Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Instead, it’s designed to help your organization’s culture be defined and its fundamental foundation be made crystal clear. Don’t simply tell the organization and all employees that culture is important, and then let it devolve into a lip service routine rather than the foundational core of your organization.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Instead, it’s designed to help your organization’s culture be defined and its fundamental foundation be made crystal clear. Don’t simply tell the organization and all employees that culture is important, and then let it devolve into a lip service routine rather than the foundational core of your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

2) Identify “My Three Themes”: I do a combination of Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. I look for patterns.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

More extensive research (that can be gleaned by engaging a professional prospect research service) would include finding out what they’ve given to other nonprofits and if they have a donor-advised fund or family foundation. Consultants gather this information to guide you in your cultivation and solicitation.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Foundations and corporations award more than $85 million annually in charitable giving. To check if your organization is grants-ready, you should first ask yourself these questions: Can you clearly articulate your mission, vision, and your impact on the population you serve? Step 2: Finding the right grant opportunities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2023

Instead, it’s designed to help your organization’s culture be defined and its fundamental foundation be made crystal clear. Don’t simply tell the organization and all employees that culture is important, and then let it devolve into a lip service routine rather than the foundational core of your organization.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Instead, it’s designed to help your organization’s culture be defined and its fundamental foundation be made crystal clear. Don’t simply tell the organization and all employees that culture is important, and then let it devolve into a lip service routine rather than the foundational core of your organization.

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Culture Classes Build Lesson 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

It was articulated as: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data, so it is hard to do it well.” I hear this too often from nonprofits. Become Someone’s Homework: If you have a college or university in your town, why not become someone’s homework? The people with skills are out there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2011

So, when I heard that the Foundation Center and the Center for Effective Philanthropy were hosting an event “Transparency and Effectiveness,” I was curious, especially given the speakers and the framing: Foundations are pressed to be more transparent about how they work andmore effective about achieving impact.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Think of the multi-million bequest left to a local hospital or university by a donor that never made a previous gift. Can your board members and donors articulate your unique value proposition? As part of Bloomerang’s Content Donation Program , $100 was donated to Oak Park Education Foundation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 24, 2013

If you can be that vocal member who articulates the need for organization building, how it will result in greater results over time, and how the board must be the champion of and seed investor in organization building, you can create a stronger, healthier nonprofit. She holds an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

At bbcon 2018, Blackbaud announced the cloud solution for each of our main audiences, including the Cloud Solution for Companies and the Cloud Solution for Foundations. Keep in mind the following points from speakers Brooke Hansel of Blackbaud, Merrie Beth Nauman of Ocean Conservancy, and Lisa Tacker of Two Ten Footwear Foundation: .

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I remember sitting in a session by Kurt Voelker of ForumOne Communications, Tompkins Spann of Convio, and Jeremy Carbaugh of The Sunlight Foundation. The Social Actions API now cross-references issues and locations with universal identifiers that have been assigned to them. They were talking about API’s.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2019

In six years, I received over $160,000 in federal, state, and university grants to support my research, present and network at conferences, and conduct field work—all on a relatively niche topic (contemporary French literature, film, and graphic novels). And grantees are the recipients (hopefully you and your organization!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Published the Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook. I produced four “ Advanced Practices Webinars ” for the Knight Foundation for Giving Days hosts.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

I like the Denver Foundation's definition of inclusiveness because it takes into consideration both the importance of having a diverse staff and the importance of considering different perspectives as you grow your organization. Encourage the board of directors to articulate an inclusivity statement for your organization.

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BoardAssist

MAY 20, 2014

8) Are the roles and responsibilities of the board trustees, investment committee members and staff properly articulated? Madelyn specializes in providing wealth management strategies to her clients, which include high net worth individuals and their families, foundations and endowments, and privately held companies.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

I realize that I haven’t talked about this in a while, and I’m not sure I’ve actually ever articulated this completely on this blog. I do agree, fundamentally, with the four freedoms laid out by the Free Software Foundation : The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). So here goes.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

I don’t know how you find the time to do this, Elizabeth, in addition to your full-time job which is a lot, but you’re also an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania. As I shared, I’m a Senior Vice President at CCS and an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania. So a little bit more about me very quickly.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

By clearly articulating your membership tiers and benefits across multiple marketing channels, you can connect with potential new members who would be a good fit for your program. WildApricot WildApricot offers cloud-based association management software that works for associations, nonprofits, foundations, and clubs.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

Like I said, as the senior director of stewardship and communications at the University of Pennsylvania. As Steven said, I’m Valerie Harris, lately of the University of Pennsylvania, now of vharrisprojects.com where I provide courses, workbooks, webinars, and other resources for fundraising professionals.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2020

As the organization shifts to a more community, value-based module, the foundation will need to shift as well. Prior to the pandemic, there was already a growing trend by individual donors and foundations to support initiatives that expand beyond the hospital walls and beyond the reach of a single organization. Donor Alignment.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Sometimes, its worth contacting a local university or technical college to see if your video would fit as a student project. If they seem organized and if they can articulate a careful game plan to you in plain English, thats great. But live a/v production of a day-long event is usually more like $1,200 to $2,000. c) Trust your gut.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

David Dunlop, who many of you will know as from Cornell University, spent his life there, took 13 years to get a $100 million-plus gift. And because they trusted him at the university, because he was so successful, they were willing to wait for this. . foundation that paid down their endowment. Next slide. .

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

There really isn’t a clear definition that is universally accepted in the sector. A lot of the work we do at Big Duck is about helping organizations articulate their voice. You know, why is it that, when we talk to people about communications in their organization, we hear so many different things? Sarah: Exactly, exactly.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

For instance, there are a few foundational nonprofit web development strategies your team should definitely implement. Every nonprofit site should include the organization’s mission statement somewhere, and Mustard Seed’s Mission and Vision page does a great job of articulating their purpose using short paragraphs and to-the-point language.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 2, 2024

1] These suits were brought by the (ironically named) Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, and they capitalized on a line of prior cases that had already begun to erode the practice. The racial wealth gap is just one powerful example.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

So some of the key characteristics of millennials, of this generation, and this comes from the Case Foundation, which is an organization that studies millennials in philanthropy, are that millennials see all assets as equal. For example, to encourage them to host an event or take more initiative on behalf of the foundation.

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