Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Conducting meetings that take conversations down rabbit holes that cause widespread frustration amongst the members of your group. Leadership Fitness : Leadership philosophy, personal performance, mental training, and ability to master time and calendar. A company is only as good as its people.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

These movements typically don’t start with a structured entity, but with inspired individuals who see what needs to change in their communities and decide to act on it. This kind of top-down effort provides a platform for change, taps into existing networks, offers structured leadership, and generates essential resources.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

This skill can be actively honed and developed in three parts: A model to give feedback on how they are impacted by behaviors, the clarity to ask for the change in behavior they need to see, and the capacity to hear and receive feedback as a gift and not an indictment. Building awareness is only one piece of calling in and calling out.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Cause Camp 2020 is going to feature next level content. Cause Camp 2020 Host. Through speaking, training, and consulting, she shows social purpose organizations how to use social media and storytelling to build communities, showcase impact, and advance their causes. We’re so proud to introduce our amazing speaker lineup!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 9, 2021

posted by Kristi Kerner Spring 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. These issues often lead to a decline in employee work performance and may even cause staff to seek additional opportunities for employment. Leadership should promote and model a healthy work-life balance.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Although not bad behavior per se, it’s at least gauche to ask others to financially support a cause that you don’t—and part of being a board member means generating funds through networking. Simply put, the board failed to keep up with a growing organization and provide it with the leadership and vision it needed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

In the age of monetizing social media through algorithms and paid advertising revenue models, getting two clicks per 100 followers is generous. Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. For example: 1. Curated content relevant to your mission.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

posted by Marina Sandoval Fall 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Experts are not sure when it will be safe to hold large gatherings again, which hinders nonprofits that rely on an events-based structure to generate donations. Why pursue a social enterprise model? Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

According to a survey by Landles-Cobb, Kramer, and Smith Milway (2015), the second most cited reason for staff turnover, behind low compensation, was lack of leadership development and growth opportunity. Organizations can start small, perhaps focusing on a few emerging leaders, and build structured leadership development systems over time.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Fortunately, there are many formal and informal changes you can implement into your organization’s structure to keep your employees motivated. Leadership style. Lack of leadership support. Delegate this responsibility to managers so directs have a consistent touchpoint to leadership. Set clear expectations.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2020

If so, this may be the opportunity to approach your leadership about a new AMS. Be clear on what the direct benefit to leadership will be. Show leadership how better reporting and business intelligence can give them more clarity into revenue, including reporting on which programs helped drive revenue and which aren’t yielding results.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

Here is a suggested model for how to structure your overall message: Show them what the problem is and how they can get involved. Donors love to see what impact they have for people and causes they care about. Ask them to participate and how to be part of the solution.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When your mission is effecting positive change it’s sometimes easy to overlook that at its heart a nonprofit is still a business model, with all the same ways of failing. They will have good advice about ways to structure your nonprofit finances responsibly. There are many individuals out there who will resonate with your cause.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 23, 2018

posted by Suzanne Durkin-Bighorn Spring 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. The implementation of innovation and adaptability is a business model that should not only be accepted but embraced by the third sector and its donors (members). Overhaul the governance model and committee operations.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2021

With 2020 finally over and the COVID-19 vaccine on the way, there is certainly cause for optimism in 2021. food banks) tended to receive more gifts than previous years, whereas organizations that have been “in hibernation” because their service models rely on an in-person environment (e.g. Center racial justice and equity.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 9, 2018

posted by Cara Pritulsky Spring 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Systematic evaluation can positively impact the organization by creating more structure, providing results for adaptability, increasing volunteer retention and improving staff-volunteer relationships.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Corporate presence and visibility in the community have been most effectively accomplished through relatively low cost/high yield investments, including short-term project grants, event sponsorships, cause-related marketing, voluntarism and hands-on projects, in-kind giving (e.g., This is all good and deeply appreciated.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2019

At Common Impact, we’ve identified three keys that will help you confidently structure a pro bono project, identify organizational challenges your potential partner could help solve, and propose a skills-based volunteer engagement that meets your nonprofit’s needs and supports the interest of the volunteers.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Even aside from a global pandemic, an ever changing landscape of technology and politics have caused all of us to have to navigate change. People Change- this involves succession, leadership transitions , promotions, new hires, etc. Structural change – this include teams, departments, and job structure.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It causes buyers to put down their defenses. Paul's Sell with a Story book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. It helps them relax. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

It causes buyers to put down their defenses. Paul's Sell with a Story book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. It helps them relax. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 1, 2015

Board members are critical to hiring leadership, expanding networks and strategic thinking for enhancing the mission. To be clear, the work nonprofit organizations do must be done under the nonprofit structure because typically the business model simply isn’t sustainable with the way nonprofits work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 31, 2017

While devotion to a cause will lift the wings of a solution, an organization must guide and oversee its growth if it is to ever take flight. The question then turns to this: how can nonprofits structure their governance based on their organizational and lifecycle needs? 378) (Brown, 2005, p. 330) (Bradshaw, 2009, p. 1996, 370-73).

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

But I would say that what’s most important is that we’re actually rallying around a cause, a mission, a shared common ground. . Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . The leadership changed. We’re going to talk about that in detail today.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Below, we compare 25 of the best fundraising software solutions for nonprofits, ranked by billing models, asset caps, automation and personalization features, and peer-to-peer and payment card industry (PCI) compliance support. Billing Structure In the nonprofit sector, growth in records or contacts does not necessarily equal revenue growth.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

It causes buyers to put down their defenses. Paul's Sell with a Story book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. It helps them relax. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Just 'cause you put on a [expletive] safari helmet and looked at some poop doesn't give you the right to insult what we do. Carr understood that internships — properly structured, supported, and financed — could foster substantive change. So, continue." Be a Kind, Nurturing Soul.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Membership associations are a popular type of nonprofit that use a member-based business model to advocate for change and foster community—usually within a specific industry or sector. They play a pivotal role in fostering collaboration, advancing causes, and driving change across diverse industries and sectors.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Ordinary Americans not formally affiliated with any organization or cause are rising up to make their voices heard. Are you asking other leadership volunteers or staff to contact your new prospects? One benefit of this model is that we start our campaign planning by bringing together key players from every relevant department.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

It causes buyers to put down their defenses. Paul's new book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. I just haven’t included those as examples and haven’t structured the book around that audience.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

It causes buyers to put down their defenses. Paul's new book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. I just haven’t included those as examples and haven’t structured the book around that audience.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. Leadership / #AMI16 / @NPL_Alliance. Leadership. Leadership. USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / Less than $200. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Cause Camp 2016. Marketing.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

You think about the various models that are out there, the templates, the timelines, the job descriptions, the consultants. And so before their case for support was even dry, before they mapped out their gift tables, their leadership team was. . And as you all know, capital campaigns have been around for a long time.

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Blue Avocado

APRIL 23, 2024

When nonprofits value the worth of their employees by creating competitive financial packages, recognizing that staff are choosing service work as a career, and prioritizing time to develop their skills and nurture their leadership, we can change how we have historically undervalued nonprofit employees, and everyone will benefit.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

FORGE uses a collaborative, rather than top-down model, to serve refugees' needs, and much has been written in the blogosphere and media about Erickson's "radical transparency" around the organization's financial challenges. The model that FORGE takes is really a long-term impact framework. It's the same thing in a development context.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In this article, we’ll use Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model to outline a nonprofit change management plan that your organization can implement with minimal hassle and fuss. Instances where change management might be needed include adopting a new technology solution, product line, compensation structure, or standard operating procedure.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Everything You Know About Web Design Is Wrong When: Friday, March 13th from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Room A Description: Just as early filmmakers struggled to break free from the conventions of live theater, after 10+ years Web designers are still trapped in the structures of the past. Panelist: Dan Willis, Consultant for Sapient 3.

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