Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

At its core, especially in the beginning, building a great culture is simply an extension and reflection of the leaders’ commitment and performance. Some examples as it relates to working from home, could include providing a list of expectations for how internal team meetings will be run and conducted virtually.

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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. I also use it as a year in review tool.

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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. To make a bridge between the room and the virtual, I used his video explaining the concept of networked nonprofits and free agents in the room.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2023

At its core, especially in the beginning, building a great culture is simply an extension and reflection of the leaders’ commitment and performance. Some examples as it relates to working from home, could include providing a list of expectations for how internal team meetings will be run and conducted virtually.

Culture 52

Culture Build Impact Lesson 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

At its core, especially in the beginning, building a great culture is simply an extension and reflection of the leaders’ commitment and performance. Some examples as it relates to working from home, could include providing a list of expectations for how internal team meetings will be run and conducted virtually.

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Culture Classes Build Lesson 52

DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Determine the type of event sponsorships needed Reflect on your goals and the specific ways an event sponsor can help you reach them. Knowing what you’re looking for before you start your outreach will help you better articulate your needs. We’ve broken it down into five steps. What personal connections can you leverage?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

But as much as fundraising is a calling, it’s also a career that requires business development, sales, client retention, and articulable value propositions. Demonstrate (and articulate!) But there are few rigorous industry standards, and virtually no legally mandated requirements, for nonprofit recordkeeping on the donor level.

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Achieve

MAY 22, 2016

It has now become a fun game for me to hear them articulate what I do. But really, these are just labels and don’t truly reflect the work I do. I quickly countered with the power virtual reality is having on individuals whether they are 80 or 8, or can give $50,000 or $5. I am a researcher. I am an author. I am a speaker.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. On many levels, The Tech Virtual experiment was a success.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Your volunteers should be able to clearly articulate what your organization stands for and what makes it worth volunteering for. and introduce the former volunteer to any new virtual volunteer opportunities that are available. For example, you may have to quickly pivot to hosting your Giving Tuesday gala virtually instead of in-person.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2011

When smart people talk about digital museums and virtual experiences, I nod and compartmentalize it as someone else's bailiwick. I understand the value of having a web presence that is reflective of institutional brand, makes content available for people to use in a variety of ways, and enables new connections with community members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

danah boyd has a post called " On Being Virtual " (be sure to read the comments) As Kevin Gamble on the SLED list notes, what she seems to be saying is that if you look at the rise of social tech amongst young people, it's not about divorcing the physical social structures to live virtually. Come on, get real already.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2015

The conference organizers stepped up their social media game in a big way this year, allowing attendees to virtually attend multiple breakouts at once. In virtually all cases, that explosion was actually a long time coming. Last week, I shared five of the most tweetable moments from the Peer to Peer Professional Forum Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Blogging as personal discovery and connected conversation with colleagues Writing a blog regularly provides a vehicle for personal reflection and learning about your practice that can be easily shared with professional colleagues via a connected conversation. Last week I summarized Allison Fine's articulate rant about the Gates Foundation.

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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. Now we’re seeing them virtual.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The intent was to provide a deep dive for program officers to reflect on the way they currently work, identify what needs to change to create more impact, and come up with some prototypes. Afterwards, I facilitated a reflective conversation about the various ideas – what were the patterns? What is actionable?

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Create virtual reality-based courses, including walk-throughs, virtual tours, and immersive scenarios. Elucidat is known for creating training for large– at times global– employers, and that’s reflected in both its features and pricing. Articulate 360. Convert existing PowerPoint files into interactive video elements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Last year, Alan invited me to keynote the New Media Consortium ’s virtual conference to talk about the future of social and nonprofits. It was my most memorable virtual presentation as my avatar was June Jetson and I made a flying entrance into the auditorium to the tune of the Jetson’s theme song.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

The key to success in social media is to leave room for reflection at the end of a project. Reflection gives you a chance to understand what worked and what didn't. The exercise is intended to help you slow down, be in the moment, and shift you into a reflective mindset or at least feel what it is like.

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Classes Learning Fundraising Reflection 95

Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

I do that all over the country, thankfully I had a virtual business before 2020, really helping teams understand what’s blocking their revenue growth and specifically their unrestricted revenue growth because you know that’s what we need to be able to invest back in growth, and staff, and my favorite word, overhead.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

There’s less personal contact, more virtual communication, and there are consequences for this. The question here is, how often do you actually meet with donors in person or perhaps virtually on Zoom for any reason? So you’re reflecting back what they said, and then you essentially deflect it. . But essentially.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

It’s virtual. Yes, Bonnie, planning a virtual conference for the first time, I am sure that there were so many things you were like, “What in the entire bleep, bleep, bleep?” And so their job is a reflection of that. And so I invite you to join us for our retreat, which is in two weeks. ” Do you though?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

There are three key questions museum decision-makers should ask themselves in evaluating the value of virtual visitors: How much do we value outreach in our educational programming and content delivery? You should be able to articulate your goal, whether it is reaching a particular niche audience or a designated level of participation.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Thanks to custom development and integration with Salesforce , the site instantly reflects every gift ICA receives! Every nonprofit site should include the organization’s mission statement somewhere, and Mustard Seed’s Mission and Vision page does a great job of articulating their purpose using short paragraphs and to-the-point language.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? What would your institution be in a world where you have more non-English-speaking (real and virtual) visitors than English speakers? How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? The six topics are: How do you plan for the future?

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