Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

The book is divided into four sections: Section 1: Planning and Preparing a Hybrid Work Policy. They are changing as organizations are struggling to figure out what policies (including work location and time differences) yield the highest-level productivity and the company’s definition of success (e.g., Section 3: Making Hybrid Work.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

For a nonprofit—depending on its mission—these strategies may include investing in new programs and services, as well as technology and staff training. As a former nonprofit finance professional, I know that whenever opportunities appear to reduce costs, we should embrace them. Identify Ways to Reduce Waste.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

In addition, you may find it helpful to use the Nonprofit.Courses’ guide to nonprofit board training as a resource to further improve your onboarding work. That level of knowledge builds over time with ongoing training at board meetings, through tours, at events, and by other means. Let’s begin. Your Mission.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 29, 2021

We should dust off those by-laws, pull out the board score card to self-evaluate our performance and bring in outside help to get our houses or in this case, our boards in order. . The Board Chair should refer to the Bylaws to review policies for conflict resolution and/ or removing members from the board.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Provide diversity and inclusion training for all staff and board members, to increase awareness and understanding of the issues faced by underserved communities. Recruit board members, staff, and volunteers from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences, and provide opportunities for their professional development and leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Participants prioritized the ideas by combining and evaluating the cost/impact, boiling down to a couple of ideas to present to the whole group. Remote working policy with flexibility. Do walking meeting one-on-ones and train staff to listen to each other. Leadership training on communications styles. Promote from within.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Professional development officers are relationship builders. Retention saves money by reducing recruiting and training costs and increases income by eliminating relationship disruptions, thus shortening the time between first solicitation and first gift. Officer Training and Retention Lead to Big Results.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2010

I also pointed her to CASE's book Advancement Services: A Foundation for Fund Raising , and CASE's Handbook of Institutional Advancement , which includes a chapter on Advancement Services, as well as the Association of Advancement Services Professionals. Advancement Services should be the foundation supporting the rest of Advancement.

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Neon CRM

JULY 21, 2023

But the board is responsible for ensuring that the nonprofit has all the necessary legal, ethical, financial, and overall good governance policies in place to succeed long-term. Your board will have a hand in establishing and monitoring policies and procedures for your organization. That responsibility falls to the lead executive(s).

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Gyrus

JULY 21, 2016

Establishing a formal policy of Continuous Learning. Then when it comes down to writing up a formal policy, take the following practical continuous learning foundations into consideration: An Open Environment – Establish to your employees early on that it is ok to ask questions when something is not understood.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Similarly, many collaborate to engage experts to provide education and training for foundation board and staff. Exponent members take part in collaborations that support training and capacity building for nonprofits in their cities and towns. 6) Funding or Engaging in Advocacy . Ask about fields or skills they want to learn.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

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. Mia is a development professional with expertise in health, nutrition, and climate change. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu. Senior Consultant, Slalom. Mia Blakstad.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

You can evaluate where you’d like to go back to and spend more time. I was trained and transitioned into a Technical Writer shortly after and worked there for 6 years. I love going on cruises (seven so far and one upcoming). Adam Carey, Senior Director of Client Services, Salesforce Certified App Builder ? . Sanchi’s background.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Colleges and universities may need to shift their revenue strategies to reduce their tuition dependency and diversify their revenue through new fundraising tactics, partnerships, online courses, flexible programs for non-traditional students, and hard skills training. Re-evaluate your messaging. For example, the U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

Is that really a reason to study , talk about , and define a professional identity of a "nonprofit sector?" Better maybe, for the different pieces to keep to themselves, with their own methods, language, and professional development programs? So, these things are all defined under one section of a messy tax code. Look at it this way.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

As the primary goal of nonprofit organizations is to advance, advocate or pursue a cause, it is understandable that many professionals want to focus their long-term career goals on nonprofit management. Evaluate Your Skills and Experience. For more advanced career professionals, you may consider earning a master’s degree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Most recently, we co-authored a policy brief for the Toda Peace Institute on the age of automation and it implications for civil society. Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits with an eye towards our next book. Algorithms can identify pathology faster and more accurately.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Some of the opinions I express below I have had for a while and speak to them in my webinars and trainings, but some are so recent that I am still in the stage of “Seriously Facebook? At a training last week with a lot of long-time Facebook Admins in the room, I saw much head-nodding and eyes rolling. Well, I beg to differ.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

There is a saying among fundraising professionals that proposal writing is both an art and a science. Poorly developed evaluation plans. Develop an evaluation plan that will be used for the tracking and monitoring of the program’s outcomes. Journal of the Grant Professionals Association, 8(1), 45-53. & Bullock, C.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. 2019 Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Adding Conflict Resolution Points To Your Social Media Policy: This includes creating a flow chart for dealing with an online conflict situation. The points include: 1) notice the situation; 2) evaluate the situation; 3) Respond to the situation.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Whatever you did, evaluation is in order to assess what worked, what didn’t and why. Do you have needed staff and volunteer resources, including plans to train, engage and retain them? Do you have necessary facilitating internal systems, policies and procedures and controls? What new strategies did you add?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This means that volunteers can help you find new donors (and other volunteers) as they spread the word about your work to their family, friends, and professional connections. Take the time to assess your operations and evaluate any gaps that volunteer work could fill. Also, take the size of your event or volunteering task into account.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. We had a lot of content and process to go through during the two-day training. I do not speak Spanish.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers. I also taught networked leadership workshops as part of a larger team working with different social change networks.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

They can’t build the schools and they can’t train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. There used to be a focus on setting high levels for evidence in evidenced based policy making. People and policy is often first influenced by compelling stories. They are going to look for innovation solutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

This process of reflection is embedded in the organization’s working style, not a random moment of inspiration after a program evaluation is completed. Everyone on staff understands that the questions are the best teachers and in an effort to sustain learning articulate questions and seek answers to those questions. delivered).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

First, there is the individual and what that person can do for themselves, even if the organizational culture or internal policies do not reinforce the importance of self-care. Recently, I had the opportunity to facilitate two design labs with nonprofit professionals. I’m thinking about practicing self-care in two ways.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2015

But one cost nonprofits must realize they can’t afford to cut is training. An investment in employee training can actually increase productivity , thus reducing costs and boosting employee retention. With training they are better equipped to properly use the systems and deal with any issues that arise.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

The good news is, you’re a fundraising professional and if anyone can pull it off, it’s you! 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. Not sold yet? Here’s why you should be!

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

They can't build the schools and they can't train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. There used to be a focus on setting high levels for evidence in evidenced based policy making. People and policy are often first influenced by compelling stories. The reality is that it is going to happen, because it has to happen.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Create a plan for evaluating the effectiveness of your programs and activities. To evaluate the effectiveness of our nonprofit programs and activities, we will first establish specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals for each program. . Develop a plan to build a strong and professional leadership team.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. IOT Physical Simulators: The idea here is to build physical training devices that connect to online learning technology. Innovation Trigger.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

JoinIt JoinIt’s membership management software is targeted toward professional associations, nonprofits, gyms, HOAs, and other membership groups. transaction fee. API access is also available. The Bloomerang Payments processing fee is 2.2% + $0.30 for credit/debit card transactions, 2.2% + $0.49 for PayPal transactions, and 0.8% + $0.30

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

They provide detailed case studies of projects in each area, including project descriptions, informal science education goals, participant training techniques, and evaluation outcomes. One last thought on evaluation. From a museum perspective, I'm more interested in evaluations of the audience experience of participation.

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Attend If You’re: A PBD fundraiser or public media professional looking for the inside scoop To Register: [link] FFE Summit Cabo San Lucas January 22-25, 2024 Hosted by the Foundation for Fraternal Excellence, Summit gives foundation executives, board members, and alliance partners an opportunity to spend time with each other.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2023

Employers, including Candid, pivoted by shipping equipment to staff, adjusting remote work policies, and reconsidering how work gets done. Prioritize professional development Professional development is a key driver of engagement. As of March 2020, I had never worked from home—not for a single day.

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