Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The book is divided into three sections: The first section includes: A focus on how and why women tend to build strong companies, staring with the structural challenges they must overcome to raise venture capital and scale their businesses. An Impetus for women to structure their businesses in a more purpose-drive way.

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M+R

AUGUST 23, 2023

Data from this year’s Benchmarks made it clear that TikTok is being used by many nonprofits—30% of Benchmarks participants were active on the platform in 2022. And while most TikTok trends change daily, sometimes even hourly, there are some evergreen trends that have graced For You Pages for months and sometimes years!

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

Being able to benchmark performance against what other nonprofits are doing is an important starting point to understanding your own data. We won’t focus on professional academic research but instead on reports produced by collaborative initiatives like the GivingTuesday Data Commons or companies like Neon One.

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Givinga

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Over a 15-year period, corporate responsibility (CR) can increase a company’s market value by 6 percent¹. In cases where companies foster strong relationships with external stakeholders, the effect is even stronger: brands that are active with corporate responsibility initiatives see 40-80 percent more market value growth.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2015

2015 Nonprofit Benchmarks Study :: Download. 2014 Social Change Impact Report :: Download. Published by Visceral Business. Published by Dunham+Company. Most of the reports listed are based on U.S. nonprofit research, but Nonprofit Tech for Good would also like to add similar reports from other regions of the world.

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Givinga

APRIL 6, 2021

As companies consider effective, modernized methods to connect with their employees, proactive giving plans and programs are becoming more popular – and more critical. While the benefits of having a corporate giving program are clear, for many businesses, the question remains: where do we start? Here’s a guide to help.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This is especially the case during economic downturns, recessions, and the recent COVID-19 pandemic–when employment plummeted rapidly while some businesses posted record profits. And last year the AFL-CIO reported CEO-to-median-worker pay ratios ranged from 6:1 to over 6,000:1 for the largest, publicly traded companies (i.e.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

For over a decade nonprofits, charities, and NGOs worldwide have been embracing social media with the hope of raising funds and creating social change. Furthermore, email revenue grew by 25% in 2015, faster than the 19% overall rate of online revenue growth ( 2016 M+R Benchmarks Study ). billion to 5.59 billion ( Radicati Group ).

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 30, 2022

Running an event is one of the best things a business can do to promote its brand. And the truth is, any sized business can run a successful event as part of its overall marketing strategy. And the company was able to continue that success long after the event ended through their lead generation tactics. . Create tiered pricing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Here are a few: The blog at the Nonprofit Times, called “Don’t Tell the Donor&# has a very interesting entry on the flurry of benchmarking studies that came out recently. It’s titled “ Benchmarking With a Warped Stick.&# It takes aim at Convio’s recent benchmarking study. What do you think?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

July 1 represents a new fiscal year for many nonprofits, a time to review programs and previous goals to be sure they’re aligned with the mission and to establish new benchmarks. Now is the time to make changes. We often hear the word “brand” when referring to for-profit companies but make no mistake that your nonprofit is a brand.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Monthly giving can change the game for your new, young, or small nonprofit! There’s your benchmark for figuring out how YOUR monthly giving program is doing. They find that a lot of their monthly donors give $24 to pay for 2 days of care (and that’s right in line with Erica’s benchmarks). Why More Monthly Givers?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

While some may think there are not a lot of high quality women who can speak on technology issues or are starting tech companies, it simply isn’t true. Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Together, participants collaborate, innovate, and discover new ways to spark change with technology. We’ll share benchmarks from other nonprofits you can use to evaluate your own communication. When new leadership came in in 2017, they prioritized digital, looking to tech companies like Amazon and Uber for inspiration.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Award-winning journalist of “Lonely at the Top,” a memoir of her father, Reginald Lewis, the first African-American to build a billion-dollar business . Dale Bannon.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 19, 2018

Business Growth. More importantly, with changing reporting requirements and social media, they are being held accountable for those goals. Case in point: 82% of consumers say if a company makes social or environmental commitments, they will hold it responsible for sharing results ( 2017 Cone CSR Survey ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. Over those 80 years, the chart has been polished, refined and so deeply embedded in business thinking.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

Because grants usually come from larger entities, the amount of money your nonprofit receives is generally higher than donations you would get from an individual or small business. Lastly, eligibility requirements change from grant to grant, and you won’t be awarded one if you don’t meet the required criteria.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Framework for Producing Transformative Change Two key concepts from the book really stuck with me. The first is their core concept of equilibrium change. Of course, this is a familiar concept to me as someone who started his career building for-profit tech companies in Silicon Valley. The authors present a two-by-two matrix.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

Her company helps mission-led businesses succeed, and also connect socially minded investors with “impact investing” opportunities, where they can generate both financial returns and social impact. Another option is to create a Theory of Change or Logic Model , which should include inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! There are even a few international reports.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! There are even a few international reports.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

According to the latest M+R Benchmarks study , online giving increased 10% in 2019 and has been steadily on the rise, while monthly online giving has increased by 22%. Build on that one-day email fundraising idea by securing a match from a company or major donor and advertise the match in your email campaign. Donation Matching Drive.

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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. Change in attitude about your organization. Change in behavior of target audiences.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 7, 2016

It’s easy to feel like you’re alone on your mission to do good and create real change in the world. Solving problems of massive scale takes an army of courageous and inspired people, and there’s no time for ‘woe is me’ in this business. And companies are empowering employees to be agents of good. And we’re in it together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

You don’t have to get testimonials from celebrities (although each day it seems that more and more celebrities are publicizing their devotion to social causes ); start by collecting short statements from your most loyal donors (both individuals and companies or foundations, if possible) and put them on your website.

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Care2

JUNE 15, 2011

In this webinar, fundraising experts from Union of Concerned Scientists, Blackbaud and Care2 will analyze the most significant results of the newly released 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmark Report. Jocelyn is passionate about helping nonprofits succeed online so that they can change the world!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2008

David Alston VP of Marketing, Radian6 Candace Fleming CEO and Co-Founder, Crimson Hexagon Todd Parsons Co-Founder, BuzzLogic Tony Priore Biz 360 Mike Spataro Visible Technologies How do people retro-fit to understand the listening part of the business? Driven by business objectives - much more in the last year.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 16, 2017

The worldwide mobile revolution is changing philanthropy. Thank your sponsors publicly: Tag their company/business page on Facebook, and publicly thank them in a post. Most likely, the company will then re-post your original post to their full audience to help your event reach new constituents. Build camaraderie.

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Givinga

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Those pillars have helped companies increase their awareness and close sales. While the three Ps are still critically important, the three Cs are influencing how companies operate internally, interact with external audiences, and differentiate their products and services. That’s good news for workers, but a challenge for businesses.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2009

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2008

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Forum One

APRIL 15, 2008

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Forum One

MARCH 13, 2008

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Forum One

JANUARY 15, 2008

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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