The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 16, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes How to Become a Nonprofit Leader. There’s no corporate ladder to climb, so you don’t have to wait until a certain time to take on new responsibility. Find a mentor. Mentors can make introductions for you and give you key insights that would take you years to learn on your own.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Describing the new book, In Her Own Voice , by Jennifer McCollum , Anne Chow (former CEO of AT&T Business) says that “for women, the book does a beautiful job of explaining not just what to do to advance in your career, but also what to expect. Consider self-promotion part of your job. What advice or help do people come to me for?

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Qgiv

MARCH 8, 2022

Qgiv: What advice would you give to a young woman interested in software engineering? Sandra: My biggest advice would be to not get intimidated by the field. Qgiv: What have you accomplished during your time at Qgiv that you are most proud of? Qgiv: What advice would you give to a woman aspiring to become a tech company leader?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You’ll learn plenty more about what it means to burn the boats, how to unleash your full potential, and how to tear down your barriers to achieving success in Higgins’ new book, Burn The Boats – a business-advice and self-help book. And time spent prematurely cultivating buy-in and fostering consensus just amounts to energy leakage.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to encourage their Development Director to take meetings with major donors. . Dear Charity Clairity, Every time I attend a conference or webinar on the subject of major donor development I learn about the importance of meeting with major donors in person.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The other is not taking a risk to apply for a new job or opportunity, believing that they do not have enough experience or skills sets,” according to Christie Hunter Arscott , author of the book, Begin Boldly. Focus instead on how to optimize your time investment. My best bit of advice: Ask, don’t assume.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2014

Two recent research studies take a pass at answering that questions and the findings should be useful to those mentoring emerging leaders in their organizations and looking for professional development opportunities for them. “ The report offers some great tips and advice to those managing emerging leaders on how to mentor them.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser. CA: During both my undergraduate and graduate degrees, I held a variety of part-time jobs to help defray my college expenses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2017

With fundraising, especially in the non-profit sector, there’s always more work than there is time. From courting potential donors to hours of grant writing, there are very few times a fundraiser’s job feels done. The amount of responsibilities mixed with our desire to help others and do a great job is a recipe for burnout.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Charities feared last year donors would lose jobs, see income diminish, worry their nest eggs were insecure, and would consequently stop giving. Appeals that make a strong case for why support is needed now – during a crisis and any other time — and how that support will be used to make a demonstrable impact. And that’s a shame.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2021

During these past 1-1/2 years, the pandemic inspired many of us to question what we value – an ideal time for, Be Where Your Feet Are , the new book by Scott O’Neil , which lays out the seven principles needed to keep you present, grounded, and thriving in work, home, and everything in between. CEO of a sports team—dream job, right?

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

We got a really fun panel discussion for you all around what you should do if you happen to find yourself out of the job in the fundraising and nonprofit sector. I’m over here at Bloomerang, and I will not be moderating, which I think is the first time I’ve ever said that in 10 years. So thanks so much for being here.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Equally impressive, Van Gorder had to reinvent his career after having been injured on the job as a California police officer. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. Another way to do that is to spend some time working side-by-side with your employees doing their job with them.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Equally impressive, Van Gorder had to reinvent his career after having been injured on the job as a California police officer. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. Another way to do that is to spend some time working side-by-side with your employees doing their job with them.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 5, 2022

During these past two years, the pandemic inspired many of us to question what we value, therefore, making for an ideal time to read, Be Where Your Feet Are , the book by Scott O’Neil. The pandemic has forced us to check ourselves, slow down, and even to pause time and space to reflect on the lives we were leading,” says O’Neil.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Today, he kindly answered questions about leadership, mentors, his book, and Millennials in the workplace. How much of what you read in books and on Blogs about how to lead Millennials do you believe is good advice. Good advice. I love my job. How important have mentors been to your career? Why or why not?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2021

During these past 1-1/2 years, the pandemic inspired many of us to question what we value – an ideal time for, Be Where Your Feet Are , the book by Scott O’Neil , which lays out the seven principles needed to keep you present, grounded, and thriving in work, home, and everything in between. CEO of a sports team—dream job, right?

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This is not only beneficial to mentees; it’s also rewarding for mentors. Job Boards and Career Services Your organization can maintain a job board with job listings relevant to your members’ field. Some nonprofits also offer services like resume reviews and career counseling to help members advance in their careers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 28, 2014

Times have changed, and there are fewer people in today''s workplace willing to help you understand how the world of work operations. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management New Job'

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

The Cycle of Giving Your receipt/thank you has a job to do. It makes me want to give to this nonprofit all over again every time I look at it! Here are a few more reasons why taking the time to write an effective donation receipt will pay off: First impressions are everything. You make it easier for the donor at tax time.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Equally impressive, Van Gorder had to reinvent his career after having been injured on the job as a California police officer. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. Another way to do that is to spend some time working side-by-side with your employees doing their job with them.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It’s awesome to see a full room when it’s such a busy time of year. So thanks for taking the time. We’re going to try to save some time for Q&A at the end. I’ve already taken up too much time away from you. We’re going to have a great time. And she really guided me and mentored me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I’ll be in the air enroute to Rwanda for a training project. Here’s some great advice from my colleagues at CommonSense Media. Preparing them for college or jobs? She lives in San Francisco and spends way too much time on Pinterest. Photo by WhiteAfrican.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Equally impressive, Van Gorder had to reinvent his career after having been injured on the job as a California police officer. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. Another way to do that is to spend some time working side-by-side with your employees doing their job with them.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The report explains how frustrations within a development position can commonly lead to myriad hurdles for an entire organization and offers tangible advice on how the sector as a whole can dramatically reshape the field of fundraising. A mentor at my first fundraising job once told me that I was “too naïve to know what won’t work.”

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Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

Simple volunteer jobs may include having someone help answer the phone or employing day-of event helpers to assist with handing out t-shirts or waters to 5k participants. But, the most important tip is that you invest time in finding the right volunteers for the right roles. Let’s break down what each letter stands for below.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Time to mentor emerging storytellers. It's a lot of work, but needn't be a full-time job: even at the height of emergencies when Mercy Corps had several blog entries coming in each day, I only spent about three or four hours posting the stories, interacting with the storytellers, and adapting content for my colleagues' needs.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 10, 2020

Much later, I realized most of us at work have these sorts of off-handed interactions with people--not exactly about work but incredibly important to your ability to do your job. We often spend more time with peers than friends or family. They can make your lives more fun, easier, or livelier. What is something you learned from a peer?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2015

Now that that’s sunk in, it’s time for true confessions, nonprofit style. It’s time to think differently here. It certainly didn’t make my job easier, at least at the start. Your job as a leader is to help your staff make intentional choices about which ones to drop. Any time you ask for input, be this clear.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2016

One of those organizations is the YWCA of the City of New York (YW), a nonprofit organization that offers job training, daycare, and after-school programs to New York City women and their families. My colleagues and I spent an afternoon of job shadowing at our office with ten students from the high school.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Employees volunteer their time with local Arab Israeli youth (16-24 years old) preparing them for higher education in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and successful careers in the technology sector after their schooling ends. My mentor Karim Fanadka was very invested in guiding me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Somewhere around 2006 or 2007, I got a call from Michaela asking for advice on a career path for Nonprofit Technology. I spent some time on the phone answering questions, referring resources, and later introduced her to colleagues. . She did a fantastic job. We had to replace one of the speakers and I recommended Michaela.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

One day you woke up to the fact that tech-related work had taken over much of your job -- and you liked it. Having built one HTML page before in my life, my first job out of college was building a 500-page book catalog for the UUA in static HTML, which I was supposed to do in addition to my copywriting job. (Oh,

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

When you take on a job in a nonprofit, you’re normally doing a lot more than you signed for without a lot of structure. What are the conversations that should be happening and what advice do you have for organizations on how to be the teacher? But finding a mentor and a champion, we were able to make things happen.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2014

As I was developing my advice I asked myself where does change really start and that lead me to Jim Collin’s book Good to Great. I realized a long time ago that long term, lasting success does not happen unless your organization is willing and ready to change its culture. This list is different, I promise. Jim Collin.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 17, 2011

Requirements not only include courses towards their degree program, but also 30 additional hours of coursework and 200 Career Field Exploration (CFE) hours — designed to assist students in "trying out" different nonprofit organizations and the jobs within them before they make any decisions about full-time employment.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011.

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