Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

But those of us who have seen the color of our hair change during the course of our careers in asking for gifts know there are no guarantees. Our profession and the world in which we carry it out is constantly changing. As much as we hold them dear, principles, strategies, and best practices change over time.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. In the book, you'll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories. WTF?) -- Changing The Way Businesses Create Experiences.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

I believe that our children’s generation is key to creating lasting change in equality, justice, climate change, and human rights. It’s the gift of having my children teach me that everyday actions can make a world of difference. Children are teaching their parents that everyday actions can make a world of difference.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Specifically, you should create content around the “why” of your existence and share the stories that demonstrate your successes in fulfilling your mission. Here are some examples of what you can share: A story they’ll want to enter into. Take a look at how you’re telling your story. . Something useful to them.

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Care2

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Be honest, does your nonprofit spend time and resources on crafting a good story to share with your supporters? While arming your supporters with important facts is certainly useful, you also must share powerful stories that inspire them to get even more involved in your movement and cause. So what goes into telling a good story?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 30, 2021

The book is an anthology of stories written by fundraisers of color in the United States and Canada: . I’ve landed in a soft place and now felt free to share my story without the fear of retaliation or condemnation. . Their stories are a menagerie of experiences that reveal the good, bad, and ugly in nonprofit work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

They have the courage to have conversations often considered taboo or too difficult.” Leaders who do not have an exquisite understanding of an relationship with themselves can never hope to have conversations that unlock creativity, purpose, and results with their teams.” How do you address these signs?

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 5, 2021

With this Salesforce CRM implementation, we’re building tools that will allow us to get closer to a vision of organizational change. You May Also Enjoy: Success Story: The University of Alabama at Birmingham: Transforming Student Journeys Through Salesforce. Centralizing Communications + Connections in the Community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Last winter, after Harry and I had a conversation about global warming (and quite a conversation it was for a then eight-year old), and we collaborated on a series of green videos. What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

They have the courage to have conversations often considered taboo or too difficult.” Leaders who do not have an exquisite understanding of an relationship with themselves can never hope to have conversations that unlock creativity, purpose, and results with their teams.” How do you address these signs?

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

But, it’s time to face the music for the opportunity to share what, in short, as cliche as it sounds, has changed the trajectory of my career, and life. The hope in sharing part of my story is to give program insight to applicants, share the immense value to supporters of the program, and give thanks to my incredibly supportive team. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

They have the courage to have conversations often considered taboo or too difficult.” Leaders who do not have an exquisite understanding of an relationship with themselves can never hope to have conversations that unlock creativity, purpose, and results with their teams.” How do you address these signs?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. In the book, you'll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories. WTF?) -- Changing The Way Businesses Create Experiences.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 16, 2023

They have the courage to have conversations often considered taboo or too difficult.” Leaders who do not have an exquisite understanding of an relationship with themselves can never hope to have conversations that unlock creativity, purpose, and results with their teams.” How do you address these signs?

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Gift Culture Companies Conversation 52

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The good news is that the myth that you can’t make systemic change quickly is just that, a myth. You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills – change their behaviors through games. That’s teaching. Fundamentally that’s what teaching should be.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Here is a process to help you do so: Define what the learner needs to change. Or, do they need to change their mindset, such as revising their habits and lifestyle to work from home successfully? Decide how that change happens. Consider which learning activities would lead to the desired change.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 14, 2021

What’s changed in the last year that has made an important impact on nonprofits? Dana Genson, Vice President, Services, Cloud for Good: I think there are two things that have changed in the last year. You May Also Enjoy: Success Story: Creating Equity in Education With Teach For America + Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 17, 2013

I also reminded that we don’t tell enough stories when communicating and marketing to our supporters. Andy shared that Peter told Wendy he couldn’t grow up because he didn’t know any more stories. Wow… even Peter Pan knew the importance of stories. So my question still stands – why don’t we tell more stories?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

They have the courage to have conversations often considered taboo or too difficult.” Leaders who do not have an exquisite understanding of an relationship with themselves can never hope to have conversations that unlock creativity, purpose, and results with their teams.” How do you address these signs?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Stories are social. The importance of digital reputation management – stories last forever and can spread quickly. Some things have not changed: Time and attention are finite. Everyone loves a good story. Stories need to be compelling, immersive, human, funny, or provocative to capture attention.

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Learning Donor Online Fundraising 86

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. In the book, you'll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories. WTF?) -- Changing The Way Businesses Create Experiences.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

We see a lot of attention on next generation leaders, but not on how they will change our institutions. The Red Cross has been around for 130 years and so much has changed – for example with text-to-give after disasters. It is not so much a distrust, but more that they really want to be part of the change.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

Melissa Hill Dees and Sandi Zellner’s conversational session, “Have You Considered the Consequences?”, One particularly noteworthy, and chuckle-inducing, moment occurred (on April 1, fittingly) during Karen Fidelak’s presentation featuring a slide showcasing survey results stating, “Everybody LOVES Change Sets.”.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We wanted to know how technology use has changed in volunteer management, especially through the pandemic. Although we did not start with a particular emphasis on equity and access, this theme came up regularly in our conversations with the field. The quotes in this article all come from these focus group conversations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2014

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. In the book, you''ll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories. What''s The Future Of Business? Edited by Edward T.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 15, 2012

After absorbing the initial shock of the conversation, I return to work the next day and start tackling the items my boss wants me to improve. Because he took the time to deliver the tough conversation to me, I had the opportunity to make a change, and ultimately I became one of his strongest team members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Like all good training sessions, this workshop started off with an opening conversation that allowed us to get to know others in the room and connect to what we already know. Heather facilitated this exercise as a series of share pairs where we discussed each question with a different partner for a few minutes. Wallow in it.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

While it’s not impossible for your staff members to lead the charge, nonprofit leadership has the power to change the tone of conversations and easily set an example for everyone else at the organization. All changes should be rooted in knowledge and learning, so that’s the first step. Guide Your Staff.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Black Teach Project is the definition of “small but mighty.” The Southern Poverty Law center also has an intelligence project working to track and expose hate groups across the country and a Teaching Tolerance Program that produces and distributes (entirely for free) anti-bias documentary films, books, and lesson plans!

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Achieve

MARCH 31, 2021

Capital campaigns are game-changing undertakings for growing nonprofits. If you were already planning a campaign before the pandemic struck, you’ll need to conduct a new study since the fundraising landscape has dramatically changed. If you’re starting from scratch, the feasibility study will be the crucial first step to tackle.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 2, 2015

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. In the book, you''ll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories. What''s The Future Of Business? Edited by Edward T.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

You will probably need to hire a WordPress developer to build your site, but your developer can teach you how to make updates after your site goes live. The fewer words you use the better, but you will need words to tell your story. Experiment with photos and short videos to find the right mix that tell your nonprofit’s story.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

Here are five must-read books for leaders well worth adding to your list: Lead With A Story -- A Guide To Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. In the book, you''ll find over 100 ready-made stories you can use as templates to tell your stories. What''s The Future Of Business? Edited by Edward T.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2012

Pacific time featuring experts and stories from organizations that have found new and innovative ways to catalyze social impact through digital games. RSVP today and join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag: #NPLive. You can catch the recap of that conversation here on the TechSoup blog. Ben Stokes, Games for Change.

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BoardAssist

AUGUST 25, 2015

Most people join nonprofit boards because they truly want to be “agents of change” on the boards they join. Guest blogger Gail Perry believes that any board member can be that critical agent of change with the right training and support, especially with respect to opening doors for his or her board. Create a conversation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 7, 2018

It’ll teach you how to leverage the power of The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership to consistently make extraordinary sales. They also recommend using storytelling , because “ people are twenty-two times more likely to remember a fact when it has been wrapped in a story.” And, what primarily drove the change?

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Are you using video and/or compelling images to tell relevant stories? . You can always add or subtract platforms as you grow or your audience behavior changes. . Interactivity significantly increases shares and conversions. When sending emails, personalize them as much as possible to secure higher open and conversion rates.

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