Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

And he shares his techniques for: Turning a healthy fear of failure to your advantage. For example, regarding the importance of staying humble, Jacobs writes, “Coming out on top when your company is under attack feels thrilling in the moment. No side conversations. Building an outrageously talented team.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

This technique is ideal for those faced with such a task for the first time and not knowing where to start and how to set goals. For example, if you are looking for volunteers or young assistants, then you can use Instagram. For example, Instagram requires a visual trigger, while Twitter implies short but informative text messages.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 4, 2014

It’s not the time when you submitted the tweet, blog post, or Facebook share. Twitter, and to a lesser extent Facebook, is often times unpredictable; but you can increase your chances for success by implementing a few best practices, and creating consistency with your posting technique. Only using hashtags on Twitter.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The facilitator can call on people individually or, when multiple voices chime in simultaneously, create a structured queue, saying for example, “Let’s hear from Amy, then Cynthia, and then Brad.” You can view a couple of visual idea generation and sharing techniques in a video by Jack Elkins (The idea “T” and the “Story Board”).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

A few days ago, I asked for some stories " What is the value of listening through social media channels for your organization? " I wanted to see examples from nonprofit organizations engaged in listening and conversation and the value it has to their missions, programs, or marketing efforts. And you shared them! Observations.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

There are some universal elements to any compelling story, whether they’re in books, the news, articles, blogs, or movies. For example, our plot is that many children eat one meal a day and do poorly in school. Parents report much more engagement and conversation with their kids at home, and this all leads to a stronger family unit!

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In this blog post, we'll review the research results, discuss implications, and identify the soul-searching needed to move forward in new alignment with our values. Skip to the video to watch a short conversation between Chantal Forster, Candid's C. Want to see more? Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. About the TAG study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

What tools and techniques do you use to create good conversations on your blog? Do you have an awesome example of a conversation on your blog or one that you've started elsewhere? Source: How To Add Blogging Conversations by Darren Rowse. Borin - Blogging Does Anyone Tell You To Stop.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 24, 2023

To maximize the full potential of this period, organizations must explore innovative strategies to drive engagement, increase conversions, and amplify their overall impact. or gamification techniques (e.g., The post Employee Giving Strategies to Boost Year-End Impact first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2005

Steve and others, just when I thought there was a lull in our conversation about blog communities and blog cross conversations, I noticed this thread on the Digital Divide List (btw, the digital divide network is another example of a community blog). If you are new, start at the beginning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Allison Fine and I originally published this blog post on the Candid Blog here. Take for example, the mundane and time-consuming task of culling the donor database to create a prospect list. AI can increase online donor conversion and retention rates. Register for the webinar. Using all of this data, Quilt.AI

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

The initial wave of generative-AI examples in the art, music, and written composition spaces has generated a lot of interest within the technology sector. For this post we’ll highlight a few examples from our own experimentation, explaining what we see going on and what we’ve learned. Yes, it’s a silly example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Last night I had the pleasure of joining a conversation with WOW2 over at edtech. I've been a fan of Vicki Davis's blog ( CoolCat Teacher Blog ) for sometime now. One of my best sources is, of course, Andy Carvin's digital divide category on his blog. The question forced me to reflect on my experience last summer.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 21, 2021

The details will depend on your unique funnel for your hybrid event , but there are tools and techniques that can be implemented to help you operationalize this. . Funnel/Sales completion: Now you have completed the sale or conversion. Therefore, you should take advantage of the conversion funnel and marketing potentials it creates.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

As an example, the ‘Millennial Impact Report’ was a study commissioned by the Case Foundation. We use those tools and techniques to raise awareness for an organization or cause to help them find supporters for their mission, and ultimately raise money, recruit volunteers, or anything else to help them with their mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

There are many examples of crowdsourcing techniques used by nonprofits and foundations and The Networked Nonprofit devoted an entire chapter to the topic. Planning for the overall conference agenda, design of specific sessions, or other ways? Here’s a few examples I’ve seen lately. Where is it most useful?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 18, 2019

Anticipate: The Art of Leading by Looking Ahead , gives readers practical guidance and concrete techniques to help leaders become more visionary. The book includes many exercises and examples, along with QR codes to access videos with additional content that can be viewed on your smartphone. Engage in pure listening conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. Transmedia storytelling it is the technique of telling a story across multiple online platforms and formats using current digital technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I happened to stumble upon this funny tweet from Billboard that asks its Twitter followers to tweet with the hashtag #ReplaceGirlWithSquirrelInASong and gave the example “I kissed a squirrel and I liked it.” Keep A Running List of High Engagement Conversation Starters and Use Them Regularly. Engagement'

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 17, 2021

You’ll learn the tangible and concrete steps to take, using a courage ladder (a personal roadmap of sorts), for how to have difficult conversations, engage in challenging situations, and embrace opportunities for courageous action in your workplace and in your own life. Set an example as a leader for taking courageous action yourself.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 5, 2019

Anticipate: The Art of Leading by Looking Ahead , gives readers practical guidance and concrete techniques to help leaders become more visionary. The book includes many exercises and examples, along with QR codes to access videos with additional content that can be viewed on your smartphone. Engage in pure listening conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. Luckily, there is no shortage of techniques and resources and books. Techniques. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques. Small group coaching has it own specific techniques. ” 4) Avoid.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Anticipate: The Art of Leading by Looking Ahead , gives readers practical guidance and concrete techniques to help leaders become more visionary. The book includes many exercises and examples, along with QR codes to access videos with additional content that can be viewed on your Smartphone. Engage in pure listening conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. Conversation starters that link alumni to the current school experience can spark tons of engagement. ” 3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The conversation surfaced some interesting questions and ideas. Another common technique that many nonprofits use to way to build relationships is to acknowledge and celebrate staff’s birthdays. These are just a few of many examples of using technology to facilitate staff relationships and encourage workplace wellbeing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

This post summarizes the content I shared in my presentation and offers some reflection on the conversational keynote. One of the reasons I made a commitment to blogging about professional topics regularly was because I was inspired by Marnie’s nonprofit technology blog, ext. I used David Hood as an example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Jarche describes some techniques on how to do the most important, but sometimes difficult step of sense-making. Jarche mentions some techniques from three different curators on how to add value. Practice and experiment: Read the article and try the technique and describe how it worked or didn’t for you. Is it the best?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

This post originally appeared as part of an online debate about How Big Data Can Have a Social Impact, which the Harvard Business Review Blog Network hosted jointly with the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. The analysis made news globally and expanded an international conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

.    A few days ago, I asked " What are the best metrics to track your blog's ROI and make improvements? "   The areas of the blogging ROI analysis included:  author contribution, readership growth, reader engagement, authority, cost, and value.  Reader Sharing (bookmarked items).

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

By Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog. You'll also lose the spontaneity that is important for this type of conversational channel. This would seem to be a no-brainer for encouraging engagement, but there are nuances for what kinds of questions will facilitate the best conversation. The London Symphony is a master of this technique.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In contrast, the event model records the actions people take, for example clicking or scrolling. Moving toward providing more do-it-yourself tools for reporting, “Explorations” in GA4 is a collection of advanced reporting techniques that help you uncover insights about your customers’ behavior.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Here are some reflections about how we used crowdsourcing techniques for a very fast-moving campaign and lessons learned that may apply to your work. And we wanted it to be easy to do – write a blog post! Here’s a copy of the initial email as an example: Subject: Help wish Beth Kanter a happy 53rd! Hi friends-.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

I’m very grateful for support and more so for the conversations and thoughtful blog posts you have shared. Networked Nonprofits: The Eva Longoria Case Study by Mark Drapeau, shares some examples and thoughts about Networked Nonprofits and free agent fundraisers. October 4 at the Charles Hotel, Harvard Square.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

It comes speeding at us from our email boxes, social networks, kindles, and even paper and snail mail! We scan, we browse, we try to thoughtfully read the best stuff, and interact through online conversations. So, it is important for us to incorporate techniques in daily work life that reduce the chances of this happening.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. They are hoping to start conversations and hear feedback about the competitions, the fundraising techniques and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

The morning used the World Cafe technique. I first met Juanita Brown who created the method through my blog in 2006. The world cafe technique is where participants learn through conversation in small groups. In my group, we identified four broad themes for the first question: Improved training technique.

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