Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 26, 2020

Evocation :We are receptive to an influence beyond ourselves that creates the inspiration within us. Focus on the person in front of you. Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Be Personal. Leaders, through their positions of authority, have tremendous power to influence how others view themselves.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

This not only matters when looking for fundraising ideas during COVID, but also in general since there’s always going to be a level of risk associated with any in-person event. At Qgiv, we guide our work by keeping our core values top of mind, and one of those values is empathy. Not having an in-person event?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

From Mother’s Day campaigns raising money for breast cancer research to Christmas fundraisers collecting gifts for children in need, great holiday fundraisers stick in your mind for years afterwards. Volunteers share their campaign pages with friends, family, and the rest of their personal networks.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 17, 2024

Understand your audience When planning your marketing strategy, it’s helpful to start with the end in mind—who are you trying to reach? Supplement this post with engaging language like “Cook a mouth-watering five-star meal with celebrity chef, Suzanne Jones.” Partnering with an influencer. Posting on a regular schedule.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. List all languages spoken, honors and awards received, and publications. Connect with past and current co-workers , colleagues, partners, and influencers. Keep that in mind! Should your nonprofit create a LinkedIn Group?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The content you post should be crafted with your platform and audience in mind. Use a similar tone and language as your other accounts. This will give others the chance to join the conversation and meet like-minded supporters. What should you post? When should you post? Use your logo as your profile picture.

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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. Keep in mind that learning organizations are those that prioritize the development of – people – everyone comes to work every day in part to grow, and to support one another in doing so.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 3, 2018

Evocation :We are receptive to an influence beyond ourselves that creates the inspiration within us. Focus on the person in front of you. Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Be Personal. Leaders, through their positions of authority, have tremendous power to influence how others view themselves.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

With those statistics in mind, let’s take a look at what this reveals about donors. With that in mind, we can remove that from the general understanding of donor behavior for the rest of the day. What you can learn : It will be impossible to anticipate the personal reasons that someone may give to your nonprofit. Who Is Giving?

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Nonprofit storytelling refers to narratives an organization shares (often called “impact stories”) as a way to illustrate its mission and connect with supporters on a personal, emotional level. Double-check that the story doesn’t share personal information or other details that could put the story subject in danger.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

While annual giving allows donors to contribute to something important to them in the present, planned gifts in the form of cash, property, or assets like stocks and bonds can influence an organization for years or decades to come. Due to the legal nature of planned gifts, understanding planned giving policies is even more important.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Networking is more common the higher up the social stratification you go (with clubs and industry breakfasts and lunches being commonplace) where like-minded individuals become used to making important connections. Many non-white leaders can find it difficult to achieve the desired levels of visibility outside of their sphere of influence.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 8, 2022

Generally speaking, if your ad mentions a candidate by name and urges people to vote (or not vote) for that person, it’s considered political advertising. Lobbying is trying to influence specific legislation through direct contact with legislators or their staff. This could be a television ad, a mailer, or even a Facebook post.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 29, 2017

Evocation :We are receptive to an influence beyond ourselves that creates the inspiration within us. Focus on the person in front of you. Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Be Personal. Leaders, through their positions of authority, have tremendous power to influence how others view themselves.

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Media Cause

APRIL 2, 2021

Know your current audience demographic and keep your target audience in mind. This includes (but isn’t limited to) threats, swears, offensive language or anything that can be deemed hate speech. Below is a list of best practices to keep in mind when building your community management process: Consistency is key. Be authentic.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

In their research project “Exploring the Love Language of Fundraising,” Jen and Adrian are uncovering how often the nonprofit sector focuses on money within their messaging – “Your gift can” or “Thank you for your donation” – which establishes a transactional relationship with them. They also uncovered how “It’s not about how we talk to them.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Prioritizing a more dignified experience in food service means that every person can both access food, and access the right food to meet their nutritional, medical, religious, or cultural needs. At our first in-person design sprint*, the group challenged each other to bust orthodoxies that hold us back from reducing hunger.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 15, 2015

"I define persuasion as ethically winning the heart and mind of your target," explains author Mark Rodgers. And, he teaches you to focus on the influencing power of risk. Use language to propel discussions and actions. And, in his new book, Persuasion Equation , he teaches you the subtle science of getting your way.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 24, 2021

With events shifting from in-person to virtual and now to hybrid formats, the way attendees experience and interact with event content has also changed. . As the pandemic made in-person gatherings impossible, our lives, and our events, moved online. In-person was often the focus. . But in early 2020, everything changed. .

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

Personalization thrives, engagement’s secured, executives empowered, strategies assured. Influencers are found, partnerships bloom, social media conquered, marketers consume. ChatGPT is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. Keep the limitations of that structure in mind.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

When contemplating their favorites, they likely thought about which books were in their minds the best, most favored, most inspiring, most instructional, most relevant, and which ones they might reference frequently. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?" Top Books About Leadership.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

You can make this donation suggestion in an in-person meeting with donors. Then, you can use this strategy when sending personalized emails or letters to donors. Several different studies provide insight into why how you present giving price options can influence donors to give more (or less) generously.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2012

When contemplating their favorites, they likely thought about which books were in their minds the best, most favored, most inspiring, most instructional, most relevant, and which ones they might reference frequently. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What's Your Favorite?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Your mindset influences your behavior and participation at meetings. But, you are the only person around the table or screen with your expertise, interests, concerns, and point of view. Here’s how to do it: Practice Mindfulness Meetings : Be fully present at every meeting, focused on the conversation at hand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Time Magazine provocatively named “The Protester” as its 2011 “Person of the Year” for its riveting influence on last year’s social and political events. While emotive storytelling is crux to engaging the hearts and minds of social media consumers, advocates are ethically bound to preserve the privacy of vulnerable clients.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

When contemplating their favorites, they likely thought about which books were in their minds the best, most favored, most inspiring, most instructional, most relevant, and which ones they might reference frequently. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?" Top Books About Leadership.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 30, 2014

Understanding the new up-and-coming generation is a little like learning a new language—and I’m not just talking about deciphering their slang. And we need to do so in their language. Keep this in mind when you think about looking for your next generation of donors. When I was that age, going to the mall was “totally tubular.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

When contemplating their favorites, they likely thought about which books were in their minds the best, most favored, most inspiring, most instructional, most relevant, and which ones they might reference frequently. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What's Your Favorite?"

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

When the discussion turned to what words make tweets great it was revealed that a key ingredient to successful tweets wasn't so much language but good Twitter etiquette. The first, and often easiest, step is identifying who are the influencers on the subject of your cause and/or in the nonprofit field, in your local community and beyond.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

We are here to talk about personal branding, specifically how to make yourself memorable. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding. So personal branding, I love this topic. So that means it’s personal. But get this.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

In fact, the app includes "Chattalytics" which shows the top 50 influencers out of 15,000 or so folks in the Dreamforce app. My thoughts, keeping in mind that Salesforce is evolving this frequently: It's fun. It's real-time and easy and personal. No Salesforce language at the bottom of every email. I got the mobile app.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

It’s very personal to me. . I started yoga about, you know, from a really early age, my family introduced me to mindfulness and meditation, even though you would never guess it because they don’t look like typical hippies. . This is all coming from psychology, social sciences, and my personal observations.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Creating a Request for Proposals can be labor-intensive, time consuming, and stressful, but it's a lot easier when you're not starting from scratch - so we've put together a template that you can fill out as you go, which already contains the structure, sections, and language you'll need.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

In the new book, The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance , Dr. Nate Zinsser , Director of West Point’s influential Performance-Psychology Program, shares his secrets of mental toughness and how to build and master confidence. In addition to training the minds of the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2010

When a participatory activity is designed without a goal in mind, you end up with a bunch of undervalued stuff and nowhere to put it. It's not just a personal activity; it's an opportunity to be part of something. The additional frames add volumes of data that make the user experience more personalized, diverse, and powerful.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And, dang, you’re busy and you’re a super-smart person. Now personally, I would like to see this 52 be like 82 but I will take the 52. Donors want to know that your board members are personally involved, they want to see that your board is diverse and inclusive of all perspectives and backgrounds.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2017

At the training, we saw examples of small visions--like a restaurant barback who had a vision for a better way to make juice--and big ones--like the 10-year vision for the 700-person Zingerman's community of businesses. Use evocative language, engage the senses, engage your emotions. This is a detailed history from the future.

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