Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

And, if you need a few more to tackle during the rest of this year, find some that you know achieving will make you a better leader.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

A large community of supporters helps you mitigate that risk. But there’s a catch: Collecting extra data is useful, but adding additional fields to your donation form will decrease your conversion rates. Consistently Encourage Participation Donors are busy, and keeping your organization at the forefront of their minds is a challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The design challenge was: How do we come up with concrete tools, frameworks and methods for helping people better understand and adopt network systems leadership? What’s the biggest challenge related to networks and leadership? I got to work in a small group that was tackling the question “Letting Go and Emergence.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Finally, substantiating impact and success to risk-averse board members may be vexing. The Levi Strauss Foundation launched the “Pioneers in Justice” initiative to tackle the “social media for social change” zeitgeist head-on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

As a consequence, there’s a risk that our field may become disillusioned with “collaboration,” and the pendulum will swing back to funding narrow, siloed programs that may produce adequate outcomes, but which are far from producing real impact at scale. Including some posts that have appeared on this blog.)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2016

So good that you're ready to add another one or two resolutions to your list to tackle during the remainder of the year. Here are some choices to choose from.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2019

One key point during the conversation revolves around changing the thought process that social good organizations need to have regarding their long-term strategy versus traditional definitions of impact. And I think that this is important because funding is what creates the incentives for a lot of how the sector works.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In my new series Designing for Good , we’ll chat with these innovators about their inspirations, challenges, and favorite tools. Pratima: Although my role is mainly executional, there’s usually a little bit of room for concepting in the initial stages of any design, which is fun because that’s the time to take more risks.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Spoken conversations, written letters, and in-person events were crucial for spreading the word. It has also allowed nonprofits to communicate more with different types of campaigns that tell a different story based on the conversion you want. Phone numbers and conversation templates to use when calling officials.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

While there are risks to embracing new fundraising innovations, the rewards are often well worth taking the chance. Now in 2022, the stand-out trend in social fundraising is Challenges on Facebook. Here’s how it works: Participants learn about the Challenge fundraiser and sign up to join. . New year, new fundraising strategy.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

I’m a big believer in having conversations across the industry ( check out my podcast, if you haven’t already) to share honest advice about what’s working and what’s not—I feel that it’s one of the best ways for us learn and lift the fundraising profession together. Coordinating and scheduling end of year plans.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2014

Full disclosure: I’m not always a fan of events for nonprofits, primarily for reasons related to overhead, organizational focus, opportunity cost and challenges of demonstrating Return on Investment or Mission. Have a staff member dedicated to monitoring and managing social conversations during the event. Constituent Experience.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

All of this real-world experience is grounded in rigorous research and is taught by successful marketers who face your same challenges. You’ll be joined by hundreds of association CEOs, VPs, and directors who face the same challenges as you, and are ready to share their ideas. Marketing / #Sherpa16 / @MarketingSherpa. Marketing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I can't remember the details of our conversation, except that he used a lot of words beginning with "C": courage, commitment, calling, creativity. I get a degree in X, I get a job in X), can be extra challenging. If you were to take more risks in your educational or professional career, what types of things would you do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2014

He talked about the importance of trust, getting out of the office and understanding community issues first hand,become more agile in decision-making, encourage young people to participate in philanthropy, poverty funding, be willing to take risks, and more. Individual and Group Understanding of the Challenges for Community Philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. I was continually inspired and challenged by a series of speakers and conversations throughout the day, formal and otherwise. The ubiquitous world of Disney is inescapable when you have small children.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

BB: What are the challenges of your work? so when Nike launches a new line of sneakers they spend $300 million in the first year on advertising and promotion, so you can imagine for a small underfunded non-profit like ours how difficult the challenge is of raising consumer awareness across the country around Fair Trade.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 26, 2010

Make conversation with your team. How Employees Approach Problem Solving Entrepreneur magazines March 2009 issue published this insightful advice about how different types of employees like to tackle problem solving: GEN Y Employees -- Form a team to brainstorm a solution. Maintain your visibility with your employees at all levels.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Conduct annual risk reviews 7. Constantly challenge your team to do better 11. Dont delay tough conversations 65. Make conversation with your team. Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes 5. Assess your companys strengths and weaknesses at all times 6. Be courageous, quick and fair 8. Dont interrupt 63.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

• Take a personal risk. Make conversation with your team. How Employees Approach Problem Solving Entrepreneur magazines March 2009 issue published this insightful advice about how different types of employees like to tackle problem solving: GEN Y Employees -- Form a team to brainstorm a solution.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Make conversation with your team. How Employees Approach Problem Solving Entrepreneur magazines March 2009 issue published this insightful advice about how different types of employees like to tackle problem solving: GEN Y Employees -- Form a team to brainstorm a solution. Maintain your visibility with your employees at all levels.

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Candid

OCTOBER 12, 2021

And how can the exercise of risk mitigation support grantee efforts rather than create a burdensome process? In this post, Janet Camarena, Senior Director of Candid Learning, interviews Maya Winkelstein, CEO of Open Road Alliance to discuss the project, the importance of risk management, and learn about what’s next for Open Road Alliance.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2010

Heres a start: Honest Caring Risk-adverse What word or words do you want to add? Make conversation with your team. Friday, August 6, 2010 Lets Build A List Lets build a list of the most important attributes of a good leader, and lets only use one word (or a hyphenated word) at a time to describe each attribute.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Customers typically want to engage in calculated risks versus playing it safe. Make conversation with your team. "Im really busy right now." The word "busy" gives your customer the impression they are a low priority. Safe -- As in, "Lets play it safe." Fear -- As in, "I fear that we may be moving too fast."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 3, 2010

If your employee is afraid of ever making a mistake, he will be paralyzed from taking action or taking even calculated risks. Make conversation with your team. The best thing you can do as a manager and leader is to help your employee learn from his (or her) mistake. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around.

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