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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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up. I usually draw from these sources to create “instructional resources” for any workshop or class I teach. Here’s an example from a recent webinar on training. By Dave Meier.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

(You can get a discount of $20 off the registration by entering the code “Beth” when you sign up ). This year, since content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching , I’ll be doing a conversational presentation on the topic.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Assessing the technology skills of individual staff Once you have an idea of the skills required for each role in your organization, you will want to evaluate the current skills of each individual and identify needs for learning or supplementing with outside experts.

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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.” To stay competitive in this novel economy requires new strategies and practices. . If you don’t feel confident about doing this evaluation on your own, hire someone.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Teach your staff to fish: People aren’t born knowing how to build a major donor pipeline and expertly move folks through this pipeline. It may be helpful to evaluate together how many prospects you have and how many face-to-face hours may be required. You have the wrong person in this job; their strengths lie elsewhere.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Reflective Practice. The book is an extremely practical resource whether you are working on improving your skills or teaching others. I know in my own practice have made a conscious effort to go into any workshop with a goal practicing these. That’s why I love looking and testing different methods.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

You must proactively practice the craft of fundraising to reap active participation in philanthropy. Or as my mentor and teacher Hank Rosso said years ago: “ Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.”. By practicing the gentle art of fundraising. Fundraising should be viewed as a revenue center.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

There was a surge in these perspectives and practices during COVID-19 when grantmakers understood even more strongly how nonprofits step up to support the community. We rely on habits for how we learn, we have few practices for how we share learning, and we are not rewarded for learning.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. There are different approaches to evaluating a program. As part of a.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. It’s all about teaching digital literacy and citizenship: the knowledge and skills necessary to think critically, behave safely, and interact responsibly in a digital world. Teaching them to use creative tools responsibly?

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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. Every person in your organization—staff, volunteers, and board members alike—need an annual evaluation of their performance. Step 4: Reward success.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 26, 2021

Do you have a manager, supervisor, or mentor who is teaching you how to fundraise and supporting you along the way? Here are some questions to ask yourself when evaluating your options: Do I aspire to be more like them? The “practice what you preach” adage comes to mind here. And how do you figure out which one is right for you?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2020

It’s a results-driven guidebook that teaches you how to recover quickly from adversity, thrive on stress, preform on the emotional edge, and create a motivating environment (instead of trying to motivate people). In practice, this means you may have to back up on occasion and accomplish smaller, separate tasks to regain a positive attitude.

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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. . Her award-winning blog showcases her practical approach, which earned her the AFP “Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year” award.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

It’s a results-driven guidebook that teaches you how to recover quickly from adversity, thrive on stress, preform on the emotional edge, and create a motivating environment (instead of trying to motivate people). In practice, this means you may have to back up on occasion and accomplish smaller, separate tasks to regain a positive attitude.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

What should you consider when evaluating eLearning consultants? If you’ve outgrown your current learning management system, a consultant can help you research solutions, evaluate them against your needs, and make a plan for implementing the new tech into your strategy. What does a learning consultant do? Organizational Readiness.

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Achieve

MARCH 31, 2021

Consider these best practices for today’s fundraising environment: Carefully analyze both wealth. can teach your team the essentials or handle all the heavy lifting to deliver a list of ideal prospects. This has always been a best practice for nonprofits, but it’s vital to keep in mind now. affinity markers. prospect researcher.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. I was immediately thrown into a situation of dynamic teaching and learning. Social Media Trainer's Bag of Tricks View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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NTEN

APRIL 6, 2021

However, infusing diversity and inclusion into your organization will likely require new practices to be put in place. If you can teach a new volunteer a necessary skill for the role, consider removing it as a prerequisite. An excellent place to start promoting inclusivity is your organization’s volunteer programs.

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Bloomerang

MAY 8, 2021

That’s a good start, but you’ll want to further evaluate this proposal because it’s not a “one and done” gift where you accept a property then use it or sell it as you please. Her award-winning blog showcases her practical approach, which earned her the AFP “Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year” award.

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Bloomerang

MAY 8, 2021

That’s a good start, but you’ll want to further evaluate this proposal because it’s not a “one and done” gift where you accept a property then use it or sell it as you please. Her award-winning blog showcases her practical approach, which earned her the AFP “Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year” award.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Teach For America. Concurrently, she is also the founder and senior partner of a practice that helps executives and emerging leaders forge the capabilities and relationships to accelerate growth and expand impact . Within his role, he crafts raw data into insights, practices, and a shared narrative for the field . Susan Asiyabi.

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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. Community Foundation of Monterey County.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

As someone who has been designing and delivering training for nonprofits over the past twenty years, the most exciting part is apply theory to your practice. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Best practices for collecting actionable data. Deep-dives into Google Analytics reports with specific examples for evaluating your digital marketing performance. Peer Instruction and the flipped classroom is a research-based, interactive teaching method developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University in the 1990s.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

Recreational activities allow groups to practice working together in a fun setting and celebrate accomplishments. Test and evaluate as you move ahead.” I am not a fan of employees training each other unless you can shift responsibilities to ensure that people have the capacity to take on a teaching role.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 5, 2019

It’s a results-driven guidebook that teaches you how to recover quickly from adversity, thrive on stress, preform on the emotional edge, and create a motivating environment (instead of trying to motivate people). In practice, this means you may have to back up on occasion and accomplish smaller, separate tasks to regain a positive attitude.

Attitude 40

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 9, 2019

It’s a results-driven guidebook that teaches you how to recover quickly from adversity, thrive on stress, preform on the emotional edge, and create a motivating environment (instead of trying to motivate people). In practice, this means you may have to back up on occasion and accomplish smaller, separate tasks to regain a positive attitude.

Life 40

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I produced four “ Advanced Practices Webinars ” for the Knight Foundation for Giving Days hosts. I was honored to lead a featured season at the United Way Leadership Conference on Networked Leadership and teach many workshops networked leadership skills. My Three Words.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Setting key performance indicators (KPIs) around customer service lets employees know you’re evaluating performance objectively. . Ensure everyone is up to speed on customer service best practices. Establish clear success metrics. Get the Attitude of Gratitude Donor Guide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

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. The team works on a practical project that take less than four weeks to complete. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2015

I’ve just finished teaching an online course for The Knight Digital Media Center @ USC Annenberg for community foundation leaders on practical networked leadership skills. Do you have an intentional connection policy? … Read More Professional Networking'

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 15, 2018

It’s a results-driven guidebook that teaches you how to recover quickly from adversity, thrive on stress, preform on the emotional edge, and create a motivating environment (instead of trying to motivate people). In practice, this means you may have to back up on occasion and accomplish smaller, separate tasks to regain a positive attitude.

Life 40

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

I could talk about learning techniques utilized in the past seven games and why players were less intimidated by pitches they encountered the second and third time around, or possibly what a combined 176 years of waiting can teach us in preparing for the future. Prior to enacting these groundbreaking research practices into your organization.

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