Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2019

Alan Adamson , co-author of the book, Shift Ahead , says that “the ability for companies and organizations to stay relevant is being significantly challenged by the accelerating pace of change – and new ways of doing things – that are emerging with every passing day.” At a speed of change unlike every before.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 18, 2018

Alan Adamson , co-author of the new book, Shift Ahead , says that “the ability for companies and organizations to stay relevant is being significantly challenged by the accelerating pace of change – and new ways of doing things – that are emerging with every passing day.” At a speed of change unlike every before.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Alan Adamson , co-author of the book, Shift Ahead , says that “the ability for companies and organizations to stay relevant is being significantly challenged by the accelerating pace of change – and new ways of doing things – that are emerging with every passing day.” At a speed of change unlike every before.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

Draw it out into an organizational chart so you can see who will report to who. Once you have some good candidates, it’s time for the next step, which is interviewing. The Interview Process Now that resumes have come in, it’s time to narrow down your candidates to those with the right qualifications. Start with a phone screen.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

They defined data visualization as the representation of information in the form of a chart, diagram, or picture. In order for your nonprofit to scale and succeed, you must understand your data, and often the best outcomes come from challenges within the data.

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Achieve

MAY 10, 2021

Testing your initial plans through stakeholder interviews. At each of these phases, understanding exactly who your audience is and how you should connect with them will be essential, especially after a year of pandemic challenges and distractions. Defining your campaign’s core objectives and determining a working revenue goal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Understanding: Methods for Analyzing Challenges and Opportunities. We introduced ourselves by drawing a picture on a sticky note and using the speech bubble sticky to articulate a challenge in our practice. His response: Looking: Observing human experience. Making: Methods for Envisioning Future Possibilities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 11, 2021

It’s a must-read for founders at any stage of their entrepreneurial journey, and a roadmap charting the path to startups success. Rather than writing yet another how-to guide for people wanting to launch a startup, Tom Eisenmann conducted original research on startup failure to better understand startup success.

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.orgSource

APRIL 10, 2023

They should be visionaries who chart the direction, evaluate options, and are prepared to challenge ideas they feel are not in the association’s best interests. A bigger portfolio of ideas is needed to evaluate the complex challenges in a post-pandemic world characterized by volatility and change. Diversity isn’t easy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

To prepare, come up with statements based on a participant assessment, interviews, or survey and that are related to your training topic. The statements should express a point of view. It is always a challenge to deliver an informative and participatory session in less than 60 minutes, but this session succeeded in doing so.

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Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

But since they’re such big projects, capital campaigns bring inherent risks and challenges, and they require you to plan like you’ve never planned a fundraising campaign before. You start planning a campaign to generally grow your nonprofit’s capacity but immediately run into challenges securing your board’s buy-in and engagement.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Staff: Provide an organizational chart with photos and enough information about each person’s role so volunteers can find the person they are looking for. Different roles may have different requirements, and some might require an interview. Signing up: What is the procedure for signing up as a volunteer? Is there a form to fill out?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. What it also illustrates is that, originally, ROI was a measure of return on the total investment in the entire business.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

While this letter is a positive step, both a panel at this year's Stronger Together Conference and follow-up interviews with the participants demonstrates that more than open letters will be needed to change the conversation around costs, impact, overhead, and mission. Charity Raters Part 1: Charting the Bad and the Bad.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2010

For this, I'm drawing on the Smart Chart of Kristen Grim and from working with a cadre of smart nonprofit communications folks who have remixed the social media game. The primary research includes surveys, interviews, and observation. These might be personal goals and rewards levels, tasks, challenges, or points.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Last week, I helped launch a peer exchange Webinar for Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Insurance grantees with Spitfire Communications (creators of the SMART chart ). The focus is how to effectively integrate social media channels and measure and learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

The chart above is a small example of how GRIST tracked its results on a campaign against staff investment. They want to gather benchmarks for social media use of all partners and do interviews to learn about best practices for integrated campaigns. What was your pilot? What challenges did you encounter? What did you learn?

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Forum One

MAY 31, 2023

You may be facing the challenge of how to realign your digital strategy and modernize your technology while juggling many other shifting priorities in operations, advocacy, or programs. Don’t reinvent the wheel Other organizations are facing the same challenges, and there are a lot of great technology solutions for digital engagement.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Thursday, August 12, 2010 Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas Heres a great idea from communications consultant, speaker and author David Grossman : And, yes its old school. Grossman recommends that when you have something you want to get your employees input on, post a question on a flip chart in your department or office.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Board members should participate in feasibility study interviews to gauge interest in participating, levels of giving, and ability to give. By now, you should have a defined gift range chart to demonstrate the impact of various giving levels. So, let’s segue into how to best connect with board members throughout the process.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Instead of printed annual reports, try doing a video with interview and clips from what you’ve done the last year. Millennials want to change the world and want to be challenged. Organizations need to create a challenge or they will go somewhere else. Help Millennial donors experience your cause online. Engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

To help address this challenge, I am thrilled to partner with public speaking coach Eileen Smith of Spokesmith , to give you these six incredible tips that can elevate you to rock star status in your circles, and keep your audience fully focused and enthusiastically spreading your key points through their networks.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And you all got to know Elizabeth because she’s all over the place speaking, she’s doing podcasts, she’s getting interviewed. And if you think about this pie chart, what I really want to call out is that bequests, which are about 9%, are gifts made by individuals. And it’s our greatest challenge.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

To help address this challenge, here are six incredible tips from public speaking coach, Eileen Smith of Spokesmith , that can elevate you to rock star status in your circles, and keep your audience fully focused and enthusiastically spreading your key points through their networks. A second example would be a slide with bulleted text.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Instead of printed annual reports, try doing a video with interview and clips from what you've done the last year. Engagement Millennials want to change the world and want to be challenged. Organizations need to create a challenge or they will go somewhere else. Help Millennial donors experience your cause online.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

Reynolds shared her expertise with me recently during an interview. Saturday, August 14, 2010 Communicate Often And Tell A Story "Most leaders visions fail, not due to a leaders inadequacies, but due to the leaders lack of communication," said Margaret Reynolds of Reynolds Consulting, LLC in Lees Summit, MO.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2010

The Leadership Challenge -- "This book examines the practices that make leaders effective and teaches aspiring leaders how to inspire and lead others," explained Burkus. Two of Burkus favorite leadership books are: The Starfish and the Spider -- A book actually about leaderLESS organizations. Do You Really Need To Read Leadership Books?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Ideas Generation Tips Mentoring 47

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 7, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 21, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 17, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Change Mentoring Kansas City Kansas 44

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers How To Produce An Effective Company Blog Leadership Tips From Good Boss, Bad Boss How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour ► October (11) How To Write Your Company's Core Values How To Be A Green Leader Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Lead.

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