Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Within the modules, I break it down in 15 minute blocks.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 6, 2020

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2020

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2012

Ray Kurzweil calls that year “the singularity,” because, like the physics of singularity in a black hole, change will become so rapid that it can’t be meaningfully measured. It just blows my mind that someone born into such an unfairly disadvantageous life set about creating such wild abundance for herself and others.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 1, 2019

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2018

With this in mind, try and show that other people are supporting and/or donating to your cause. This simple word change has huge implications on gaining the attention and support of audiences. Our brains are built to follow stories , so highlighting individual stories is a powerful way to tap into emotions.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

This one is wayyyy more important than it seems because your brain and body don’t function well if they aren’t rested. Staying hydrated helps combat fatigue, grumpiness, and sluggish brain syndrome. Using a reusable water bottle makes this easy to measure how much you’ve had! YOU decide what happens (or doesn’t happen) each day.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Organizations that invest in PCI-compliant online fundraising solutions can take proper cybersecurity measures to ensure that their online donation process is secure. Keep in mind that you can (and should) revise your plan in accordance with the other steps listed below. Make secure donations. Social media.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Our brains are wired for visual information; people process images 60,000 times faster than words. Also, our collective attention span is evolving. In order to maximize a short attention span, it makes sense to marry visual and written content. Consistent, relevant content is key to keeping your campaign top of mind for donors.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Organizations that invest in PCI-compliant online fundraising solutions can take proper cybersecurity measures to ensure that their online donation process is secure. Keep in mind that you can also leverage social media tools for your fundraising campaigns. Make secure donations. Social media.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That’s why you have to plan ahead: A robust content plan will save you time—and brain space—and help you produce great nonprofit content while also tackling the rest of your mile-long to-do list. Metrics How will you measure the impact and effectiveness of your content?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

I’d love to know, what is your role at your organization right now, and what comes to mind when you think about strategic planning? So we actually draw our strategic plans, our impact strategies, as mind maps. They are not documents, there is no fancy graphic design, they are mind maps. It’s hard.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. What’s making our human brains like those of gold fish?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. ” Tech ROI means paying attention to the data that’s coming in and taking action based on the information that your technology is serving up to you. Start with five that you should be paying attention to regularly. What should people be looking at and measuring?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

And let’s see if we can get your slides going here, if you don’t mind sharing again. And again, this idea that death is as natural as birth, it’s inevitable sooner or later, we’re all hoping for later, of course, but, at times in life, it’s more top of mind. So, Claire, I will pipe down here. Here we go.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey’s going to talk a little bit about getting inside the minds of donors. But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. . We’re going to do a little intro. . no, no, no.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As you review these best practices, remember to keep your donors’ needs top of mind. Measurable: Choose metrics that will help you know whether you’ve met your goal or not. We will target our major donors and monitor our CRM to measure donation sizes to stay on track.” Optimize your donation form.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2009

She is a co-founder of the award-winning SheSource.org , an online brain trust of women experts designed to close the gender gap among commentators in the news media. Now that we've made the argument that you should pay attention to women, how do you reach them? Again, it goes back to our brain science. How do you move them?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Working online can contribute to the state of overwhelmed and distracted – so having attention skills is also a leadership competency. To put this context, a gold fish has an attention span of 9 seconds! Attention span is the amount of concentrated time on a task without becoming distracted. Take a guess.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

With the ever declining attention span of your audience, it’s necessary that you start appealing to a broader range of senses. You know that in order to catch and keep the attention of new donors and current donors, you have to tell stories. But how much attention is being paid to ensure that your people know you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2008

It pointed to a post from Stowe Boyd called " Information Overload, Schmoverload " that suggested the article was another attack on connectedness and whole brain attention. I'm reading John Medina's Brain Rules. He says the brain does these four steps in sequence each time we shift from one task to another.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Which issues can I ignore because they don’t need my attention? Just as porn was famously hard to define, good writing is easy to enjoy and hard to measure. Your old prejudices and hang-ups, your own beliefs about credentials, are hanging out in your mind, no matter how you try to avoid it. Good writers are hard to manufacture.

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