Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

Highlight calls to action. Tip 1: Highlight calls to action. Hit them right away with a short and snappy call to action. They’re very useful for catching your reader’s attention and giving them an actionable objective that benefits your organization. Informational tips for your fundraising flyer. Vistacreate.

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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. This book, by Brain Solis, details the incredible transformation happening in business today, driven by new social and mobile technologies. His advice?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Here is what my typical writing process looks like: Understand the goal and calls to action for the campaign. Brainstorm hooks and key messaging ( Here’s an in-depth guide on creating messages for fundraising campaigns ). For me, that feels far less daunting and helps me find momentum in writing projects.

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Professional Profit Fundraising Tips 67

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. This book, by Brain Solis, details the incredible transformation happening in business today, driven by new social and mobile technologies. His advice?

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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. This book, by Brain Solis, details the incredible transformation happening in business today, driven by new social and mobile technologies. His advice?

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Captivate Leadership Brain Demographics 40

Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Expert Advice to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit. The most common signs of employee burnout we’ve seen are: Brain fog that causes forgetfulness of something a person has done before or randomly forgetting to complete tasks. Q: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO NONPROFITS TO PREVENT BURNOUT FROM SPREADING? A: Definitely.

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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. This book, by Brain Solis, details the incredible transformation happening in business today, driven by new social and mobile technologies. His advice?

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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. This book, by Brain Solis, details the incredible transformation happening in business today, driven by new social and mobile technologies. His advice?

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Captivate Leadership Brain Story 40

BoardAssist

JULY 22, 2014

Always ready with great fundraising advice, guest blogger Gail Perry has terrific guidance for us in her guest post this week below. Ask for advice. I’ve talked a lot about Advice Visits here , here and here. Just say you want to pick their brain. Thanks Gail for these terrific tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Our session will share lots of great advice about what to do before , during , and after leading an effective technology training. Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. Use Learning Theory. to define the four levels of training evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Attention creates action, produces quality and facilitates productivity. He recommends reading The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr to better understand the impact of chronic information overload, followed by his best advice about being purposeful with your attention online. Walking is work.

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Product Personal Tips Nonprofit 50

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

She is the author of The Right-Brain Business Plan e-Book and the creator of the Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit. She was also featured in the book, The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear and her art visioning work is showcased in The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life. What makes them tick?

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

On the other hand, the second example uses urgency, a timeline, and power words to inspire immediate action. In this guide, we’ll highlight the following tips to help you improve your nonprofit website’s emotional appeals: Tell compelling stories. What key ingredient is missing in the first example? Understand your audience.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

So my advice for you here, low tech. So my piece of advice here is if you’ve got end users who are good at their jobs, get their input. Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. Workgroup, action group. Actually, Bloomerang I’m pretty sure even has blog posts or guides about this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

Chocolate activates the pleasure center of the brain, at least according to some research. After a nervous giggle, I shared with them that donating and volunteering does the same thing as chocolate to your brain. It has made me curious about how you design a campaign or social action for self-organization. Engagement.

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Classes Learning Fundraising Reflection 95

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

Although you can find some exclusive advice from her on our blog as well, which we’ll link to if you’re interested in learning that. It lights up the pleasure centers of their brains, it gives them what is called a warm-glow feeling. Donors, especially well-off ones, have their own financial guides.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

It is one thing to collect data, but it is another thing to transform that information in actions and improvements on strategy. We don’t spend a lot of time developing formal metrics reports that wind up sitting on a shelf, instead we keep a close eye on key metrics on a daily and monthly basis and use them to guide decision making.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Tour guide on an island. What do you want to pick my brain about, how do y’all want to dig in a little bit more with me while we have our time together? What’s your best advice for managing up? Keep it coming. Keep it coming. What else do we have? Doing nothing and getting paid. That’s right, Felicia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm slightly out of my comfort zone here because I've only been following this topic closely for a short time, although I have co-authored a guide for nonprofits on technology evaluation and ROI. " Our brains naturally migrate to scoreboards, report cards, and stock market returns For nonprofits, it isn't about making money.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Here are the 7 Things You Need to Know About 2013 Online Donors from Gail Perry, with action steps you must take to ensure your site is armed and ready for the online giving season, and every season in between. Being liked isn’t everything, especially if those likes don’t translate into further action. Checklists.

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