Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Over time, I realized that the same characteristics that distinguish the best football teams are also required to succeed in business,” shares Mayberry. Those characteristics include: A strong commitment to excellence. Additionally, Mayberry explains that culture is NOT things such as: The flexibility to work three days per week.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

But, honestly, this time of year seems harder, especially when fundraising goals are bearing down. Choose a time every day to write in a gratitude journal. If you feel mired in stress and anxiety, you might have a tough time with this exercise. Next time that happens, write down the negative thought. Gratitude journal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. Brainstorming generates creative solutions to a problem in the hope of finding the best solution. The first time you do it, you ask each person to respond to the idea with the word no, then say their idea.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 13, 2022

The goal of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is to present a project in the context of the organization and its goals so that great vendors can submit the best possible proposals. Once you have written this proposal it is time to find great vendors to send you bids. Are they able to articulate back to you what you’re after?

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You’re part of the problem. In fact, you may BE the problem. And if I found myself in a job where I couldn’t instill a culture of philanthropy over a reasonable period of time, I’d fire myself (and I have). When people are presented with something novel they don’t understand, a natural tendency is to ignore it.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 14, 2016

Check out Graham’s tips from her presentation “Son of a Brand: Intentionally Build Your Brand…or Else.” ” Recognize the Problem. Many times, nonprofits don’t recognize the problems that poor branding is causing. Articulate Your Message. Start with a Solid Foundation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2023

Over time, I realized that the same characteristics that distinguish the best football teams are also required to succeed in business,” shares Mayberry. Those characteristics include: A strong commitment to excellence. Additionally, Mayberry explains that culture is NOT things such as: The flexibility to work three days per week.

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Culture Build Impact Lesson 52

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. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Over time, I realized that the same characteristics that distinguish the best football teams are also required to succeed in business,” shares Mayberry. Those characteristics include: A strong commitment to excellence. Additionally, Mayberry explains that culture is NOT things such as: The flexibility to work three days per week.

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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 doubt that I am alone in having to go to meetings and conferences where I know most of the presentations in advance. But if you only have time for the hard questions, start at 6:30.

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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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The cornerstone of their presentation rested in the necessity for nonprofits to think strategically about communications plans, working with a definition of strategy by David La Piana: "Strategy is a coordinated set of actions designed to create and sustain a competitive advantage in achieving a nonprofit's mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. And it isn’t simply a technical problem that can be solved through training or purchasing analytics software. Does data collection may occur from time-to-time, but not formal reporting. It is helpful to look at making the switch as an evolutionary process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

In addition to the tactical and skills instruction we did with the social media staff on Day 3 and Day 4, we also covered how to manage time and work efficiently – and how to best provide support for the strategies. 100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

I don't think I'll ever forget witnessing the unforgettable moment when Bill and Chelsea attached and switched on hearing aids to the ears of a young Kenyan girl so she could hear for the very first time. I turned around 180 degrees and saw the joy of her family; it truly radiated through the screen. The screen, you ask?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2008

Dave Webb said "I have always had a problem forcing something that is organic by nature into a mechanical straightjacket. This voice, articulated through social media, can be extremely powerful and can force individuals, companies and communities to change the way they behave. s voice louder than ever before.

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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. We believe that print disabled people should be able to buy accessible books at the same time and at the same price as nondisabled people. Long post alert!]

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

The presentation is available on my wiki (it’s at the bottom.) An older woman of color noted that a lot of the problems that open source developers were solving weren’t problems that communities faced. Lots of people were there (I ran out of handouts – I was surprised to see how many people showed up.)

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2016

The ideas and narrative are laid out in a well-articulated strategic brief. To ensure that the written content, images, audio, and video on the site contribute to an effective presentation, your content team should understand the organization's brand strategy and be able to answer the following: What content do we have?

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

Name the problem your organization works to solve, the reason your organization exists, and the people or animals you help. When a nonprofit mission statement is a long, word-packed, compound-complex sentence or goes on for three or four sentences, the problem is often a lack of clarity around the mission.

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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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Care2

JULY 10, 2007

At the same time, when I spoke with old friends I didn’t suddenly revert back to that basic information as if I had no memory of our relationship. Unfortunately, they aren’t thinking in terms of database integration problems or what might be convenient at a mailshop. Where do you work?

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

We’re going to leave some time at the end for Q&A. And you all, if you’ve never heard her present, I think you’ll be back next year for sure. Steven: take any more time for you. So as Steven said, I’m a long-time friend of Bloomerang. So have no fear. So don’t be shy. Sherry: Thank you.

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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. How does the visitor perceive there is an issue with which to engage if the content is presented in a dry, authoritative style?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

I know, it’s a busy time of year. Just want to let you all know that we are recording this presentation. We’re going to save some time for Q&A at the end. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” ” I love this topic. And thanks for joining.

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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. Just want to let you all know that we are recording this presentation, and we’ll be sending out the recording as well as the slides later on today. We’re going to save time for Q&A at the end.

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Relationship Donor Build Video 85

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. Enter refining and iterative prompts. Basically, great writing comes from great editors.

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M+R

MAY 12, 2021

Read time: 4 minutes. Need is the expression of a problem, but impact isn’t simply our proposed solution. Impact provides a direct link to an individual’s response (volunteering, emailing Congress, becoming a sustainer) and the need we’ve already articulated. It’s a pretty great read, if we do say so ourselves! .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

I don't think she is saying SL is a fad that will go away as other people without her depth of knowledge have articulated. t think at this time that SL wants to be a WOW. This argument repeats itself over and over throughout time as each new technology emerges that has the potential to replace or improve upon an existing technology.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

And we’re going to save time at the end for Q&A. So I don’t want to take any time away from, Jesse. I’m going to reference throughout the presentation a couple of tools that we’ve made available for free. I’ll reference this a couple more times throughout. A lot of you already have.

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Results Video Donation Fundraising 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I’ve facilitated this exercise many times and it never fails that participants enjoy it. Each team got to present their idea to the group. Design thinking methods are great way to identify and articulate some of those first step ideas. We were able to review the questions generated from each team and look for patterns.

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Foundation Design Community Work 102

Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2020

When a prospective donor is presented with a capital project during a feasibility study, the overwhelming comments are not about the square footage but are more focused on the impact. Times have changed and so have the development and selection of cases for support. 3) intangible: difficulty to articulate case. Donor Alignment.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 29, 2021

We react positively when we find a website with strong, well-structured design, but it can be difficult to articulate what made the design strong. Nonprofit websites have grappled with this problem for some time and have come to a few useful solutions, such as: Blog. Classes, webinars, and presentations.

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Websites Nonprofit Interaction Instruction 75

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Artist as Problem Solver vs. Artist as Problem Explorer Mark Allen (director of Machine Project) and I have talked about this issue several times, and Mark articulates it beautifully. The problem is aestheticized, framed, or reconfigured; it is seldom erased or resolved. Mark: Right. Eric: Exactly.

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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. Dont limit your time for only your direct reports. In past postings Ive shared Marriotts core values. Make conversation with your team.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2017

” The importance of being able to articulate the need for tech to achieve their mission. Build a culture of wellness: It all starts with the “Three P’s”: Planning (look ahead), People (put a statute of limiattions), Priorities (how you prioritize your time), and being Present (avoid techno-ference).

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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." Dont limit your time for only your direct reports. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around.

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