Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

For over thirty years, I have integrated “reflection rituals” in my professional work on a daily, weekly, quarterly, and annually basis. Rituals can boost our personal productivity because they allow us to focus and reach our goals without distraction. There is a whole book devoted to the topic, “ Rituals at Work.”)

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In this episode, learn about strategic areas to focus on for better results and use the SMART framework to make sure your goals guide your planning. Choosing Vendors That Align with Your Organization’s Mission and Goals The nonprofit coffee talk podcast Your organization’s mission is a driving force that motivates everyone in it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. ” I use it for annual planning and goal setting. Year in Review.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Being stuck in chronic performance can have a devastating impact on your skills, confidence, job, and personal life. No matter how hard we work, if we only do things as best we know how, trying to minimize mistakes, we get stuck at our current levels of understanding, skills, and capabilities.”

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Nimble AMS

MAY 13, 2022

Soon Gen Z and Millennials will dominate most of the job force, impacting the future of work as we know it. When young professionals join your organization and meet their professional or personal goals, it maximizes member engagement, accelerating your own association goals. Education programs. Volunteering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. (In “ I use it for annual planning and goal setting.I

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Most people know that they have to sell themselves during a job interview or an annual performance evaluation at work. And no other book on personal branding teaches readers the sales skills that will help them sell that brand—sell themselves—like a pro. But few people actually know how to sell.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

What skills and qualities should you look for in a major gifts officer? The MGO is a big deal because it requires a unique skill set: A love for people A genuine dedication to your cause A good storyteller (and ‘question asker’!) What was your proudest moment in this line of work? What makes you nervous?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

You worked hard to meet last year’s fundraising goals, and now you’re able to look ahead at a new year filled with new possibilities. If this is true for your organization, don’t let a slower start to the year discourage you from getting a head start on achieving your annual goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

As a participant, it was fantastic to chat with other people about these questions. The big themes that emerged included: How do we get people to value both the journey as well as the goal? How do we help individuals and organizations make that internal shift in mindset as well as structure for working to be effective?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. (In “ I use it for annual planning and goal setting.I

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2014

workforce -- work from home at least one or two days a week. If you are a leader of work-from-home employees, share the book, There''s No Place Like Working From Home , with them. Share it particularly with an employee new to working from his or her home. Working From Home'

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Today brings a must-read book for anyone who makes presentations at work, a club, a non-profit, or to any group of individuals the reader wants to persuade to take action. One of my favorite parts of the book is where Sjodin teaches how best to use visual aids in your presentations. Don’t rely on your visual aids to do all the work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2016

workforce -- work from home at least one or two days a week. If you are a leader of work-from-home employees, share the book, There's No Place Like Working From Home , with them. Share it particularly with an employee new to working from his or her home. More than 40 million people -- roughly one-third of the U.S.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Solid donor engagement strategies help organizations improve their donors’ connection with their work, establish strong donor relationships, and retain their donor base. Invite donors and other supporters to ask questions about your work, mission, and organization. Teaching them something. Host an “Ask Me Anything” session.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 20, 2024

But just as a microwave can’t teach culinary skills, generic AI can’t inherently understand your organization’s unique voice, mission, or brand. We are watching ‘AI Microwaves’ get added to every writing ‘kitchen’ we work with.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

How do I balance work and life? It will teach you how to navigate these types of paradoxes more effectively. As CEO of Unilever, he implemented the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan to achieve a bold social and environmental goal while doubling profits. If these initiatives worked, he stuck with them.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Plus, nonprofit organizations can utilize these groups of passionate volunteers to help achieve goals in making the world a better and safer place. That’s one of the best things about volunteering; there are a variety of ways for individuals to make an impact according to their interests and skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

How do I balance work and life? It will teach you how to navigate these types of paradoxes more effectively. As CEO of Unilever, he implemented the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan to achieve a bold social and environmental goal while doubling profits. If these initiatives worked, he stuck with them.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Getting development teams and their nonprofit boards to work in alignment can be challenging. Even if your development team and your board work well together, there is probably more that the executive director, development director, and board chair can do to ensure that the organization is taking advantage of everyone’s strengths.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 5, 2021

But as I tell my students and clients regularly, writing to raise money is a learnable skill that you can master. In today’s article I wanted to share a bit about my writing process when I work on fundraising emails for clients in the hopes that it helps you master your process and write great copy. I do not and neither will you.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 18, 2018

My goal from there was to disrupt the nonprofit world and look at it through the lens of a business person. By definition , earned income is “any income that a person or company receives for work they have done.” Part of the organization’s mission is to teach young women business practices. “Is that allowed?

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

It involves reinventing work processes, improving channels of communication, and asking your staff to imagine their roles and responsibilities differently. Here are several suggestions to help accomplish that goal. I try to be very clear that no one is exempt from learning and mastering new skills.” It’s a choice.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 8, 2022

If your nonprofit is like many organizations, you rely heavily on volunteers to reach your mission and goals. According to a study, 36% of people stop participating in an opportunity because the work is not challenging enough for them. Provide volunteers with valuable skills. Provide volunteers with challenging opportunities.

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

If your nonprofit is like many organizations in 2021, you rely heavily on volunteers to reach your mission and goals. According to a study, 36% of people stop participating in an opportunity because the work is not challenging enough for them. Provide volunteers with valuable skills.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. High school and college are the perfect time to learn these skills. is successful for the simplest of reasons: it works. apply the 80/20 rule.

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Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2021

If your nonprofit is like many organizations, you rely heavily on volunteers to reach your mission and goals. According to a study, 36% of people stop participating in an opportunity because the work is not challenging enough for them. Provide volunteers with valuable skills. Provide volunteers with challenging Opportunity.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Nonprofits needed more streamlined applications and processes to get resources out the door and trust from grantmakers that they could do more and better work with fewer limitations. I often wonder what proportion of the folks working in philanthropy have had the privilege of also working in a nonprofit, and vice versa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 24, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. High school and college are the perfect time to learn these skills. is successful for the simplest of reasons: it works. apply the 80/20 rule.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2011

workforce -- work from home at least one or two days a week. If you are a leader of work-from-home employees, share the new book, There's No Place Like Working From Home , with them. Share it particularly with an employee new to working from his or her home. About 42 million people -- roughly one-third of the U.S.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Prepare to be inspired and then to work hard as you read Bo Eason ’s book on how to be the best in the world at what you do. Former NFL All-Pro and now one of the most in-demand motivational speakers and trainers, Eason provides you the four-step, real-world, game plan to help you reach your goals (declarations) and to play your a-game.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 18, 2021

This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. High school and college are the perfect time to learn these skills. is successful for the simplest of reasons: it works. apply the 80/20 rule.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Kettl share compelling and instructive stories about some of today’s most successful bridgebuilders—federal state, and local government leaders who transcend boundaries and partner across sectors, to achieve success and meet their goals. Build capabilities around skills rather than authority. Knock down barriers.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In early 2018, a band of adventurers who came to be known as the Salesforce.org Trailhead Editorial Board set out to reach customers, partners, and pro bono volunteers with a comprehensive menu of skills-based training. The challenge was to meet the needs of multiple audiences. We gathered input from customers, partners, and employees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2018

I am honored to be working with Wake International on their Tech2Empower Program in Cusco, Peru. The program hosts a delegation of women who work in the tech industry to share their knowledge and skills with women-focused nonprofits, startups and girls empowerment programs in developing countries and in the US.

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