Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 4, 2023

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. And, if you miss one or more of the critical tasks that must be accomplished in your first 100 days, you'll likely fail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

tags: blogging nptech ).   In that post, he describes one technique - make yourself a public case study.    So, in that spirit,  I'm sharing my presentation from last week which is a case study of my blogging ROI.     They follow below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2013

Last week, I came across this excellent deck and blog post from the Knight Foundation’s VP of Strategy and Assessment, Mayur H. The deck and blog summarizes some key points and methods from three resources: A lot of what we shared was drawn from three resources that we’ve found valuable in our work. What methods are you using?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Tools and techniques, both virtual and in person Tools and techniques that facilitate visual thinking can significantly improve brainstorming outcomes. You can view a couple of visual idea generation and sharing techniques in a video by Jack Elkins (The idea “T” and the “Story Board”). Or try a case study.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 30, 2009

Here’s the April edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival. While it can be a great technique, there are definitely things that work and things that don’t. Beth Bates at the Good Works Grapevine has a an interesting case study about fundraising with Facebook. This month’s theme was Raising Money Online. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. And, if you miss one or more of the critical tasks that must be accomplished in your first 100 days, you'll likely fail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. Luckily, there is no shortage of techniques and resources and books. Techniques. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 8, 2020

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. And, if you miss one or more of the critical tasks that must be accomplished in your first 100 days, you'll likely fail.

Action 52

Action Attitude Case Study Culture 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

I’ll be doing a session with colleagues Danette Peters and Roberto Cremonini on Outcomes, Impact, and Communication where will not only share some case studies and techniques for outcome-based evaluation, but model some small group facilitation techniques for the process. If not, look for wrap up posts on my blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2016

There are sessions on specific techniques and tools – like dashboard and data visualization software and techniques. There are also many sessions with case studies and expert advice about measuring impact of nonprofit work using data. And, the schedule is also designed for networking and making connections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2012

Peer Case Studies. The main part of the call featured case studies by peer grantees who shared their strategies for social media integration, measurable objectives, measurement, and social media techniques, particularly use of Twitter. I always design to incorporate the voice and experience of the participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Crowdsourcing is the technique of allowing many people to provide feedback, advice, knowledge, expertise or ideas for a project or create collective intelligence for an issue. United Breaks Guitars is just one recent case study of crowds being evil. What are the best practices or techniques for crowdsourcing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2013

I enjoy meetings when there has been a lot given to the design and you have expert facilitators in the room because I not only learn about the content, but also learn some new facilitation techniques. If you are curious about more techniques, I suggest David Staker’s “ Rapid Problem Solving with Post-It Notes.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Here I used a classic, simple technique of asking people to share burning questions in small groups and generated a list of the themes/questions with the full group. I’m always relieved when the questions match the content, but you also have to point out where you will go deep and what may not be addressed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

One of the successes was how most participants are learning to balance the strategic with the spontaneous of social media as described in this blog post. Support national partner Facebook chats, blog carnivals, and other networked advocacy activities. Increase reach on social media channels. Cultivate “super fans”.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). They are hoping to start conversations and hear feedback about the competitions, the fundraising techniques and more. This is the latest in the series.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. There is enough secondary research published either via blog posts or research hubs about who uses these tools. I've pointed to a lot of resources in my blog.). There's lots of examples in this blog. The Case Study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2014

There are several tools in each category, with each linking to a case study, worksheet and some process notes: Look ahead. Develop a clear plan. Clarify priorities. Collect input from others. Know the people I’m working with. Generate new ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2011

Each case study will be presented by the designers and their implementing partners. The leaders in all three communities will share projects that they are currently developing and the audience will gain deeper knowledge of game design techniques from other countries. We’ll tweet our results after Memorial Day weekend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. Including some posts that have appeared on this blog.) Networks'

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. And, if you miss one or more of the critical tasks that must be accomplished in your first 100 days, you'll likely fail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

This workshop will share strategies and techniques for changing your nonprofits culture to be more agile, training other staff to be social to scale, and managing your nonprofit’s c-suite and board. The workshop will share tips and techniques for culture change, training, and adoption.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

As many of you know who read this blog, I am an early adopter of social media and set up my listening post 5 years ago to scan for people, trends, and ideas related to social media and nonprofits. A Living Case Study of Red Cross Listening Techniques. Our session covered: Why listening offers value.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

He provides you proven techniques, workshop processes, real-world case studies and examples and insightful observations from business leaders and his own career – which includes 20 years as an executive at IBM and CFO positions at Cisco and Red Hat. It is earned as much as it is defined.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Social fundraising is when your nonprofit integrates tried and true fundraising techniques with social media to inspire your supporters to raise money from their networks on your behalf. One of the case studies I shared was about NTEN’s recent social fundraiser to raise scholarship money for NTC conference attendance.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. And, if you miss one or more of the critical tasks that must be accomplished in your first 100 days, you'll likely fail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

I’m very grateful for support and more so for the conversations and thoughtful blog posts you have shared. Networked Nonprofits: The Eva Longoria Case Study by Mark Drapeau, shares some examples and thoughts about Networked Nonprofits and free agent fundraisers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

2. Living Case Study Technique: Assessment also helps find examples from the participants themselves. I introduced some concepts about Social Media ROI and steps to making a case. Then I used the Salt Lake County Public Health Department Social Media Case Study to do a simulation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

The materials she has released include case studies, course outlines, resources, assignments for four courses: 1) Strategic Philanthropy : This course, taught at the Stanford GSB, is based on applying core business practices to social change. 3) Giving 2.0: Carve out some time and explore the many useful resources and materials.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Filled with relatable case studies from top-performing individuals and companies—including Tim Cook, Starbucks, and Microsoft—Briceño lays out crisp, clear tactics for constant learning that will take your team to the next level and create a culture of high performance. All too often, it just leaves us exhausted.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. And, if you miss one or more of the critical tasks that must be accomplished in your first 100 days, you''ll likely fail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

We are also seeing that our hopes for toppling dictators are diminishing because the authoritarian leaders are mastering new power techniques. Each profile is illustrated with an in-depth case study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Over two years ago, I made a screencast about Web Analytics for Nonprofits that covered the basics of using google analytics, web metrics, and some nonprofit case studies featuring Laura White and the Idealist. That's just about when I discovered Avinash Kaushik's blog, Occam's Razor and his first book on Web analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. If you are not reading blogs and web sites in an RSS Reader , make that your New Year's resolution. Learn from nonprofits and other organizations that have shared their social media case studies. Take Breaks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Brennan shared some of the core techniques of developmental evaluation which included: 1. These techniques are often applied to measuring social media and networks and making sense of the data. These techniques are often applied to measuring social media and networks and making sense of the data.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

The book is packed with: Examples and case studies Action plans Tools, techniques and tricks of the trade The authors also explain why you need to start even before your official first day on the job. And, if you miss one or more of the critical tasks that must be accomplished in your first 100 days, you''ll likely fail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while is review my blog content for the year and select the "Top 10" posts or the "best of" posts. Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. Donor Solicitation Techniques on Twitter. Measuring the Value of Your Blog.

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