, Laura Burton Capps, and Dove Coggeshall about their recent experiments and learning on Facebook. Often, experiments are done for extra credit. Often, experiments are done for extra credit.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

When talking about active audience engagement with friends in the museum field, I often hear one frustrated question: how can we get adults to participate? The common museum knowledge on this issue is that adults are timid, that we have lost some of the wonder, impulsiveness, and active creativity of childhood days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2015

It is always an inspiring learning experience. This year, one of my favorite authors, Greg McKeown, who wrote Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less , gave a talk about the ideas in his book. I wanted to combine design thinking with Essentialism , so participants could experiment, have fun, and development this discipline.”

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