Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Specifically, the book teaches how to demonstrate the value of your initiatives, using a simplified version of the ROI Methodology. The ROI Methodology was implemented globally in the 1990s and since then has become one of the most used evaluation systems in the world, as it is used routinely in more than 6,000 organizations in 70 countries.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 20, 2021

Accomplished leadership and executive coaches Bill Berman and George Bradt have discovered over the past 30 years that: People lose their ability to influence others and impact the organizations they work at because they are not focused on the most essential, mission-critical business and cultural priorities of the organization.

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Candid

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Getting creative and re-evaluating old peer-to-peer fundraising methods has become especially important in recent years due to declines in household giving. During onboarding, walk fundraisers through the process and teach them how to set up their pages to share their unique connection with your mission. Set up donation pages.

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Nucleus

OCTOBER 1, 2020

In addition to reviewing evaluations, you will have a much more accurate picture to support your future planning. If you learn that a particular instructor who is popular with your youngest members is teaching a class in Texas, it makes sense that you would want to alert all your relevant members (& non-members) in that area.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Specifically, the book teaches how to demonstrate the value of your initiatives, using a simplified version of the ROI Methodology. The ROI Methodology was implemented globally in the 1990s and since then has become one of the most used evaluation systems in the world, as it is used routinely in more than 6,000 organizations in 70 countries.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 9, 2023

Before you can identify any factors that may be negatively impacting your retention rate, you should calculate your retention rate first. How to Improve Your Membership Retention Rate Once you’ve calculated your membership retention rate, you can start evaluating how to improve it. Impact reports are a good example.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

If we know that the social impact sector can thrive with flexibility and that trust is ideal, why do we still fall short? I’ve, thankfully, also felt the frustration of being limited in the available amounts and bureaucratic processes to deploy funds and relished in witnessing amazing impact within the community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

We need a bit of time to take a step back, evaluate what worked and didn’t work, and realize we’re not in a “new normal” but an “interim normal.” First, do a self-audit to evaluate which nonprofit digital strategy is working for you and which are holding you back. How are you tracking and evaluating what works or doesn’t work? .

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Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

The self-service model of public libraries allows individuals to explore at their own pace, and a librarian like me can help guide the process by sharing vetted tools and resources and how to maximize their impact. My role is to contextualize those tools and teach customers how to best use them.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 18, 2021

What do you want to teach your children and grandchildren? . This keys you into information about what type of impact your donor is hoping to have and how they evaluate opportunities. . If you had a family slogan, what would it be? Who were your heroes and mentors growing up? . How would you describe your personal mission?

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 20, 2016

When evaluating your learning program, are you making the most of what is available to you? Here is a quick guideline in evaluating the free content available to you, and how to augment your learning program with what you find. Evaluate Current Content. Evaluating the Free Content. Not all free content is created equally.

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Achieve

MARCH 31, 2021

can teach your team the essentials or handle all the heavy lifting to deliver a list of ideal prospects. Donors want to feel that they’re partnering with your organization to make major, beneficial impacts during an uncertain time. Then, gently shift into discussing how the crisis has impacted your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. 1 Even those who are eager to conduct evaluations often lack the funding and knowledge to evaluate their programs appropriately. As part of a.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We started off with an affinity clustering of the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improving their organization’s practice of measuring impact and communicating about it.

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NTEN

APRIL 6, 2021

Evaluating and determining what barriers your organization’s volunteer programs have and then working to break them down is a solid first step in attracting and retaining a more diverse and welcoming volunteer workforce. If you can teach a new volunteer a necessary skill for the role, consider removing it as a prerequisite.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Prior to her work with March of Dimes, she focused internationally on the impacts of social and environmental factors on the health of women and their families . Leads World Central Kitchen’s emergency and disaster relief efforts and long-term impact projects . Teach For America. Vice President, Social Impact and Sustainability.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Each person on your team needs an education plan that becomes part of their ongoing performance evaluation, including expectations of work changes and improvement after their training. The key is not to use training as a reward, but to reward the impact that occurs after the training. It sounds like a huge job, right?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Appeals that make a strong case for why support is needed now – during a crisis and any other time — and how that support will be used to make a demonstrable impact. Or as my mentor and teacher Hank Rosso said years ago: “ Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.”. This is what happened in 2020.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 18, 2023

So, without further ado, we’re going to dive into some of the details of Salesforce AI and how it can make a positive impact on the work of nonprofits and membership organizations. This is already being piloted and will be widely available for Salesforce users in 2024 as part of the new Einstein 1. Automate aspects of your member journey.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

This is a tall order—however, to maximize the impact of your investment these fundamental changes are necessary. Start with small, manageable projects that are impactful without being highly visible. Test and evaluate as you move ahead.” Start Small Start with small, manageable projects. Don’t spend months deciding what to do.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Community Service Programs – General maintenance, repairs, and lawn care services impact the monthly budget. The need for local pest control, insurance, copier lease, or related services may change, therefore you should re-evaluate annually. Service Contracts – Don’t forget to reassess annual service contracts.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Additionally, nine in 10 respondents evaluated their organization’s use of technology as excellent/good across all areas. When she’s not managing marketing content, you can find her teaching or taking yoga classes around the San Francisco bay area. A self-described “full-stack human,” she is an avid meditator and yogi.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We are here to talk about reporting impact, specifically creating tools and some good processes to do that for your donors. You know, impact is always good for year end. well, five areas of conversation revolve around, “What is impact reporting? What is impact? So let me navigate around that. Why is it important?”

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Once you plan your project, it will be easier to evaluate specific funding sources (our next step!) Evaluation Plan. Outcomes usually reflect the long-term impact of a project toward solving a community problem or toward improving the lives of the people served by the project. Evaluation Plan. Outcomes 3. Objectives 4.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. You might even make a statement about evaluations. Establish communication methods.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 23, 2014

number of people served) to impacts (e.g. Social impact models seek to move beyond basic performance measures to better understand and illustrate what has been accomplished and, more importantly, what it meant. Social impact measurements are quickly becoming the gold standard in calculating nonprofit effectiveness.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In a time when so many were evaluating how they needed to support their own families, we saw unprecedented generosity, raising over $2M, which meant we were able to help over 8,500 people. Robert was a teacher and in the early 90s, he had a sudden sharp pain one day while teaching. They thought he had passed a kidney stone.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

As we become increasingly dependent on our technology, it only makes sense that it teach us as well. When evaluating the effectiveness of eLearnings it is vital that we keep in mind exactly what we are trying to accomplish; then craft exceedingly mindful learning experiences to ensure the highest possible return on our investment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Published the Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook. Year in Review. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 23, 2018

According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, “nonprofit leaders must focus more attention on innovation, measuring the impact of their efforts, and creating funding structures that encourage risk taking, according to a report from Independent Sector." It is a principled approach to new product development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. I have learned the feng shui of how classroom setup impacts interaction and learning. This is evaluation. With evaluation, take into account the “ Kirkpatrick Model of Training ”.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 26, 2019

Challenges due to the government-nonprofit dependency include: Government Funding as the Primary Source of Revenue – When the government becomes the primary source of revenue for Social Service nonprofit organizations, any fluctuations in that funding can have an impact on the ability of the organizations to serve those in need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

The chat was a prelude to a convening on April 25th at the Robert Wood Johnston Foundation of 40 thinkers and practitioners, bringing diverse perspectives and expertise into discussions to develop measures for evaluating the impact of social media on philanthropic outcomes.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

There are countless ways to make an impact. What impact does this organization have on the community? The story of that passion in action brings in the donations that pay for your programs and services, which have an impact and change lives. To start a nonprofit and have the biggest impact, you have to build a solid foundation.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

That’s teaching. Fundamentally that’s what teaching should be. I think that we have a lot to learn about where gamifying is most helpful, but we are so far from the saturation point that we should push ahead with full speed so we can evaluate what works and what doesn’t and make adjustments.

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