Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Proprietary insights are the keys to game-changing businesses : you don’t need a unique project to start an empire, just an intuition all your own. I believe I can forecast the success of an individual leader based on the amount of time it takes for them to change direction when the outcome is objectively inevitable.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Google changed it to Universal Analytics after they acquired it in 2005.) Needless to say, a lot has changed since 2005. For organizations using both apps and websites, there were challenges in seeing how the data interacts—are web visitors the same people using the app? Why is Google making this change?

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

However, the real challenge begins when the initial urgency subsides and public attention shifts away. The post-emergency phase sees many organizations grappling with a decline in donations, a critical period where strategic donor engagement can make a difference.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Your work behind the scenes is to establish a structure—plans, systems and processes—by which the nonprofit may reach its advancement goals. Nonprofit leaders couple these qualities with skills like goal setting and resource monitoring to manage their organizations through change, adversity, and expansion.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

Many associations were faced with the challenge of canceling or going virtual with in-person learning events in 2020. Web Courseworks’ Three-Phased Learning Business Approach. The three-phased approach that Web Courseworks follows includes: 1. Converting in-person educational events into virtual and hybrid events. Final Report.

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eLearning Consultant Guide Associations 69

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The problem is the organizational structure in most nonprofits prevents it. This structure is derived from the industrial age when mass production transformed the workplace. It has been the foundation of organizational structure for the last 100 years. Work requirements often changed before the team could even complete the work.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Perhaps the dramatic changes to work and home life brought on by the pandemic sparked a greater understanding of accessibility. This takes our approach out of a project-by-project mindset, and also challenges us to look internally. It’s not a way to design—it’s simply design. Accessibility isn’t only about design and technology!

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

What are you aiming to change within your organization during your next fundraising campaign? Once you’ve identified where your nonprofit has missed the mark in the past, come up with a plan of action for how you’d overcome those challenges in future campaigns. Was your fundraising goal too high?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2021

The work isn’t done yet, but as grants run out, they’re harder to renew in a changed economic climate. Volunteers are navigating their own personal scenarios, safety and security making it more challenging to serve. The “how” – program models, operational processes, staffing structures – can shift.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2011

Helping coaches to be the best they can be is important to the authors because they explain that the quality of the coach-client relationship is the most important ingredient under the coach's control in the client's progress and change.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2016

Consider, for example, that your constituent management system is a LTR (Long Term Relationship) whereas other systems and technologies may change faster, and services agreements may need to be rebid quite frequently – perhaps annually. Keep in mind that this agreement structure is relevant for a range of selections and choices in each area.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Did you know that 47% of HR professionals have said that retention is the top talent management challenge they face, closely followed by recruitment at 36%? One of the biggest challenges of having both remote and in-person employees is ensuring that company culture and employee engagement are consistent. Ready to learn more?

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

You may also want to include any notable moments in the nonprofit’s history, changes in mission or vision, strategic partnerships, and other information you consider relevant to the campaign. Don’t forget - despite the structured, sometimes mechanical feel a fundraising plan can have, storytelling does have a place in the planning process.

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Guide Fundraising Nonprofit Template 108

DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

Avoid using numbers and hyphens, which can be challenging to remember and convey verbally to others (such as when spelling out the domain name for another to type in). After registering your domain name, the next step is to research content management systems in preparation for the early phases of working with a web development agency.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofit consulting services might solve a specific challenge, like customizing and cleaning up your database , or serve as more of a long-term investment, like designing a complete technology plan for your nonprofit. Generally, nonprofits partner with consulting firms when they face a clear need or challenge.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 31, 2017

The question then turns to this: how can nonprofits structure their governance based on their organizational and lifecycle needs? Challenging as it may seem, the payoff that comes from structuring governance according to organizational and lifecycle needs is well worth the time and effort. 378) (Brown, 2005, p. 1996, 370-73).

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The challenge, then, is to figure out how to say yes consistently, smartly, over the long term. Just as any project has its messy, open-ended phase before it hardens into completion, we're in a messy phase as an institution. My presumption is that as time goes on, our answer to the question of "why to say yes" will change.

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

The second part explores challenges in facilitating collaboration. This technology selection and implementation phase can be daunting and complex. Communities take time to grow and needs change over time. This is the final post in our series on online collaboration for grantmakers. Evaluate and select an enterprise solution.

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Qgiv

APRIL 2, 2024

A grant proposal is a structured document that outlines the need for funding, your nonprofit’s objectives, the proposed project’s scope, and the budget you need to accomplish your project. To show your organization can create long-term change, use success stories that can be backed with data to show what your nonprofit can do.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

For those not familiar with that term, program management includes representing the owner or the nonprofit at every step of the development process from, you know, land acquisition, going through due diligence, design, preconstruction, and the construction to move in phase. . We want to look through a different lens into these campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Don't use the same thinking, structures, or processes as you did with Web 1.0. Your champion is going to make some of the choices and challenges ahead of you a lot easier to overcome. Before starting to create a strategy it makes sense to set a baseline. Where are we today? What's going on? Haven't we seen this before? This is Part 0.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Reaching people in the midst of a major disaster is challenging, said Tacker, and the Foundation depends heavily on its technology platform for outreach and processing. “In That changed after the pandemic when Tacker and her team streamlined their tech systems for more efficiency. “In We are more than a call center answered by a bot.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Assess your needs: Conduct a thorough analysis of your current donor database’s shortcomings, challenges, and the goals you aim to achieve with the new system. Set a timeline and milestones: Develop a realistic timeline that breaks down the migration process into manageable phases. While cleaning, consider enriching your data.

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Data Donor Map Test 52

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

QUESTIONS ABOUT RESISTANCE TO CHANGE 5. The first thing you have to tackle is fear of change. This isn''t unique to audience participation; it''s a reality that any new project or course of action stirs up all kinds of anxieties about organizational change. What''s the biggest obstacle to more of these projects happening?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

QUESTIONS ABOUT RESISTANCE TO CHANGE 5. The first thing you have to tackle is fear of change. This isn't unique to audience participation; it's a reality that any new project or course of action stirs up all kinds of anxieties about organizational change. What's the biggest obstacle to more of these projects happening?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Getting to that “yes” is challenging for most schools. When the systems are connected and speaking to each other, changes from families shine through. I need to change the camp session for which my child is registered.”. “I Schools face many challenges when their systems are disconnected. Structure is not a bad thing.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Rachel Sacks, MPH will help demystify all five phases of the grants lifecycle: identifying well-aligned prospects, cultivating funder relationships, preparing compelling submissions, maintaining grants through stewarding and reporting, and submitting renewals. So I can definitely appreciate that grants can be challenging.

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Socialbrite

DECEMBER 5, 2019

While content creation may sound challenging with a limited staff and resources, it can pay off in a big way if you use the right tools. This tool will make the brainstorming phase more guided and results-oriented. suggest sentence structure corrections. sentence structure. Post by Daniela McVicker. suggest synonyms.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2007

But for others like madhatter, PostSecret has changed. by not changing. In 2006, their publication Next proclaimed that the Weston Innovation Centre, and the accompanying Agents of Change initiative, represented the “new” face of the Ontario Science Centre. Yes, Agents of Change was a transformative experience.

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Experiment Create Museum Amazon 20

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

By the time we’re done planning, our plans are often obsolete, which leads to the second challenge, which is that once we make our plan and we start to execute it, you’re going to find things that are wrong with that plan, I promise. . So there’s a couple things I know about change. . Lots for you too.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

And in the early phases of the pandemic last year, I was first indefinitely furloughed and a few weeks later my position was completely eliminated from my employer. So I was at a university and in the early part of the pandemic, the university was hit hard by just the economic changes that were happening in the country and in our state.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And so the report really challenges us to think about five things. Four is considering the level of depth of our DEI practices and challenging ourselves to engage in deeper, more meaningful ways. So we’re going to kind of pivot to the final phase of our conversation today, around some of our case studies.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Maintaining this structure is a management priority. . They might be in a stewardship phase for one gift at the same time a different officer is cultivating a relationship with them for a ne w gift. This needs to change. . Stewardship . How should we approach donor stage ? .

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

But there are still opportunities, and there is some changes that funders have made to be mindful of those things during COVID. So what are some of the challenges that I’ve seen? And I think that what is a challenge is that given that many people are working virtually is that you don’t work the traditional hours.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2009

Right before Thanksgiving, the TweetsGiving effort helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania seeking $10 donations. And, she has also challenged the notion of the size of a "small donation." Phase two: All of the cities should be linked up to the homepage.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

Instead work with someone that does the scoping/ investigation/ design phase right and trust them to recommend the best tools to fit. Investigate a more structured approach to monitoring website uptime, using services such as www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com or Uptime Robot. It’s a challenge worth repeating.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

The fundraising landscape is changing rapidly and the way funders want to work with nonprofits is too. So Maggie approaches this challenge so differently. She creates a five-minute personal selfie video talking about her idea and the challenge and sends it out without second thought to 20 donors who she knows are going to be excited.

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