Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2018

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

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Skills Culture Leadership Authoring 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Skills 40

Skills Culture Leadership Authoring 40

The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Mastering Modern Grant Writing for Nonprofit Success In the dynamic landscape of nonprofit funding, grants continue to play a pivotal role, with billions of dollars allocated annually to support various causes and projects. This storytelling can even jazz up your overall communication strategy.

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Grant Proposal Storytelling Captivate 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 21, 2017

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Skills 40

Skills Culture Leadership Authoring 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Skills 40

Skills Culture Leadership Authoring 40

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

While our upcoming session at bbcon 2023 will focus on where the tools are, we also hope to help shape conversations about where generative AIs are headed. We hope to help paint a fuller picture, invite hard questions, and showcase the power of what these AIs are capable of with skillful prompting.

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Generation Education Blackbaud Model 94

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Make data the language. Make conversations transparent. Build capabilities around skills rather than authority. And if you are new in your governmental role, be sure to spend extra time reading Appendix A, the 100-day action plan for bridgebuilding in your new government job. Knock down barriers.

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Government Chapter Case Study Problem 52

Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

Have you noticed that when talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in fundraising , the conversation frequently mentions the lack of suitable candidates of color? I’ve heard that to be a major gift officer you have to have access to people with money, be comfortable socializing with them, and speak their language.

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Develop Pennsylvania Mentoring Newsletter 122

sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

If you don’t currently hold a leadership role, talk to your management early and often. We offered them a description of the role, what the benefits would be to participants, and the honorarium the participants would receive for sharing their time and expertise. Outline the participant role. Leadership support is essential.

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Participatory Model Leadership Application 112

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Jerry and I had a great conversation about open sourcing of agricultural scientific models, such as those used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their climate change reports. Such efforts are necessary to address global nutritional needs in a world facing the challenges of climate change.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2022

Use urgent, actionable language. Use urgent, actionable language. When you determine your most important supporter actions, you can use your CTAs to help boost conversions. For example, donation conversions are the number of individuals who visit your online donation page and complete a transaction. .

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Give Context : Make your style clear by using descriptive language about your audience and flex that thesaurus for tone. When building through the API For more advanced users, there are ways to better tune models with more variables beyond language. This helps the AI understand your requirements better and provide a relevant response.

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Ideas Model API Language 52

The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Maybe it’s tragic, maybe it’s happy, maybe it’s somewhere in between, regardless we always bring our own emotional baggage and biases to the conversation, which can in turn cloud our ability to guide the story. Your role as the story listener is the unravel the details, connect the dots, and bring shape to the story.

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Profit Story Storytelling Language 79

.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

And our virtual communication skills were not up to the task of addressing those negative emotions. But it is particularly valuable when people don’t have access to behavioral cues, like body language, that are plentiful in face-to-face situations. These five competencies are the core of the EI skill set.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Nonprofit annual reports play an important role as we head into the end of the fiscal year or the onset of giving season. The nonprofit lets the impact stand on its own on certain pages – no pictures, very little language, and lots of white space. Want to get your site checked for inclusive language before the end of 2021?

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Report Template Org Nonprofit 85

EveryAction

MAY 23, 2016

Nonprofits generally offer the unique opportunity for a “flexible” job role, or one where, more often than not, you’ll take on large projects or responsibilities without much support. Be sure to speak the “language”. Measuring impact has more to do with building awareness in issue areas and the larger public conversation.

Attitude 101

Attitude Interview Job Profit 101

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 2, 2017

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Culture 40

Culture Skills Leadership Authoring 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

The first session focused on self-awareness skills. The second half used a communications style diagnostic called “ The Social Style Model ” which helps people learn how to improve their people skills by being able to understand their own communications style and those who are they are interacting with and then “flex.”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

As a team, we discussed opportunity areas that emerged from our early conversations with the Community Fellows. We generated ideas for features like crop-specific guidance, multi-language accessibility, real-time market pricing data, and access to peer-to-peer training and resources. What Ideas Were Generated? Emma Visman. Eric Munoz.

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Hunger Global Impact Rwanda 52

Classy

JUNE 10, 2021

This week, our 2021 virtual nonprofit conference, the Collaborative: Virtual Sessions , opened with a conversation around trading perfectionism for an opportunity to show up as our authentic selves. Then simply grow your message around that language. Say that organization described its beneficiaries as “young people.”

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Virtual Collaboration Professional Tips 97

Classy

JULY 20, 2021

In the for-profit sector, it’s no secret that a sales department plays a pivotal role in the success of both its company and those of its customers. Our conversations are quite consultative about the software; we can work with and learn about these organizations in order to match our software to what they need.

Life 52

Life Product Training Train 52

Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

The conversation must be reset, moving away from how do we do this to why are we going to do this and finally to how do we build from there ? In fact, funding for digital initiatives increased more than anything else—more than increases in costs, numbers of people in technology roles, and numbers of customers. . AC = After COVID.

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Digital Strategy Nonprofit Phase 119

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 15, 2016

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Culture 40

Culture Build Skills Leadership 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

My role in the project is to the facilitate the training sessions, design the overall training, facilitate openers and closings, help prep the curriculum, and deliver modules on digital strategy and social media. Learning is about connecting the dots to existing knowledge and skills so participants can build on it during the training. (3)

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Open Guatemala Tips Training 70

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

For health and safety, or simply because programs and services are not operating, many volunteer roles across all three types of non-profits have been suspended. With less traditional volunteering roles available, how are companies supporting non-profits through employee engagement? If so, why? I certainly hope so!

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Canada Volunteer Virtual Companies 27

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2015

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Culture 40

Culture Build Skills Leadership 40

Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Skills-Based Volunteering. CommonImpact : Skilled volunteering can be a powerful way to support communities in preparation for and in times of crisis, both as a way to continue to engage with your community when traveling isn’t an option, and overall in supporting the resiliency of communities. .* There’s an app for that!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

It includes design and facilitation – and these days those are important leadership skills. In fact, I just wrote a post summarizing some of the most recent research on the topic. Here’s how to do it: Practice Mindfulness Meetings : Be fully present at every meeting, focused on the conversation at hand.

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Product Facilitation Conversation Attention 50

Classy

JUNE 10, 2021

Our 2021 virtual nonprofit conference, the Collaborative: Virtual Sessions , opened with a conversation around trading perfectionism for an opportunity to show up as our authentic selves. Then simply grow your message around that language. That small reminder will help you reinforce their role in the greater picture of your mission.

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Virtual Collaboration Professional Tips 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

It requires having both “hard skills” (technology, network mapping, analytic tools, strategic thinking, understanding of complexity and dynamic systems) and “soft skills” (group dynamics, crossing boundaries, ability to create alignment, relationship building, networking/ connecting people, conflict resolution, etc.)

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Build Change Social Facilitation 112

Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

for the most current language being used and incorporate it into your plan. Share your organization’s mission, who you serve, the influence your organization has on its audience(s), and the role it plays in the larger conversation around your issue area. allows it to stand out in the larger conversation in our issue area?

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Guide Fundraising Nonprofit Template 108

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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People Community Video Podcast 76

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

WEF Founder and Chairman Klaus Schwab has sparked a worldwide conversation on the coming revolution. But each revolution also brought with it pain, particularly as the mix of skills required by the labor force shifted and people struggled to keep up. Part 1 in a 2-part Davos Report for the Social Good Sector.

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Industry Goal Trend Collaboration 20

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The Oxford English Dictionary defines artificial intelligence as the “theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.”.

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Impact Analytics Nonprofit Aggregator 31

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. We’ll start with a few key trends in philanthropy that will ground our conversation. Elizabeth: Yes.

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Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 60

NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Community ownership of software is in itself consonant with the missions of many nonprofit organizations, whose role is in strengthening community. This part of the stack includes web servers (Apache), database engines (MySQL, Postgres), version control (SVN, Git), programming languages and frameworks (PHP, Ruby, Zend). .

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Open Source Open Application Oracle 88

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

Different External Voices Bring Different Skills to the Table Community partners, artists, peers, and funders all play different roles as collaborators and contributors to participatory institutions. If you are reading this via email and would like to share a comment or question, you can join the conversation here.

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