The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

One that even folks unacquainted with your organization would find captivating. Thank you notes are never old-fashioned and can set a heartening tone for future conversations. Speak Clearly, Speak with Conviction Steer clear of that murky pool filled with jargon and overly elaborate language. A well-articulated proposal?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 15, 2012

After absorbing the initial shock of the conversation, I return to work the next day and start tackling the items my boss wants me to improve. Because he took the time to deliver the tough conversation to me, I had the opportunity to make a change, and ultimately I became one of his strongest team members.

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M+R

JULY 6, 2023

Here’s what we like about Threads: Easy, captive audience. Add to the conversation by sharing and replying to others. It’s too soon to say whether this will be the Twitter replacement we deserve, but I’m here to tell you to give it a shot, and help you get started. We’re not trying to migrate to a new platform.

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NTEN

JANUARY 8, 2015

So how do you break through the noise and develop a captive diverse audience? Let’s face it: we are living in a world of followers, friends, and instant feedback. Nonprofits and for-profits alike are competing to be heard in a world that can’t stop screaming online. It’s as simple as 1-2-3.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2021

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Leadership Conversations -- Challenging High-Potential Managers To Become Great Leaders. Plus, there's five other lessons McBean teaches in the book.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Leadership Conversations -- Challenging High-Potential Managers To Become Great Leaders. Stumped for what business books to add to your fall reading list?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Leadership Conversations -- Challenging High-Potential Managers To Become Great Leaders. Stumped for what business books to add to your winter reading list?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In addition, the book is fast paced and highly readable, with a bold design including captivating graphics, end-of-chapter Q&A’s, and bite-size content presentation for easy reading and comprehension. You’ll discover what you learn from the book is relatable and directly applicable. That’s why we wrote this book.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Committee Chair: Strategically organizes seating to foster networking and meaningful conversations. Ensures that the décor resonates with attendees, creating an immersive and captivating environment. Accommodates special requests or needs, such as dietary restrictions or accessibility concerns.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 5, 2024

Whether it’s the instant spreadability of Twitter, the communal spirit of Facebook, or the captivating visuals of Instagram, each platform is a chapter in your storytelling saga. Lobby days are your opportunity to show strength in numbers and to make every conversation with a legislator count.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Leadership Conversations -- Challenging High-Potential Managers To Become Great Leaders. Stumped for what business books to add to your fall reading list?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2018

We see continuing efforts to build peer-to-peer networks and generate a profound and captivating sense of urgency through giving days, which can lead to positive outcomes. This helps drive people—in a targeted and appropriate way—to online campaigns via email, text, and other methods. What’s Next?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

In the process of coming up with a nice design and captivating storytelling to capture potential supporters, you may be overlooking a few fundamental and truly effective steps to boost conversions on your online donation page. So why can’t you convert more of your web traffic into donors? 1) Make Giving Simple.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Leadership Conversations -- Challenging High-Potential Managers To Become Great Leaders. Stumped for what business books to add to your fall reading list?

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 8, 2020

As most companies and brands know, event sponsorship is a great way to get in front of a captive, targeted audience. Your product or service, and your involvement in the event, will warm attendees to you, potentially leading to an easy conversion or sale. . But does the same hold true for virtual events? .

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 9, 2017

To me, the words “content marketing” are a mouthful of sand for something that’s supposed to be so captivating and delicious. The heart of content marketing for any company or organization is to tell captivating stories and add value to the reader to relay the impact of your efforts.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 28, 2016

And it’s true, one of the most effective ways to captivate an audience is to tell a story worth hearing about your organization. Captivate interviews with awesome lighting, showing their “window to the soul.”. Find Jeremy and me on Twitter to join the conversation, or leave a comment below. Something you’d like to add?

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2022

Why not encourage people to take their coffee break with your nonprofit and engage in some conversation? You’ll want a Zoom moderator to keep conversation civil and flowing with good conversation starter questions and icebreakers. Topics can be about mental health or about lighter subject matter such as pop culture.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2014

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Leadership Conversations -- Challenging High-Potential Managers To Become Great Leaders. Plus, there''s five other lessons McBean teaches in the book.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Members of your organization may have connections to small businesses in your community that can be utilized to start a conversation about sponsorship. Newsletters can be used to send updates on projects and captivating stories so donors can see how they are directly impacting your organization.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 2, 2015

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Leadership Conversations -- Challenging High-Potential Managers To Become Great Leaders. Stumped for what business books to add to your spring reading list?

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Parents report much more engagement and conversation with their kids at home, and this all leads to a stronger family unit! You’re immediately captivated, and you WANT to know the story behind this photo. They’re just overall happier children, and their success at school sets them up for success later in life! Your donation of $7.32

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

With the captivating visuals and persuasive copy that come from the work of a nonprofit, these messages are naturally compelling and have the potential to motivate donors to act. It’s impossible to overstate the importance of creating a meaningful message when a nonprofit wants to engage with their donors.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 20, 2013

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Leadership Conversations -- Challenging High-Potential Managers To Become Great Leaders. Stumped for what business books to add to your summer reading list?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. Leadership Conversations -- Challenging High-Potential Managers To Become Great Leaders. Stumped for what business books to add to your fall reading list?

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 8, 2020

As most companies and brands know, event sponsorship is a great way to get in front of a captive, targeted audience. Your product or service, and your involvement in the event, will warm attendees to you, potentially leading to an easy conversion or sale. . But does the same hold true for virtual events? .

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2020

Good content brings conversions. If it can hold your attention as someone intimately involved with the organization’s day-to-day, there’s a good chance it’ll captivate the audiences you’re trying to reach. In fact, it’s maybe the only way to accomplish some of your big organizational goals. Do you want to become a thought leader?

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Achieve

APRIL 4, 2017

But to truly captivate the interest and involvement of this generation of change-makers, your approach must be transparent, show immediate impact and individualistic in nature. Want real insights, advice, conversations and more about how to inspire action for your cause? And above all, choose your words wisely.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Be careful with these types of contests as the motivation behind joining the email list may not be as aligned with the organization, and can lead to lower donation conversions as well as higher unsubscribes. You have a captive audience, that at this point has already invested some time and their email to your cause.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Musicians can’t magically pick up a guitar and play a riveting five-minute solo that captivates. Bring it up in conversations with friends and community members. As with anything in life, if you want to see results you have to make time for it. There are hours of practice involved. He couldn’t even make the high school team right away.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

As you can see, the design is a bit edgy – and its part of new multi-channel campaign that hopes to activate activists and ignite conversations. We need to stand out from the clutter, provoke conversation and inspire action. Of course, the infographic alone is not enough – it’s part of a multi-channel campaign.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2014

You want to put out messages that captivate, resonate, and then inspire action. Most importantly, start conversations with your supporters and get them talking to their networks about it. You have to take the initiative, iron a shirt or fluff your hair, and put yourself out there. Consider these three tips: 1.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Captivating blog content is a prime opportunity to engage supporters and get them more invested in your cause. In this post, we’ll highlight nine captivating content ideas for your nonprofit’s blog. If your nonprofit has an environmental focus, nature photos can also be captivating. Think again!

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2015

Optimize your website for conversion. Evaluate your content across channels (website, email, social, blog, videos, etc) and put things out there that will engage your captive audience in the mission. #1 Nonprofit Marketing Donor Stewardship engagement fundraising ideas housefile growth website conversion' and Canada.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2014

TechSoup's Senior Online Community Manager, Lewis Haidt, introduced me to Vendor Relationship Management (more commonly shortened to VRM), which is sort of the converse to Customer Relationship Management. He said that a "captive" customer or donor is worth more than a free one.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

However, you’ll want to log in more frequently to make necessary adjustments and maximize conversions. Account management and reporting: A properly-structured Google Grant account will run 3-5 campaigns at once to drive conversions. In turn, you’ll receive an optimized account filled with ad groups, keywords, and captivating ads.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

Despite this small sample size and lack of evidence for success, the concept has captivated politicians and Wall Street alike. There are less than 40 known SIBs across the globe (Gustaffson-Wright et al, 2016). The recommendations offered here will assist nonprofits in navigating their decision to pursue a SIB. Sources: Grossman, A.

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