Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Here’s the list: Function.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 7, 2024

The leader as facilitator -- You ensure that meetings, team dynamics, and interpersonal relationships function effectively. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members. You also monitor progress and ensure integrity in the team's operating processes.

Collaboration 81

Collaboration North Carolina Roles University 81

sgEngage

MAY 2, 2024

While it can be time-consuming and occasionally overwhelming, it is also incredibly rewarding to congratulate them on their scholarship awards, collect post-acceptance information and thank-you messages, and share those messages with donors. Communicating with students is a key part of the scholarship process.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2023

Nonprofit organizations rely on the commitment and active engagement of their board members to make a significant impact in their communities. The allocation of time and effort by board members is crucial for the success of these organizations.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2023

But these events are not only about maintaining existing relationships; they also provide a unique opportunity to tap into the extended networks of your donors—by attracting their friends to your cause. Or try additional experiential events like interactive workshops, virtual reality experiences, or access to behind-the-scenes activities.

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Network Donor Fundraising Registration 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

Now more than ever we must create a robust workplace culture and stronger relationships to retain our humanness. The inability to create a variety of different contexts in our lives including different social roles, relationships, activities and goals. Why Remote Work Is Exhausting. These can be useful for 1:1 check-ins. .

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Virtual Tips Nonprofit Interaction 180

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

For nonprofits today, managing donor relationships and fundraising efforts is essential. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and fundraising tools play a significant role. Strengthening donor connections At the core of successful fundraising is the ability to build lasting relationships with donors.

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Community Organization Fundraising Integration 84

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 13, 2023

The leader as facilitator -- You ensure that meetings, team dynamics, and interpersonal relationships function effectively. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members. You also monitor progress and ensure integrity in the team's operating processes.

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Collaboration North Carolina Roles University 60

Greater Giving

JANUARY 11, 2024

By strategically mapping out your year, you can harness the power of timing, engagement, and donor relationships. Building Lasting Donor Relationships Beyond financial contributions, prioritize building lasting donor relationships. Your journey to a successful fundraising year starts now.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

By Michelle Chen is an independent scholar with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. She helps brands grow engagement and build relationships with their audience. The pandemic has drastically altered the ways nonprofits interact with their supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing. All in all, I presented or facilitated over 50 keynotes, workshops, and webinars on the topic.

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Classy

MAY 26, 2021

What’s the best way to determine who to approach and how to spend your time? As hosts of the Collaborative , an annual immersive experience designed exclusively for nonprofits, we’re no strangers to facilitating meaningful connections. Yet this aspect of the experience is often the most daunting for many. Research, Research, Research

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

The leader as facilitator -- You ensure that meetings, team dynamics, and interpersonal relationships function effectively. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members. You also monitor progress and ensure integrity in the team's operating processes.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Roles North Carolina University 52

Candid

AUGUST 22, 2023

An active field of research in the 1960s, machine learning is now deeply embedded in our daily lives—from receiving recommended products while we’re online shopping to Google helping us autocomplete our emails. Facilitating intelligent funding connections (coming soon.) Making searching for funders and grants fast and easy.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

That means now is the perfect time to take stock of where your organization stands, especially as we head into the always-busy year-end giving season. Integrations allow data to flow freely from one platform to another, making it easier to generate the performance insights you need to make strategic improvements over time.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The leader as facilitator -- You ensure that meetings, team dynamics, and interpersonal relationships function effectively. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members. You also monitor progress and ensure integrity in the team's operating processes.

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Collaboration North Carolina Roles University 79

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

If you’ve never tried it before, start with these two simple audience segments : active (made one or more donations in the last 12 months) and lapsed (made zero donations in the last 12 months.) Don’t worry, it doesn’t need to be complicated. This isn’t just a good idea at the end of the giving season! That is a big difference!

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Collective Impact is a methodology designed to facilitate cross-sector collaborations in order to move the needle on important issues. Participate in mutually reinforcing activities: Harness strengths and mitigate weakness by pursuing complementary activity consistent with an organization’s mission and the common goal shared by all.

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Impact Raleigh Arizona Collaboration 98

Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2020

Take time now – or when you have it – to strengthen your foundation. Take time now to get everything in order and create a plan to keep your data updated so you can maximize your fundraising for the rest of the year. Schedule time on your calendar monthly for training so it doesn’t drop to the bottom of the priority list again!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The leader as facilitator -- You ensure that meetings, team dynamics, and interpersonal relationships function effectively. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members. You also monitor progress and ensure integrity in the team's operating processes.

Collaboration 72

Collaboration North Carolina Roles University 72

Bloomerang

MAY 16, 2023

While many board members give freely and openly of their time and talents, getting board members to engage in fundraising can be challenging. At least 20 minutes of the agenda should be dedicated to education and training, such as role-playing exercises, making calls to donors, or even guest facilitators.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Older adults tend to be more actively engaged in charitable giving and are more likely to make substantial donations. Build personal relationships : Cultivate personal connections with your aging donors. Engage their family members and loved ones in your organization’s activities, events, and communication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. This post is #2 in a series I’ll be publishing on virtual meeting facilitation. The first post was an overview of 9 virtual facilitation tips. That comes next.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Our new normal will most likely be more complex to design and facilitate. Here are some considerations for designing and facilitating pandemic-era hybrid meetings.

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sgEngage

APRIL 20, 2023

Fundraising events and one-time campaigns are great ways to raise money for your organization, but infrequent fundraisers don’t provide consistent income. It serves as a funding pipeline that sustains your operations and allows you to grow your impact over time. Facilitate peer-to-peer fundraising. Make the most of giving days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

. Much of my training and facilitation work lately has been centered around the ideas in my recent book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. Much of this has to do with how people appreciate each other as well as building a sense of community, followed by activities and supporting policies in the workplace.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Fundraisers often have a love/hate relationship with fundraising CRM reports. Communicate more effectively with your board and stakeholders: Offer a clear, quantifiable view of your organization’s fundraising activities to boards and potential fundraisers, building trust and accountability. Sounds ideal, right?

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Report Effective Fundraising Template 60

sgEngage

JULY 15, 2023

Donor relation management is the process by which organizations organize donor data and maintain donor relationships to support a long-term donor infrastructure. Segment Donors The biggest tip for building a beneficial relationship with donors is understanding the person behind the donation.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value. Datamaking can ground processes of joint learning that energize grantee relationships. Those who find it fun are called nerds.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Supporters won’t read your blog just because they have a relationship with your nonprofit—they want to engage with informative, interesting content that actively furthers their understanding of your cause. Since longer-form posts take more time to craft, plan to publish them less frequently, such as once a month.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Turning Crisis into Community: How to Make Emergency Donors Lifelong Supporters As nonprofit professionals, we are all too familiar with the cycle of emergency fundraising. This emergency response communication sets the foundation for building lasting relationships.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Last week I presented a session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference called “ Activating A Culture of Resilience for Sustainable Impact ,” with fellow NTEN board members, Ananda Leeke & Meico Whitlock as well as Carrie Rice. I presented and facilitated a small group activity on rituals.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The leader as facilitator -- You ensure that meetings, team dynamics, and interpersonal relationships function effectively. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members. You also monitor progress and ensure integrity in the team's operating processes.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Roles North Carolina University 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 26, 2021

The leader as facilitator -- You ensure that meetings, team dynamics, and interpersonal relationships function effectively. You also ensure internal coordination of activities among team members. You also monitor progress and ensure integrity in the team's operating processes.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Roles North Carolina University 52

Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

I facilitated check-in meetings that fostered active engagement among board members, encouraging them to reflect on how their unique strengths could propel Candid toward its vision. At the same time, focusing solely on compliance can stifle an organization’s ability to think more creatively and strategically.

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Government Collaboration Nonprofit Evaluation 59

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 16, 2023

By giving supporters a way to connect with other like-minded supporters and your nonprofit’s staff, you can facilitate community and deep relationships at these events. Fundraising events can also attract new, first-time donors if you hold them in public spaces or encourage attendees to bring friends and family.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Stronger Relationships : Grantmakers can experience more trust and credibility between them and the communities they serve and an increased understanding, as well as the ability to take new risks. Graphic from Cynthia Gibson’s “Participatory Grantmaking: Has its Time Come?” published by the Ford Foundation.

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