Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Your sales team needs clear direction about their role in creating value and how they can execute in a way that differentiates your business. They need clarity about what kind of business to pursue within your target markets and, equally as important, what to say away from because it is not a good match, even if they could make a sale.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

In the book, Jacobs defines the mindset that drives his remarkable success in corporate America – and distills a lifetime of business brilliance into a tactical road map. And he shares his techniques for: Turning a healthy fear of failure to your advantage. Building an outrageously talented team. Catalyzing electric meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Here are some rituals that I have consistently used over the past few decades: Review the Past Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. The five-year journal helps you look back as you look ahead.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask. Generative AIs have the power to transform education.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2022

The # PACE Process for Early Career Success book is designed to help readers unlock the mindset, traits, and techniques needed to P lan, A pply for, C ommit to, and E xplore an ideal career path.” His playbook, guide and techniques incorporate real life examples, research, and a little tough love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

My New Year’s Reflection Rituals Review the Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words, but I modify it by articulating key themes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

The # PACE Process for Early Career Success book is designed to help readers unlock the mindset, traits, and techniques needed to P lan, A pply for, C ommit to, and E xplore an ideal career path.” His playbook, guide and techniques incorporate real life examples, research, and a little tough love.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Online support: Add AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants to your website to answer frequently asked questions, process donations, and provide donors with round-the-clock support. AI is an evolving field, so it’s essential that staff members stay up-to-date and engaged with the technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Review the Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

This makes it easier to focus on the content while handling additional questions, troubleshooting and technical problems. Try to avoid a busy calendar with too many calls. Interactive Meeting Techniques. Effective Brainstorming Techniques by Beth Kanter. Embrace new workplace norms for meetings. List of Energizers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Fortunately, the authors' book provides a proven series of easy-to-implement skills, techniques and powerful strategies via what they call the Communication Code that anyone can use to make their communication, relationships deeper and more productive. And effective communication is essential for successful leadership.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 6, 2024

The author of Everybody Writes (2nd Edition): Your New and Improved Go-to Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content and Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business , not to mention a founder of MarketingProfs , Ann knows engaging writing.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Even before the pandemic the world was in a time of rapid digital revolution, making the old “business as usual” approach outdated. Ask if anyone has any questions. Tools and techniques, both virtual and in person Tools and techniques that facilitate visual thinking can significantly improve brainstorming outcomes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 18, 2016

Because of this new dynamic and opportunity for authors, Burke, founder and president of FSB Associates , wrote her new book, Online Marketing for Busy Authors: A Step-by-Step Guide. Question: What are the primary reasons for an author to engage a publicist even if they glean great tips and techniques from your book?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

In Nick Sonnenberg’s new book, Come Up For Air , (available February 7, 2023), you’ll learn about his CPR Business Efficiency Framework , which stands for: C ommunication P lanning R esources This framework focuses on eliminating the pain points most teams experience by optimizing these three operation areas foundational to every organization. “In

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2011

By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Sage Nonprofit Solutions I've been asked to present a session at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference on "Technical Management Techniques for Managers". These are all important questions, but they're not as immediately important as resolving the crisis quickly. Who is responsible?".

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2013

In this article we are going to discuss a challenge that every researcher is confronted with when creating a survey : How to design the right question list for their questionnaire? As my fifth grade teacher used to say, “It is always hard to get the right answers when you are asking the wrong questions.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique.

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2021

The focus is getting to know the donor through a series of discovery questions that you’ll ask with the donor’s permission, of course. With the right set of donor discovery questions, you will be able to determine the donor’s needs. The questioning techniques should include: Open Questions? —?they

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 4, 2022

The # PACE Process for Early Career Success book is designed to help readers unlock the mindset, traits, and techniques needed to P lan, A pply for, C ommit to, and E xplore an ideal career path.” His playbook, guide and techniques incorporate real life examples, research, and a little tough love.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

That means now is the perfect time to take stock of where your organization stands, especially as we head into the always-busy year-end giving season. The answer to that last question is almost certainly your website. Answering these questions will be a great way to get started making UX improvements across your website.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Starting and growing your organization is a lot easier when you have a nonprofit business plan. Maybe they don’t know what a nonprofit business plan can do to help them. There’s also a common misconception out there that because your organization is labeled a “nonprofit” it doesn’t need to operate like a business.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Here at Forum One, we have been busy helping organizations prepare for GA4 , and even though our partners have now had time to test it out, GA4 still poses a steep learning curve, and frankly, prompts a lot of complaints. The interface already benefits from intuitive phrasing: presenting questions like “Where did my visitors come from?”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2021

"Today's customers demand something unlike anything they have ever wanted in the past -- a connection with your business," explains Noah Fleming , author of the must-read book , Evergreen. So, as you share your story, answer these questions: Who started the company? Your customers want to know this story. When was it started?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Element #6: Contact info for questions. Offering the phone number and/or email of someone the donor can contact with questions is good customer service and shows how open you are to receiving input from them. Rewrite your letter using the Kitchen Table technique , which makes it much more friendly and conversational.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2008

That brought me to the question of "What are effective ROI storytelling techniques?" Highlight the Direct Connection: Communicate the disintermediation opportunity for businesses, especially if your business is not directly selling to customers. What are your techniques? Numbers alone won't do it.

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TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

It is essentially abstracting hardware from the delivery of business applications. There are a lot of hard questions that must be asked, however. Questions like: What potential security hazards does a BYOD policy present? Software-defined data centers. What happens when there’s a problem with someone’s hardware?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2015

"Today''s customers demand something unlike anything they have ever wanted in the past -- a connection with your business," explains Noah Fleming , author of the new, must-read book , Evergreen. So, as you share your story, answer these questions: Who started the company? He explains why the customer is not always right.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 11, 2017

John would run Abbott Square Market , a multi-vendor food and drink business, adjacent to the plaza, adjacent to the museum. There were lots of big unresolved questions. In the end, we signed a contract that answered all the big questions about how to manage the project. That’s all we knew going into negotiations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

He provides you proven techniques, workshop processes, real-world case studies and examples and insightful observations from business leaders and his own career – which includes 20 years as an executive at IBM and CFO positions at Cisco and Red Hat. Calderoni Question: What inspired you to write your book?

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Most businesses think that users get their first impression of the company when they land on their homepage. Brand SERPs are the first touch-point between your business and search users. To do this, they use a variety of techniques, including public relations management, content marketing and technical SEO. . Bottom Line.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

When the book was published, Paul kindly answered the following questions about the book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? Paul Smith Question : Which of the three books ( Lead with a Story , Parenting with a Story , Sell with a Story ) was the most challenging to write and why? That wasn’t fair.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 18, 2016

While many of you have a background in politics or organizing, there’s likely some of you scratching your head and wondering just what the heck this “GOTV” business is all about. Great question! Not to worry! What do you “do” during GOTV? Where does it happen? Literally everywhere.

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NetWits

MARCH 10, 2012

Research by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) backs Altimiters finding up by showing that 60% of businesses indicate that they plan to increase their content marketing budgets over the next 12 months. To help answer that question let’s look at what’s happening in the business world. Up from roughly 50% in the previous year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Here I used a classic, simple technique of asking people to share burning questions in small groups and generated a list of the themes/questions with the full group. I’m always relieved when the questions match the content, but you also have to point out where you will go deep and what may not be addressed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

This graphic is a mashup of Priscilla Brisbane's illustration of Levels of Engagement in advocacy campaigns with this blog post from the Social Organization's blog about how how business relationships and how technology helps or hinders. I stapled people's business cards to the rolodex cards. What techniques?

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