Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

In my book, I show you the tools that will boost efficiency in all three of these domains and I provide you with a detailed blueprint for the most effective ways to use them,” explains Sonnenberg. Nick Sonnenberg Play special attention to the Three Key Takeaways and Pro Tips that expertly summary each respective chapter's teachings.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2013

I learned a lot about my strengths and challenges as a leader, and gained a bevy of tools to help me be a better one. Although I will use what I learned about myself and the tools for a lifetime, the most powerful experience was watching the evolution of trust and love in my group of 29 incredibly diverse people (e.g.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

You may need to get rid of sticky notes and embrace digital tools, better time management, and more efficient processes. If so, you need to spend some time investing in new tools and finding processes and workflows that play to your strengths. Other popular project management tools include Basecamp and Asana. .

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

By Steve Backman, President, Database Designs To close out our month-long look at some of the best tools for nonprofits, Steve Backman tells you about some of his favorite day-to-day software. Favorite software tools are all about managing processes fluidly. Within a personal file space, you can define shared folders with others.

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Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

Teach them about fundraising. Reading financial statements, analyzing data, reviewing the Form 990 before it’s filed, approving policies related to conflicts of interest, tapping into reserves, and conducting internal audits might not light your fire. Teach them about fundraising. Make sure members understand Duty of Care.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I also use it as a year in review tool. 3) Start A New Journal: As I mentioned above, I keep an annual professional journal, part planner and part reflection tool. I have different color codes for different types of work that also correspond with color codes on my google calendar and my hard drive/google drive files.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

We help the human rights movement speak truth to power, because we believe each story of human rights abuse is a tool for justice. Data archeology: recover data from ancient files in odd formats. Strong interest or experience with our main tools: Python and R. Please use open file formats (PDF is fine).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I also use it as a year in review tool. This year I used a new tool recommended by colleague Alexandra Samuel, the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions. It isn’t just about the tools, but about how people need to work and think differently.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

You’ll use your computer to record, edit, and publish your podcast files. She travels internationally to teach nonprofit professionals the tools they need to elevate their impact through events. It’s unlikely that you’ll get the entire podcast episode down without any mistakes. Computer or laptop.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 30, 2024

Nonprofit Fundraising Support One of my favorite pieces of Greater Giving is that they have a robust Help section with a plethora of articles, instructions, and tutorial videos to teach new and experienced users alike the correct way to set up each of the elements in the software to best support your unique event.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Integrate your fundraising and matching gift tools. This type of tool can save you time, money, and many of the technical headaches that would ordinarily get in the way of a successful campaign. For matching-gift-related segmentation, you’ll be enacting a three-point process: First, pre-screen your file for matching gift eligibility.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

You could be getting a reimbursement check every year for thousands of dollars if you file sales tax reports. in 2009 to equip organizations with the skills and tools needed to become successful and sustainable. Take advantage of tax breaks and stimulus programs- Did you know states will reimburse sales taxes on your purchases?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Email is a critical business tool for nonprofits. In order to protect against these unknown threats, email attachments should be "sanitized" by converting to a different file format and removing any possible embedded threats. For instance, by converting a Word file to PDF, any potentially harmful scripts can be removed.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 5, 2021

With this Salesforce CRM implementation, we’re building tools that will allow us to get closer to a vision of organizational change. Building off this Salesforce foundation, UVM has utilized the new CRM as a centralized tool allowing for more effective information sharing. Centralizing Communications + Connections in the Community.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

In this interview, Julia shares some of the strategies she teaches her clients, including her secret formula for social media calendars, how nonprofits can improve engagement on their social channels, and the one thing she wishes nonprofits would stop doing online. Where should that person spend the majority of their energy ? Summarize it!

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

I knew the goal was to rend the couch into smaller pieces, but I failed to even think of the proper tool! I often see users stymied because they are not familar with the tools at their disposal - tools which might help either with analysis of a problem, or its solution.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2015

Photoshop is the ultimate tool for enhancing photos, designing creative assets, and even cutting exes out of old photos. Throughout the course of this series, we'll gather together all of the files you'll need to create this poster, including the font, the photo, and the logo. Click the.zip file link and download the file.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

If you can build an area of your website where people come to learn, teach, and maybe have some fun, they will likely return. What tools do you already use, if any? What tools are you comfortable with? Should you support their use of existing tools, or create a new space? What are some possible tools? Experiences?

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Now to tie things back to e-learning: we know that the purpose of an e-learning course is to teach staff members how to do their jobs better. Courses need to be actionable and give learners the tools to be more effective in their jobs. The COVID-19 pandemic has adjusted what your nonprofit’s staff needs to know to be effective.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

He is going to do that, with the hope that one day, a TV producer will see how cool and interesting our field is and make a show about nonprofit work, featuring attractive actors attending strategic planning meetings and filing 990 tax forms. She also teaches in the philanthropy graduate program at Saint Mary’s University, Minnesota, USA.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Though it’s not available in every nonprofit board management tool, it’s proving to be a great benefit to board members and organizations alike. Cost reduction : Of course you’ll save money on printing and shipping costs by working with digital files, but also consider the impact increased efficiencies will have on the bottom line.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Empowr creates a school-to-career pipeline for students of color by offering a learning platform that teaches software development to Black high school students. Wendy was part of a federal lawsuit that ASAP filed on behalf of members in an attempt to stop Trump’s anti-immigration policies from going into effect.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Are you telling a personal story, creating a fundraising pitch, inspiring others to care about a cause , or teaching potential customers about your business? You can search for free photos or icons within the tool or use your own images or video clips. Add Media to the Slides. Now it's time to add media to your slides.

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2012

Huddle The Program : Huddle is a cloud-based collaboration and content management tool that helps up to 25 people inside and outside your office to work together. Almost any file type — Word documents, PDFs, images, and even video — can be uploaded to Huddle’s workspaces.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2019

This post will teach you how. Leverage email and collaboration tools that allow users to securely access office applications and share files using computers and mobile devices. Worse, it’s a significant security threat when your nonprofit deals with confidential and vital material. Absolutely. Use secure cloud-based services.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

At first glance, it may seem impossible to recreate some of these types of events in a virtual format, but with a little creativity and the right fundraising event tools, you might be surprised at the high-quality experiences you can offer for your donors virtually. However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Though it’s not available in every nonprofit board management tool, it’s proving to be a great benefit to board members and organizations alike. Cost reduction : Of course you’ll save money on printing and shipping costs by working with digital files, but also consider the impact increased efficiencies will have on the bottom line.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Evans teaches readers of her new book, THE RESILIENCY rEVOLUTION: Your Stress Solution For Life 60 Seconds at a Time , how to become resilient to stress. Instead of having a candy dish on the corner of your desk at work, move it to a filing cabinet away from your desk. to create the resiliency you need to combat stress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I'm also excited because I have the excuse to update an information coping skills workshop that I used to teach all the time ten years ago when email was the primary cause of our information stress. Are you afraid to delete email or old files because you're afraid you might just need it someday?Are My outline is here.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

People kept seeking you out because, instead of acting like the stereotypical IT guy, speaking only in tech-ese, you answered their questions and helped them feel a bit less intimidated by tech tools. Teaching Your Co-Workers : Are you the only one who uploads files to your server? By now, you're at least an accidental techie.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nonprofits need every tool possible to entice donors to join and then stick around for years. Files: Is your organization the holder of the official record of something? Do you have the news clippings of major events in your files? Can you adapt the training for donors as a group teaching session? Welcome packet.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Lastly, in order to train the community to drive, you have to share your tools. Instead, we need to train them to drive, or give them the tools to actually respond to our call to action, and then spotlight the leaders and impact they create when they do respond to our call. What about a fundraising tool? What do we need?

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. tools, to get past some of those communication barriers â?? both electronic and print. Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2005

David G suggested to me that we should be posting our public bloglines subscriptions to delicious, another tool introduced during the NTC Tag You're It Session. is a social bookmarking tool. So, I was curious to see how bookmarking tools have evolved. For those of you are not ubergeeks ( I'm not ), del.icio.us So, here???s

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Most of the administrative problems are: 1) using an outdated versions, 2) using a module before it is “tried and true&# , 3) using the PHP/FullHTML input filters that specifically allows for dangerous output code, and 4) not correctly setting permissions for the file system and database grants. 6 David Geilhufe 04.07.09 “itâ??s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" -- the poll was done with mp3 files and so you can hear their voices. And, looking at the list, it's only US-based charities) He raises a great question that gets beyond the scoreboard, numbers only focus of his approach: "Don't you think that they might have lessons to teach all of us?" mean for you? hard to use ?"

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. Interested? Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next?

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