Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Font-Line Leader: Building a High-PerformanceOrganization from the Groumd Up , by Chris Van Gorder. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job.

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Blue Fox

AUGUST 4, 2021

If your board members hit the snooze button during meetings, this will reflect in their commitment to fundraising, advocacy efforts, and follow through on assigned tasks. Related read: How to Engage Your Board of Directors in Financial Conversations ] Let’s inspire your board members, keep them engaged and boost their productivity!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Blogging of the past was usually editorial content, such as an opinion piece or report back by an executive director. 2) Advocacy CTA on the Union of Concerned Scientists blog. In this blog post, First Book tells the story of distributing tens of thousands of books to veterans receiving care in VA hospitals and facilities.

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Care2

JANUARY 17, 2012

Books about online marketing are hit or miss. ” And that’s why we’re going to hold a February 1st drawing to give away three free copies of Hlinko’s book to Frogloop readers. .” It will only take a minute and, trust me, you’ll be really happy if you win this book.

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DipJar

AUGUST 9, 2022

They’re so much more than book museums. The Curtis Friends is a non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance the library’s role as a valued community resource through advocacy, fundraising, and volunteerism. The group started in 2015 and is focused on fundraising, advocacy, and getting younger people back into the library.

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M+R

MARCH 1, 2024

powell is the co-author, with Stephen Menendian, of the forthcoming book, Belonging without Othering, How We Save Ourselves and the World , with Stanford University Press. powell is the co-author, with Stephen Menendian, of the forthcoming book, Belonging without Othering, How We Save Ourselves and the World , with Stanford University Press.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2011

The full-day conference is all about practical tips and tools for fundraising, marketing and advocacy. A book party for book editor and former Craigslist Foundation executive director Darian Rodriguez Heyman, “ Nonprofit Management 101 ,” will follow the conference at 5:30-8:30 pm. (I was lucky enough to one of 50 chapter contributors.).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

And digital advocacy became one of the strongest mechanisms for us to inform and activate our members of the NAACP across the country,” he said. “We There is no going back, digital advocacy has to be a part of what we do moving forward.”. “Because of the pandemic last year, we had to think differently and more creatively.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

In my last post, I answered the age-old questions, “ Can my 501(c)(3) really engage in advocacy? ” With that settled, it’s time to move on to the benefits of advocacy. How can advocacy make a measurable difference for your organization? All this being said, advocacy can be difficult to quantify. New advocates.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As the art critic John Berger said in his book Ways of Seeing , “We only see what we look at. Co-development led to conceptualization of participation of people with disabilities in advocacy for legislative, policy and government program change as an impact—in and of itself—regardless of outcome. To look is an act of choice.”

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APRIL 29, 2021

Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Executive Director. Previously served as deputy director of the U.S. National Community Relations and Development Director & National Spokesperson.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

If you have not read Beth Kanter and KD Paine's awesome new book Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , then you must check out Care2's webinar on December 4th at 2PM ET led by Beth, Ashley Boyd of MomsRising, and Ryann Miller of Care2. Ashley Boyd -- Campaign Director, MomsRising Ashley joined MomsRising soon after it was established in 2006.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2012

You have development directors that reach out to donors directly, the overarching house file receives solicitations, their may be a direct mail program, and finally social media based fundraising. We wrote the book because we thought today's marketing conversation needs to refocus on making all of the tactics work together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The book is wonderful and before I share some of what I learned I have to tell you a story. And now on to the book. Given they are an advocacy group, their key results are different from say, the Smithsonian Archives which has a different set of foundational metrics. Peterson is the founder and senior partner. What will change?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2015

This time we asked what books folks recommend for summer reading on nonprofits, technology, or nonprofit technology. Chris Worman, senior director of marketing and communications, recommends Social Physics by Alex Pentland. Chris is particularly interested in how big data affects social change, a central theme in this book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2010

In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , we highlight the work of the Sunlight Foundation and its executive director, Ellen Miller. We’d like to thank Ellen and the Sunlight Foundation for giving copies of the book to nonprofit and foundation leaders at last week’s Independent Sector Conference.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2013

Join Derrick Feldmann, co-author of the new book Cause for Change: The Why and How of Nonprofit Millennial Engagement , to discuss how Millennials are transforming philanthropy and engagement with social issues.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. A grant from the Campion Foundation provided 7,000 books at cost to advocacy groups. To the Arctic was the official companion book to the IMAX film, To the Arctic.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. A grant from the Campion Foundation provided 7,000 books at cost to advocacy groups. To the Arctic was the official companion book to the IMAX film, To the Arctic.

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Care2

APRIL 5, 2011

Jeff came to M+R from Defenders of Wildlife, where he helped grow the organization’s email list to over 800,000 e-supporters, and generate over 1 million advocacy actions and raise over $5 million online a year. Jeff received his Bachelors from Swarthmore College and MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Thanks for sharing.

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Care2

MARCH 20, 2013

What do news organizations like CNN and health advocacy organizations like the Susan G. This is a significant failure on their part and is one of the key concepts discussed in the new book Social Change Anytime Everywhere that I co-wrote with Amy Sample Ward. Komen Foundation have in common?

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Care2

JULY 26, 2011

For online marketing around advocacy or fundraising, the ZMOT could be the potential new user taking the time to read the “About&# page of an organization-- or seeing how many “likes&# it has on Facebook -- before signing a petition. Matt Hows is the Communications Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

This is a topic that Amy Sample Ward and I also discuss in our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere in the chapter on Disrupting the Nonprofit Sector. If they are an advocacy organization, are they moving the needle around the issue they are advocating? Do they offer job training and housing assistance for people in transition?

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) 45 percent of the U.S. com , Inc.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

About Our Presenters: Heidi Hess is Director of Online Communications at Children's Defense Fund, where she leads strategic planning and execution of online advocacy and fundraising campaigns, as well as outreach to social networks. We have a limited amount of webinar lines, so please take a moment to sign up now.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2011

For online marketing around advocacy or fundraising, the ZMOT could be the potential new user taking the time to read the “About&# page of an organization-- or seeing how many “likes&# it has on Facebook -- before signing a petition. Matt Hows is the Communications Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund.

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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. At our museum, we distribute marketing tasks--some with our membership director, our programs staff, and our visitor services staff.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 12, 2022

For more great resources, staffing to help you thank your donors, or even a coach to inspire more ideas, visit www.hireafundraiser.com or book a free 30-minute consultation. Are there active advocacy efforts going on? With over 25 years of experience, she has raised millions of dollars for small to mid-sized organizations.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

Since then he has authored several books and has become a voice for change in the nonprofit sector. Pallotta’s latest book, Charity Case: How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up For Itself and Really Change the World , was released in late 2012 to very positive reviews. Act as an anti-defamation league for the sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 2, 2014

Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices. Director of Communications. Digital Marketing Director. Director of Communications.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

If all you’re here for is a list of email ledes you can use for fundraising or advocacy messaging, you can go ahead and skip right to that part. That catchy alliteration makes him sound like a comic book character, like Clark Kent or Lois Lane, Peter Parker or Bruce Banner. That’s okay. Still reading? So first: Wally Wood.

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sgEngage

APRIL 6, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Video: Online Advocacy Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 6th, 2011 The recordings from Blackbaud and Care2′s Advocacy Live 2011 event are now online.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

Wrote a book on brandraising, which is really awesome, and has got kind of a newish book right here, “Nonprofit Communications Engine,” which is you’re going to get a little bit of the book information today too. So buy those books. And, Steven, please chat out the link to your book for everybody too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Note From Beth: Next month I’m lucky enough to be doing the keynote at Social Media for Nonprofits Conference in San Francisco to share some ideas from my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” winner of the 2013 Terry McAdam Nonprofit book award.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

Join me, Allyson Kapin, Co-founder of Rad Campaign and Blogger-in-Chief of Care2''s Frogloop blog and Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director of NTEN for this free webinar. Social media tips directly from our new book, Social Change Anytime Everywhere Social fundraising - when is social media the right place for this?

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