Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2021

The book subtitle in the headline above convinced me to read, Humanocracy , by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini. Cross-train associates and organize them into small, multifunctional teams. Our organizations are (mostly) not. Pair new employees with experienced mentors.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The book subtitle in the headline above convinced me to read, Humanocracy , by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini. Cross-train associates and organize them into small, multifunctional teams. Our organizations are (mostly) not. Pair new employees with experienced mentors.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

The book subtitle in the headline above convinced me to read, Humanocracy , by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini. Cross-train associates and organize them into small, multifunctional teams. Our organizations are (mostly) not. Pair new employees with experienced mentors.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2017

We’ve all seen those horribly clickbait-y headlines , which always seem to include “You’ll Never Believe What Happens Next!!” Luckily, most of us are trained not to click these links. Instead of writing baiting headlines, try reorganizing your content to increase readability. Don’t sacrifice good content for going viral.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As such, consider showcasing your mission statement as a sub-headline on your nonprofit’s homepage, appearing just after your nonprofit’s tagline or name, to immediately grab your audience’s attention. Be sure to incorporate your nonprofit’s guiding principles and why these values are important to your cause on your homepage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

X Number of Tips, Resources, Tools, Things, Shortcuts Lists : Anytime you can create content that has a headline like X number , it screams easy to skim and useful. Take for example, John Haydon’s ” 8 Ways To Get More Reach With Your Facebook Page.” I use list.ly

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Experienced volunteers can instruct volunteers on how to perform smaller responsibilities not covered in your onboarding training. Reduced recruitment and training time costs. By retaining your volunteers, you won’t need to recruit or re-train as many new volunteers, saving valuable time that could be spent advocating for your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Phase 2: What is the worst headline you could see about your organization in the front page of the NY Times? Train your spokespersons for the world of 9/11. I’ll summarize her points here: Phase 1: What is the worst thing that could happen? Phase 3: What assumptions will be made? Phase 4: Outline a Process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. We had a lot of content and process to go through during the two-day training. I do not speak Spanish.

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

With GDPR coming into effect in the European Union and privacy scandals making headlines, many nonprofit professionals are concerned about data protection. Be aware of social engineering risks and train staff on how to avoid them. The process can be intimidating! If you don’t have a technology or legal background, where do you start?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Make headlines and use social media to generate buzz. Here are two other great resources to help you make headline news: Five Ways to Ensure Your Event Makes Headline News. This year, exceed your goals, sell out seats, make headline news, and share your success—and do it all with ease. Let’s Talk Facebook ® and Events.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 27, 2010

The journey itself is magical: you take a series of trains getting ever smaller, until the final hour meanders through the middle of mountain villages with a foot to spare on either side of the train, through tunnels and beneath spectacular mountains. And then we're in a small ski village in Switzerland!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2013

While the concert's headliners might get most of the press attention, the Bridge School itself is doing amazing work through assistive technology. The teachers take what they've learned at the Bridge School and disseminate it via trainings and workshops in their own countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2012

Our ACA story headlined Las Blogueras (hashtag #lasblogueras), a largely Spanish-language Twitter newsletter with 15,000 readers. When Batista is not on her computer, she is shuttling her children or training for races. What struck us about this conversation was that a MomsRising story on how ACA would help Latinos was the No.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 10, 2012

While no one supports wasteful public spending or abuse of power, the cases that grab headlines and provoke legislation are actually far from the norm. spending precious time and resources searching for, interviewing, hiring, and training new candidates in the face of cyclical employee turnover.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Take for example the Community Media Workshop's Ning Site which is used to complement their face-to-face training session. For every online social network training we do, we actually present the ning site and demonstrate ways participants can create and customize profiles, syndicate RSS feeds, post blogs, photos and videos and more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). All that said, as social media managers, we need to read in order have moments when we are completely immersed in a story using our brains to process words, sentences, story structure, and plot lines – not just soundbites, headlines, tweets, and pins.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Much like training prepares a runner for their big race, taking time to prepare beforehand will set your blog up for success. Captivate with headlines. Headlines are another great way to split up your content. When you take away all the bells and whistles, you end up with the foundation of your blog: the content. Tee it Up.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2009

The front-page headlines read " Hacker steals Twitter's confidential documents ," but the real story isn't about Twitter — it's that the stolen documents were stored online, "in the cloud." Tags: Physical Security Privacy Security Security Staff Training Using the Web and Internet.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

In 2017, the headline from their Trust Barometer was “Trust has Imploded!” Take the time to develop a community of experts and articulate and charismatic supporters — your super advocates — that you invest in with media training, video training, inside information and other incentives to get them to speak on your behalf.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

I get Democracy Now, ABC politics, the Webb Alert (a daily geek news headlines show,) Bill Moyers Journal, and lots of others. There are channels for everything. PBS has quite a number, as do various and sundry video podcasters. It can download videos via Bittorrent as well.

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2011

OpenSo urcery 's 2011 Drupal Training Tour this summer hits eight cities on the West Coast, from Seattle to Salt Lake. Confused by the best attributes to share in your profile summary or headline? There are some great events coming up and some interesting conversations about picking the right tools for the job.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

The Community Media Workshop is a media organization in Chicago that trains nonprofits to tell their stories to the media, tips sensitive journalists to the importance of these stories, and tries to create better relationships between the media and the diverse communities in Chicago. We then invite participants to join.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

For much of 2020, the lack of jobs — and the skyrocketing unemployment that resulted — made headlines. But one reason that isn’t talked about, debated, and headlined like the others is workforce development. You utilize our skills training and job support services to advance your career or find a new career.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

at 2:06 pm On a totally unrelated note, Michelle, after two non-stop weeks of my husband watching Battlestar Gallactica, I laughed out loud when I saw your headline! But the whole CRM field just got more interesting. { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 06.19.08 2 Jake Brewer 06.19.08 I’ll be coming back.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JUNE 15, 2007

But if your goal is to train and place 50 of these folks in the first year, promise 35 in your literature. Headlining A List Apart, a site devoted to website design and technique, focused recently on some very non-technical aspects of online marketing: the effective writing and and layout of web pages that sell your message.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2015

Voices are constantly peppering you with how to simplify your donation form, employ stronger calls to action, and use headlines that even a 15-year-old playing a video game wouldn't be able to ignore. Watch a video (could be a training or story of impact in the community). Download a member directory. Post on a forum.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 5, 2019

Headlining Keynote, Tuesday, November 12: . New product announcements, user training, industry research, a bustling expo hall, and plenty of opportunities to network with peers all await. He possesses a strong passion for leading and educating, and for simplifying the way people connect, engage, learn, and work. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

The art of writing good teaser headlines is critical to getting more interaction. Can they train others? Here are some patterns of success: To expand reach, new, recycled, and interesting content is key, but posting too frequently can cause people to hide or unlike you. Read 4 Ways FB Insights Can Get You Fans ).

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.orgSource

JUNE 12, 2023

Could some staffers benefit from additional training? Stories like this are frequent headlines. It’s also the right time to ensure that everyone in your organization has access to the information they need to do their best work. Are collaboration tools working effectively? The hack involved 92 percent of LinkedIn accounts.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2015

The entire nation tuned in as news of the event made front page headlines on sites such as CNN and ABC. It’s your job to educate and train your supporters and to provide platforms and opportunities that empower them to speak on your behalf.”. Individuals traveled countless miles to show their respect and offer their condolences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Lamb links to another story: "wireless network might be used by terrorists," the headline screams. Reminds me of this slide from an old workshop I did on how to make technology trainings more interactive. Well, yeah. But "Terrorists might also use our bus service to move about the city undetected."

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

They have a good headline at the top of the page, and they use a three-column layout that mirrors their branding throughout the site. We changed the headline to convey value, gave the copy contextual placement near the form, and moved the email acquisition form into the eye-path of the visitor. CEO & FOUNDER – NEXT AFTER.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And the headline was that this $471 billion was a new record for charitable giving in the United States. We provided a solicitation training and toolkit. And I can talk a little bit about the solicitation training in a moment. What have you seen work in terms of like the training or kind of preparing them to do that work?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I skim through headlines, looking for items that interest me, read the first few paragraphs of an article that catches my eye, and then decide if it's worth my time. " Think about your own reading habits. How often do you pick up a newspaper or magazine -- just to be retro-chic, of course -- and read it cover to cover?

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

It exists in the algorithms that govern your Facebook timeline, explains why YouTube always recommends the perfect video, or more recently, powers the Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s Chat-GPT , Google’s Bard , or Bing’s AI Chatbot , and others that have made headlines. LLM answers are dependent on the quality of the questions.

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sgEngage

MARCH 28, 2023

Include headlines in your graphs and clear section headers or keys that make your information easy to follow. Train Your Board on Reading Your Report Even if your board members have a financial background, it’s likely in for-profit businesses. Most importantly, make the story appropriate to the questions and concerns of the board.

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