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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Is there a connection between more transparency and more successful fundraising?" The outcomes movement emerged in the sector starting in the late ‘80s and presented new tools to help nonprofits set, work towards, and verify meaningful and sustainable results. Furthermore, provided our fundraising efforts are successful (!),

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Recently I got my first full-on blast of the Networked Nonprofit at a session the authors presented at the 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Guiding volunteers to success is equally critical. And volunteers could have the opportunity to share the organization’s story through their personal networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

Mobile is the Needle, Social is the Thread: How Information Today is Woven Into Our Lives. View more presentations from Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. focusing on how information consumption patterns are changing in light of these two technological developments. . What are the best practices?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

There are so many resources available to ensure that your organization has a successful campaign. You know, and in that same vein, much has been made about the common pitfalls or the mistakes that your organization should avoid to ensure your success. And these are organizations who have been successful.

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Also at the end, I have embedded the presentations of several of those folks I mention. You must be a credible member of the community sharing useful information and thoughtful comments before anyone will respond to your asks. You may find better success participating in a niche social network like Changents or Gather.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

For organizations, web stats are useful indicators of how many people are being reached by their message, the geographical spread of the visitors and whether or not a specific campaign was successful in driving traffic or creating actions (like donations, or letters, etc.) That dog won’t hunt. Allan assumes two points here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Now hear from the "real housewives of social media" who are driving successful online campaigns, as well as others who are helping lead the social media revolution. The SXSW Interactive Festival. So, yes, please vote for these panels, but .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Now hear from the "real housewives of social media" who are driving successful online campaigns, as well as others who are helping lead the social media revolution. So, yes, please vote for these panels, but .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, September 6, 2010 Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations Joey Ashers new 100-page book, 15 Minutes Including Q&A provides a "plan to save the world from lousy presentations," proclaims Asher. You dont want people wondering why youre telling them a story. Tell the story chronologically.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2013

It provides ways for donors to share their email address, register for your school newsletter, volunteer their time, learn about upcoming events, or hear about your story and the people that make you great. When writing copy for “the ask”, supply enough information to help donors make their giving decision. After all, ‘tis the season!

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 6, 2009

There was no agenda or angle in setting up the DCM, the idea was simply to create an awesome place for the community to share their stories. It aimed to challenge the traditional notions of a museum: permanent vs. temporary, past vs. present and fact vs. fiction. By far the most important elements though were the stories people shared.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Causes uses information created within their program and data from Guidestar. It will be interesting to see how many organizations roll this out in the coming months and to track the success with it. The best thing is they can have both, and Razoo and Changing The Present — which is probably the best of these so far.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Now hear from the "real housewives of social media" who are driving successful online campaigns, as well as others who are helping lead the social media revolution. The SXSW Interactive Festival. Submitted by Dave Cohn.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Check Out These Free Tips For Making An Effective Presentation Speechworks has published a free eBook entitled How to Create a Seven Minute Rifle Shot Presentation. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

Thursday, April 8, 2010. What : This meeting is for for people at orgs who have been using social media for several years and will be a forum to exchange advanced level tips and stories, as well as share what’s worked and what hasn’t. Friday, April 9, 2010. NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I felt very strongly that the information gap about non-profits in the country severely impacted philanthropy; it was so hard to find out who was doing what and where in the country, and then screen them through due diligence filters in order to give a guarantee that these were credible non-profits. Why did you set up GuideStar India?

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we -- Carie Lewis , Beth Kanter , David J. The Strategy by David Neff of Ridgewood: Ingenious Communication Strategies If 2009 was the year everyone and their mom jumped into the social media pool, then 2010 is the year of strategy. BAM, time to tell the story.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Namely, how to spice up an email program, tell compelling stories, show the human side of your organization, and build strong emotional connections between your audience and your issue. They were presented with a unique opportunity to share YouTube’s homepage with three other videos about climate and clean energy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

Monday, August 30, 2010 Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty A 2010 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management shows that job security is what matters most to employees. And, having that job security helps to keep employees loyal. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Thursday, September 9, 2010 Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? As we near the last quarter of 2010, its wise to think about how we can make our businesses stronger in 2011. Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations. One way will be to ensure our crisis management plans are in place.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

Design for Participation Is there any better ingredient for a successful conference session than a banjo? A few things I learned from the presentations and discussion: Dan shared a useful 4-step mental model for the progression of how institutions move towards participatory engagement. It's not enough to just receive information.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Be A Manager Who Makes Decisions A manager who cant make a decision or who cant make a timely decision will frustrate his/her employees. Employees end up spinning in circles, slicing and dicing the information far beyond what is truly needed for the manager to make a decision.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, September 18, 2010 How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills Here is this weeks book recommendation. When it’s good, it informs; when it’s great, it engages employees and moves them to action. Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations. I really found this book useful.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books? August 12, 2010 11:37 AM Eric Jacobson said. August 12, 2010 8:08 PM Tiim Krupa said. The answer is yes. And, fortunately, there are lots out there to select from. Fernado, Glad you liked the post. You certainly may post the list on your Bulletin Board.

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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. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010 How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, recently completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies. Been looking at this book for awhile.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 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. Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions? Do I encourage people to share information? Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations. Do I make myself available to people at all levels of the organization? Do I actively manage how I am authentic? Do I publicly admit when I am wrong?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

Gmail’s new inbox with its multiple inboxes is a useful new feature for users, but presents a challenge for charity newsletters. We’re used to hearing nothing but bad news from Haiti since it was hit by a succession of catastrophic events since 2010. Google Gmail. Green IT: Glad Tidings from Haiti.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

Saturday, August 14, 2010 Communicate Often And Tell A Story "Most leaders visions fail, not due to a leaders inadequacies, but due to the leaders lack of communication," said Margaret Reynolds of Reynolds Consulting, LLC in Lees Summit, MO. Leaders need to communicate often, regularly and consistently," she recommended. "In

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Sunday, September 19, 2010 Do you have a brand strategy? ▼ 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. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Dont Hire Someone Just Like You Despite the temptation to hire someone like yourself, hire someone to complement your skills --not to duplicate your skills. But, to build a well-balanced team and to achieve maximum success, you need to have employees who can fill in your weaker areas. Good post Eric.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 3, 2010

Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Let Employees Learn From Their Mistakes Mistakes happen. One of my favorite anonymous manager stories. The best thing you can do as a manager and leader is to help your employee learn from his (or her) mistake. New employee messes up and losses $1 million. His boss calls him in. The boss says, "Fire, You.I

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Definitions Of Key Business Terms We talk about, read about and hear about "customers," "mission," and "customer value" all the time and perhaps sometimes we struggle with fully understanding the best definition of those terms. Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations.

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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. Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations.

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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. Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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? Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations.

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