Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

And he shares his techniques for: Turning a healthy fear of failure to your advantage. For example, regarding the importance of staying humble, Jacobs writes, “Coming out on top when your company is under attack feels thrilling in the moment. Building an outrageously talented team. Catalyzing electric meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As part of the class , we look at different examples of networked strategies and digital platforms and tools and how they can be used to advance civil society goals. Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

That shift is easier when you have some good techniques for actually get those tasks done. Here’s five ways to avoid procrastination and be more productive: Flickr Photo by TBN97. Pomodoro : The pomodoro technique is a time management methodology created by Francesco Cirillo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

On June 25, 2009, I announced on my blog that I was five days away from a cross-country move and knew it would disrupt my routine, including my blogging routine. I didn't want the stress of writing posts or the stress of having a blog go dark and disappoint loyal readers. I've even lived blogged my vacations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

Add Beth's Blog: Screencasts to your page. It delves deeper into the uses of salesforce.com campaigns tab, " Salesforce Campaigns for Nonprofits " There some kind words over at the NTEN Blog about my most recent screencast. For this screencast, I conducted several interviews lasting approximately 50 minutes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I happened to stumble upon this funny tweet from Billboard that asks its Twitter followers to tweet with the hashtag #ReplaceGirlWithSquirrelInASong and gave the example “I kissed a squirrel and I liked it.” 2. Use Participatory Research Techniques To Discover Engagement Topics. Billboard (@billboard) April 7, 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Designing and facilitating training (not matter the topic) is one of my passions and why I blog about it on a regular basis. I also love sharing techniques and tips with other trainers and often do “train the trainers” sessions as part of my practice. Photo: Americans for the Arts. Movement is better than sitting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques. Small group coaching has it own specific techniques. Here is what they shared: 1.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. Transmedia storytelling it is the technique of telling a story across multiple online platforms and formats using current digital technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, proficiency with social media like Facebook and Twitter increases their capacity to make change happen for children in their state. Support national partner Facebook chats, blog carnivals, and other networked advocacy activities. Cultivate “super fans”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

Here’s a recent interview with her in the Atlantic (by way of Rheingold). Social media and mobile phones aren’t the first ever examples of “cognitive entanglement”, Pang’s term for the way we use technology as extensions of our own minds. ” Distraction by shiny objects is not new. Or a combination?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Here’s a summary of tips, tools, examples, and resources for getting the most of our your nonprofit event with social media. (Here’s a curated link list used to create this post). Take the above example from charity:water for World Water Day. The first step is to get organized.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2007

As you release your product, find some interesting articles or blog posts on the Web and bookmark them. If you want to try some more intermediate or even advanced techniques for using social media, you can move from collecting third-party content to producing your own. What are the blog software options that offer password protection?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

For example, they have a film called "That's A Family" takes a look at family diversity. (I If your nonprofit is using a blog and the subject matter isn't sensitive or you don't feel you need to "control" your messaging, it depends on the type of community you want to create. You moderate comments or leave it open.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

For each group, I had them create a spectra-gram and interviewed them and gave advice on next steps. Having a metaphor, made it easy. For example, I asked the runners to line up from “just bought my nikes&# to “training for my third 30 mile marathon.&#. I play a little PowerPoint Karoke. Movement can really help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

” I was lucky enough to meet and interview Patton in 2009. For example, if crime increases in a neighborhood, they know how to allocate patrols. Brennan shared some of the core techniques of developmental evaluation which included: 1. Key Informant/Stakeholder Surveys and Interviews.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

In preparation, I’m doing a pre-recorded skype interview with Robin as a back up for a live interview. Also, you need, as Jan Gordon points out in the skype video interview, to know the audience’s content consumption patterns and interests. As is my presenting style, this will be an interactive session.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. Chema Gargouri, In Country Director, Tunisia being interviewed by the local radio station in Fez, Morocco.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

I just *loved* this book, and also enjoy Temra's show, so I was super excited to interview her for the Big Vision Podcast. Britt Bravo: You interviewed 30 women, and organized them by if they were farmers, activists, and different things. Overall, was there a theme among the stories of the women that you interviewed?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Paul's Sell with a Story book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. I just haven’t included those as examples and haven’t structured the book around that audience. If you have not read it, please do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

In his book, Parr interviews experts in the field of psychology and cognition to examine what it takes to build this “bonfire of attention,” and presents a framework about the 7 “captivation triggers” of attention. Acknowledgement: Fosters relationships and deeper connections to encourage people to pay attention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

One of the best ways to learn is the study, observe, or interview the experts. The session will begin with a simple primer about content curation , the benefits, and a few examples of nonprofit content curators and their tools. I like the metaphor of a sommelier, They know the grapes, the winemaker and their techniques, and vintages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

I recently discovered a blogging work flow tool called Zemanta , that according to its web site. It works on a number of different blogging platforms, including the one I use, typepad. maybe it is suggesting that I should write a post about my blogging workflow! For example, I might not start with a specific a topic in mind.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Paul's Sell with a Story book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. I just haven’t included those as examples and haven’t structured the book around that audience. If you have not read it, please do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2016

During the one-hour free webinar hosted by Wild Apricot , we share some ideas, got feedback, and identified additional people and organizations to interview for the book. Self-Care Bill of Rights: Aisha Moore Example. We also set up a Facebook Group to continue the discussion on self-care for nonprofits.

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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. Interview with Jonathon Colman. Donor Solicitation Techniques on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

During 2010, I been able to read, blurb, write reviews, do blog giveaways, or author guest posts and interviews for a lot of terrific books that would be useful to nonprofit professionals in the social media, marketing, and ICT areas. More about the book here. The book is available on Amazon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

Here’s a link to a summary and the recording over at the Care 2 Frogloop blog. One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. Some examples: A follower on Twitter or someone you’re following.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. Celebrate the Accomplishments of Individuals in Your Alumni Network. RamahSeminar (@RamahSeminar) December 24, 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Aisha was interviewed for a podcast as part of the Mindful Leadership Summit by Meditate This Podcast and shared some of her thinking about creating a self-care plan. One of those came to her when she wrote a blog post called, “ How To Take Care of Yourself When Your Black Life Doesn’t Matter.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

I don't get an opportunity to do this workshop with a large group, so this was fabulous learning experience to work out some techniques to make it scale. For example, note their call to action right on the YouTube video. I've used a couple of techniques to accomplish this and they worked. Ant Trails As Learning Opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The book is also a practical toolkit filled with concrete examples, ideas and practices for both individuals and organizations working on social change issues to achieve impact without burnout. Stress reduction techniques. Let us know if you have some ideas, examples, or tips to share. What else should be on that list?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Last week I participate on a panel on “ Data Visualization for Nonprofits: A Picture Is Better Than A 1,000 Words ” with Johanna Morariu from Innonet and Brian Kennedy of ChildrenNow. The day of the panel, I published a blog post that shared our slides, wiki, and resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy.

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