Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. The mission statement should reflect this. Mentoring tips from the authors include : Successful mentoring starts with a powerful mission statement. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. The mission statement should reflect this. Mentoring tips from the authors include : Successful mentoring starts with a powerful mission statement. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2020

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. The mission statement should reflect this. Mentoring tips from the authors include : Successful mentoring starts with a powerful mission statement. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

With almost 100 people in the room, I started the session asking folks to shout out the first two words that came to mind when they thought about social media. As expected, I heard two themes – words that describe the power and benefits of social media and those that articulate very real concerns.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Do your perks have your donor base in mind? A great membership program is customized, adaptable, and bears member experience in mind. Here are just a few benefits of creating and running a nonprofit membership program: Diversified and stable revenue stream. Are these factors being actively monitored by your organization?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

It should be easy to understand and you need to be able to articulate it clearly. Does my website reflect my nonprofit’s Brand Standards Guidelines? These specific numbers paint a picture in the minds of your donors and prospects, and show them how you’re making a difference. Is my nonprofit’s logo clear and easy to read?

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Keep in mind that all companies will expect something different and be able to offer different forms of support. Determine the type of event sponsorships needed Reflect on your goals and the specific ways an event sponsor can help you reach them. Tailor your incentive programs and benefits to meet the unique needs of your partner.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. The mission statement should reflect this. Mentoring tips from the authors include : Successful mentoring starts with a powerful mission statement. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. The mission statement should reflect this. Mentoring tips from the authors include : Successful mentoring starts with a powerful mission statement. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2019

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. The mission statement should reflect this. Mentoring tips from the authors include : Successful mentoring starts with a powerful mission statement. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 29, 2020

Articulate Your Brand Vision. Reflect on your past failures and learnings. Organizations that keep this in mind are highlighting their contributors unmistakably on their sites, planning to persuade other funders, and showcasing their significant accomplishments inside the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. Chris Brogan’s ritual suggests selecting three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes. Reflection helps energize me and helps me focus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you? I look for patterns.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Or more detrimental—not consistently being able to articulate what the bigger picture even is. . So what are some ways that you can make your brand top of mind, quite internally? Instead of trying to be “new and fresh” ALL THE TIME, we should make sure that we give our brands enough longevity to sink-into the minds of our audiences.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2017

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. The mission statement should reflect this. Mentoring tips from the authors include : Successful mentoring starts with a powerful mission statement. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

In order to do this, you need to give people a brief context and articulate the interaction rules. I like to use a wireless mic and roam the audience and ask questions that help create a bridge between the presenters and the audience. I suspect I’m not alone.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2022

Seasonal Reasons – Shorter days, colder weather, and the year coming to a close present a seasonal cue for less activity, a time for reflection, and positive changes we want to see in our futures. Your nonprofit’s donors do not belong to you alone; you’re likely in competition with many like-minded organizations.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

Here are a few tips to keep in mind when doing so: Recognize that branding goes far beyond choosing a logo and color palette. When you think of powerful nonprofit brands, what comes to mind? Your actions should reflect your nonprofit’s brand. Here are four element categories to keep in mind when outlining your guidelines.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 15, 2017

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. The mission statement should reflect this. Mentoring tips from the authors include : Successful mentoring starts with a powerful mission statement. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

We are so focused on getting things done, checking it off the to do list and the forward momentum that it requires, that we miss an important opportunity to hit the pause button, reflect, and improve process. To alleviate any concerns or tension, explicitly articulate to your team that their jobs are not at stake.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

The real power behind appealing to this age group with your peer-to-peer fundraisers lies in the fact that they’re tech-savvy, have connections with like-minded individuals, and are willing to put in the work to help worthy causes succeed. . Peer-to-peer campaigns lend the perfect opportunity to. connect with donors who care.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

As Osborn wrote in his book, “Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it in the bud.” The simple rules of brainstorming are typically articulated at the beginning of a session as ground rules and include the following: NO criticism or debate. Quantity matters. WORD STORM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2009

I wanted to capture some reflections around my burning question: How do you think about using social media effectively along the continuum of open/closed networks? If community guidelines are formally articulated, they need to be enforced. Flickr Photo by Marin Labar. User or community guidelines are important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection. One annual ritual is to create “To Do/Not To Do/Reflection” notebook where I use modified bullet journaling to track my progress. I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2016

In “Moving Beyond a Culture of Compliance to a Culture of Continuous Improvement,” a resource guide for Head Start Programs, we describe several key indicators, including curiosity, reflection, tolerance of failure and vulnerability, and use of feedback. They use what others might deem failures as an opportunity for learning.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2017

So, you’ve created a new logo and the perfect tagline that better reflect the work you do. A successful brand will help you engage generational donors, maintain relevance, shift audience perceptions, and clearly articulate your organization’s purpose. The elephant in the room. And you have a shiny new set of brand guidelines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. There not is a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. Example of A/B Testing Results. What is the difference? It comes down to organizational culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

A group dialogue followed allowing people to articulate why they felt one way or other. " This calls to mind a debate in the educator community. Aspiration's Executive Director, Allen Gunn , read a series of opinion statements and asked if we disagreed or agreed or were neutral.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

We thought so, so we put together a short list of items we felt could trigger meaningful conversations just in time for end-of-year reflection and 2019 planning. . Keep in mind the following points from speakers Brooke Hansel of Blackbaud, Merrie Beth Nauman of Ocean Conservancy, and Lisa Tacker of Two Ten Footwear Foundation: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

With that in mind, here are nine marketing lessons other nonprofits can take away from charity: water. It’s uncommon for a nonprofit to spend time developing and articulating their unique value proposition, but this is one area in which organizations should act like companies. Keep in mind that not all stories need to be long-form.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 17, 2007

In an articulate polemic Laura Quinn of Idealware lambastes what she calls the "tooth-fairy" idealism those who maintain that all content in the non-profit sector ought to be free. If in addition we promote in people's mind the idea that all content ought to be free, it's hard to escape promoting the idea that no content is worth paying for.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2012

I'm focusing on the community response to the prospect of the millage and the way the public debate reflects broader conversations about the public value of the arts. But the arguments trotted out represent how far we have to go in articulating the public value of arts institutions (and helping our supporters speak the same language).

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A volunteer recruitment letter is a more formal way of soliciting volunteers, but you can have your current volunteers personalize them for the prospects they have in mind. Your volunteers should be able to clearly articulate what your organization stands for and what makes it worth volunteering for. Tap into schools.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2015

I was thrilled to attend the Peer to Peer Professional Forum to swap stories and strategies with some of the finest minds in fundraising and P2P. When we say things like this, what we’re really saying is, “I personally don’t believe in this mission enough” or “We don’t do a good enough job articulating how important this cause is.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

I don't think she is saying SL is a fad that will go away as other people without her depth of knowledge have articulated. These posts have sparked some thoughtful reflections, from a folks on the Second Life Educator's List and I'm going to quote and summarize a few: The Second Life Doubter's Club. D) is to going. whenever i???

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And then unpacking some case studies that can articulate some of these strategies in action. Is that when fundraising expectations are clearly articulated during recruitment 52% of CEOs report that their boards are actively engaged in an organization’s fundraising efforts. And she’s an awesome person. Steven: I love it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 13, 2012

Our team articulately expressed direct, succinct truths that required no editing. We usually have three different revenues streams in mind to make a venture sustainable, but if a fourth approach appears to work, we’ll take it! Rebranding is about telling our story better, not changing our core values. They just worked!

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