Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 11, 2017

Give yourself time to get your body and mind ready for peak performance. You are not talking to a group; you are talking to individuals within the group. You are not bound by slides. Your slides are there to support you, not vice versa. Kulhan recommends you follow these five tips : Warm Up. Be Yourself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Brainstorming can be done as a solo activity or group or collaborative brainstorming. Osborn outlines the essential rules of a successful group brainstorming session. The most critical thing that distinguishes brainstorming from other types of facilitated group activity is the absence negative feedback. What is Brainstorming?

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APRIL 14, 2022

Across two days full of interactive sessions, workshops, and hands-on training, I had the chance to meet members of my Chicago Ohana Salesforce group and connect with new people with similar passions, challenges, and solutions to share. It was also the first in-person event I’ve had a chance to attend in two years. DevOps Sessions + Speakers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2012

I have a survey that allows me to understand the composition of the group in aggregate as well as the maturity of practice levels for each individual participant according to “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly.” I use survey monkey and grab the visual chart for each question and dumping each chart into its own Powerpoint slide.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

. —– Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people’s minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. Animoto isn’t a new tool, but it is still in my top five.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2022

Research Your Donors to Read Their Minds. The words you want them to say: “ Wow, it’s like he read my mind! ”. You research your donor as an individual, but you also have a broad depth of general research on the kinds of people who donate to your nonprofit as a whole group. How do you get to that point?

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CauseVox

APRIL 20, 2021

Screenshot of a slide with the title “Virtual Fundraising Case Study” and a photo from Summit Assistance Dog’s Unleash Your Love. If you are holding your event indoors, keep in mind that you may have to make changes to your traditional approach. They increased their ROI by 8 times.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 5, 2014

First, they Google your nonprofit—that’s them climbing up the stairs of your slide. As they read your first few pages, they’re sitting on the top of the slide. At this point they are still sitting atop the slide. They need one final push of momentum before deciding to slide down and actually act.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

To make it easier for you connect at the NTC, we’ve introduced a new event track comprised completely of Birds of a Feather sessions: meetings of like-minded folk about a specific interest or topic. Tables at this lunch will feature a theme to bring together like-minded people for conversation and learning. NTC Connect Track.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

The basic premise remained the same: to give training tips, model them, and to provide “meta” data that gave a glimpse into the minds of the session designers. This activity allowed the learner to move, engage in small group discussion, and apply analysis to the content. The session slide deck is also available on Slideshare.net.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

You may be working with a group of people who know each other. Mindfulness Activities. Host a few mindfulness activities, where a leader takes attendees through guided meditation, breathing exercises, or yoga sessions. Have sponsored marketing slides as powerpoints, stable branding, or live ads. Not sure what to do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2015

The slides and resources from the session can be found here. A body in motion or standing stays in motion and so does the mind. Gina Schmeling had some great advice: “My run group in Brooklyn has a ‘slowest sets the pace’ rule for social runs. She came back and announced that she did as a walking meeting!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

And just a couple of real quick housekeeping items, just want to let you all know that we are recording this session and we’ll be sending out that recording as well as the slides later on. Well, let me take down my slides because they want to hear from you, not me. So are you ready for me to present my slides? .

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) is dedicated to improving the lives of teens through mindfulness retreats. The organization offers weekend and weeklong residential mindfulness retreats for teens, including poor youth and those with major emotional issues. Mindfulness Retreats for Poor Teens. spanhidden.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

One critical element of storytelling for nonprofits is protecting the privacy and confidentiality of the people in the stories—especially if they’re from vulnerable groups in society. Quote graphic with text over a photo of a diverse group of people. Utilize a few slides to share a story.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

For example: An animal rescue group might aim to increase the number of animals they save by 25%. It’s too easy for you to change course or let things slide if you don’t have a written plan, and that leads to lack of accountability. Think about the groups of people who give you money and who might give you money if you asked.

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 2011

Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people's minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. You can also create groups to share privately across a team, and organization, or a network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Earlier this month, the Ad Council hosted a webinar on the topic of social media ROI with three great social media minds to help us navigate these and other thorny online issues. Or, if you’d like to watch the entire presentation or download the presentation slides. David Almacy, Senior Vice President at Edelman.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We’ve grouped these solutions into the following categories: Donor Management Fundraising Project Management Communication Design Forms Marketing Events Website Content Management System As you assess each option, keep in mind that seemingly “free” platforms may still come with costs. Let’s take Salesforce, for example.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

With that in mind, let’s walk through three considerations to keep in mind when pricing your online courses. Developing a new eLearning course isn’t as simple as one employee sitting at a computer, authoring a PowerPoint slide, and calling it a day. Creation Costs: What is the cost of online course development?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Just want to let you all know that we are recording this session, and we’ll be sending out the slides as well as the recording later on this afternoon. So I know you got some slides to pull up but the floor is yours. So on the next slide, you can see we partner with more than 500 nonprofits annually worldwide.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Leading a group of passionate volunteers, doing deeds that help the community around you, and making a meaningful difference to an important cause are what make the job of a volunteer management leader worth it. For instance, create a specific group for those who are skilled in coding and web design. Next, we’ll talk about email.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

20 slides. 1 slide every 15 seconds. How to Be a Mindful Techie Speaker Speaker: Meico Whitlock, Senior Manager, Communications, NASTAD. Take a deep breath and come into the present moment to learn how to become a mindful techie. If you''ve never seen an Ignite presentation before, let me break it down for you: 5 minutes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

Hybrid meetings are where some participants participate remotely through a video conferencing platform like zoom, while the rest of the participants are gathered together in a conference room in an office or several in-person group clusters. Beware of Power Imbalances and Group Dynamics.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2012

It was a lot of fun presenting (and talking to) this extremely engaged group of people. When choosing your Facebook cover photo, make sure you keep your brand in mind, but try to also show off your culture, history, mission, and values. Keep that in mind and do your best to tell the world about the work you're doing.

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NTEN

MARCH 9, 2011

Affinity Groups - RSVP in myNTC! What it's all about: Happening all day Thursday, Affinity Groups are casual meetings for like-minded folks, allowing people with common interests to meet, socialize, network, and brainstorm. Speakers have five minutes, and 20 slides (they automatically move ahead every 15 seconds!);

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

And we’ll be sending out the recording as well as the slides later on today. . And I’ll let you bring up your beautiful slides, and the floor is yours, gentlemen, so take it away. . Also, a little shout out to our colleague Kevin Wilson who’s managing the slides for us at Harvey’s office.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Looking at your entire presentation from their perspective will not only encourage you to cut any excess information, but also help you to design more compelling slides. In your mind, establish how you want your audience to feel during your presentation: Enthusiastic? Go deeper — use empathy. Deeply connected to your topic?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Card sorts are a form of usability testing that help us understand how users group and label content. Simply put, it’s a matter of creating a “card” for each piece of content you plan to offer on your website and asking folks to stack the cards into groups and then apply a label to each group. Methodology. In-Person or Remote?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

And just a couple of quick housekeeping items, just want to let you all know that we are recording this session, and will be sending out the recording as well as the slides later on today. Definitely want to connect with her after that, and also has a new Major Gifts mastermind group kicking up as well. So lots of cool things going on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. You might also consider setting up a Facebook Group just for alumni and encourage them to share this information. LinkedIn groups and company pages are a great place to encourage this type of engagement.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Be Mindful of Your Participants’ Time. “ Zoom fatigue is real, so it’s important when creating a virtual fundraising event to be mindful of duration and timing, as well as ensuring that all content offered within your event provides value and actionable takeaways. Check lighting to make sure speakers’ faces are well lit.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2012

Here are our slides and Ellen's handouts if you want to learn more. Merilee and I were on a panel together called Museum as Prototype ( my slides here ), and I got that delightful jealous feeling seeing all the amazing stuff she's doing. Merilee Mostov and the Columbus Museum of Art.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Tags can also be used to find resources such as photos, slide presentations, and articles to reference for use on your site. Another good use of social bookmarking sites is to create group resource lists for collaborative bookmarking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Community groups, nonprofits and other entities are embracing Web 2.0 In this session, we'll focus on three sectors: nonprofit groups, public access television and community-oriented citizen journalism. I got about 3 slides in when I realized that my brain no longer operates that way. I opted for the wiki-presentation method.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2009

We worked in small groups by network purpose. My three ah-ha insights: When thinking about learning networks, keep in mind that there are different stages of network: ignition, connection, alignment, and production (See Peter Platrik's thinking ). I gravitated to the learning network discussion.

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