Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

“As workplaces around the world face the challenges of an increasingly remote workforce perhaps forever changed by the coronavirus pandemic, it has never been more important to measure and expand wellbeing in organizations,” explain the book authors Jim Clifton and Jim Harter. This translates into big differences in productivity.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Strive to create a culture that is at once both hard and soft – simultaneously tough in driving for measurable results on a few highly visible targets and supportive of individuals to create an environment of collaboration, trust, and loyalty. How do we measure our success as a company? What specific results do you want/need to see?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

Capacity building is about improving organizational (or network) effectiveness. Capacity building includes both money (grants), consultants/technical assistance, peer learning/communities of practice, and collaboration. They also facilitated discussion with others funders that invest in capacity building.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

If you’re curious about where your organization stands in its digital transformation, ask yourself three questions: 1. buildOn mobilizes young people to transform their communities and build schools in developing countries. The post 3 Essential Questions to Assess Your Digital Transformation appeared first on Salesforce.org.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

To overcome these challenges, Candid, in coalition with a growing number of partners , set out to build a demographic data-led movement to meaningfully and measurably advance equity in the social sector. The question then becomes, what actions are we prepared to take?

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sgEngage

JUNE 20, 2023

Trust: Damaging publicity or negative stakeholder experiences that result from noncompliance can undermine relationships you’ve spent years building. Compliance will steadily build your reputation as a trustworthy organization. Here are 5 key questions to get you started. How does this software help protect our users from fraud?

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 5, 2023

Measure Facebook traffic and engagement. With this in mind, let’s jump right into building a strong and supportive community for your nonprofit on the platform! In order to build and sustain a close community of supporters on Facebook, it’s important to express your appreciation frequently. Create engaging content on Facebook.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 27, 2023

Build a Following Signing up and setting up an account is easy, and most importantly, free! With Quora’s vast variety of topics, your nonprofit will have instant exposure on a platform with tons of users looking for answers to their questions. Launch Polls & Surveys Start generating data by asking questions!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Some organizations utilize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure their goals. Donorbox defines KPIs as “a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a nonprofit (or another type of organization) is achieving its key organizational objectives.” Answering such questions will help leverage your staff, time, and resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

If you build a strong brand identity on social media, people will be able to understand what your members stand for and whether your values align with theirs. There are a few important tips that you should follow when having a conversation with a prospective member; Answer questions as directly and succulently as possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2011

One of the themes raised up as the GEO/Monitor Institute conference came to an end was the importance of trust and relationship building in networks. Guest Post by John Esterle.

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Association Analytics

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Paired with your experience and judgment, your decisions can be data informed or data guided using less specific data measurements. Download The Ultimate Guide to Data Governance for Associations to learn how to build a data governance strategy for your association. 5. Just ask simple questions that you actually need.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2021

This is where it gets interesting; not only do these rooms encourage much more in-depth conversations than other platforms, but they also allow guests to ask questions or request to speak. See who is moderating, who is attending, and who is asking questions. As with all social media, you can anticipate growing pains.

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Classy

AUGUST 9, 2021

To help you capitalize on the biggest donation day of the year, we’re answering top questions from nonprofits that are zeroing in on the year-end giving season. After all, strong storytelling can help build meaningful connections with your audience and even move them to rally around your cause. Building your campaign layout.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 30, 2023

This is a great question to play with for creating a unique prompt for creating draft personas for your nonprofit. This can include tailoring messaging and fundraising appeals, segmenting your donor database, selecting the right communication channels, developing engagement strategies, and measuring success.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Maybe your association is experiencing challenges, so you’re searching for strategies to empower your staff and enhance the member experience. Regardless of your large association’s situation, the Nimble AMS team is here to offer tips to measure your success and meet your future goals! We are very fortunate to have Nimble AMS.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In Forum One’s recent webinar on measuring impact , we shared how we define and approach impact and broke down a winning recipe for building impact opportunities. We also discussed the challenges of measuring impact and how to overcome them. So how do you create and measure impact? Impact opportunity statements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Note from Beth: My long-time colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director, Social Sector Accelerator, shares some thoughts about nonprofit capacity building programs based on extensive research. Her answer to the question about capacity building programs leading to better impact will surprise you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 1, 2023

Strive to create a culture that is at once both hard and soft – simultaneously tough in driving for measurable results on a few highly visible targets and supportive of individuals to create an environment of collaboration, trust, and loyalty. How do we measure our success as a company? What specific results do you want/need to see?

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 23, 2020

Association CIOs: Ask yourself these six important questions before building your own AMS. With an in-house developer, your association might be tempted to build a custom Association Management System (AMS). But when it’s time for a new AMS system , experience shows it’s usually better, cheaper, and faster to buy than to build.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2017

Most organizational leaders ask themselves these questions when projecting grant support: Who is most likely to fund my organization? The answers to those questions vary — sometimes dramatically — by annual budget and mission focus. What is a reasonable level of grant support to expect for my organization?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2021

With a heightened focus on building new partnerships, the importance of stewardship is often overlooked in corporate fundraising. Stellar stewardship can deepen your relationship with your partners and help build trust in your area of expertise that in turn translates to positive funds for your mission. 3) Reporting Is Everything!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

They crowdsourced questions that we discussed and then we opened it up for audience q/a. “Is measuring data about proving it or improving it?” ” @ kanter launches with a perfect question. Advice for Nonprofits To Get Started with Measurement. Sharpen your data collection to just 3 questions.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Through her work with clients like the Wildlife Conservation Society and her love of (math) problem solving, Amy has picked up a lot of wisdom + I wanted to better understand her process for approaching a social media campaign and measuring its efficacy. Measuring beyond "likes". Goal: Engagement Metric: Overall Engagement Rate.

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Bonterra

APRIL 13, 2024

Grants management software Unify giving and grantmaking Build strategic nonprofit partnerships that drive more social impact with less work for your teams. Build charitable partnerships for better funding outcomes Nonprofit network Discover nonprofits that align with your business objectives and build lasting partnerships.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. They help you gather information, assess needs, measure outcomes, and build relationships with your grantees. But are you asking the right questions? Why Change Up Your Questions? Changing up your questions is not just about making cosmetic tweaks or updates.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Do so by asking yourself these important questions: . Next, you’ll want to focus on the metrics side of your formula, ensuring your values are measurable. Consider the frequency of the member activities, how many dollars you spend, or the rates compared to peers to get measurable data before start assigning values.

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Whole Whale

MAY 19, 2023

Build Branded AI Image Prompts Understand your brand identity: Before creating AI-generated images, it’s essential to have a clear understanding of your organization’s brand identity, including its mission, values, and visual elements. PromptoMania : A prompt builder that connects to CF Spark.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2023

She spoke about the importance of keeping your association’s culture at the center of your mission and having it be your benchmark for building relationships at all organizational levels. MacRae suggested following the “three P’s” and asking these vision-related questions to improve your association’s culture and sharpen your mission: People.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Attribution is what allows you to measure the success of your acquisition strategies (and get great insights for optimisation). Measure the success of your upgrade asks – do donors who come from your species extinction petition go on to be regular donors at a higher rate? How to keep growing your donor acquisition. About the Author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

But, how do you measure the results? The report captures a conundrum in measuring social change movements or networked approaches. Outcomes for “ wicked problems ” can be easily counted – policies passed, housing the homeless, educating children. Alliance building. Movement Building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2011

Over on my Facebook Page and during recent Leveraging Social Media Peer Group discussions , there have been questions about Edgerank and colleague Devon Smith has been experimenting. Edgerank is algorithm that measures content on Facebook – and since it is a mathematical equation – definitions can get geeky and complex.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2024

This begs the question: What should community college completion look like, and what measures of attainment equate to success in this higher education sector? Building Pathways to Completion Institutions must reflect, assess, and address the barriers that prevent timely completion, like failing to connect degrees to career placement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine. Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

The question then becomes, how can we positively influence and further support wellbeing in the workplace through our employee engagement and philanthropy programs? There has been a ton of discussion and articles written about how to successfully build, retain, and engage onsite, remote, and hybrid workers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

A tech “discovery” is the initial, independent phase of a technology project where key analysis, design and planning are performed BEFORE a buy or build decision is made. Discoveries are essentially risk mitigation exercises, and they should be a separate contract from the build phase whenever possible. It’s about people.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In a culture that supports innovation, everyone feels encouraged and confident to brainstorm, introduce new ideas, ask questions, and start conversations in order to identify opportunities for enhanced impact. Trust: A trusting environment ensures your team feels comfortable sharing their ideas and asking questions.

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