Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Stop wasting time in meetings with four proven techniques. It lets you create a recording of your screen and webcam with just one button, and when you’re done it converts the video to a link so you can instantly share it with anyone. Stop wasting time on the “Scavenger Hunt” of trying to find where information is stored.

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Everyaction

JUNE 11, 2018

Speed is everything for mobile users, and large images will load more slowly on phone screens than they do on desktops, so reduce your image file sizes where possible to minimize loading time and keep your members’ eyes on your content. Use an app for events and organizing.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 24, 2013

Let’s take a look at the fifteen most effective donor acquisition and online fundraising techniques used by top nonprofits. Here’s a quick video to show you how. Take advantage of this opportunity you have to build your email house file by making it easy for people to opt-in when they donate by checking one simple box.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2016

And yet, it's important to make the effort, becauses email "churn" eats away at the size of your file as people change email addresses, close accounts, and change jobs. There are several effective free techniques to grow your email list using the current digital assets and online properties your organization already has.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2006

The next technique that I am exploring in my screencasting/videocasting skill set is the addition of music. Why add KB or MB to the file size when my content instructional. Lack of technical skills or software tools in cutting, splicing, fading the audio and weaving it with the video track. Trade Off: What value does music add?

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Because a hybrid event can be so engaging and the video elements of that event can be used as a lead generation tool and future webinar, you want to make sure that you consider using high-quality equipment and hiring a professional event videographer. Ways a Hybrid Event Will Use Video. Why Does Video Style Matter? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

It's called Web Video for the Social Benefit Sector. The moderator, Patrick O'Heffernan, shared his thoughts based on his experience with The People Choose which is connected to Link TV and the first non-profit site to launch user-generated video as a community building process in a non profit environment.

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

Combining both content marketing techniques and digital advertising tools has delivered value to nonprofits. While social media platforms are in constant evolution, nonprofits are learning to innovate and experiment with engagement techniques for advocacy and fundraising. Mobile list size grew by 35% in 2017. High Complaints.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A great tool to see how different companies make their product the hero is by looking through swipe files curated by sites like [link]. Put a human face on the cause through case studies, testimonials, and videos. Use statistics to vividly demonstrate the scale of the problem being addressed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

One thing I learned just two weeks ago from a phone call to the TechSmith tech support guy is that the.wmv files from Ready/Talk can be run through microsoft media encoder - so they could be pulled into Camtasia and edited. However, the idea of editing a long file in Camtasia does not sound appealing to me.).

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Because a hybrid event can be so engaging and the video elements of that event can be used as a lead generation tool and future webinar, you want to make sure that you consider using high-quality equipment and hiring a professional event videographer. Ways a Hybrid Event Will Use Video. Why Does Video Style Matter? .

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Often, an effective title (e.g.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Often, an effective title (e.g.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2007

But wait a minute, what if I could create a screencast out of a screensharing session or using a web conference system like Ready/Talk that offers video/audio recording? The father of screencasting, Jon Udell , who of course is a technical expert in everything, uses this technique -- the screencast interview or talk show.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

There was an excellent discussion about silo busting techniques and the role of leaders in bringing down the cubicle walls. The Packard Foundation OE wiki is a pilot project aimed at providing an easy way for the OE team to share their thinking and resources with partners – a sort of “see through&# filing cabinet.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. My favorite example of this technique is the Descry Project's Obesity Epidemic visualization. And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. Tell Your Story, Literally!

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. My favorite example of this technique is the Descry Project’s Obesity Epidemic visualization. And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. Tell Your Story, Literally!

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. My favorite example of this technique is the Descry Project’s Obesity Epidemic visualization. And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. Tell Your Story, Literally!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

So I’m going to shut off my video, and then I’ll bring it back on later, okay? So it’s updating your data file with changes of address. You can print out your data file or you can look at it and get an assessment of the health of it overall. Robin: Hey, all right. Are we ready to rock and roll or what?

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Other techniques for getting started include other web tactics.The Humane Society of the United States incorporated a mobile sign-up action into their campaign to Stop the Canadian Seal Hunt. Watch video & take action @ [link]. Twitter and Mobile and Mobile Advocacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

For a step-by-step tutorial on SEO techniques for nonprofits, Wild Apricot's 30 Day Guide to Search Optimization is a good choice, while Search EngineLand site is probably the subject matter expert of choice. There's a good round up of links to blog posts and articles by other nonprofit techies and SEO mavens.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2020

Engaging supporters (and attracting new ones) with storytelling techniques. However, resist the temptation to put too many design elements, pictures, or videos on your site, especially on pages where a user might be looking for something very specific (like your donation page). Serving as a central hub for your marketing campaigns.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

The evaluation tools and techniques you choose will depend in large part on the message, the method of delivery, and the outcome that you want to measure. Filed under: General non-profit interest , nptech , Best practices , Non-profit Communications , training , publicity. instructional video. Evaluation. E-mail marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. And, finally I attended a session with in-world documentary filmmakers who screened some of their works, and discussed filmmaking techniques, another fascinating moderated chat sesson.

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sgEngage

APRIL 24, 2023

These techniques are used by threat actors to influence unsuspecting individuals into acting or sharing information that can be leveraged for a cyberattack. Common passwords are likely to include fashion brands, musicians, swear words, sports teams, cars, video games, food, and movies—“Batman” showed up 2.5 million times!

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Marketing an app requires planning and a range of digital marketing techniques and outlets. We recommend employing video formats for your promotional content because it tends to generate higher engagement online. Plus, video is one of the most expressive ways to show off your app in action. A video demo. Previous reviews.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Machine Is US/ing Us (video) ( transcript ). Technorati tracks these links, and thus the relative relevance of blogs, photos, videos etc. Tagging and social bookmarking can be useful techniques to easily share your information resources with colleagues or co-workers. The session outline is as follows: Introduction.

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Whole Whale

MAY 8, 2020

An acronym for Graphics Interchange Format, a computer file format for the compression of visual digital information. A humorous image, video, or piece of text that is copied (typically with variations) and spread rapidly online. . Using a GIF is a great way to respond to content and to add a bit of humor. Created by Dee Wisne.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The post starts with a quick video giving you the history of content marketing. Techniques and Tools. But you will have to create some original content – this is the process of curating, writing, making videos, taking photos, etc. Content Marketing: Overviews, Context, and Frameworks. Creating Content for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

You typed in a URL and a file with text and links (and later pictures and video) would be delivered. The log files captured lots of data that gave us a lot "measurable" information about what people were doing on web sites. Life was good. Engagement= Interaction + Attention. How many people comment on posts?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) He says, "Turn strangers into friends.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) He says, "Turn strangers into friends.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 11, 2007

This technique isn't exclusive to libraries. Book, video, and music stores are 2.0 Every image or sound file that SAAM publishes on the web in a searchable fashion is accessible to users all over the world. Everything is available. Professionals aggregate content for maximum findability. Put on some headphones.

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