Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 18, 2014

To provide a benchmark – or a snapshot of your employees and their attitudes at a certain point of time that you can then compare to future surveys to spot trends. To solve problems in one easy step — because a survey is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Kador and Armstrong caution leaders to NOT do employee surveys: 1.

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Survey Attitude Benchmark Environment 49

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Building on last year’s session, we were pleased that this year we had the opportunity to introduce the “crowdsourcing” experiment to collectively solve our nonprofit technology problems." What does social media success look like, anyway?"

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Web San Francisco Bookmarking Search 117

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 10, 2012

To provide a benchmark – or a snapshot of your employees and their attitudes at a certain point of time that you can then compare to future surveys to spot trends. To solve problems in one easy step — because a survey is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Kador and Armstrong caution leaders to NOT do employee surveys: 1.

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Survey Attitude Benchmark Environment 49

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2012

This disturbing trend has a huge budgetary and social cost in our deficit-ridden climate, as manifested in the increase in applications for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. As example, one strong idea that came up was having staffing services and temp agencies establish benchmarks for hiring workers with disabilities.

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Hosting San Francisco Law Education 140

sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

As I compiled this year’s list of workplace trends, it became clear to me that 2024 will likely be a tumultuous year for employers and employees alike. Here are six top workplace culture and compliance trends for 2024, with some suggested actions you can take to address each of them: 1. As noted in trend #1 above, international, U.S.

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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.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 67

Connection Cafe

JULY 7, 2016

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. When they want information, they don’t turn on a TV; they search for the trending video clips. Problem Solving Requires Access to Information. And we’re in it together.

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Guatemala Social Media Influence Chart 37

Care2

JULY 11, 2011

Did you know that people are spending less time on websites then they did a year ago, according to a Google Analytics benchmark report released in early July. No problem. Getting your target audiences to stay on your website is no easy feat. Why do you come to our website? What don’t you like about our website?

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Design Web Tips Survey 76

Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2019

In this post, you’ll learn from my mistakes and create better charts for your audience – to show fundraising results, organization’s impact or benchmarking. If it is truly a trend over time you want to show, you should choose a line chart. Often, you can use colors to highlight a trend or data point. You’re not alone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

Treesaver is significant for nonprofits because it combines important trends – open source software, web standards and mobile applications. The Alliance for Biking and Walking has a benchmark report about the levels of biking and walking in the US. And there is another problem here also. Nonprofit Tech Person: “Yes it is.

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Report Slovenia Blackberry PDF 112

Forum One

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

This meant that a segment of the vase stuck out, exposed to the elements, but the house ( Taliesin West ) is in Arizona, so the elements weren't really a problem. Does it work for users with usability problems/disabilities? Tags: Influence Audience Research Events Tips & Trends. User confidence: Is the design trustworthy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

The purpose is to call attention to the problem of Information Overload, how it impacts both individuals and organizations, and what can be done to lessen its impact. Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics.

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Awareness Tips Social Media RSS 100

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

At the same time, 40% of all organizations reported problems with retention. Emphasize benchmarking within each job description. By understanding these trends and incorporating them into your recruitment, hiring, and retention strategies, you’ll provide your team with tailored and sustainable opportunities for engagement.

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Team Data Retention Nonprofit 27

Forum One

MAY 27, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

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Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

bbcon 2020 is just around the corner, and I’m excited to be presenting on the critical role of benchmarking and analytics in shaping your fundraising strategy. One way to help organize results is through benchmarking your performance against other organizations and fundraising programs.

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Benchmark Analytics Strategy Fundraising 43

Forum One

MAY 27, 2009

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

That’s a problem. The holidays are coming soon and that means you need to be ready to make the most of it, starting with getting your nonprofit website spiffed up, donor friendly, and ready to receive donations. But, if you’re like most people, you haven’t looked at your website in a while.

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Websites Giving Donation Nonprofit 89

Forum One

JULY 30, 2007

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

According to the 2015 Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Benchmark Study , 5K events are struggling to recruit participants and raise funds. Running USA publishes an annual report that studies road race trends and first reported a slight decline in 2014, followed by a 9% decline in the number of race finishers in 2015.

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Raise Money Registration Benchmark 20

Forum One

JANUARY 2, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

AUGUST 29, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Experiment 52

Forum One

AUGUST 25, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

AUGUST 20, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

AUGUST 18, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

AUGUST 5, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

AUGUST 4, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

JULY 31, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

JULY 29, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

JULY 23, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) How do you compare? Environmental $2.59

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Advocacy Social Media email Online 44

Forum One

JULY 10, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 8, 2016

Multiple Year Retention Rate : Same as above, but by tracking these year-by-year you can spot trends, problems and opportunities. This is the key metric on which you can benchmark, guide and then track the success–or failure–of your intermediate and long-term strategies. Fail to answer them, and it’s more of the same.

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Track Donor Retention Metrics 28

Forum One

JULY 9, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52