Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2012

So, here goes.Lynn's year-end advice for leaders: • Do something that you are afraid to do. Turn off the television, turn off the cell phone, and pay attention to the people around you. Thanks Lynn for this great end-of-the-year advice. It's so powerful I wanted to bring it back again this year as 2012 comes to a close.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

We surveyed over 700 nonprofits to find out what advice they’d give themselves and others about fundraising in the new normal. Like you, many of your constituents are also working from home, using their personal cell phones and email addresses. These were skills that would have made the transition after COVID-19 began much smoother.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2011

So, here goes.Lynn's year-end advice for leaders: • Do something that you are afraid to do. Turn off the television, turn off the cell phone, and pay attention to the people around you. Thanks Lynn for this great end-of-the-year advice. It's so powerful I wanted to bring it back again this year as 2011 comes to a close.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2021

They have multiple social media profiles and check their phones frequently. From making purchasing decisions to charitable giving, they are more likely to respond to advice and requests from within their network than to outside advertising. This is the generation that invented Facebook. They hate ads and value authenticity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Be generous with endorsing the skills of others as endorsements are often reciprocated. Similar to how your organization has a plan to engage and report back to major donors, sponsors, and funders through email, print, and phone calls, create a strategic plan for LinkedIn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Jakob Nielsen's Alert Box has a column today called " Life-Long Computer Skills " I have been on a soapbox about information coping skills for almost ten years now. He offers this advice: In the future, there will be even more email, more IM/SMS/ mail/phone calls/video mail, more websites, more podcasts, and richer intranets.

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Volunteer Hub

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Let them know the best ways to communicate your cause, the roles available, and the skills needed. Pair people up so new recruits have someone they can go to for questions and advice. If they know which jobs need to be done and the skills required, they may already know someone for the role. Volunteers are a powerful asset.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

A nonprofit Advisory Board can be a great way to engage key supporters with relevant professional skills, life experiences, and networks. Giving Advice The most obvious role for a nonprofit Advisory Board is to give advice to the Governing Board and staff. Write down how you envision the Advisory Board operating.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2014

As a benefit of your NTC registration, your nonprofit has an opportunity to schedule a complimentary 30 minute phone call in February with a skilled tech expert from NPower’s volunteer program, The Community Corps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

Here’s some great advice from my colleagues at CommonSense Media. It’s all about teaching digital literacy and citizenship: the knowledge and skills necessary to think critically, behave safely, and interact responsibly in a digital world. An 8-megapixel camera on your phone? Location sharing?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I have noticed that many people on our Facebook page openly offer support to one another and provide advice about grief, caring for a loved one and more. What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? Who maintains your social media campaigns?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Small nonprofits in Brazil are usually created by social entrepreneurs in the slums or other low-income zones, people with no management skills but lots of love to give. 5) What is the most important piece of fundraising advice that you have to offer charitable organizations in Brazil? It’s something incredible.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2014

They might have particular skills or expertise to share with your organization or community. Screens in volunteers that do have the time, interest, temperament, or skills. Holding an interview to gauge interest, availability and to understand their skills. Jayne strongly believes that's the wrong way to look at it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2008

" Well, it seems that some people Twitter from the toilet with their cell phones and others, if the Internet connection is good, take their laptops with them too. Scanning and pattern recognition is a really important skill to have been you need to look at a lot of information. So, that question was revised!

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

. — Did you know that nearly 90 million Americans use their phone to read email ? ComScore reports that nearly 90 million Americans use their phone to read email – and that number grew by 28% over the past year. But Cameron’s already written up a guide for that , so I suggest you read that and follow his advice.

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Qgiv

APRIL 6, 2021

The internet — and even phones, to some extent — have produced a certain amount of anonymity when it comes to asking for donations and making contributions. Luckily, we have some advice! These methods should include: Phone calls. Need to brush up on your donation requesting skills in general? Never fear!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

According to 2013 Pew research : 91% of American adults have a cell phone, 55% have a smartphone, and 42% own a tablet computer. 63% of adult mobile phone owners use their phones to go online, and 34% of those users go online mostly using their phones. Log in to share your advice and experience in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

My doctor’s advice was to start eating a heart healthy diet and get more exercise. A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. As Nilofer Merchant points out in this Ted.com talk , people are sitting 9.3

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

By using a mobile phone, they can collect data on the go and easily sync it to their Salesforce platform if they are in an area where the internet is unavailable. What advice do you have for others looking to share a solution that they’ve come up with? Enter: Grassroots Mobile Survey, now available to install. We always need your help!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

A couple months before graduation I went to my religion professor's office hours to ask for advice. If you are a college student, or someone in career transition, who wants to find work that fulfills your big vision for a better world, I have a few words of advice, and some books to recommend. My advice: 1. Take small steps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

My advice is to find one or two blogs that you really find useful and then gradually add blogs that are referenced by that blog and that you find enjoyable. It's part of helping people to easily adopt RSS readers as an information coping skill. So, I'm adding some context as to why. The short answer. My memory is fading.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

I can’t possibly read everything, but I am using content curation skills to pick out the best stuff to give more attention to. The latter requires a different type of attention and whole new set of information coping skills. Usually it is because I’m doing too much.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

That’s why we included a module in the Emerging Nonprofit Leaders peer learning group on meeting design and facilitation – and these days it is an important leadership skill. The best advice is to ask yourself if you need to schedule a meeting in the first place. Our tips are here.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2015

Readers will quickly become adept at : Leveraging all the lean resources around them , from their own skill set, local community, and personal circles to professional networks, online resources, and technology tools. So, here goes.Lynn's advice for leaders: • Do something that you are afraid to do. Thanks Lynn for this great advice.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

Host a virtual phone bank for supporters to contact local businesses and grocery stores requesting excess food donations. – Host a phone bank where supporters reach out to their networks to donate excess food to local dropoff spot. Host a virtual phone or text bank to get out the word about COVID’s impact on program changes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

It includes design and facilitation – and these days those are important leadership skills. There is lots of advice out there about how to design and facilitate meetings. This listening skill will help improve your skills as a meeting leader, so you should have extra incentive to practice.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

In addition to the technical skills and tools described [ in the extended version of this article ], it is also important for staff to incorporate techniques into their daily work life that reduce distraction and stress. By Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog. Reflection: Reflection doesn't have to be a huge amount of time to be effective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2014

This social capital encourages employees to turn to colleagues to get useful assistance or advice about future initiatives. Knowledge mapping: By working closely together, colleagues build an understanding of each person’s particular knowledge and skills. What if we incentivised time spent in reflection and with each other?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

One of the most important pieces of advice I can give to growing nonprofits is something that I heard years ago from a business consultant: be slow to hire and quick to fire. Identify 6-10 candidates for phone interviews. Schedule 30- to 45-minute phone interviews . You need to make sure you have a good pool to choose from.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Being online or living a connected lifestyle is something many of us do - and as smart phones, Facebook, ipads, and other technology tools become part of lives, we have to examine our relationship with them and find balance. Chris offered this advice: " Don't just pick the low hanging fruit in your in box. Soren Gordhamer, Wisdom 2.0

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

To start off, an eLearning consultant is an individual who provides advice and guidance to help organizations create successful eLearning programs. They provide advice and guidance to help elevate your learning business, which your team would then put into action. Let’s get started. What is an eLearning consultant?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

When you step in the door, you come prepackaged with skills you can share. What are the conversations that should be happening and what advice do you have for organizations on how to be the teacher? Suzy : Collaboration is the best skill someone can have. Seeing Millennials with those skills is great.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2012

For instance, take this thread on TechSoup's Security forum that started off with a request for recommendations regarding employee monitoring software, then turned into a conversation about management skills and relationships with employees. These include: How to remove personal info from Google searches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

I started to pay attention when my kids became teenagers — and wanting to practice good digital parenting as Alexandra Samuel advises – I added the SnapChat app to my phone. But before you do anything, take this advice from Laura Girardin about brave experiments with emerging social media.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Amy Quinn points out that it's important to have some goals around what you want to learn, study, advance your skills, etc., MiFi or phone-tethering app (at some point the internet will be slow and/or not working), plus apps that work well in offline mode for any dead zones. Put together a top 3-5 list of "must attend" sessions.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

14NTC is just around the corner and the community is buzzing with tips, recommendations, and other advice on making your Washington D.C. This is your go-to dashboard for all the latest conference details with easy access from your laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. Brush up on your speaking skills. and some early cherry blossoms.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 13, 2009

Cross-posted from The Extraordinaries: On-Demand Volunteerism by Phone. The truth is, when I search for volunteer opportunities, very rarely do I find one that fits my skills and schedule. Flickr photo credit: Advice uploaded by Laughlin Elkind volunteer mobile cell service nonprofit nptech

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