Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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AccelEvents

JULY 23, 2021

Map Out Event Marketing Goals and Event Plan. You should have a primary event goal (or two) for every event your brand hosts. This way, your marketing plan is directed at that goal. This also helps you to find event planning tools that make sense for that goal. . Inspiring Stakeholders.

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Forum One

APRIL 6, 2023

There are lots of different pieces that go into the whole process, from engaging with services, digital tools, people, and places. We’re talking about coordinating people, infrastructure, and processes. A: Service design and design thinking are similar processes. The post What is Service Design? appeared first on Forum One.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

They didn’t shy away from challenges; they offered stakeholders meaningful ways to engage with the swiftly evolving issues of the day. Everyone should participate as an idea generator, while the facilitator guides the process, maintains order, and ensures equal participation. The primary roles are idea generators and facilitators.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2023

If this resonates with you, join us for this session which confirms the biggest challenges, but also explores some pretty great opportunities and success stories. We’ll also explore the strategic intent of GA4 as well as explore its potential in adaptive techniques, robust machine learning algorithms, and powerful predictive analytics.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Building knowledge is a social process where we make meaning together. Data is part of the tracking and monitoring innate to grantmaking and can be part of intentional organizational learning processes. However, datamaking has added power because it can beused to deepen strategic social processes of foundation-funded change.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It can be even more challenging when you’ve hit a wall in your acquisition efforts. Improve Your Online Donation Process How many people visit your website every month? A smart online donation form is more likely to retain potential donors’ attention and encourage them to complete the process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2020

As the facilitator or meeting host, you can also judge whether you have allowed for enough time by watching the note-taking process in the google document. A simple technique is to put 2 or 3 people in a room and have share name, organization, and an icebreaker question. What is a challenge? What is an opportunity?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

Change management is a set of tools and techniques your nonprofit can use to build buy-in and support staff members as you lead an organizational change. The techniques help to grease the wheels of any organizational change. Change management relies on a wide variety of tools and techniques. A “Why” Statement.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

and, “How can we prepare ourselves for the challenges that we will bump up against?” So how do we stay motivated and engaged throughout the process?” We are all responsible for defining the goals, doing the work required, and being part of the solution. Normalize Feedback Use the technique of calling in and calling out.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2022

A CRM strategy includes a combination of clearly defined strategies connected to specific goals that are delivered by the most effective tools available. The initial process of defining the organizational strategies and goals that the CRM will help deliver is essential. Defining Your CRM Objectives and Goals.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Peer-to-peer-fundraising is a technique that thousands of nonprofits and charities use to get current supporters fundraising on behalf of the organization, and it’s a great, easy way for you to engage with a cause you care about. It’s a quick process and when you use CauseVox, you’re given the same support as any large charity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in a brainstorming meeting at a foundation that was developing a strategy for its digital platforms (web, social, mobile, etc). The process was facilitated byPeter Maher, founder and CEO, of Luma Institute. Understanding: Methods for Analyzing Challenges and Opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2011

Chris lead us through a simple user design process based a book by Giles Colborne. It made me examine my own practice and rekindled a goal to push my own visual facilitation skills. It’s been an interest for a long time and was recently sparked again by David Sibbet’s Visual Meetings Book.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Press Forward funders have coalesced around an aspirational goal to move from individual grantmaking strategies to a shared vision and coordinated action. Nonprofits are being asked to address these challenges and find sustainable models for local journalism. The first grants are to be awarded later this year.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It also requires strategic planning, effective communication, and innovative marketing techniques to reach your target audience and inspire them to take action. Introduce a challenge that your character faces. When approaching influencers, clearly communicate your expectations, goals, and the scope of the collaboration.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Whole Whale

APRIL 28, 2023

This article goes beyond basic strategies and delves into advanced techniques for effectively engaging board members in fundraising activities. Conducting a skills and interest assessment helps identify the strengths each board member can bring to the fundraising process.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Text-to-give tools streamline the donation process and can even encourage donors to give more (and more frequently!). And that means you can start using those funds almost as soon as they’re donated to help your organization reach its goals. Take into account any payment processing fees, support, and other expenses as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working with my fellow track facilitators to design the process that we will lead the participants in our track through. ” The brainstorming techniques from the previous day will yield many, many insights and ideas. What are the points of pain, strengths, and opportunities?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Global Giving

APRIL 25, 2020

The chatter is everywhere, and it can be challenging for organizations, especially those that tend to have fewer technical resources on staff, to know how these new tools might help (or hinder) their work. AI is the process of using computers to help perform tasks automatically that could previously only be done by humans.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2014

Take a look at any nonprofit dashboard and the most effective ones probably have an organizational process that lies beneath. A focus on the bar charts without taking the time to understand the challenges and open up creative thinking will not inspire organizational buy-in which is so important. Tracking for Impact and Learning.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In this new book, the authors offer practical strategies and techniques to become an authentic leader and reveal how you can navigate your own path to success. The book is filled with dramatic stories of how successful leaders overcame great challenges to build highly successful organizations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 1, 2015

Refers to data sets so large and complex that traditional database tools are not able to manage or process the data. The process of identifying, correcting, and/or removing corrupt, inaccurate or outdated records from a database. Below is a selection of terms you will find there. Big data – [big DAY-tuh], noun.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This guide will explain how the process works and ways to optimize your campaigns to raise more from this channel. Here’s how the text fundraising process works: Your nonprofit chooses a text fundraising platform or service provider. Donor stewardship challenges. Read on to learn the steps in the text-to-donate process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

Or do you learn better when you get a chance to process the content every 15 minutes by thinking about it quietly or talking with a peer? One technique described that I use often is “share pairs,” it makes people get it up, take that body break, and check in with someone. Talking VS Listening. Training Design'

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 22, 2019

Rusty Morgen Stahl, in an article examining research on nonprofit hiring strategies, wrote for The Foundation Review, “It is reasonable to ask what has been done to tackle the talent challenge. This issue can lead to a lack of recruitment and retention techniques. Why it matters.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

Use it once, though, and you’ll discover the need for improved prompt techniques to get the responses you want. But it happens to be an amazingly challenging question for a few reasons. Be Aware of the Human Bias Toward “Resulting” We tend to think about accuracy in terms of results, not in terms of process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

In my forthcoming book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine, my favorite chapter was about the sense-making process of measurement – called “Measurement and the Aha! What are your challenges? Moment—Using your data to tell stories, make decisions, and change the world.”

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