Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

This past year, our HRP team helped the human rights movement achieve great things. Our support of groups advancing LGBTI rights is opening up new opportunities for helping many more such groups around the world. Many challenges to global respect of human rights still lie ahead, and many more groups around the world need our help.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As you create or adapt your donor benefits, you may find the list compiled below helpful. It can be helpful to lead a planning process within your own organization that examines your organizational assets and access so you can translate them into benefits. They can be a video interview with the donor about the mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

In the long run, they are helping to make the world a safer, fairer, healthier place to live. Today, I have almost 200 presentations in my account, some with tens and thousands of views. Slideshare helps set my work free and share it with nonprofit professionals all over the world. I drank the Slideshare kool aid in November, 2006.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

So you launched your new website and have an online marketing plan in hand to help you reach new audiences. Not to worry, here are some tips that Avi Kaplan and I of Rad Campaign compiled to help nonprofits rock your online presence. Note , this was adapted from the book Social Change Anytime Everywhere by Amy Sample Ward and I.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

The article profiles Networked For Good's Six Degrees of Separation. Michael Stein has an interview with Jonathan Coleman about his success building a donor base on Facebook. Amy Sample Ward writes about the new plugin launched by Social Actions that will place ???possibly TechSoup blog profiles Taproot Foundation.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Social media is a tool for you to use to help you achieve your mission. for supporting us; and make sure your real one is prominent to begin with, like on your profiles in social media platforms and so on). Tags: interview resources expert fundraising london ncvo presentation socialbysocial wearemedia. Birthday Cause Wrapped Up.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Simply offer ticket sales online, then send your guests a care package of the beverages to be sampled on the day of the event. For added suspense, you may send out a mystery box with a variety of beverages to sample. Why not consider comedy, dancing, theater, or even an interview with a celebrity? 5) Online classes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

I've included a sampling below, and hope that you'll add other events in the comments. One of the events listed is an exhibition of photos at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris from the book Celebrating Women by Paola Gianturco (who I interviewed in October 2007). You can find UN-related events on WomenWatch. Host your own event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

According to an email from Ben Rattray, Change.Org founder, "This is not at all meant as a replacement for the profiles organizations have on MySpace and Facebook, which I think are great for reaching younger supporters. The article says that new research suggests that social networking sites will help humans surpass this limit.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Do Exit Interviews Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

When I started in the nonprofit field, over 20 years ago, you know, all of the annual appeals said, “Please help us keep our lights on,” or, “please help us keep our doors open.” That’s going to help you determine what information do we need to track in order to get that engagement we’re looking for.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

Saturday, June 19, 2010 How To Help Your Employees Click More At Work Research from universities around the country show that employees who "click" with each other at work have more career success. Consider these findings from the research: How much you reveal about yourself to a co-worker helps you click.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2022

Some donor management softwares like Kindful have these wealth-screening tools built in or you can use a service to help you identify diamonds in the rough among your donors. Having one person consistently following up with prospective and current major donors helps ensure nothing slips through the cracks. How Do I Get a Major Gift? .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Helping those companies to earn that honor are the perks they give their employees, some of which you might want to consider for 2011. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan, shares in his new book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews: Why did you decide to leave us?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 5 Questions To Ask At Your Next Employee Performance Review Here are five important questions you, as a manager and leader, should ask during employee performance reviews: What have I done to help - or hinder - your job performance? What can I do in the next review period to help you achieve/improve?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reach That Goal 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. How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Do more than care: help. ▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

And, having that job security helps to keep employees loyal. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Next on the list is benefits.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

One nice benefit of having mentoring as a New Year’s resolution is you’ll have a dedicated partner helping you to fulfill your resolution! Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Thursday, September 23, 2010 How Sports (Or Band) Can Make You A Better Leader LinkedIn members continue to offer their insights on my recent discussion question about whether playing high school and/or college sports can help to make you a better business leader. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2010

Sunday, August 8, 2010 Use A Board Of Advisors David Burkus often provides valuable comments to my various Blog postings, and hes a person who effectively uses a board of advisors, instead of mentors, to help him achieve success. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Ive passed the one-year mark of blog publishing and will continue to do my best to bring you useful, helpful and practical tips for how to be an effective leader. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? Please continue to tell me what you want to read! How To Improve Customer Service With The Telephone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It is about mentors imparting the multiple lessons that theyve learned to their mentees and helping them better navigate through their own careers. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? But they refrain, as much as possible, from telling their mentees what to do. Mentoring is all about sharing experiences.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? •what media you can use to convey it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 18, 2010

Allow enough time for sharing samples of his work and for Q&A. Activities like these help your team to bond. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? So, plan a half day where you pair up employees. Once paired, one employee explains to his (or her) partner what he does in a "typical" day.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

. ► 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

As author David Grossman says, "good internal communication gets the message out, but great internal communication helps employees connect the dots between overarching business strategy and their role. Quite simply, it helps people and organizations be even better." Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 17, 2010

Ask your staff to help set the agenda so theyll know the meeting will be relevant. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Use an agenda.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 23, 2010

Earlier this year, various discussion groups on the social media site LinkedIn helped me build a list of favorite leadership books. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy? How To Help Your Employees Click More At Work Lessons From Good To Great How Will You Be Remembered As A Leader?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

. ▼ 2010 (108) ▼ December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Good Sample Business Principles Do you have a brand strategy?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010 How To Be A Green Leader You can be a green leader at work and help save the planet and money for your business, by following these practices and instilling these habits with your employees: Photocopiers: Use the "standby" button on your copiers and that will lighten your energy load by 70 percent. .

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