Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 9, 2023

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. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. His advice?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Just in time for TechSoup's Social Media September September , our friends at Idealware have released an update to The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide. TechSoup's own social media team weigh in on the report and offer their advice for making wise social media decisions. Where do you start? It doesn't have to be scary.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

When you're building a movement, video is an indispensable storytelling tool. We shared Yash’s invaluable insights on digital storytelling and we couldn’t resist sharing his advice on creating compelling videos. At the very beginning of my digital storytelling career, I didn't spend a lot of time on the pre-production.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2021

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. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. His advice?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2020

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. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. His advice?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Utilize storytelling in your communications. Utilize storytelling in your communications You have probably heard this advice before but it’s not always clear exactly how you actually achieve it. Storytelling is important because it helps your audience better understand and connect with the work you’re doing.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 30, 2022

Utilize storytelling in your communications. Utilize storytelling in your communications You have probably heard this advice before but it’s not always clear exactly how you actually achieve it. Storytelling is important because it helps your audience better understand and connect with the work you’re doing. Mike Barros

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

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. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. His advice?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

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. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. His advice?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 8, 2020

I remind us all of that because I find that once we set a goal or a vision for our plan, it can be tempting to give ourselves a massive laundry list of projects, to dos, campaigns, etc to bring it to life. If you've found this post helpful, you may enjoy this webinar recording that is a 90-minute guided workshop on planning.

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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. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. His advice?

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Classy

AUGUST 9, 2021

The sooner you nail down your strategy, the easier it will be to create a beautiful campaign that brings it to life. After all, strong storytelling can help build meaningful connections with your audience and even move them to rally around your cause. When it comes down to timing for day-of, we can use last year as a guide.

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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. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. 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. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. His advice?

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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. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. 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. Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. His advice?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2019

A Philanthropist’s Guide to the Future : Philanthropy is changing. Nonprofit Best-Sellers: Retention Fundraising: The New Art and Science of Keeping Your Donors for Life by Roger Craver : If your nonprofit truly cares about keeping its donors, and it should, then this book is required reading for fundraisers.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 11, 2016

Retention Fundraising: The New Art and Science of Keeping Your Donors for Life by Roger Craver. The book contains advice from several nonprofit experts, including myself, and has plenty of case studies too. How to Turn Your Words Into Money: The Master Fundraiser’s Guide to Persuasive Writing by Jeff Brooks.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Will you give now to deliver life-saving aid to puppies in need? In this guide, we’ll highlight the following tips to help you improve your nonprofit website’s emotional appeals: Tell compelling stories. Consider donating to support our mission. Stray dogs in your community need help right now. Understand your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

executive summary here ) ContinuousProgress: Better Advocacy Through Evaluation is an online guide to more effective foreign policy advocacy and evaluation. blog shares an interview with entitled " Camera Rwanda: Storytelling using Flickr." And overheard at the TechSoup Second Life meeting this week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

There are many things in my life and work that I need to streamline, and an important skill to facilitate this is learn how to say no. I've gotten a lot of great advice about how to get started and I will share it as I plan to blog what I learn about taking this blog to the next level. A Guide to Creating a Minimalist Website.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 9, 2021

Storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to communicate. In his book, he shares his convictions on the fundamental tenets of: character commitment service leadership civility Each chapter tells the story of one of these tenets through compelling anecdotes of various characters in Courtney's life and career. A real "gut check."

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It’s their job to research prospects, set up donor meetings (and occasionally attend those meetings), guide the stewardship process, and provide fundraising training and support to the board and CEO or ED. This includes recognizing birthdays, marriages, and other big life events. You should treat our board members as donors.

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

In this guide, you’ll be exploring the following topics: What Is Mobile Fundraising? To learn more about the differences between them, check out our dedicated text-to-give vs text-to-donate guide. Storytelling is an essential component of fundraising , and especially so when it comes to mobile fundraising.

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Top Nonprofits

JUNE 30, 2022

If you need tips for creating compelling graphic designs to make your organization’s storytelling professional, poised, and poignant, keep reading! In this guide, we’ll cover foundational graphic design tips before diving into stylistic tips to help your nonprofit get started making the best possible impression.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 11, 2014

Storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to communicate. In his book (May 13 release date), he shares is convictions on the fundamental tenets of: character commitment service leadership civility Each chapter tells the story of one of these tenets through compelling anecdotes of various characters in Courtney''s life and career.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

We hope you find their advice for nonprofit multi-channel marketing helpful! Even though the definition below is focused on product marketing, we fundraisers know how effective storytelling is with donors in our communications. NPOInfo’s guide to improving nonprofit data hygiene recommends the following: Conduct a database audit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2015

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. In addition, after breaking news and current affairs, it’s the articles related to daily life that are the most popular on mobile and social media. A decade ago the storytelling of communities in need was meant to shock a donor into action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2016

I’ve just returned from week-long leadership development program in Israel called “ Reality Storytellers ” hosted by the Schusterman Foundation. We learned about the country’s history, political complexity, religions, people, and ancient and contemporary life. Duck Tape: 4 minutes for others offer advice.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). Baldrick’s Foundation shares expert story-telling advice. Checklists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Definitely a must-read, particularly the post by Steve Bridger on the power of storytelling. Lotusmedia posts about the RootsCampSL's Smashing Success -- Avatars Against War in Second Life. Beyond Giving looks at new ideas, best practices, and good advice for nonprofits and donors. Other blog coverage here.

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