DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Let’s focus on “email marketing,” as that’s the highlight of this blog post as a whole. While you shouldn’t write blog-post length text within an email, you can certainly link out to longer content. Why are so many nonprofits utilizing email in their overall digital strategies ? Include all essential information “above the fold.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

With 2021 fast approaching, it's time to identify your New Year's Resolutions for next year. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders? Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2021.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

His first book, Seltzertopia , came out in 2018, and he often writes about digital engagement on his blog Mooshme.org. Barry has taught thousands of NYC youth and facilitated over a thousand hours of youth programming, including as troop leader of his daughter’s Girl Scout Troop. mmmooshme

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Liz Wiseman 's book, Rookie Smarts , is all about living and working perpetually on a learning curve. She contends that we do our best work when we are new to something. And, she teaches us how to reclaim and cultivate the curious, flexible and youthful mindset called "rookie smarts."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2020

You are a trustworthy leader if you answer “yes” to the following five questions, explains Bob Rosen , author of the book, Grounded: How leaders Stay Rooted In An Uncertain World : Do you keep your promises , even the small ones (instead of letting some commitments slide)?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2020

My favorite takeaways from the book, Becoming The Best , by Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr. , are: Your best self is not about perfection (an impossible and, therefore, futile goal).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The following 10 leadership and business book authors recently answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? Leaders have had some great opportunities as a result of COVID-19.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In Bob Rosen ’s book, Grounded: How Leaders Stay Rooted In An Uncertain World , he explains that there are six dimensions of being a healthy leader: Physical health : how you live. How you manage your mind and body – managing your energy and living a peak performance lifestyle. Emotional health : how you feel.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2020

With 2021 fast approaching, it's time to identify your New Year's Resolutions for next year. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders? Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2021.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2020

To learn how to stay motivated, read High-Profit Prospecting , by Mark Hunter. It's a powerful read that includes counter intuitive advice and cutting-edge best practices for sales prospecting in today's business world.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2020

If you are leading an organization and are the last person to interview a candidate, focus your questions more on trying to see if the person is a cultural fit. Here are a few questions to pose to potential new hires (from the book, Advisory Leadership : What motivates you? What are you passionate about?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The next time you are looking for ideas for how to grow revenue, streamline processes and procedures and/or reduce expenses, dig deep within your organization. Don't ask only your direct reports for their suggestions. Instead, ask everyone at all levels.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Social psychologist, Heidi Grant Halvorson , wrote Succeed to help you understand how goals work, what tends to go wrong, and what you can do to reach your goals or to help others reach theirs.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Be Decisive A manager who can't make a decision or who can't make a timely decision will frustrate his/her employees. Equally bad, a lack of decision will impede the progress of the manager's team. Some managers make endless requests for data as a way to postpone their having to make a decision.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2020

There are so many good things to learn in the book, Helping People Win At Work , by Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge. Among those is the section about how to define meaningful work. Their definition consists of these seven attributes. Work is meaningful when it : It is conducted in a manner that is "good and proper" in all respects.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Here are 10 important questions business leaders should ask, according to Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge , authors of Helping People Win At Work : Does my business have a clear, meaningful, and easily understood vision/mission? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Today, we flashback to 2018 : The new book, Say What You Mean , by Oren Jay Sofer , couldn’t have come at a better time. Because 2018 was a year filled with communication challenges for so many people. Often, those conversations were ineffective and unhealthy, causing frustration, conflict and distress.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Originally published in December 2016: After reading nearly 30 new books about leadership this past year, my pick for 2016's best new leadership book is, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change , by H. James Dallas.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. Take an interest in your employees and their personal milestone events. Give feedback in a timely manner and make it individualized and specific. Be willing to change your decisions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2020

You've likely started to select your New Year's resolutions and set some goals for 2021. As you set your resolutions and goals, consider also reading the book, Life Word , to learn how to select your one Life Word. The one word that as the book authors say will significantly impact your life and legacy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Flashback to this post from early 2016 : After reading nearly 30 new books about leadership this year, my pick for 2015's best new leadership book is, Advisory Leadership , by Greg Friedman , Although the book is authored by an award-winning financial advisor and primarily written for professionals in the financial services industry, this book is a (..)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2020

This blog post shares six different ways your appeals can inadvertently hurt your chances of earning donations. Packed with a holiday fundraising guide, one webinar, two blog posts, and two infographics, this Year-End Survival Kit will give your team the insider information you need for your most successful year-end campaign yet.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In addition to Laurie Sudbrink 's, Leading With GRIT , being a great book for leaders, it's packed with powerful leadership and life quotes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2020

"We can't solve problems by doing the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -- Albert Einstein.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2020

A lot of companies struggle when creating their mission statement. Author Peter F.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Stopping blogging was also the beginning of my slow decline into burnout. In the year since I took on the awesome task of writing this blog, I’ve often been told I’m not measuring up to Nina. In the weeks that I didn’t blog, I thought of the hundreds of followers of the blog and of Nina. And, hey, she is taller.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Her blog, Clairification.com is a very valuable resource I look to frequently. Recently, I interviewed Claire Axelrad. Claire has worked in the nonprofit space for 4 decades. Claire is a pro at this and launched her own education and coaching services about 10 years ago.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Her award-winning blog showcases her practical approach, which earned her the AFP “Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year” award. Simple legacy giving strategies any nonprofit can adopt right away. Claire Axelrad, J.D.,

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 16, 2020

That’s why I was asked to write this blog post.) . It made the challenge of raising $175,000, with 85% staff participation, in 5 weeks a scary one. . Spoiler Alert: We did it. We actually blew our financial goal out of the water. Laying the Groundwork . My advisory team of 10 had been planning the campaign since February.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership and business book for the year. For 2020, my pick is, StandOut! Become a Young Professional Who Wins at Work and Life , by Nathan Magnuson , published in June this year.

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