Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the new book, Culture Is The Way. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book. All slogans and no action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. Leap of Reason Books (Free download). My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2013

Last week, I went to the Personal Democracy Forum conference for the first time, and I came away brimming with new ideas for my work. I’d read about PdF in Steven Johnson ’s book “Future Perfect” and heard about them from Rachel Weidinger of Upwell. But if you only have time for the hard questions, start at 6:30.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

When nonprofits started to read and apply our book, ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” I noticed this tweet from the ACLU in NJ showing a white board capturing their team meetings to define success for social media. Pictured is: Eliza Straim (Communications Associate) and Katie Wang (Communications Director).

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 25, 2016

A personal story is an articulation about the values, beliefs, and events in someone’s life that have lead them to give and now fundraise. To articulate this, Ganz developed a storytelling model based on challenge, choice, and outcome. Other times, the outcome of a choice is that they decided to be a fundraiser for the campaign.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have. The Reading Rights Coalition is fighting against being locked out of these books by DRM, what is often called soundproofing the book after the paper George Kerscher and I wrote years ago.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

There’s a reason the holiday season is called the most wonderful time of the year! Despite increasing commercialism, the holidays traditionally get people thinking about ways they can give—whether they’re wrapping gifts for loved ones or donating time and money to a cause they care about. Read on to learn more!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

Not because I don’t want my blog to be better, it’s just that I don’t have the time right now. I figured it was a good time to think about and articulate mine. I figured it was a good time to think about and articulate mine. There are a few pieces to that challenge I might take up, on occasion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

I think one of the problems here is that people see spreadsheets as *just* one component of an office suite. So someone like Sun think that they need to give equal time to making their PowerPoint clone and their Access clone. Phil: I agree – with time and effort, OO or any open source spreadsheet could out Excel Excel.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

An older woman of color noted that a lot of the problems that open source developers were solving weren’t problems that communities faced. Which, of course, has been an issue for me for a long time – lack of open source alternatives in the "vertical" application spaces – case management, etc.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

I know, it’s a busy time of year. We’re going to save some time for Q&A at the end. I know both of you are super busy you’re speaking at conferences, and doing webinars, and workshops all the time, so it’s really a treat to have you. . ” I love this topic. And thanks for joining.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Being busy or even spending volumes of time on something aren’t equivalent to doing something well. Elizabeth) Women are particularly prone to feeling guilty about taking time to care for themselves, perhaps because it feels at odds with societal expectations of women as caregivers. Other times, I enjoyed doing research at night.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

This seems like an appropriate time to share the story. I'd always joked that my dream job was to design pinball machines--a technical problem wrapped in creativity and pleasure. In DC, I worked half-time for NASA as an electrical engineer and half-time for the Capital Children's Museum (now defunct) as a science educator.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 7, 2023

Iterative prompt refinement forces clearer articulation of intent and goals upfront, enabling more aligned responses. The next time you are chatting away, give some of these refining prompts a try to increase to quality of the final product. And that’s why your books have such power and strength. You are the editor.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2007

It's good to have some time to write amidst hectic traveling. You know you've spent too much time in airports when you stick your hands under your bathroom faucet at home and expect it to magically turn on. Zinn once said in an interview that his goal with the book was "quiet revolution." Did I find it revolutionary?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

At the time, the Federal government had just signed the welfare deform legislation, pushing millions of welfare recipients from welfare to work. Almost never do they receive healthcare benefits or vacation time and oftentimes, have to work in incredibly oppressive environments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

His remarks are on the Ventures Foundation blog and can also be found in his book, Grassroots Philanthropy. (Gabriel Kasper from Monitor Institute keynoted the main conference discussing “ What’s Next for Community Philanthropy ” which embodies many of these themes and provides tools for community foundations to tackle them).

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The 182-page book includes detailed descriptions of projects, budgets, and decision-making processes, along with extensive interviews with artists, curators, and museum staff of all stripes. The book is fascinating on multiple levels. The problem is aestheticized, framed, or reconfigured; it is seldom erased or resolved.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 9, 2017

No surprise, then, that this is the time of year when we’re routinely approached by nonprofits who want to know how they can develop a strategy for new donor acquisition, or how they can turn their one-time donors into loyal supporters. Such a goal, and the language used to articulate it, can be hard for many people to process.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

As I move out of doing implementation, and into more evaluation, planning and facilitation of technology change within organizations, I wanted to spend some time articulating what I have tried my best to practice when I’ve been in a place of providing technology support. Where is this client, now ? What is going on for them?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 Create Core Values Sometimes when you are leading an organization or business and struggling to articulate your core values, it helps to see how others have stated theirs. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

Yes, strategies that are going to help build some long time relationships with those big time givers. We’re going to save time for Q&A at the end. Has also shared a lot of her knowledge, not just on this webinar series, but she’s been really gracious with her time in contributing to our blog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

I seem to spend inordinate amounts of time responding to people (proprietary software vendors, to be specific) harping on the idea that “open source software is free&# is a myth , and blathering on about how it’s not really free, because you have to hire a geek to install it, and maintain it, and blah blah blah. Problem solved.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

At the same time, leaders continue to struggle with one of their toughest jobs, developing and articulating their overall strategy and priorities, especially during times of change." "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. Thanks David, for another useful ebook!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 27, 2018

Millennial turnover is a huge problem for leaders. Lisa is the author of the book, Selling with Noble Purpose. A clearly articulated NSP answers the three big discovery questions: How do you make a difference? times higher job satisfaction and they were 1.4 times more engaged at work.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

So we saw a need, and we really spent time looking at that need, looking at what else was out there, and what the niche was. I think it started--I know it started--when I was very young, although I probably wasn't aware what was going on at the time. Britt: What brought you to this work? How did this trajectory look?" We know this.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Millennial turnover is a huge problem for leaders. Lisa is the author of the book, Selling with Noble Purpose. A clearly articulated NSP answers the three big discovery questions: How do you make a difference? times higher job satisfaction and they were 1.4 times more engaged at work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

” Because specific tools come and go and always are changing, we wanted to avoid writing something that would be out of date as soon the book came out. The important thing is to pick the right tool for the job — and that job is collecting data to measure progress towards a goal or objective. She checks three times a week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Real-time improvisation. Geoff talks about three different approaches used in America (Mission, Problem, and Family). My sense is that most of the CSR practitioners in India use the problem approach. Network Weaving With Books and Twitter. I discovered a new form of network weaving : book giveaways. NGOS in India.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 4, 2018

The CEO Next Door is the new book that offers career advice for everyone who aspires to rise in their organization and achieve their full potential. The book is co-authored by Elena L. CEOs who are known for being reliable are 15 times more likely to be high-performing, and their odds of getting hired are double that of everyone else.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2011

One of the books in my summer reading pile is Eli Pariser’s The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You. Last week, my Networked Nonprofi t co-author Alison Fine recently interviewed the author on her monthly Chroncile of Philanthropy podcast. Design experiments so they are not a time suck.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

was up nearly 4 percent in 2016, hitting an all-time high. For nonprofits that rely on donations from individuals, this poses a problem. I looked at some of the things nonprofits should be doing to turn one-time donors into loyal and engaged supporters. In fact, this year’s edition of. Giving USA. The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? I introduce these notes with three general observations: Some leaders are more radical than I hoped, and these people have a hard time advocating for change when their accountability is to those who have not changed. Who owns the stuff? Who controls the experience?

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