Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

They are well suited because they embrace uncertainty and imperfection and address our most urgent needs while exploring more robust alternatives. That involves recommendations for strategy, culture, leadership, and teamwork. Question: What does it mean to be a “scrappy organization?”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Of course, we talked about data entry and QA testing, but also less obvious and exciting alternatives that have great potential both to revitalize the South Bronx and address the problem of the loss of American manufacturing jobs. Brainstorming what these jobs might look like was one of the highlights of our conversation.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 18, 2021

For example, even without the social distancing protocols associated with a global pandemic, many organizations don’t even have the space to accommodate large groups. Finding – or worse yet – creating projects for large groups of volunteers to do in one day has been challenging for years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2009

The same constructs which were discussed around combating issue fatigue can be used in creating a cultural movement around an issue. There are a few foundational questions to be asked before building a cultural movement through the use of media and storytelling. that effective cultural movements move.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In some companies, part-time or hourly associates may not have easy access to email, which means that alternative forms of communicating are necessary. Finally, for global programs, translating documents and emails can be difficult and require attention to cultural mores.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Mission: To promote the right to education and to preserve the environment and cultural heritage of Brazil. Mission: To help eradicate extreme poverty through community development projects in urban sanitation, water filtration, health, alternative energy, and economic empowerment. Grassroots Pakistan ● grassrootspakistan.ngo.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

While all of these elements will still be useful during an experiential event, they are instead function to inform the audience that they have value and they can contribute (perhaps in an alternative way) to the event content . GE’s Healthyimagination campaign, for example, was to promote global solutions for healthcare problems. .

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

Working with an intelligent and experienced staff of a Phoenix-based nonprofit involved focused on global issues, I was encouraged to ask questions of development organizations and to think through a lens of international aid. In it, she examines the idea of alternatives to development (commonly referred to as post-development theory).

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

There Has Been a Change In Your Nonprofit’s Scope Over time, technology, politics, and culture will impact your mission and how you approach it. Has your mission pivoted due to a global or local event? The alternatives “we achieve” or “we determine” are far more descriptive. Have you narrowed or expanded your mission?

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

While all of these elements will still be useful during an experiential event, they are instead function to inform the audience that they have value and they can contribute (perhaps in an alternative way) to the event content . GE’s Healthyimagination campaign, for example, was to promote global solutions for healthcare problems. .

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2009

Global Voices blogged yesterday about a project funded by the State Department's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, DOTCOM , and its recent progress. Reaching out to youths in Armenia and Azerbaijan, DOTCOM. Hopefully this project will be a success and can be replicated in the many conflict/post-conflict zones in the world.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

TechHire spans the corporate, nonprofit, government, and educational sectors and has the ambitious goal to "give Americans the opportunity they deserve, and the skills they need to be competitive in a global economy." Year Up isn't a replacement or cure-all for this issue, but it is an alternative source of talent.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Over 90% of these people live in third world countries, where books and newspapers in Braille or other alternative formats are very difficult to acquire. There is enormous potential for finding cross-cultural solutions to issues of disability and print access. I returned to Amherst excited and full of questions.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. But while global experts search for solutions to bridge the worsening digital divide for women, it turns out the answers are at our fingertips.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

Answer: Many Americans want to access materials from other countries, both in English and many other languages, for education, employment and cultural reasons. Question: How would this help people with print disabilities globally? In addition, countries with linguistic links to richer countries (i.e.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

“I knew that if we could understand the connections and visualize the breadth of global efforts on behalf of social and environmental justice, we would recognize the largest movement the world has ever seen. The word permaculture is a portmanteau of permanent agriculture, as well as permanent culture.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

We've morphed ourselves into an alternate history. While donations are going down, global interest in museums seem a boom industry. Ed Rodley (with Koven Smith) have a wonderful idea, a global drinking about museums. Sure, there could have been an earlier Renassaince. Sure, it could have looked different. The work we do matters.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 7, 2018

Canned employee surveys measure the satisfaction of staff as it relates to components of a job (benefits, parking, salary and culture.) If you are unsure if you use excessive buzzwords and jargon, web search “business jargon” and you will find lists of buzzwords and a clearer alternative word. Ask and listen, really listen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

There’s these kids sitting at the other lunch tables in our global cafeteria. But I think it’s also the road to really fully becoming global.” How can we develop audiences, cultivate care and empathy, and find alternate funding that doesn’t require public popularity so that important stories get told? Generic license ).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2015

The new Foundation Index, which tracks revenue from giving to foundations, brings the number of specialty indices up to 11, including: Arts & Culture, Environment & Animal Welfare, Faith-based, Healthcare, Higher Education, Human Services, International Affairs, K-12 Education, Medical Research, Public & Society Benefit.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Explore and experiment with alternate channels! Various online tools allow donors to donate micro amounts (including by text), target donations with precision, donate through peers, and have global, as well as local impacts. For example, the cost to raise a dollar from a new donor using direct mail can be as much as $1.25

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change: Organizations, foundations, even individuals are creating social innovation competitions, hoping to drive social change projects and solutions into the global marketplace. While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change: Organizations, foundations, even individuals are creating social innovation competitions, hoping to drive social change projects and solutions into the global marketplace. Cultural institutions are increasingly developing APIs and linked-data repositories. Let's discuss: join us!

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 9, 2007

But what if the goal was to band together to save the world from a real threat—like global warming, AIDS, or mass genocide? She is an expert in alternate reality gaming (ARGs), the first woman to keynote at the Game Developers Conference, and she’s thrown down the gauntlet for a game designer to win a Nobel Prize in the sciences by 2032.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

" Roxana Gheorghe suggests the PSA Partnership and agrees, "It is an interesting subject because generosity is a characteristic typical to all cultures, ages, races and people. " Looking for an alternative gift to help a child? That was one of the best holidays traditions we had. or someone else???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change: Organizations, foundations, even individuals are creating social innovation competitions, hoping to drive social change projects and solutions into the global marketplace. While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We need a combination of political action and big personal changes to get the global community moving forward to protect our home. Leading organisations like the UN are telling us unanimously that we need to act now with global systematic change in order to save the planet. Recycling also has a dark side. This isn’t true.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2005

The next session I went to was Building the Local Green Economy presented by Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Global Exchange. One of the most exciting things he talked about is the creation of a Global Citizen Center in downtown San Francisco. We need to create positive creative alternatives. He used the metaphor of the Titanic.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We need a combination of political action and big personal changes to get the global community moving forward to protect our home. Leading organisations like the UN are telling us unanimously that we need to act now with global systematic change in order to save the planet. Recycling also has a dark side. This isn’t true.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 28, 2009

For people who receive poor extrinsic feedback in their lives--students who are told they are dumb, workers in unstimulating jobs, people who feel shy and lonely--games may provide an alternative motivational structure that supports their growth and happiness. Might relate to how to interpret the global happiness findings.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

Founded in 1990, the Women of Color Resource Center promotes the political, economic, social and cultural well-being of women and girls of color. military policies globally, not just what's happening with women domestically. Anisha Desai is the Executive Director of the Women of Color Resource Center.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

For the first year and a half I was working as the coordinator of the educational alternative program that goes out into the high schools, and then was recruited to apply for the position of co-directorship here. Their culture. After the school year ended, I ended up taking the job with SOUL and I’ve been here almost three years now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2014

It has also become a global phenomenon arriving in Scotland and even Bollywood film stars dumped cold water on their heads. Another alternative is the #noicebucket challenge : Don’t dump cold water on your head; just donate to ALS or other charity; and encourage your friends to do the same.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

But given the current global uncertainty, are you finding added stresses to your job, worrying about what might be tomorrow or in the coming months? And, you know, also creates a culture that you feel collegial and you want to. So I think it builds a culture, which just this day and age is so hard to do. Mimosa: Absolutely.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

To kick off a series of profiles on leaders in nonprofit technology, we thought we’d start close to home by featuring our TechSoup Global founder, Daniel Ben-Horin. CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

In coordination with its global, regional, and local disaster response partners, the Department of State should maintain a standing directory of point of contact information for governmental, intergovernmental, and nongovernmental organizations by country. Cultural Community to Build Bridges between U.S. Vote for this Idea].

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

It’s important because even though we are dealing with a global pandemic and racial tensions, etc., The loss of culture and team bonding, that’s important, as well, to note and try to figure out a way that doesn’t seem forced to keep that sense of culture and team bonding. So that’s what today is about.

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