Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Wood : Football taught me a lot about the power of understanding roles. My coach, Barry Alvarez, used to yell "know your role." A few surgeries later I found my role relegated to that of a back up and mentor to a rising star. What leadership skills did you learn playing football that then served you well as a Marine?

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Authoring Business Interview Disaster 62

NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Matt has served in roles focused on the strategic application of technology across a broad spectrum of industries, including healthcare, telecommunications, high-speed discrete manufacturing, and capital markets. Matt is the recipient of the 2011 Edelman Chicago “Eddy” Award for Innovation.

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Measure Impact Chicago Metrics 96

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here are a few tasks you might want to turn over to volunteers or recruit more volunteers for: Day-to-day office work or cleaning Door greeter roles Docent positions Event committee positions Event registration and ticketing Event set-up and clean-up In-kind donations collection Marketing and promotion tasks Fundraising tasks Teaching or tutoring.

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Volunteer Strategy Guide Local 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Day 2: Certificates Awarded To Senior Staff Attendees. On Day 4, we incorporated some role playing exercises that helped participant learn about being efficient with social media or managing situations where control issues might occur. Make It Fun, Celebrate.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2015

Like hard work and patience, investment in DIY will play a key role in determining how many of these programs land in the Peer to Peer Thirty over the next five years. My hope is that nonprofits will pour the necessary planning, staffing and resources into these new peer to peer campaigns. Why are we so afraid of “bothering” our supporters?

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Attitude Conference Social Media Registration 20

DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 12, 2022

Their purpose is not to serve constituents directly but rather to award grants and raise funds for nonprofits that provide direct services to constituents and communities. Community foundations are a good example, with donors pooling their assets to award grants and scholarships. Government Grants. Contingent grants.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

Is there a staff or board member capable and willing to work with you or take on this role? I would periodically create professional development trainings for my award-winning team at the University of Pennsylvania. So let’s start by looking at the major donor mindset and that’s. Also, invite prospects to a VIP event.

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Relationship Donor Build Video 84

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

So many of these women are local leaders, and Women's Global Green Action Network is attempting to provide a space for women to step into roles of being global advocates, and to really have a more prevalent platform for the messages and the work that they are doing. We do it in a number of ways. We know this.

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Green Global Action Network 40

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

We’ve got some people new in their role. And we won actually a lot of awards for that and it was really fun to see that come in. And if you can’t articulate that, if you can’t really speak to that, then maybe you’re not bringing much value for them and maybe your retention rates are not going to be great.

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Results Video Donation Fundraising 80

Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Haji initially stayed on, as Convios president, but stepped down from that role last month, although he remains a member of Convios board of directors. A couple of years ago, NTEN articulated how broad adoption of open API’s could help nonprofits spend more time on their missions and less time de-duping their databases.

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Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Haji initially stayed on, as Convios president, but stepped down from that role last month, although he remains a member of Convios board of directors. A couple of years ago, NTEN articulated how broad adoption of open API’s could help nonprofits spend more time on their missions and less time de-duping their databases.

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Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 2, 2024

The role of nonprofits in a post-affirmative-action world. Of every philanthropic dollar awarded, it is estimated that only 6 cents goes towards racial equity work and a single cent towards racial justice work. Last June, the U.S. Reality 2: Commitments for this work were likely more performative than constructive.

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