Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2021

You’ll undoubtedly encounter the many books and online guides written about capital campaigns along the way, but there’s one area we’d like to focus on specifically: the feasibility study. It consists of a series of interviews with your nonprofit’s leaders, key partners, major donors, and other organization stakeholders.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

“Experiential Intelligence provides a new lens from which to view what makes you, you—and what makes your team and organization unique,” says Soren Kaplan , author of the book, Experiential Intelligence. Then we explored Emotional Intelligence (EQ), the theory of multiple intelligences, and mindsets that broaden the definition of smarts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Megan: There definitely wasn’t push-back from management, but being a smaller organization, there was a need to prove the worth in investing staff time in building our online presence. Right now for us, the tools that are mentioned above are being used to raise ‘professional capital’ and build brand awareness.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 28, 2024

My book is for anyone facing down an uncertain future, as well as a practical guide for every entrepreneur and aspiring entrepreneur,” says Feifer. By reading the book, you’ll learn in great detail how to accelerate the change process—lessen your panic, adapt faster, define the new normal, and thrive going forward.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 4, 2022

They are two of the most populous generations on earth, and they’re going to have to navigate a work world full of unprecedented challenges,” explains Mark Zides , author of the new book, The #PACE Process For Early Career Success. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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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.” The book offers some recipes for culture change.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Today brings the new book, Build For Tomorrow , by Jason Feifer , Editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine and host of the podcasts Build For Tomorrow and Problem Solvers. “My My new book is for anyone facing down an uncertain future, as well as a practical guide for every entrepreneur and aspiring entrepreneur,” says Feifer.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A few additional key takeaways from the book include these from King: It’s no longer about having power over others but rather power with others, which is about working with others to achieve results. King Today, King shares these additional insights with us: Question: Why did you decide to write your book? Michelle P. Michelle P.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Q and A with Jesse Sostrin author of Beyond the Job Description Question : What does the title of your book mean and what’s the truth about what employers really expect that is never written in job descriptions? Question : What was the inspiration for your book?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

So, you can imagine how delighted I was to read George’s and Zach Clayton’s new book, True North, Emerging Leader Edition. In this new book, the authors offer practical strategies and techniques to become an authentic leader and reveal how you can navigate your own path to success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

The concept that a new blog post must be published daily is definitely a relic of the past. In this blog post, First Book tells the story of distributing tens of thousands of books to veterans receiving care in VA hospitals and facilities. A nonprofit can blog once a week or every other week.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

A few months ago brought the new book, Build For Tomorrow , by Jason Feifer , Editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine and host of the podcasts Build For Tomorrow and Problem Solvers. “My My new book is for anyone facing down an uncertain future, as well as a practical guide for every entrepreneur and aspiring entrepreneur,” says Feifer.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

In her book, Tulshyan includes an entire chapter on the topic of how to develop empathy as an inclusive leader – including definitions and explanations of: Affective empathy (how easily can you feel another person’s emotions). This chapter includes helpful guidelines for interviewing and how to reduce bias while interviewing.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2013

While I have a few theories, I definitely don’t know the answer. I do know a great research technique that you can do yourself to get some insight: User Interviews. Steve Portigal recently released an awesome book called Interviewing Users – How to Uncover Compelling Insights that will help guide this process for you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Definitely integrate your blog posts with your e-newsletter. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts.

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Care2

JANUARY 17, 2012

Books about online marketing are hit or miss. ” And that’s why we’re going to hold a February 1st drawing to give away three free copies of Hlinko’s book to Frogloop readers. .” It will only take a minute and, trust me, you’ll be really happy if you win this book.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

And what would you describe as the social definition of Social Actions API – the purpose? Just like you might cross-reference the subject of a book with a Dewey Decimal number, we are now cross-referencing each action with a universal identifier that helps to link it to related data.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2014

This week, Mark answered for me the following six questions about his book : Interview with Mark Divine Author of The Way of the Seal: Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed Question : Navy SEALS learn they are capable of twenty times what they think they are. Mark : Socrates said that an unexamined life is not worth living.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 23, 2023

“Experiential Intelligence provides a new lens from which to view what makes you, you—and what makes your team and organization unique,” says Soren Kaplan , author of the new book, Experiential Intelligence. Then we explored Emotional Intelligence (EQ), the theory of multiple intelligences, and mindsets that broaden the definition of smarts.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You’ll learn plenty more about what it means to burn the boats, how to unleash your full potential, and how to tear down your barriers to achieving success in Higgins’ new book, Burn The Boats – a business-advice and self-help book. This is the biggest takeaway, and the foundation of my entire book. Higgins : Forget Plan B!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Rick Lindquist Millennial Rick Lindquist is making his mark in the business world and enjoying the success of his co-authored 2014 bestseller book, The End of Employer-Provided Health Insurance. Today, he kindly answered questions about leadership, mentors, his book, and Millennials in the workplace. Why or why not? Good advice.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2013

Read Greg Blencoe new book, The Supermanager. It''s a valuable, quick, easy-to-read book for a new manager or leader, and a solid read for existing leaders and managers who just need a reminder of Blencoe''s Supermanager''s Seven Principles. Blencoe was kind enough to share with me insights into his book.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Temra Costa's book, Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat features the stories of over 30 women and how they are changing our food system for the better as farmers, educators, mothers, chefs, businesswomen, and policy wonks. Overall, was there a theme among the stories of the women that you interviewed? farm operators are women?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. When the book was published, Paul kindly answered the following questions about the book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. When the book was published, Paul kindly answered the following questions about the book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

All that said, the following is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of my book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Definitely integrate your blog posts with your e-newsletter. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Note from Beth: I was thrilled to be interviewed by Steve along with many other nonprofit data nerds, for his new book, Data Driven Nonprofits. He was kind enough to send me an advanced copy and it is definitely a must read. These are some of the questions that I set out to answer in my new book Data Driven Nonprofits.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2007

This week, we look at Chapter 5 of Elaine Gurian's book Civilizing Museums , Choosing Among the Options: An opinion about museum definitions in two parts. This post is a summary of the essay; on Thursday, an interview with Elaine expanding on some of these concepts.) Tags: Book Discussion: Civilizing the Museum.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

We have compiled this list through interviews with public- and private-sector leaders; analysis of initiatives, organizations and government programs; reviews of industry and mainstream news coverage; and submissions from thousands of online participants." It features concept de?nitions

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

Seeing this book (circled in the above picture) in the bookstore this week reminded me of my blog post about the book and the author from 2014. Realizing the book is as relevant today as it was five years ago, here is my post from 2014: Want to be a leader who is tough? Cool under fire? Able to sense danger before it's too late?

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Panelists: Ramya Raghavan – YouTube – Ramya Raghavan manages political and social change programming at YouTube , including the YouTube Nonprofit Program and YouTube World View interview series. Her second book, exploring how causes can excel using Twitter, comes out in the summer of 2011. Find her on Twitter – @claired.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. 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.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I always find the women she interviews interesting and inspiring, and I'm soooo excited to be this week's Featured Tranquilista. When we recorded the interview, we actually did a podcast "swap." I hope you enjoy the interview, and you should definitely check out past shows. podcast interview Kimberly Wilson tranquility

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Visual Meeting Workshop by David Sibbet and Rachel Smith - Based on Sibbet's book Visual Meetings. Here’s an interview with Rachel about the techniques and a blog post the tools. Rachel, a virtuoso technologist and artist, used a drawing tablet and Sketchbook pro.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

One of the places I go for inspiration during my day is to the books , blog , podcast, and Twitter feed of Kimberly Wilson. Kimberly has authored two books: Hip Tranquil Chick: A Guide to Life On and Off the Yoga Mat , and Tranquilista: Mastering the Art of Enlightened Work and Mindful Play. Also, determine your mission.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Last month brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's new book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. Paul's new book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Because, Thursday, September 8 brings the official release of Paul Smith 's new book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. Today, Paul kindly answered the following questions about his new book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? It helps them relax.

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