Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

I''ve found this advice from authors Neil Smith and Patricia O''Connnell ( How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Things ) to be particularly helpful when it comes to corporate culture and changing behavior : Corporate culture is an interlocking series of expectations, rituals, and habits maintained by peer influence and rewarding adherence.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

However, in the push towards impact, philanthropy has adopted a laundry list of activities—landscape scans, focus groups, case studies, logic models—to help in figuring out what is important to know to “do good” better. These are often perceived as disconnected from and less important than grant strategy.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

In this post I would like to share my thinking around the importance of demonstrating to the grantmaker that your organization reaches out to, and includes, varying cultures. Both our boards and our staff, not to mention our membership, need to reflect the cultures of the communities where we work and live. Demonstrating Inclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

where he discussed the crossroads of movements and campaigns and the need for an open culture. While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2016

However, the pillar which has most recently captivated my interest and attention in much of my work with nonprofits is the fifth one: a culture that values learning. So what does a learning culture look like? Adopt more creative and nimble strategies for engaging staff in routine use of data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

I am no stranger to family diversity having adopted two children and being of different cultures and races.) This requires carefully thinking about comment moderation techniques and part of this includes articulating a clear policy about use of moderation. They were kind enough to send me a copy).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2018

We need to recognize and articulate the unique value each partner brings in order to reap the full benefits of the array of skill sets, experiences, and backgrounds that might otherwise remain unnamed. We’ve now adopted this process from them, and have incorporated this methodology into our broader work.”.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2015

The new Foundation Index, which tracks revenue from giving to foundations, brings the number of specialty indices up to 11, including: Arts & Culture, Environment & Animal Welfare, Faith-based, Healthcare, Higher Education, Human Services, International Affairs, K-12 Education, Medical Research, Public & Society Benefit.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2015

One of the most powerful books I read while doing research was We are Coming Home: Repatriation and the Restoration of Blackfoot Cultural Confidence ( read it free here , great appreciation to Bob Janes for sharing it with us). By protecting the bundles, museums were protecting important cultural heritage for generations to come.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

A group dialogue followed allowing people to articulate why they felt one way or other. I was standing on the "adopt for practical reasons" side of the line. " The discussion reminded of the one I heard in the UK and read later on the Circuit Riders list " Is Open Source Fair Trade for Nonprofits ?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues. Her knowledge of the country and the culture made it easier to localize the curriculum.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Values: Your values are the guiding principles that shape your organization’s internal culture and guide every activity, program, and action you take to better the world. Continuing with our previous example, an animal welfare nonprofit might describe their adoption programs or education initiatives to tackle shelter overpopulation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 13, 2012

We asked “What is true about Benetech, what are the truths that define our identity, our culture, and the values that drive our work?” Our team articulately expressed direct, succinct truths that required no editing. However, the very first step we took was to ask our team to describe the core values that make us who we are.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

And then you also need to be able to articulate that, without fundraising or without a steady income from which to draw upon, you could cease to exist. It’s because they’ve, essentially, adopted you as a family member. But it’s a little bit like building a culture of philanthropy. And why is this?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 15, 2008

They articulate the basic questions and knee-jerk reactions in our own minds, carrying us deep into the content from a common starting place. After listening to this clip a few times, I wondered: what if museums dropped the authoritative voice, the cultural voice, the friendly teacher voice, and adopted a novice voice?

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to empowering students of all ages through high-quality arts and cultural programs. The world’s largest no-kill shelter, North Shore Animal League uses their site to promote animal adoptions as well as donations and volunteer sign-ups. Mission page.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

A couple of years ago, NTEN articulated how broad adoption of open API’s could help nonprofits spend more time on their missions and less time de-duping their databases. So, most of the world does not have as strong a culture of individual and corporate giving.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

A couple of years ago, NTEN articulated how broad adoption of open API’s could help nonprofits spend more time on their missions and less time de-duping their databases. So, most of the world does not have as strong a culture of individual and corporate giving.

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Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

And I think that it’s important if you already have a group or if you’re starting to recruit a group to really let them help co-create that expectation so that it’s something that’s going to work for the culture of the folks coming in, and they’re able to really decide what feels realistic for them.

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