Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether or not it’s a good idea to announce and share a financial goal for their fundraising campaign. . Have a question for our Fundraising Coach?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2021

Today, the following expert business and leadership book authors shared their advice for how to effectively lead during 2021. My question to them was: What is your advice for leaders as we enter what is surely to be a challenging 2021 for most businesses? It’s relatively easy to lead when times are good.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 1, 2021

When you are able to talk to someone directly about a story, you can ask questions the help you gather key facts, details, and emotions to tell a compelling story. To get information that helps you tell a great non-profit story, you’ll need great storytelling interview questions. I hope that they inspire you! There you have it.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 31, 2023

We’ll send our audience back to work with new insights and answers to challenging questions like these: How can our organization prepare to manage disruptive events like the pandemic? Kevin Ordonez,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy and I are going to explain why that’s a question everyone should be asking.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Jenn Lim Today, Lim shares these additional insights, thoughts and advice about four-day workweeks: Question: In addition to the research supporting a four-day workweek, why do you believe more companies should adopt this practice? Question: What is it going to take to convince more companies to try a four-day workweek?

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Bloomerang

JULY 16, 2021

Which leads to the question: You’ve been laid off. My personal biggest piece of advice: Get in touch with your network. 2) Know the answers to these three questions: What are your strengths? Be prepared to ask questions about the organization’s mission and where they’re headed. But don’t take it from me.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 1, 2021

When you are able to talk to someone directly about a story, you can ask questions the help you gather key facts, details, and emotions to tell a compelling story. To get information that helps you tell a great non-profit story, you’ll need great storytelling interview questions. I hope that they inspire you! There you have it.

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TechImpact

APRIL 2, 2014

Ultimately, if we want to substantially grow and strengthen our nonprofits, and solve problems on a state wide, national, or even global scale, it is imperative that these questions be answered. Make sure your employees old and new share at least a resemblance of your own passion for your nonprofit’s mission. Choose one big problem.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

There is plenty of advice out there, and most leaders have the management skills to retool organizational structures for better communication and greater agility. Promote data sharing across the organization, and reward people for effectively using new analytic tools. You can build more collaborative teams.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

That’s a question every association CEO should be able to answer. Allow plenty of time on the agenda for the financial staff to explain when and how statements will be available, review banking, investment, and auditing arrangements, and answer questions. Be sure to allow time for questions. Share information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

She shared a few highlights from Microsoft’s recent nonprofit sector research. You can watch the video here as well as the human curated resources shared and a Copilot created summary transcript here. Devi’s advice: understand the best use case for your organization and how you and your staff work best with the AI.

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Classy

AUGUST 9, 2021

To help you capitalize on the biggest donation day of the year, we’re answering top questions from nonprofits that are zeroing in on the year-end giving season. You can also get creative about how you share your Giving Tuesday campaign URL. It will also be helpful to share your LinkedIn posting strategy ahead of time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The next question, of course, is how? Below, I’ll break down the basics and share my four top donor personas that will help get you started. . I’m going to assume that the question that started you down this path is, “How do I get current donors to increase their gifts?” In other words, you create donor journeys. .

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.orgSource

JUNE 5, 2023

That’s great advice for anyone considering scaling back. Allison’s first book “Connect to Influence,” offers advice for people whose palms turn cold at the thought of being alone in the crowd. “I Asking questions is another great way to make connections. Knowing your brand is critical to maintain market share.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JULY 25, 2020

In the survey responses many of you shared you’re trying to figure out angles for messaging, content, storytelling and fundraising asks. Rather than focus on each of these topics individually, what I’m going to do in upcoming content is share with you my framework and process for making strategic decisions and planning.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

While Kevin and I offered advice on one of our favorite topics, Association 4.0 This format uses informal conversations to explore key questions and weave thoughts and ideas into a collective tapestry of knowledge. Non-dues revenue is a hot topic in any business climate. Leadership. Creating Community.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2023

For example, you can use a shared online notebook, spreadsheet, or a tool like Notion (one of my fellow remote intern’s favorite task management tools) to organize assignments and track your progress. Consider making a checklist of priorities to share with your supervisor each week. And don’t be afraid to ask questions!

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Candid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Last year, we shared our crowdsourced list of red flags that funders look for in grant proposals—the things that immediately reveal the weak points in an application and raise questions about the organization’s credibility. Not surprisingly, the question we got most in response to that article was: What are green flags for funders?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It takes a confident leader to invest a larger chunk of time exploring the right question to frame the challenge. Rich Horwath Horwath shares these additional insights with us: Question: Of the three unstrategic sins, which one plagues organizations and their leaders the most and why?

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

In this article, we unpack the lessons learned from a nonprofit’s chatbot project to dispense mental health advice that went wrong, and how nonprofits can reduce the risks when adopting ChatGPT and other generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies. Test, test, test: Generative AI is not a pot roast; you can’t set it and forget it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

There is a limited number of characters, so this is best used to keep time for participants or share brief prompts. . If participants are working through an exercise or set of discussion questions, create a google document with your prompts and include space for taking notes. You put three people into each breakout room.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 14, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to tactfully ask for donor feedback without making promises. . Luckily, I’ve learned a thing or two during my nonprofit journey, and I’m happy to share.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The goal of this book is to provide an intensely practical guide to making that transition by sharing insights, stories, and approaches from hundreds of leaders to build the skills you will need to make the leap to leader,” explains Bryant. As obvious as this advice seems, people follow it much less than you might think,” says Bryant.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Gostick and Elton also share eight simple ways managers can show employees they are valued. Then, they supplement their insights and advice with stories of how many of today’s most successful leaders successfully incorporated gratitude into their leadership styles.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers. Realize that people can tell more about you by the depth of your questions than by the quality of your statements. Separate the people from the problem.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

She asked for some advice around her (bumpy) request for proposals (RFP) process at her nonprofit. The CRM providers have questions that I can’t answer. Your budget (please share it!) from our friend Maureen Wallbeoff Lisa pinged me the other day—she’s the development director for a social justice organization.

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In this blog, we explore what to do when you get a rejection to a grant proposal and share questions you should ask the funder if your grant proposal isn’t selected. Then, you can start asking questions. This question can help you understand where to best spend your time and energy. Do you think I should apply again?”

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on what to do after a donor says “no” to a meeting. Ask if they have specific questions; then offer to get back to them with more information. Is it seniors?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Here are questions you can ask yourself and your team to go through a similar exercise. Not having clarity on the answers to these questions can easily tack on several days to a week to your thank you letter’s journey. Where do checks go first?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

All that matters is where you are going to.” -- Stephen Covey “Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.” -- Samuel Johnson “Strength doesn't come from what we can do.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Edinger also provides invaluable advice and techniques for how to move your sales team from transactional interactions and toward consultative relationships by: Helping your customers with problems they don’t see. Edinger Today, Edinger shares these additional insights with us: Question: How do you become a Growth Leader?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The book is not only an excellent reference for many Facebook questions, but also provides tactical recommendations for an effective Facebook content, engagement, and measurement strategy. Alison will join the Zoetica Salon today and answer your nitty gritty Facebook questions. What was it like to co-write a book with your spouse?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., — Opportunity about to be missed Dear Opportunity about to be missed, You’ve actually named the problem in the way you’ve framed your question. Try asking yourself a series of “why” questions to get to the root of what your real problem is.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

In this webinar follow-up, Kristal Frazier answers your pressing questions on DEI donor best practices. Question: I am preparing to take on a leadership role in DEI for a large organization. Question: Should we be striving to achieve diversity among our individual donor pool? Best of luck!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question come from a nonprofit employee who want advice on how to budget and pay for capital campaign fundraising expenses: . Have a question for our Fundraising Coach? Please submit your question here. Much success!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2023

Dilenschneider Awhile back, Dilenschneider shared these added insights with us: Question: How many of the 25 people you profiled in your book were on your original list of landmark figures you planned to profile? Question: Who might have been the few additional people you would have profiled in your book if you had gone beyond 25?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Organized around the four phases of change, Feifer shares personal insights and learnings from his interviews with success entrepreneurs and changemakers who have experienced tectonic shifts in work, culture, and life. Question : Change is one of the most difficult things for people. And, will that learning carry forward?

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