Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 24, 2022

Bill Berman and George Bradt , authors of the book, Influence and Impact , explain the importance of helping your employees to understand what their jobs entails, and what the culture expects, so they can do the work you need from them the most. Pave the way for the employee to be successful. Help them know themselves better. Build trust.

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Volunteer Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Here’s an example of how to list volunteer experience on a resume: Keep in mind that like your work experience, you should only include your volunteer experiences if they’re relevant to the job you’re applying for. Presenting your volunteer experience like a job emphasizes that you take every role, whether paid or unpaid, seriously.

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

Before beginning a full rebrand, it’s worth evaluating why your nonprofit is considering this in the first place. For example, is there an issue with or aspect of your current branding that needs to be addressed to better connect with the hearts and minds of your audience? Your audience’s perception of your nonprofit will change.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Networking is more common the higher up the social stratification you go (with clubs and industry breakfasts and lunches being commonplace) where like-minded individuals become used to making important connections. Many non-white leaders can find it difficult to achieve the desired levels of visibility outside of their sphere of influence.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 2, 2022

In this article, we’ll show you how to build, train, steward, and replace your committee when it’s time. In fact, you can even task committee members with helping you find and train their replacements. Train and coach your event committee volunteers. But keep the “as needed” part in mind.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2021

With the goal of amplifying the organization’s impact in mind, leaders should research policy issues and identify those that directly affect their beneficiaries or influence the work the organization does. Utilize nonprofit “umbrella” associations that offer training and educational resources about public policy engagement.

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Forj

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, and Brandon Hall Group senior analysts and executives evaluated the entries based upon the following criteria: • Product: What was the product’s breakthrough innovation? Unique differentiators: What makes the product unique and how does it differ from any competing products?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

In fact, they vary greatly depending on your location, the skills of your volunteers, and your past training and experience at fundraising. At this level, your fundraising plan should cover the next three to five years and be reviewed and evaluated quarterly for your performance against the plan’s benchmarks.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Keeping these eight basic do's and don'ts in mind as you write your RFP will simplify your workload and yield great results! Do we need a consultant or just someone who can train our staff? Download our free template rubric for evaluating data vendors here! ]. Download it now, then come back for tips on filling it out!

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

Influencers are found, partnerships bloom, social media conquered, marketers consume. GPT is short for Generative Pre-Trained Transformer. LLMs undergo a rigorous “training period.” In addition, training an AI is complex and expensive. The current free iteration of ChatGPT’s training ended in September 2021.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Retention is everything your organization does to keep the volunteers you recruit, like providing proper training and management , aligning volunteer assignments with individual volunteers’ interests, or working hard to create personal relationships with your volunteers. Use current volunteers as a resource.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 22, 2024

Deliver creative and impactful solutions by evaluating the emotional impact of strategies. What emotional biases may be influencing perceptions? Train Employees and Give Them Agency to Act When empathy is a cultural imperative, it can flow into every business interaction. If you haven’t made that leap, it’s past time to begin.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

In this article, we’ll cover things to consider when evaluating the safety of your event, share some resources, and provide best practices on how to develop your plan. At Qgiv, we guide our work by keeping our core values top of mind, and one of those values is empathy. Not sold yet? Here’s why you should be!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. And it isn’t simply a technical problem that can be solved through training or purchasing analytics software. Provides training and professional development for staff to learn how to use measurement tools. DoSomething.Org: A Data-Driven Nonprofit In Action.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Effective Knowledge Transfer and Exchange for Nonprofit Organizations: A Framework, from Imagine Canada (formerly the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy), provides a framework to help nonprofits plan, conduct, and evaluate their efforts at knowledge transfer and exchange. And who may be able to influence those actors in their decision-making?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

And like those other core functions, we must examine our technology and data strategies to properly evaluate and prioritize our needs and successfully build our digital capacity. Attendees can choose from 80+ panels, 40+ training sessions, inspiring keynotes, caucuses, film screenings and lots of networking and social events.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Daring to Lead report finds that a full 55% of your peer executives name technology as a “depleting” aspect of their job (it would have been the most depleting of all options surveyed, if not for the joys of HR – like evaluating and hiring/firing staff). Are there plans to train someone on this common function?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

Good writing, and I mean good writing, should be a top priority at your nonprofit because good writing is a tool of tremendous power, influence, and leverage. Each of these communication vehicles influences its readers in some way. Would volunteers benefit from a training manual? It’s all very humbling.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I started yoga about, you know, from a really early age, my family introduced me to mindfulness and meditation, even though you would never guess it because they don’t look like typical hippies. . The next best way to actually create that touchpoint of engagement is by listening and opening your mind. . Tell me your story.

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Gyrus

APRIL 12, 2018

How to Train and Develop Millennials. Since millennial buyer behavior is so vastly different than what traditional advertising channels can influence, understanding the demographic completely, is vital. It is important that we try to understand exactly the training and development challenges that they may represent. Recent Post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

This will go hand in hand with the training work I do. Just something to keep in mind if you're pitching me. . This translates into digging deeper into these ideas: Return on Investment: This is looking at frameworks that let nonprofits evaluate the effectiveness of their social media strategies given the investment.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 3, 2016

Well, I am merely typing that such a world exists, and just by reading this blog, you are a step closer to understanding how to relay the importance of an LMS to people on your staff who believe your one off elearnings and office calendar trainings are more than enough to meet your company needs. Analytics and Metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

David Armano's " The Collective Focus Group:Listen, Learn, and Adapt " was written for the business audience in mind, but the concept and techniques can be used by nonprofits and more importantly lead to success. Helps me prepare for trainings/consulting Program Ideas. Communicating the results. Return on Insight: Listen, Learn, Adapt.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

During The Identification Stage, the goal is to evaluate your current digital marketing strategy (if any) and discover areas for improvement. Chances are your long-term priorities will inherently influence the development of your digital strategy, but take the opportunity early on to ensure there are no contradicting priorities at play.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences and forums, informal trainings, and more that will be taking place all over the world, focusing on essential topics like: Nonprofit management. Get ready to learn from some of the best analytics minds out there. Fundraising. Donor relations. Accounting. Fundraising.

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Gyrus

JULY 26, 2016

Throughout the course of history, some very brilliant minds have endeavored the obscure task of forecasting the future of technology. As we embark hundreds of years down the road from some of these grand musings and green field possibilities, it is important to look back and evaluate what we as humans have actually accomplished.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Here are some things to keep in mind as you choose the perfect date (and time!) Your venue choice will influence other details, like your seating options and guest capacity. As you evaluate your options, ask yourself questions like: Does this venue fit within our budget? for your fundraising gala. A 6:00 p.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2013

The session will focus on exploring how nonprofits are expanding their efforts to influence public policy through social channels and understanding the legal issues and how to evaluate the work. (I’ll The “ Influencing Public Policy in A Digital Age ” is their comprehensive guide.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 24, 2011

Remember to keep signature lines up to date and to train staff on how to create their signature line and how to add it to their email program. The goal is to achieve the greatest ROI and to keep track of the budget in order to influence budgetary needs for the coming fiscal year. Evaluation: Measure outputs and outcomes.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Andy also has written a lot of great books, especially one on training your board. Harvey’s going to talk a little bit about getting inside the minds of donors. So these things are floating through our minds all day long. . Harvey: So your mind is endlessly busy processing questions all day long, just like your donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

The key thing that is different with setting a social media objective is that it is not about reaching a mass audience and blasting your message out, it is more about reaching the influencers, developing relationships, having a conversation, and getting insights. Keep in mind these are rough estimates.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

With the clock ticking, we’ve evaluated the impact of the biggest changes we can make for the planet. Buses and trains have a much lower environmental impact. Take holidays closer to home, and travel by bus or train. Book a holiday by train and make a meat-free dinner. by Zoe Allen. Need to cross the ocean?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

It’s awesome that we got a full room because you always bring great trainings, you did a great session for us last year on budgeting. I’d love to know, what is your role at your organization right now, and what comes to mind when you think about strategic planning? They have to train year round for years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

It was our executive VP who had unfounded belief in me, Thrilled me filled me with fantastic insight I’d never known before; So that now, to still the ADD of my moving mind, she stood repeating. Keep this is mind for what you measure - for this is all I will implore. Let my mind be still a moment and this mystery explore; -.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 14, 2024

Are you strong in event planning, mindful of all the little details? But don’t write down things you wish you were good at or things you plan to get good at with training. And don’t overlook popular local bloggers or influencers on TikTok. And then evaluating your organization’s assets will truly light the path forward.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2022

But don’t write down things you wish you were good at or things you plan to get good at with training. In most cases, an established name will make it easier to ask for and receive money because people will at least have heard of you, which can equal legitimacy in their mind. And don’t overlook influencers on Instagram.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

And let me turn it back to Sarah for a little icebreaker, with that in mind. So what we’d like to ask of you is just use the chat, and you all are already great at that, share some words that come to mind for you when you think about engaging younger people with your nonprofit organization. Peer influence is key.

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