Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

Awhile back, Wooditch answered these questions for me about failing, succeeding and his book: Question : We are often taught from an early age that failure is the result of a lack of innate ability. It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. It’s protective in nature.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on what would be considered a good new donor acquisition rate. Dear Charity Clairity, I’m wondering if you have a data point readily available in your brilliant brain? Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D.,

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2020

This week, Wooditch answered these questions for me about failing, succeeding and his book: Question : We are often taught from an early age that failure is the result of a lack of innate ability. It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. Wooditch : Be aware of the origin of the voice.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

In all, there were over 30 overlapping sessions, plus breakout rooms, allowing inquisitive minds to pick the brains of developers, configurators, architects, and anyone responsible for building on Salesforce. DevOps Sessions + Speakers. 3 Key Takeaways from DevOps Dreamin’. Camaraderie is one of the best learning opportunities.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2022

In this roundup, I compiled the best year-end fundraising advice from several nonprofit consultants in my network. Relationship + Results = Recurring Revenue. If you had one piece of advice for successful end-of-year fundraising what would it be? Just start now with this year-end fundraising advice. Are you prepared?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

A big problem with live blogging is that sometimes the results aren't good. According to Seth Godin's I'm liveblogging this: "The act of writing things down triggers different areas of our brain, it focuses attention, it makes it easier to remember things." It's hard, but doable with respectable results.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

We’re also pulling our Silicon Valley brain trust into these new Labs projects by creating a new kind of nonprofit advisory board, the Benetech Labs Partners. Not only does it raise risk capital for Benetech, but we also actually want the advice! As a result, my job as an engineer for good is a blast.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Expert Advice to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit. Q: WHAT IS THE BIGGEST SHIFT YOU’VE SEEN WHEN IT COMES TO INDIVIDUAL STRESS MANAGEMENT AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC? Q: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO NONPROFITS TO PREVENT BURNOUT FROM SPREADING? How do you recognize burnt-out employees and what happens if you ignore burnout?

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

To help you put on the best event possible, and with an engaged and satisfied audience, we’re here to offer you some useful tips, tricks, and advice for both virtual and hybrid events. For best results, look for a virtual events platform that includes live streaming options and production tools. Attendee Engagement For Virtual Events.

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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. If you deliver training, how do you evaluate your work to improve it or prove results? Use Learning Theory.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

To help you put on the best event possible, and with an engaged and satisfied audience, we’re here to offer you some useful tips, tricks, and advice for both virtual and hybrid events. For best results, look for a virtual events platform that includes live streaming options and production tools. Attendee Engagement For Virtual Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Can you share some tips about for dealing with the stress that results from using technology, like email. What’s your advice to nonprofit professionals? Science is showing us that the brain can really only do one thing at a time. My work consists of interactive talks, workshops, trainings, and coaching.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Do we actually “invent” or are our inventions the result of cumulative information and experience? ANNs are inspired by the structure and function of the human brain. Currently, natural language processors provide results based on their training and rules. Is there anything new under the sun?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Despite the challenges, many of us manage to get extraordinary results without burning out. I particularly like the advice about “monotasking.” Train the brain to deal with chaos. But let’s be honest, working in the nonprofit sector can be tough, especially with limited resources and the never-ending to do list.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

“ We hope you find their advice useful as you navigate 2019! First, believe deeply – in your heart and then in your brain – that donors matter. I’d love to hear what stood out most from the fundraising tips above and how you plan on implementing the advice at your organization. Third, behave accordingly!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2009

Flickr Photo by Minifig If you're thinking about how to streamline using Twitter, Vladis Krebs offers excellent advice in " So Many People, So Little Time." We don't have the time or brain cells for that. He recommends using social network theory to design your Twitter following strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2007

I've been following Marc Sirkin's blog for about a year before I met him at last year's Games for Change Conference where he taught me Brain Age and Mario. (At You need to take a reiterative approach - look at the results and evaluate and improve. Look at the results and ditch ads or keywords that aren't getting you a good return.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Social Web and Altruism Nick Booth, high fibre podcasting blog, points us to some fascinating brain research that has discovered the part of the brain responsible for altruism and he links it to why nonprofits should be using the social web to advance their missions. So, the resulting report should be fascinating. 20 practices.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

“ We hope you find their advice useful as you navigate 2014! First, believe deeply – in your heart and then in your brain – that donors matter. I’d love to hear what stood out most from the fundraising tips above and how you plan on implementing the advice at your organization. Third, behave accordingly!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

What is the best advice for making it all the way to the end of the fourth week? Instead of using your limited supply of willpower, here are some optimal defaults you can use that will trick your brain into automatically eating less – without you knowing it and without the stress that comes with dieting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Once you've started to monitor the results of keyword searches, it's important to put your pattern analysis skills to work. 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. Define Your Niche. Find Bridge bloggers alltop.com.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

If you all don’t know Emma, I mean, I’ve been seeing her awesome videos on LinkedIn and Facebook, and every time, just really good advice and just like breaks through to something that I never thought of that way. This is a great example, right, because I want to talk actually about what’s the result. Steven: Yeah.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2006

What results? I don't really have commercial aims for my blog so it is more a playground and archive for my brain, which I hope will be useful to whoever happens by. What advice would you offer to nonprofits who want to use tagging? It's a given that the geek in the corner office, me - would get excited about web 2.0

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

With that in mind, we asked you for your advice for monitoring online feedback as part of this month's Net2 Think Tank: Topic: What are your best practices for effectively monitoring online feedback about your organization, cause, or enterprise. Scheduling your day will save your brain from the oh-so-common 'what.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

If you all don’t know Emma, I mean, I’ve been seeing her awesome videos on LinkedIn and Facebook, and every time, just really good advice and just like breaks through to something that I never thought of that way. This is a great example, right, because I want to talk actually about what’s the result. Steven: Yeah.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2009

If the venue is successful and we share our honest results, won't others want to adopt some of our practices? That's why I required my museum studies students to carefully document their Advice exhibition --so that the learning from that unusual project wouldn't be lost and could be applied in other places. Maybe not.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Her brain is constantly at work dreaming up new campaigns, and rather than shying away from being different and taking risks, she embraces it. The most valuable advice should be practical and come from someone who actually manages online communities and works with these tools every single day. But that era is over. Please get training!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

.” The report notes that a “well-functioning nonprofit data decision-making process provides numerous opportunities for nonprofits to improve their programs and get better results.” Finally, the report ends with some high level advice about how to get started with measurement and data collection.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

But I think it’s important for you guys to recognize some of these trends that we all see and just know that you are so not alone in doing these things or hearing this advice because you guys, the amount of time I wasted over 13 years waiting for a warm introduction or sending the wrong cold email. I’m a trained executive coach.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

But I think it’s important for you guys to recognize some of these trends that we all see and just know that you are so not alone in doing these things or hearing this advice because you guys, the amount of time I wasted over 13 years waiting for a warm introduction or sending the wrong cold email. in these feelings and in these results.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Read Brain Tracy ''s new book, Unlimited Sales Success , twice! Then, from cover to cover to learn a host of new strategies and techniques to propel your sales success and results. Separately, I appreciate Brian Tracy''s advice on good habits and morning rituals for daily success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

The incremental cost of sharing the results with anyone with a browser is very small. Q: When you say "a neat genetic algorithm of mine," do you mean your brain cells or an actual mathematical or AI formula? I'm looking at the advice I just offered and realized that this theme of integration and connection permeates my work.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So the general proposition or principle in fundraising, which I learned decades ago, but does bear repeating, is that if you ask for money, you get advice, and if you’re asked for advice, you get money. . ” And the volunteer said, “Oh, I’m not asking for money, I just want to get your advice.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

They shared their advice during TechSoup’s August 14 Storymakers Roundtable: Creating a Break-out Story webinar. Joe is the principal author of the Digital Storytelling Cookbook , Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community and his newest book, Seven Stages: Story and the Human Experience. Good, powerful stuff.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to persuade their board to scale back events and focus on fundraising strategies that work for them. . They distract from other fundraising responsibilities, resulting in lost opportunities. They suck time from everyone, staff and volunteers alike.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

April 7, 2007 I had heard about this new journal a while ago, and it was sitting in some small corner of my brain, waiting for me to pay attention. They say: Published research results and ideas are the foundation for future progress in science and medicine. That tradeoff really does exist.

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