Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

The 10 ways you can improve your connection skills are to: Recognize varying connection needs Be present in conversations Develop the ability to empathize Develop the habit of emphasizing positives Control your tone of voice Negotiate with the mindset to solve a problems rather than to win Provide autonomy in execution Learn to apply the five languages (..)

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

GPT and The Grey Jacket Problem At a Fundraising event in NYC, George was on a panel to talk about AI applications for fundraising and was wearing a grey sports jacket with blue pants. When you combine generic prompts with untrained AI’s and then publish it you are walking straight into a Grey Jacket Problem.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

We are tracking the conversation and resources about AI and Nonprofits and social good. Impact Challenge ” is based on Google’s belief that artificial intelligence can provide new solutions to old problems and improve people’s lives. AI Is Getting Better At Conversation. Here’s this month’s roundup. Social Change.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

To affect real change, each of us, from event organizers to team members, needs to be proactive and open to a range of voices, experiences, and perspectives. You can reach a more diverse audience if you are including different voices in the planning process. And this is not because they are the only knowledgeable voices.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The 10 ways you can improve your connection skills are to: Recognize varying connection needs Be present in conversations Develop the ability to empathize Develop the habit of emphasizing positives Control your tone of voice Negotiate with the mindset to solve a problems rather than to win Provide autonomy in execution Learn to apply the five languages (..)

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

To affect real change, each of us, from event organizers to team members, needs to be proactive and open to a range of voices, experiences, and perspectives. You can reach a more diverse audience if you are including different voices in the planning process. And this is not because they are the only knowledgeable voices.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 23, 2021

Gemba walks help to see people in action, see their movements, their projects, their goals, their roadblocks and hear their conversations. Daily stand-ups give a voice to all team members and empower people to speak up. Continuous feedback loops allow for people to have an equal voice in their organization.

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Classy

JULY 26, 2021

You can do this through the use of sensory language, compelling visuals, and creative impact blocks. . To take your National Nonprofit Day campaign to the next level, make sure to: Maintain a style and voice that is consistent with your brand. Explain how you will address the problem with donor support .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2022

are twice as likely to have been bullied, and 91% have heard negative language about being LGBTQ+ in the past year. Solving The Problem. Here are some more key takeaways from our conversation: It Starts with You. Listen first, use inclusive language and create a space where everyone can feel comfortable sharing their voice.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

Whether revenue comes from a previous campaign, a particular audience, or a giving package, leverage clean data so you can know where you’re going and eliminate potential problems. Personalization alongside a donor’s individual case for support can entirely change conversations around year-end giving. We can help. #2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

But this year in my current role leading the Active Voice Lab for Story & Strategy I did more listening than screening. During the first 10 years at Active Voice we commissioned outside firms and social scientists to give us qualitative feedback about our process and our partners’ satisfaction. Who are we trying to reach?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2018

The 10 ways you can improve your connection skills are to: Recognize varying connection needs Be present in conversations Develop the ability to empathize Develop the habit of emphasizing positives Control your tone of voice Negotiate with the mindset to solve a problems rather than to win Provide autonomy in execution Learn to apply the five languages (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The 10 ways you can improve your connection skills are to: Recognize varying connection needs Be present in conversations Develop the ability to empathize Develop the habit of emphasizing positives Control your tone of voice Negotiate with the mindset to solve a problems rather than to win Provide autonomy in execution Learn to apply the five languages (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

The 10 ways you can improve your connection skills are to: Recognize varying connection needs Be present in conversations Develop the ability to empathize Develop the habit of emphasizing positives Control your tone of voice Negotiate with the mindset to solve a problems rather than to win Provide autonomy in execution Learn to apply the five languages (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 2, 2017

The 10 ways you can improve your connection skills are to: Recognize varying connection needs Be present in conversations Develop the ability to empathize Develop the habit of emphasizing positives Control your tone of voice Negotiate with the mindset to solve a problems rather than to win Provide autonomy in execution Learn to apply the five languages (..)

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

It allows them to have a voice in your message. Make nonprofit storytelling conversational and informal. Stay focused on the details that delineate the problem and the answer that you provide. A bad story uses lots of insider language, jargon and “we.” It gives them depth and authenticity. Focus the story. Example #1.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2017

The 10 ways you can improve your connection skills are to: Recognize varying connection needs Be present in conversations Develop the ability to empathize Develop the habit of emphasizing positives Control your tone of voice Negotiate with the mindset to solve a problems rather than to win Provide autonomy in execution Learn to apply the five languages (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

The 10 ways you can improve your connection skills are to: Recognize varying connection needs Be present in conversations Develop the ability to empathize Develop the habit of emphasizing positives Control your tone of voice Negotiate with the mindset to solve a problems rather than to win Provide autonomy in execution Learn to apply the five languages (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 15, 2016

The 10 ways you can improve your connection skills are to: Recognize varying connection needs Be present in conversations Develop the ability to empathize Develop the habit of emphasizing positives Control your tone of voice Negotiate with the mindset to solve a problems rather than to win Provide autonomy in execution Learn to apply the five languages (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2015

The 10 ways you can improve your connection skills are to: Recognize varying connection needs Be present in conversations Develop the ability to empathize Develop the habit of emphasizing positives Control your tone of voice Negotiate with the mindset to solve a problems rather than to win Provide autonomy in execution Learn to apply the five languages (..)

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I bike to work and at least once every couple of weeks it’s Lindsay having an awesome conversation with somebody that speeds up that commute for me. Really cool conversations, lots of different topics, social justice, criminal justice, I think you talked about last week. . – [Steven] Yeah. – [Lindsay] Yup.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2024

Just because people have money, or whatever privilege you ascribe to them, does not mean they don’t have problems. FUNDRAISING EXAMPLE : Once I was engaged in an hour-plus phone conversation with a supporter who was a Holocaust survivor. Doing important work requires solving problems for others. I felt so much sympathy!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Another problem in theory is fraud, and another problem is that many sites only included last and first names which in a mass of several hundred thousand displaced persons obviously included many duplicates.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We also shine the light on the potential security problems of smart toys, predict the end of the digital divide, and discuss a health-related wearable that can't get here fast enough and some intriguing 10 year-old predictions that just happened to come true. Children love it. The privacy concerns are huge, though. My Prediction: The U.S.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As I imagined a world without Nina Simon ’s Participatory Museum , I felt sad about all the visitors whose voices (and post-it note comments) weren’t honored. Honest conversations are the beginning of more equitable museums. This decade has begun the conversation about labor. Autry and Mike Murawski ’s # MuseumsarenotNeutral.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 7, 2023

Refining Prompt Examples Clarifying Voice of Audience Please provide more context about the previous reply – what was the intended audience, goal, and circumstances? Rewrite to craft a more suitable voice (more passionate, enthusiastic, authoritative etc). Rewrite these parts in a more conversational and accessible tone.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

And I don’t want this to just be a one-way conversation. If you’re ready to have uncomfortable conversations that are momentary. You need to get honest with yourself because we’re going to solve the problem here. You can send them voice memos, if you have their cell phone. So here we go. Are you ready?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

While the evaluation component of the report is focused on the extent to which these various projects promote science learning and behavior change among participants, the rubric of participatory models introduces a language that can be useful to many kinds of institutions and projects. One last thought on evaluation.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Your application will stick in reviewers’ minds and remain a part of the conversation throughout their deliberations. Show your organization’s plan for fixing the problem. Present the grantor as the hero who can solve this problem by partnering with your organization. Effective writing uses clear, precise language.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

That is the problem that they want to solve. So those are the problems that they want to solve. They’re saying, “Are your eyes on the problem?” And by giving money, can solve someone else’s problem. That is the dedication and the depth that we want to use to love our donors. What is disability?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

Initially, after conversations with a lot of domestic workers, we realized that the women really wanted to have negotiation training. Through the negotiation training, women began identifying particular problems that they were having in their work. So, it was pretty clear that there were domestics in the parks.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

So if you identify with this, no problem, but we’re going to talk about it a little bit today, and what it looks like to build true win-win partnerships. ” Those are alignment-based questions instead of just wealth-based questions that have a much, much, much lower conversion rate. No problem. Mistake number three.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

So if you identify with this, no problem, but we’re going to talk about it a little bit today, and what it looks like to build true win-win partnerships. Those are alignment-based questions instead of just wealth-based questions that have a much, much, much lower conversion rate. No problem. So I want to give you an example.

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Achieve

JULY 14, 2022

Raise the issue: Explain the problem at hand. Demonstrate how a single donation can impact the problem. Then, allow them to make their voices heard with a survey or poll. Use clear, eye-catching subject lines and plain language. These simple additions will bring you higher click-through and conversion rates. .

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Achieve

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Video marketing, in particular, can be a great way to educate your audience about the problems your organization is working to solve. shows that including even a single video on your nonprofit’s website can improve conversions by as much as 80%! In fact, a study by. Eyeview digital.

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fusionSpan

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Many organizations, in an attempt to be all things to all people (or due to the temptation of all that tasty, tasty non-dues revenue), have larded up our membership “benefits” with so much tangential ‘stuff’ that our members can’t focus on the stuff that will actually help them fix their professional problems. Inside Voice.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

So we’re going to talk about how to communicate with authenticity, how to use your voice to convey your message, that’s one V. So we’re at voice, vision, and values. So the first one is your voice, how to use your voice to convey your message. Voice was being one of those. So this is our agenda.

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