Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Volunteer Hub

APRIL 3, 2023

I wanted volunteer data stored in one central location, and for volunteers to be able to register from their phone, in order to take advantage of QR codes and auto-fill. Group Manager is huge, the less emails that partners have to send the better and Group Manager streamlines the process for our internal contacts.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

When training nonprofit leaders, I often share that volunteers want to make a difference. Recent events, including the unprecedented number of protests, fueled by technologies that make it easy to mobilize large groups of people around such issues as racial justice, women’s rights, and climate change, have elevated the concept of mattering.

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Candid

MARCH 5, 2024

Simultaneously, make sure your nonprofit has in place a clearly stated mission, vision, and values , as well as sound infrastructure: a qualified team, internal governance and management systems, technology, and partners. If face-to-face is not an option, a phone call is your next best bet.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Create Internal Efficiency: Creating standardized and documented practices around moves management can streamline operational efficiency. Meaningful Interactions : Clearly define what constitutes a meaningful action with a donor and ensure that any documentation of the meetings, phone calls, appeals, etc. Step 5: Train Your Team.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Subsequent action steps are grouped according to your level of fundraising development: Getting Started, Advancement (somewhere further along), and Going from Good to Great. In fact, they vary greatly depending on your location, the skills of your volunteers, and your past training and experience at fundraising.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

.” Speak The Donor’s Language No matter how many times you ask for donations, always act as though your audience or your “askee” doesn’t know much about your nonprofit, especially your internal shorthand. In person, on the phone, or video chat, you want to reaffirm your connection. “I This should last about 5 minutes. So do I.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The project includes face-to-face training , webinar , as well as one-on-one coaching provided by the expert team at SpitFire. But because this group of organizations is working in a networked way, it means that not everyone has to do content curation at the degree as Bruce. Friending the Finish Line. Learning and Metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

There are many learning theories and can be categorized in different ways: External: These theories take into account self-learning and learning in groups. This includes behaviorism and social learning or peer learning, communities of practice, and connectivism. Internal: These theories take into account our minds and bodies.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Thanks to Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific , I’ve had the great honor to present a series of online fundraising and social media trainings to over three hundred non-governmental organizations (NGOs) throughout Asia Pacific over the last three years. Before each training I review the Web presence for each NGO in attendance.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 24, 2021

An international organization was able to train people in distant countries who previously couldn’t afford to travel to a training. . It brings up questions like, will the same event be interesting to both groups? One organization was looking into interns. 2021 Challenges. Live Stream: Facebook, YouTube.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 25, 2022

The flexible, scalable solution is designed to assist labor unions, healthcare organizations, and housing and human services groups with both internal and external organizational management. . Complete your advocacy toolkit with EveryAction’s canvassing, phone banking, direct mail, and activist management features. .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

True to their military training, the veterans quickly mobilized to help from afar. One group of West Point graduates came together to form a nonprofit organization, Allied Airlift 21 (AA21), which quickly grew to over 250 volunteers. Air Force aircrafts evacuating people from Hamid Karzai International Airport. Government.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Crowdfunding involves raising many donations, typically small gifts, from a large group of people. In a text-to-give campaign, donors will text a keyword to a phone number assigned to your nonprofit. Staff training resources , such as digital courses or videos. Crowdfunding functionality. A matching gift platform.

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Qgiv

MAY 23, 2022

Cleaning up and maintaining data is worth investing staff time, finding a contractor, training an intern/volunteer, or some other creative solution. If you find you don’t get traction by mailing to lapsed donors, quit mailing to them and try something different (an event, phone call, etc.)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Are your results related to external environmental factors or internal strategic ones? phone calls, emails, mailed notes, texts and social media) with donors to build relationships and set the stage for asking again as we emerge from the crisis. Do this via survey, focus group, or one-to-one interviews.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Each of these groups provided insights into the challenge, determined a focus area where technology can help, and developed a solution. We generated ideas for features like crop-specific guidance, multi-language accessibility, real-time market pricing data, and access to peer-to-peer training and resources. Emma Visman. Eric Munoz.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2020

Find constituent phone numbers. Check and identify constituent phone numbers annually – and cell phone numbers biannually. It’s easy to push training to the bottom of a packed priority list, but it is truly an investment. Tons of organizations are offering free training – including Blackbaud! Ensure email delivery.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. everyone will need training in order to realize efficiencies and goals. ] By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

We’ve been trained in our society that it’s not polite to talk about money. Why Successful Leaders Frame Culture As a Management System , Jason Korman, Gapingvoid Culture Design Group. talking about purpose and passion), in lieu of a traditional board “training” (i.e., Because everyone is impacted by your ability to raise money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Online collaboration tools and platforms give nonprofits the opportunity for connectivity and collaboration internally as well as with external stakeholders like volunteers and board members. Establishing work flow norms is very different from training people about how to use the tools. And, that’s a good thing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. The information can then be erased from the phone, to safeguard it from the phone’s possible loss or confiscation. Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Internal support, like for accounting or HR. Bristol Strategy Group – Strategic Planning & Board Development. Frost on Fundraising – Speaker Training. The Alford Group – Corporate Partnerships. Staff, management, and executive-level coaching and training in a variety of areas. EXPLORE Bristol Strategy Group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Other international keynotes included colleagues Simon Mainwaring and Peter Sims (more about their ideas coming later this week in blogs posts, so stay tuned.) Isadora, who is only 13 years, created a Facebook group to help other teens in her country who want to make a difference in their communities and to report problems in their schools.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 12, 2019

Summarize group consensus after each decision point during a meeting 18. Return e-mails and phone calls promptly 29. Promote excellent customer service both internally and externally 40. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Err on the side of taking action 13. Be visible 15.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Financial Officers Group. This morning Liz Karlin, who works at the Packard Foundation in Grant Operations , and I did a remote presentation for the Foundation Financial Officers Group on Organizational Change and Social Media Policy development. For the audio, we use a phone line that was fed into the AV system and wireless mic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

The panelists include: Amy Sample Ward – Amy is an author and speaker focused on the way social technologies can be used to support social impact by nonprofit organizations and community groups around the world. Check it out on your mobile phone. Condom use campaign: (check that out on your phone. Twitter: @agahran.

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