NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

NTEN committee members are the volunteers who work behind the scenes, contributing their expertise, time, and advice to help shape NTEN programming. Their service is invaluable to helping us develop and improve our offerings to the nonprofit community. Chris Bernard, Editorial and Communications Director, Idealware.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

For Team MPhasis, its important to not only teach kids through sports, but to also incorporate our religious beliefs into our work. Having Godly principles embedded in our program is the most important concept that we teach, and we make that a clear focus right up front. Kids know they can expect two things from us: sports and God.

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 18, 2018

We turned to CFO Paul Konigstein for help with the important issue of engaging with financials this week – thanks for the very practical and terrific advice, as always, Paul! Paul performs nonprofit financial operations assessments and serves as an outsourced CFO for organizations in all sectors of the nonprofit community.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Using their advice, you can make sure that the night before Christmas your potential donors nerves arent a-jangle, and they make that critical donation. Do you have any advice or best practices on how to do this effectively?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

I will also be teaching this workshop for nonprofits in a number of other locations in the coming months. KD Paine has some excellent advice about how to shift through some of the listening data. But the best advice is start small and spider out. The Art of Responding Engagement happens eventually. Define Your Niche.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

Using their advice, you can make sure that the night before Christmas your potential donors nerves arent a-jangle, and they make that critical donation. Do you have any advice or best practices on how to do this effectively?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Fighting for the Arts With Social Media. Teaching Your Kids About Philanthropy. Advice on How To Not Pitch Bloggers. What Happens When You Treat Social Media Like Communications Media? Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Thinking Strategically About Social Media. The Cute Dog Theory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

It is called " The Art of Social Web " Coolcat Teacher blog gives a wonderful post about how blogging is a work in progress - she concludes blogging is more like football than a once in a lifetime performance at Carnegie Hall. Steve Bridger from NFP 2.0 It will interesting to if there is reciprocity. tools into your PR messaging?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Cyberspace Innkeeping: Building Online Community by John Coate was first written in 1992 and will give you a good context of online community practice. Phil Agre's How To Help Someone Use A Computer, circa 1996, is still relevant to anyone who is teaching someone how to master a new piece of software or Internet service.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 3, 2006

The Stand for Peace project teaches elementary school kids about diversity, respect, and peace. What tips, resource and advice would you give to someone who wanted to do the kind of work you are doing? We currently travel throughout North America, Asia, and Europe, and some college credit is available. Continual learning.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in a recent newsletter. Thanks Lynn for this great end-of-the-year advice. 15 Inspiring Biographies For Leaders 20 New Words Every Leader Should Know Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Gro.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? How odd is it then to teach Google Analytics to nonprofit techies but then say that site statistics had nothing to do with a nonprofit’s mission? 2 admin 09.18.07

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

The more our communications become technology driven, the greater impact in-person contact can have. Great advice! It's so hard to get people's attention and communicate effectively to them so they trust you and your cause. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? It's a nice trade. Excellent example Kayla.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

•and other essential elements you need to consider to ensure consistent and effective communication. . •and other essential elements you need to consider to ensure consistent and effective communication. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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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. Its a quick read, yet power-packed with useful tips for communicating effectively -- tips you can start to use tomorrow. And, the eBook is free! Quite simply, it helps people and organizations be even better."

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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

JANUARY 15, 2011

Saturday, January 15, 2011 Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Grossman Via His New App If you havent engaged with David Grossmans website, Blog and incredibly useful eBooks, make a point of checking them all out at his website for The Grossman Group. David just launched his new App, called " Ask David." Don't Praise.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

February 28, 2009 | RetroWarehouse This is a really helpful list, and nonprofit orgs should definitely take your advice to heart. My additional piece of advice is that if youre at all nervous about writing your website content, hire a professional copywriter to write it for you. Thanks for sharing your 10 Best.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Monday, November 29, 2010 Read "The Seven Arts Of Change" David Shaners compelling, The Seven Arts of Change , shows business leaders that transforming a business only happens when each employee equates organizational change with the process of deep personal growth. Its joined my Top 10 leadership books list! Don't Praise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2010

Saturday, May 22, 2010 Use This eBook To Improve Your Communication The former director of communications for McDonalds, David Grossman, now a leading consultant, speaker and author has released a free eBook about how to communicate effectively. thanks so much for sharing this!!! Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Throughout the book, Williams provides detailed perspectives, tips, tools and practical advice to overcome the most typical challenges people encounter during the course of a career. The best piece of advice I received: you can’t win if you’re not at the table. Whenever I went to class I sat in the front row. That can help you.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

And in terms of how I got involved with SOUL, I was actually teaching for a very brief period in the Oakland middle schools. I was at that time working at a wonderful organization called Streetside Stories , which is a literacy arts organization with programming in various Title 1 middle schools in San Francisco. So I’m only 26.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 29, 2019

Throughout the book, Williams provides detailed perspectives, tips, tools and practical advice to overcome the most typical challenges people encounter during the course of a career. The best piece of advice I received: you can’t win if you’re not at the table. Whenever I went to class I sat in the front row. That can help you.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. How did they do it?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. How did they do it?

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

One of my go-tos is I always love seeing those emails come in because there’s always great advice from Chad. These days I spend my time doing fundraising, teaching, training, and coaching with my own firm, Productive Fundraising. Arts organizations. I have a deep love for the arts. And what can I say?

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Multi-channel marketing is the practice of communicating and marketing across many channels. By leveraging multiple communication channels—email, mobile, direct mail, websites, social media, paid and earned media, SEO, and more, you expand your reach to engage new donors and supporters. Communication is never one-size-fits-all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2013

I did a quick scan of data visualization resources to look for practical advice on the process of thinking visually and some technical information on what chart to select and data storytelling. The deck provides specific practical advice on charts, color, and maps. I like the chart advice: Avoid 3d-charts at all costs.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

My background is political science and communication. So I’m going to teach you what works so you don’t have to make the mistakes that I did. When you’re communicating, you want me to feel something. Paul to teach them a bit about what goes on in Ethiopia, or Uganda, or wherever their camps are.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010 The Five Points Of Professionalism Heres more good advice from The Everything Coaching And Mentoring Book : Professional behavior on the job means that work habits are strong and consistent. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 I heard this advice quoted the other day and wanted to share it. All great advice for leaders and managers as we start 2011. 15 Inspiring Biographies For Leaders 20 New Words Every Leader Should Know Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Gro. Don't Praise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. 15 Inspiring Biographies For Leaders 20 New Words Every Leader Should Know Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Gro. Heres what Timm recommends: Dont Ask : How was everything? Can I get you something else?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Never Say These Words To A Customer Author Harvey MacKay wrote the following spot-on advice in his recent column in the Kansas City Business Journal. MacKay writes, "Common sense, thorough research and sound advice should allay your fears to a reasonable level." Take a moment. Don't Praise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 10, 2010

They provide the following great, simple and straight-forward advice about giving feedback: Make it timely -- give your feedback as soon as possible to the performance. 15 Inspiring Biographies For Leaders 20 New Words Every Leader Should Know Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Gro. Don't Praise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

An example of positive feedback is : “Bob, your communications skills have dramatically improved over the past couple of months. 15 Inspiring Biographies For Leaders 20 New Words Every Leader Should Know Reach Communications & Leadership Expert David Gro. The report that you just prepared for me was thorough and concise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2010

ToneCheck , a software program that works with Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, helps to ensure your tone is clearly communicated and understood. It acts somewhat similar to an email spell checker, and you can select the suggested alternatives or ignore the advice. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Don't Praise.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

Drucker provides the following good advice in one of my favorite books of his, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization :" Every mission statement has to reflect three things : Opportunities Competence Commitment In other words, he explains: What is our purpose? Author Peter F. Don't Praise.

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