EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The good news is that they don’t have to be, and it doesn’t take much to improve your experience. This may sound similar to the last item, but it’s more actionable and your organization should be prepared to carry this one out. I’m putting this one near the top because I see it overlooked too often. How much do you have to spend?

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

Each week, I interview association and nonprofit CEOs, Presidents and Executive Directors about the things their organization is doing to increase membership, generate revenue, and ultimately thrive. This sounds so unbelievably obvious, but it makes sense. In case you missed it, Matrix Group now has a podcast. Then, they act.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 30, 2024

Event experience expert and producer Joey Goon joined us to talk about how you can harness your event to deepen donor relationships with Digital Storytelling Joey Goon is the president of Utopia Experience , a woman-founded, minority-owned event and video production company. Offer an exceptional arrival experience.

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Forum One

MAY 28, 2024

These awards honored Forum One’s work in building websites, digital tools, and virtual experiences for our clients. Forum One worked with the Oregon Zoo to redesign its website as part of its strategic efforts to deliver an inspiring guest experience and better convey its offerings and impact.

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Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

It sounds straightforward, yet many nonprofit organizations struggle with the strategic planning process, especially when not knowing why, where, or how to start. As one leader we interviewed advises , “There’s a culture piece that needs to be considered at the same time as the rest of the plan.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Nonprofit Tech for Good experimented with Periscope for live streaming for the first time during the 2015 Independent Sector Conference. Streaming from events is an obvious fit for Periscope, but site visits and interviews with communities served, that’s where the real power of Periscope will unfold.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

When my business partner, Kevin Ordonez, and I wrote two books about the impact of the digital revolution on associations, we interviewed entrepreneurs both inside and outside our community. Having a sound business continuity plan helps. Preparing a board to tolerate risk is a sales process.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

I don’t like the way I sound or look on camera.” Interview: In an interview video, someone from your organization interviews someone who has received services or has expertise in your cause. The interview video establishes your credibility as an authority on the type of work your organization does.

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2024

Through a combination of survey responses from over 1,500 organizations and interviews with 16 nonprofit leaders, our study sought to answer key questions including: How were nonprofits collecting and sharing demographic data in general and with Candid nonprofit profiles specifically?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

Tramuto's findings are based on decades of experience, numerous studies, original qualitative research of 1,500 participants, and in-depth interviews with nearly 40 successful leaders who practice compassionate leadership. It doesn’t’ take any action on the part of the person hearing. It is passive. Listening involves action.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

Tramuto's findings are based on decades of experience, numerous studies, original qualitative research of 1,500 participants, and in-depth interviews with nearly 40 successful leaders who practice compassionate leadership. It doesn’t’ take any action on the part of the person hearing. It is passive. Listening involves action.

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Results Leadership Attention Skills 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 1, 2022

Tramuto's findings are based on decades of experience, numerous studies, original qualitative research of 1,500 participants, and in-depth interviews with nearly 40 successful leaders who practice compassionate leadership. It doesn’t’ take any action on the part of the person hearing. It is passive. Listening involves action.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2023

To achieve this, Forum One conducted a comprehensive landscape analysis and full audits of their technical ecosystem, communications, and analytics as well as stakeholder interviews. 2022 State of Babies Yearbook (Zero to Three) Bronze – Annual Report Zero to Three works to ensure all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A primary driver of digital transformation is customer experience and satisfaction. As a fundraiser, I’m sure you’re concerned about your donors’ experience; that’s why digital transformation matters. It may sound like science fiction, but it’s possible through machine learning. Number two is revenue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

BJ Fogg, a world-renowned Behavior Scientist at Stanford University—is based on 20 years of research and Dr. Fogg’s experience personally coaching over 40,000 people. As he explains in this NPR interview you should focus on building the habit itself, rather than worrying about how big the impact is.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 19, 2024

It sometimes sounds as though tools like ChatGPT or Gemini could entirely replace humans in writing website content. To create meaningful material that will move audiences to action, though, a human touch and a sound communication strategy is still essential. Ideally, put some time aside to interview some real people.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In order to keep growing, we need the fresh ideas and experiences that only come with being exposed to new perspectives and solutions. In an interview for a previous ED position, I was asked to provide an example of how I demonstrated “extreme frugality.” Limiting Belief #2: Frugality is a Virtue. Perhaps that was an overshare?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 23, 2021

The book (co-authored by Dick Weiss ) chronicles Michael’s story of going from an underdog athlete to a turnaround CEO, and how he took his student-athlete experience and translated those learned lessons to successes in his career. If you only have a team that looks and sounds like you, you are only looking to validate your own perspective.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I interviewed 50 different founders, athletes, artists, activists, NFL coaches and celebrities, many of whom I have mentored and advised – from billionaire Marc Lore to Scarlett Johansson – to illustrate strategies for total commitment. What do you say to those who think it sounds more like a recipe for ‘perpetual discontent’?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It may sound heartless, but we often rush to fill open positions and then are slow to act when we realize we’ve made a hiring mistake. Identify 6-10 candidates for phone interviews. Schedule 30- to 45-minute phone interviews . Interview your top 3 candidates face-to-face. Get all the interviewers in one room to debrief.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Serving around 500 children and their families annually, Fiver provides out-of-school time programming and a two-week summer camp experience. If your campaign page crashes or if there’s a long lag, it creates a negative donor experience that can potentially put future dollars at risk. Why CauseVox? Get Your Donations Matched.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Founded: 2014 Give Lively builds tech for peak fundraising experiences on both the donor and nonprofit side. Platform Fee: Free Transaction Fee: Free Setup Fee: Free Commitment: None Integration: PayPal, Stripe, Salesforce Podcast interview with the CEO of Give Lively: Givebutter. Online revenue is up for nonprofits. Click To Tweet.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We wanted to find a way to really connect with our members and understand what experiences they value most at the Whitney. We started with focus groups with current and prospective members, asking about their interests and what kinds of experiences they would really value as part of membership. And we confirmed that hypothesis.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Unfortunately, this cart-before-the-horse process rarely accounts for what the organization actually needs because committee members don’t know current digital strategies well enough to ask the right questions for building a sound technology and marketing plan. After all, they’re the experts. Let them do the heavy lifting.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In order to keep growing, we need the fresh ideas and experiences that only come with being exposed to new perspectives and solutions. In an interview for a previous ED position, I was asked to provide an example of how I demonstrated “extreme frugality.” Limiting Belief #2: Frugality is a Virtue. Perhaps that was an overshare?

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CauseVox

AUGUST 18, 2022

Watch the interview on demand here. It may sound strange but Cylinda and many other nonprofit professionals swear by it: the #1 fundraising hack is to grow your email list. You need to be able to put yourself in the shoes of a donor and sell an experience. About Compassion Services International. Grow Your Email List.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2016

If you have a bigger budget to work with and some photography experience, you might invest in a DSLR camera, as you'll likely use it for more than just your videos. Many cameras have a built-in microphone, but these microphones have a limited range in terms of the sound that they capture. Loud and Clear.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Evangelist : Sparks imagination by telling a story, plants seeds for future products, conveys experiences and emotions. Over the next few years, we interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs, startups, and ecosystem builders. Makers are essential because the first prototypes are almost always learning experiences.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Try to make the conversation a conversation, not an interview. Think about questions you can ask that will help you understand the donor’s motivations, so you can provide the best donor experience for them. How was that experience?”. Be personable and authentic and genuinely interested in them as a person.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 5, 2021

As difficult as this all sounds, there are significant bright spots on the horizon. Neilson created “ The Tami Show ,” a campy retro look behind the scenes, complete with interviews, beehive hair and winged eyeliner tutorials, and, of course, musical performances. . In March, legendary jam band, Phish, hosted “ Dinner and a Movie.”

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 5, 2021

As difficult as this all sounds, there are significant bright spots on the horizon. Neilson created “ The Tami Show ,” a campy retro look behind the scenes, complete with interviews, beehive hair and winged eyeliner tutorials, and, of course, musical performances. . In March, legendary jam band, Phish, hosted “ Dinner and a Movie.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 26, 2013

Worth, TX-based executive coach, has worked with a many leaders and she says that if you answer "yes" to any of the following ten situations , you are a likely candidate for executive coaching: I need an objective sounding board. I know some things are not working as well as they should. I don't know what to do to change the situation.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

This post features an interview with Sarah Schultz, a museum staffer at one of the institutions Light profiled in the book (the Walker Art Center). In my experience, innovation is about flexibility, capacity, and collaborative relationships. The research was sound, the model was pretty good, and it basically went nowhere.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

She knew the job aligned her life experience, education, and passion to learn more about trauma, grit, grief, and resilience. Lisa and Libby have a collective 20 years of experience working with teams and individuals to improve their wellbeing, employee engagement, and workplace culture. Get Registered Now for Free.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

The Evangelist : Sparks imagination by telling a story, plants seeds for future products, conveys experiences and emotions. Over the next few years, we interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs, startups, and ecosystem builders. Makers are essential because the first prototypes are almost always learning experiences.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 15, 2012

Worth, TX-based executive coach, has worked with a many leaders and she says that if you answer "yes" to any of the following ten situations , you are a likely candidate for executive coaching: I need an objective sounding board. I know some things are not working as well as they should. I don't know what to do to change the situation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Evangelist : Sparks imagination by telling a story, plants seeds for future products, conveys experiences and emotions. Over the next few years, we interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs, startups, and ecosystem builders. Makers are essential because the first prototypes are almost always learning experiences.

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