Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Conducting meetings that take conversations down rabbit holes that cause widespread frustration amongst the members of your group. Organization Fitness : Ability to create the appropriate business structure, evolve the business model, develop talent while planning for succession, and innovate.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 4, 2017

In this second part of the series, Alice Antonelli, Director for Advisory Services at NFF, shares more terrific advice and insights on financial health and nonprofit business models. Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part Two: Smart Nonprofit Business Models. What is a smart nonprofit business model? Thanks Alice!

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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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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Nonprofits encompass organizations of all sizes, varied organizational structures, unique missions, and a limitless range of fundraising priorities. They rely on regular wealth screening and predictive modeling. Persona Models. persona models classify constituents into groups that share similar traits.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

If your membership numbers are marching into the red, you and your team are probably focused on trying to identify the cause of the bleeding. We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. Is technology tying your audience in knots? Perhaps it’s content that’s missing the mark.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Among other things, it requires new models of collaboration, which is why several leading organizations recently came together to rethink core assumptions about how to address global hunger, with the audacious goal of ending chronic hunger in our lifetimes. The approach just might serve as a model for other issues, as well.

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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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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2018

My first experience with modeling happened at the University of Washington development office in the fall of 1992. My job, as the director of research, was to use the modeling results for prospecting—but also to sell them to the directors of development in the schools and colleges. I don’t make models.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Essentially, digital disruption occurs when new technologies cause business- and industry-shaking changes at a pace and magnitude that upset the established way of doing things such interacting with each other, altering time-tested business models and, in general, just aggravating the way we think (and have always thought).

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

It’s important to note that every nonprofit’s data warehousing needs and use cases will vary depending on everything from their cause to supporter base size to strategic goals and more. You should be able to tailor data models, reports, and dashboards to address your organization’s unique requirements and objectives.

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Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 7, 2021

However, unless you engage a partner, such as Cloud for Good, who can offer infrastructure and reporting services, this is an option that will require substantial up-skilling of your nonprofit team’s technical knowledge and infrastructure, in addition to causing your organization operational delays due to the lack of automation. .

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Operations & Leadership Programs Nonprofit Membership Models: The What, Why, and How 10 min read Read Now 3. Whether it’s through members-only newsletters, exclusive updates, or direct outreach, make your members feel seen and valued; it will strengthen their connection to your cause. Don’t stop there!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Conducting meetings that take conversations down rabbit holes that cause widespread frustration amongst the members of your group. Organization Fitness : Ability to create the appropriate business structure, evolve the business model, develop talent while planning for succession, and innovate.

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Givinga

MAY 25, 2021

“Givinga’s technology does the heavy lifting – everything from verifying charities to managing donations – allowing the users of our charity streaming platform to focus on making an impact through the charities and causes that matter most to them.”. Our Philantech cloud is available to partners through a SaaS licensing structure.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 9, 2021

These issues often lead to a decline in employee work performance and may even cause staff to seek additional opportunities for employment. Leadership strategies and changes: It is critical to recognize that changes to basic leadership structures can have a significant impact on employee satisfaction.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

GA4 is designed to be far less reliant on cookies, using AI and data modeling to help fill the gaps in data caused by privacy restrictions. The biggest change in GA4 is the shift from a model based on sessions and pageviews to a model based on events. What are the differences between UA and GA4?

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Assuming that staff can just wander on to general AI models and create content is like when nonprofits thought it was a good idea to give their social comms to interns a decade ago. These models are presently built on snapshots of internet data and aren’t designed to be research assistants. What’s more, tools like GPTzero.me

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

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. Nonprofits are reimagining funding models and will have to think innovatively to ensure their mission continues. Why pursue a social enterprise model?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2022

Hui Li states that there are distinct differences between planned and unplanned leadership successions : “A smooth and successful transition contributes to organizational performance and sustainability, whereas a failed attempt causes resource deficits, power resistance, identity crises, or even organizational death.” Recommendations.

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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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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

Do you ever find your self thinking … “ How can I empower my nonprofit supporters to raise money for a cause they love ”? Mobilize your volunteers to share your cause with their friends and family using a team structure. In fact it’s something I think about often. Join us if you can by registering here.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

By amplifying content on Google Search, participating organizations can connect with motivated prospects searching for their causes online. The program is most helpful for organizations that have discussion-worthy causes and content centered around related topics that people are actively searching for online. Do Google Ad Grants work?

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It was created and hosted by one of the largest design firms in the world, and because of their reputation and great PR team, the call was filled with designers, architects, and executives all ready to join the cause. What were structures in places at the time? . That’s what I used to think along with many of my design role models.

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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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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. The governance structure of our housing program required that each of our 12 Section 811 HUD properties had to be corporations and have their own boards.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 4, 2019

Keeping your supporters’ best interests in mind, decide on a structure and strategy for membership. Members as consumers: This model has less to do with fundraising and more to do with community-building. Members as advocates: To most nonprofit advocacy groups, growing their cause is a larger priority than fundraising.

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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. Peer-to-peer mentorship can help new team members acclimate to the organization faster and have a role model in a similar role to them. Create employee engagement programs. Mentorship programs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 23, 2018

According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, “nonprofit leaders must focus more attention on innovation, measuring the impact of their efforts, and creating funding structures that encourage risk taking, according to a report from Independent Sector." Overhaul the governance model and committee operations.

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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. Habitat for Humanity focuses on periodically posting curated content relevant to the cause of homelessness and housing. And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages.

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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

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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Trying to do everything, a scarcity model, is such an exhausting way to work. Marnie Webb has been thinking about how the nonprofit sector might be different if organizations believed in abundance and re-thought their organizational structures and how they delivered programs as a result.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

Belief in community-run/owned decentralized structures. These structures allow people to collaborate in a trustless environment without the need of traditional bureaucracy or centralized authority. The preferred structure that many projects move toward in crypto is DAOs, which deliberately pushes power to the community.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2020

You can show the ROI of a new system by profiling these inefficiencies and proving the pain these cause your members. A solid plan contains: the project structure. a TCO modeled over three to five years. Be specific and have the numbers to back up your case. Now is the time to talk numbers. identified risks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

One infamous example is Foldit , a protein-folding puzzle game that crowdsources potential real-world protein structures and solutions. In Philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

The messaging itself is almost a function of way the internal team is structured and communicating. That perspective shift forces you to connect with other departments to get insight into those moments of transformation, it exponentially increases your organization’s impact, and it provides aspirational models for engagement with your cause.

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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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