Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

That approach is: Monday: Identify the real problem holding you back – Far too often, companies don’t tackle the root issues but instead focus on surface problems that mask what’s really going on. The solution is to ask tough questions, build a team of problems solvers, and surface major roadblocks to progress.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

What problems are you trying to solve? The goal is after reading the scope, the prospective vendor should have a clear idea of your overall objectives, the problems you are trying to address and solve with the redesign, target audiences, which features are most important, and technical and other constraints. Target audiences.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 18, 2022

A problem or conflict in a story naturally builds a case for giving. Conflict demonstrates a clear problem that donors can solve by making a donation. This kind of story will still articulate values that donors connect with and could be motivating in a different way. Both of these are examples of problems (i.e.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 5, 2022

The Problem Story. Making a donation to a non-profit is all about solving a problem. In the fundraising appeal, you are laying out a case for why donating will make a real difference to a community or global problem. Why does the problem persist? Inevitably, there is an articulation of values through most stories.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning. Learning, we do naturally. Data is a decision.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 12, 2021

Consider Your Organization’s Goals Your mission statement should succinctly articulate what your nonprofit aims to accomplish. Nonprofit missions vary in specificity, from organizations founded to solve one or two specific problems to those with broad and evolving objectives. Determine if donating is worthwhile.

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Nucleus

MARCH 2, 2021

Given these findings, executive leadership should consider three pragmatic recommendations: Recommendations to Improve Data Culture Focus your data initiatives on clearly identified high-impact business problems or use cases. There is no question that Big Data has been absorbed into the mainstream. in 2012 to 65.0% in 2012 to 65.0%

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

You can ask yourself at a minimum these questions as you formulate your CPS: What do we deeply care about as an organization, both internally and externally? Matt Mayberry Mayberry shares these additional insights with us: Question: A recent Glassdoor survey found +50% of employees said work culture is more important than pay.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. They do whatever they can to solve problems on their own before involving others. Work backward from the end goal.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

You can ask yourself at a minimum these questions as you formulate your CPS: What do we deeply care about as an organization, both internally and externally? Matt Mayberry Earlier this year, Mayberry shared these additional insights: Question: A recent Glassdoor survey found +50% of employees said work culture is more important than pay.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. They do whatever they can to solve problems on their own before involving others. Work backward from the end goal.

Job 52

Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

VQ Strategies

JUNE 22, 2021

That’s the first opportunity to clearly articulate the expectations for the volunteer – and to assess whether the role is, in fact, realistic. For a skilled, high-impact volunteer role, questions such as those below can be addressed in your first meetings together. I often consider this the first vital reality check.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. Avoid any discussion of ideas or questions, as these stop the flow of ideas. Brainstorming generates creative solutions to a problem in the hope of finding the best solution. ” questions. Quantity matters.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. They do whatever they can to solve problems on their own before involving others. Work backward from the end goal.

Job 52

Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

Twenty Hats

AUGUST 17, 2021

Ask them this question: “How might you help us pay for the additional staff time and raw materials to create this project for your employees?”. It’s a subtle question, and by asking “how”, you put them in the position to problem-solve for the lack of resources. Every question you get about “why” provides an opportunity educate.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Your homepage should seek to quickly answer the following questions for your visitors: What type of world are you trying to create and why does it matter? If you’re wondering where to get started, consider showcasing content on your homepage that highlights the following elements: Mission.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 11, 2018

Ask these questions and take these steps: What is your company's mission statement? What is your perspective on the problem you need to solve or the opportunity you need to capture? What evidence do you have of this problem or opportunity? How is this problem or opportunity connected to the company's purpose and mission?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2023

You can ask yourself at a minimum these questions as you formulate your CPS: What do we deeply care about as an organization, both internally and externally? Question: What is the most common pain point of a company trying to change culture? Question: Describe your notion of a Cultural Purpose Statement.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

What questions should you ask before starting a nonprofit? Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

Ask these questions and take these steps: What is your company's mission statement? What is your perspective on the problem you need to solve or the opportunity you need to capture? What evidence do you have of this problem or opportunity? How is this problem or opportunity connected to the company's purpose and mission?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

You can ask yourself at a minimum these questions as you formulate your CPS: What do we deeply care about as an organization, both internally and externally? Matt Mayberry Today, Mayberry shares these additional insights with us: Question: A recent Glassdoor survey found +50% of employees said work culture is more important than pay.

Culture 52

Culture Classes Build Lesson 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2017

Ask these questions and take these steps: What is your company's mission statement? What is your perspective on the problem you need to solve or the opportunity you need to capture? What evidence do you have of this problem or opportunity? How is this problem or opportunity connected to the company's purpose and mission?

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Change Articulate Test Leadership 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Ask these questions and take these steps: What is your company's mission statement? What is your perspective on the problem you need to solve or the opportunity you need to capture? What evidence do you have of this problem or opportunity? How is this problem or opportunity connected to the company's purpose and mission?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2017

It is time to experiment with new ways of solving social or environmental problems. Of course, this means looking at that problem from a fresh perspective and not being afraid to consider a new approach, even though it may be unpopular. Lovely, articulate, and bold vision. But articulating the true need isn't enough.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. Once you have those numbers, clearly articulate your goals and identify what you need to meet your goals. Here are some of the questions you might ask in order to understand what metrics to track: . Let’s say you’re a food bank.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2011

For nonprofits, those are not solely money or efficiency for everything that could be measured. By aligning social media to organizational objectives and using measurement, you can answer the question: of all the ways we could be investing our resources, is social media the best choice to see the social change results that we want to see?

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

You’re part of the problem. In fact, you may BE the problem. No one should fall back on “that’s not my job” when it comes to passionately and proactively articulating your vision, mission, and values. If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. .

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

What you want to do is copy and paste the specific questions into a Word document and respond thoroughly to each question. Note: Steps #2 – #6 are all very common questions asked in any FOA/RFP/NOFA. Now the next step in needs is to include a main Problem Statement. Most people don’t write grants with this in mind.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 25, 2016

A personal story is an articulation about the values, beliefs, and events in someone’s life that have lead them to give and now fundraise. To articulate this, Ganz developed a storytelling model based on challenge, choice, and outcome. These two parts of the story are usually easy for people to articulate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2013

I heard about tools for building campaigns and aggregating citizen science data I wouldn’t have discovered at an ocean-themed event because they’re not being applied to coastal problems just yet. But if you only have time for the hard questions, start at 6:30. But they could be. I have some fishermen to check with first.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2016

The problem is that we get so busy trying to build our supporter base with new donors that we tend to overlook the individuals who are already invested in our cause. We similarly forget that although it may come naturally to some people to stand up and articulate their support for an issue or cause, not everyone is wired that way.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Based on a lot of experimentation (and a lot of failures), a whole lot of conversations and some amazing questions from people, here are some things that seem to contribute to getting creativity introduced and to having it stick. The leadership environment is key.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

While we have articulated our main goal and identified our stakeholders, we are still actively exploring what kind of investment we can make and what various benchmarks mean to us and more importantly what we should do with the numbers we collect. What questions did you ask? What prep did you do? What was easy about defining success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Jason Falls shares in a post about measuring engagement, " The problem with trying to determine ROI for social media is you are trying to put numeric quantities around human interactions and conversations, which are not quantifiable.". In other words, don't measure in inches when you millimeters.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Therefore, nonprofits must have a crisp understanding of the problem they solve and how they solve it. Using the example of a small nonprofit working with school reform, Dean-Coffey illustrated a common problem in approach to impact. " Good communications flow from good strategy. Impact: Be Rather Than Do.

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