Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 1, 2023
It can also be used for those who coach, mentor, counsel and advise early career women, with insights and exercises for those you are supporting. try flipping the script and asking: “How do I optimize?” Will Rogers, the American stage and film actor, once said, “Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.”
M+R
JULY 10, 2023
I often tell folks that making a practice of self-editing is a great way to level up : finish your draft (email appeal, social media post, video script, or whatever else), walk away from it for a minute, and then go back and make changes as an editor would. Q: How does it sound? Does this sound or look like a policy briefing?
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Qgiv
APRIL 6, 2021
While this may sound like something straight out of a business playbook, it’s actually very relevant in the nonprofit sphere. Try this exercise. Charitable gift fundraising is not an exercise in personality promotion. The director tells the actors what to do, where to stand, and how to deliver the script.
Get Fully Funded
APRIL 23, 2023
Your thank-you letter should touch the reader’s heart, not sound like an academic paper. Use my Kitchen Table Exercise to develop your conversational writing voice. Create a brief script for everyone to follow, then give everyone a few names to call. Write with warmth and sincerity. So, write like you talk.
Qgiv
AUGUST 27, 2021
Sound familiar? It’s helpful to be present at the venue and to go through a visualization exercise with key staff or volunteers. This exercise is a great way to develop your checklist. If you sound stressed, others will follow suit. We discovered that approximately 65% of nonprofits surveyed didn’t have one. Here we go!
Bloomerang
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. So let’s do a little exercise here. And I know that sounds expensive. And I had a like Anthony. But you can just do.
Bloomerang
JULY 2, 2021
Because I sound like a broken record saying this, I’m going to say it again, volunteers make your very best donors. It was interesting because one of the exercises that I have people do is I will have them do their own Zoom video, as if they’re making the virtual ask. And so I’ll do like a script with them.
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