Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2014

that produced dozens of stories about what local small businesses on Main Street’s across America do that can inspire big businesses on Wall Street – or Madison Avenue megabrands, or enterprise of any size -- in today’s economy. Texas is definitely on the list for future trips, as well as North Dakota. Six road trips across the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

MySpace is not just a community of poor people! In fact, I think MySpace is probably the best online representative of our society in terms of race and class that exists on the Web today, but it is incorrect to assume that MySpace is only a community of poor people. Facebook is mostly used to stay connected to people you know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Source: Pew Internet and America Life Project: " Networked Workers " Study. Work Literacy is a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

Of course, people are reluctant to talk about the failures, but a few people have studied this issue. I had just read a paper about the LINCOS project in Central America, so this was fresh in my mind. They typically run out of steam when the funding runs out, assuming they worked at all. She's very sharp!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This project has identified the following definitions of success: A Peer-to-Peer Learning Exchange. These definitions have informed the curriculum, instructional design, peer learning design, and how we will measure and learn along the way. We even localized and mixed up our energizers and icebreakers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2008

I launched a bloggers campaign and Twitter Wall of Fame as part of the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. (To To learn more about the Sharing Foundation, see this article ) I've been reaching out to my network, and Vicky Davis is one of the people I turned to for to ask for help with the from her network of wired educators.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2007

Her resolutions include eating local organic food, teaching her students about healthier eating options, and volunteering at a community garden. I recently finished reading A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power. I really liked this idea so thought I'd post my own: 1. I'd like to up that number to 6.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2015

We definitely learned what it means to charity: water, but what does meaningful marketing mean to the entire nonprofit community? Storytelling is how we teach morals, values and life lessons. It’s meaningful because it’s something the majority of people can relate to and identify with. I have to admit; my mind tends to wander.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 7, 2010

We're not actually acknowledging the people around us. I think that people really, actually want that. People started emailing me and saying, "Oh my gosh! I started emailing people a PDF of this business card that I was attaching to my little acts of kindness, my little missions. We're plugged into our phones.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

From collaboration to cost management, nonprofits are trying to protect their (precious little) infrastructure and enterprise while serving even more people. Its very reflective of America's wallets. " Such a scary statistic, but definitely very eye-opening information to have. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

I tried to give them a framework in which to think about this kind of change and we discussed different models to explore and teach this subject. These changes in technology are creating fundamental changes in how people see their role, the community and their identity. Is Facebook and MySpace a trend? It’s fantastic.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

And I’m especially excited to share it with the Bloomerang audience who I know are my peoples. . Lots of people about vision. Empowering people. If you’re feeling brave and you want to share where you are now, most people are in a combination of these. . You doing okay? . Sarah: Oh, I am great.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

So you’re definitely going to want to follow him online. We’re talking about the very bottom layer, that very bottom, the potential constituents, the people in our community, who do we get into the pyramid? To be filled to the max with as many people, as many of the right people as possible.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

You know, why is it that, when we talk to people about communications in their organization, we hear so many different things? There really isn’t a clear definition that is universally accepted in the sector. But I want to emphasize, in this definition, that the whole thing hinges on advancing the mission.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

And I wonder if you just say that to keep people away because it’s so beautiful. You’re teaching grant writing and doing board development and super involved in the nonprofit community there. And I teach Board Development and Grant Writing for the program. Oh, people are voting right now. Hi, Shelton. .

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 28, 2009

Jane’s main happiness argument has three points: Happiness research shows that four things make people happy: having satisfying work to do, the experience of being good at something, time spent with people you like, and the chance to be a part of something bigger. Expectations may affect how people judge their ''happiness rating.'"

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. . Being in thorough and honest relationships with people seems to work better in fundraising. Andy: So we’ll see if the poll works.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

I mean, she’s a CFRE and she even teaches a CFRE class. But I spend most of my time as a trainer and a strategist as a coach and I help organizations and the people that lead them, just like you, grow your skills, your teams, and your results. What is the mack daddy of summer jobs for young people?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So people that speak multiple languages or that live in different countries that have different ways of communicating and of seeing the world. And I’ve noticed how different people communicate, how different people interact. So it is grouped in the category of social media because people use it a lot. for a while.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

First up was Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented a nifty tool for bridging the digital divide. LocalFreeWeb is an SMS service that helps people find free Internet access in San Francisco. Now that's something I can definitely get behind! LocalFreeWeb.

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Everyaction

AUGUST 6, 2018

He has worked for a diverse slate of progressive campaigns and organizations, including Hillary for America, United We Dream, the Latino Victory Fund, and 350.org. We were always the youngest people in the room, and people assume that young people are always going to be good at social media and digital.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. People ask me all the time, “Why do you include that in there?” A lot of people do the Bubba theory. So thank you, all, for being here.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

And I’m a man of the people. And yeah, just happy that you two are sharing your knowledge today because like I said, this is definitely a hot topic and one I don’t know anything about. So in other words, philanthropy is shifting from the middle-class boomers to people like Mark Zuckerberg. We are going to do this.”

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Steven: I definitely will. . So it’s for the people, by the people, is kind of the mantra here. . How do we do it in a way that feels inclusive, that people are heard, and that we can make decisions and not be overwhelmed by the process? I could practically teaching this class. How do we do this well?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2015

Eli is definitely one of our best and brightest, and is something of a force of nature. He helps groups of tech-for-good people get together anywhere in the world get together to talk shop. He supports people in countries as far-flung as Australia, Poland, and Uganda. I'm no maker. " Regina Walton.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

And I’m a man of the people. And yeah, just happy that you two are sharing your knowledge today because like I said, this is definitely a hot topic and one I don’t know anything about. The dollars that are being given in America are moving from the middle class to the wealthy, from income to assets, and from boomers to millennials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Teaching in an international context. When teaching in different contexts, especially outside of the US, you need to make some adjustments to your context. First, I try to connect with people in the country or community via social media. It requires listening, thinking on your feet, and being in the moment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’m teaching a graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. For US nonprofits, we turn to the the Pew Internet and America Life for studies and audience research about the hyper-connected. 2013: A Year in Social Media.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

of donors prefer going online to make a donation People receive 121 emails per day on average 76% of people trust ads they receive in the mail 56% of donors regularly attend fundraising events Text fundraising has grown 205% over the last year. There’s Power in Numbers. In this context, relevance is as important as reach.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

But, anyway, people don’t want to hear from me. And that’s when everything falls apart because then you see people have set up their campaigns wrong, their funds wrong, their appeals incorrectly. And so these are my definitions. These are just broad definitions. We’ve collaborated on some content.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

So people ask me this all the time, like, what percentage of donors can you expect to convert? So you could be teaching that webinar today. So one of the things to people, you know, why does it take so long sometimes for organizations to jump on the monthly donor bandwagon? It depends on a couple of things. So, good job to them.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Its from William Arthur Ward , one of Americas most quoted writers of inspirational maxims: Do more than belong: participate. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2010

He recently shared his findings from his latest book, " Re-Engage: How Americas Best Places To Work Inspire Extra Effort In Extraordinary Times." Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. big and small improvements, new ideas and suggestions for innovation.)

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Subscribe to all of her stuff over at FundJoy LLC, she’s helped a lot of people raise a lot of money over the years. So, if you have a question, definitely put it in the Q&A box. And that is even tentative on the response, as well as how people are feeling, you know, getting back out there. Switch the writing.

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

which people should. The 280 people or whatever here also do. And recently, for the last five years or so, I’ve really moved more into helping people communicate more effectively internally and interpersonally, because that’s where I saw the most need. I say this a lot to people. It was great. Steven: Yeah.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

And if you’re one of those people and you’re really struggling and you need a lot of assistance and you’ve limited capacity, I feel you, so. But the principles, the principles are always the same, getting people to know you, getting people to like you, and getting people to trust you.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 13, 2011

The first wave included immigrants from Europe dating back to the founding of America. For years, we have tried to teach others about "cultural competency" through workshops. I think you are definitely right: diversity and inclusion are the only way to succeed going forward. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

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