Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. Storytelling is a skill. Recently, Paul kindly answered the following questions about his new book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? Storytelling is a powerful tool. It helps them relax. Including me.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 20, 2021

A mission statement should answer several questions: What do you do? These beliefs influence your internal decisions and your consumers’ interpretation of your brand. Get your Board (big b) together and a brainstorming board (little b) together and write down all the keywords that come to mind. Mission Statement.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Once you’ve gathered this information, you should be able to answer common questions like: Where should you post? The content you post should be crafted with your platform and audience in mind. This will give others the chance to join the conversation and meet like-minded supporters. What should you post? When should you post?

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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. Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. Connect with past and current co-workers , colleagues, partners, and influencers. Keep that in mind!

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

That’s an important shift in stance, and it can have a huge influence on how your approach your work moving forward. Finally, schedule a time (while you’re still in the values frame of mind) to conduct a similar group exercise (write on a whiteboard or easel). Paste a list of generative questions next to your work station.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. Storytelling is a skill. When the book was published, Paul kindly answered the following questions about the book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? Storytelling is a powerful tool. It helps them relax.

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Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 16, 2023

If you want to increase the impact of your organizations fundraising campaigns, it is key to ask the right question, at the right time, in the right way. Gen Zers are influenced the most by social media when it comes to fundraising. For most nonprofits, fundraising is a year-round event. How do you reach new donors?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. Storytelling is a skill. When the book was published, Paul kindly answered the following questions about the book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? Storytelling is a powerful tool. It helps them relax.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

Now to dig into this topic because it combines a couple of interest - storytelling with social media and working in a networked way. Lina offers a concise definition of Transmedia Storytelling , a concept and term coined by Henry Jenkins. It’s likely time to add storytelling to the task list.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Video storytelling: Emotionally compelling videos showcasing your organization’s impact can help humanize your cause by showing the real people behind your organization’s efforts. Social media influencer collaborations: Partner with social media influencers who are passionate about your cause.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2022

Narratives have the power to liberate or oppress because they have the potential to influence the beliefs and behaviors of individuals, which in turn can shape institutional policies and practices. Questions to ask when developing a narrative change strategy. It allows us to communicate with others and build connections.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. Storytelling is a skill. When the book was published, Paul kindly answered the following questions about the book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? Storytelling is a powerful tool. It helps them relax.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

It engages their minds and their hearts by appealing to both their intellect and emotions. Storytelling is a skill. Today, Paul kindly answered the following questions about his new book : Question: What drove your decision to write this book? Storytelling is a powerful tool. It helps them relax. Including me.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Share your organization’s mission, who you serve, the influence your organization has on its audience(s), and the role it plays in the larger conversation around your issue area. Don’t forget - despite the structured, sometimes mechanical feel a fundraising plan can have, storytelling does have a place in the planning process.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

We develop our skills by seeking, absorbing, questioning, adapting, and experimenting, oftentimes bringing diverse influences together to create something that’s unique for our clients’ needs, but with connections to other relevant spaces. According to the CDC , 1 in 4 Americans live with some kind of disability.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Information Sharing and Storytelling. If your CSR programs are not integrated across lines of business and support departments, keep in mind this is a journey. Try these suggestions to connect with your HR colleagues: Provide recruitment messages with impact data and storytelling. Keep in mind, executive teams are really busy!

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

To answer this question, I spent time researching the habits, mindsets, and cultures of successful data driven nonprofits. Natural Curiosity: Time and time again, the best examples of people using data to drive decisions are those who have curious minds. They want to understand why things happen and how the world works.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 20, 2023

You have influencers on social media who call themselves content creators, posting videos and content online, and people like myself who consider themselves content writers, because, well, we write for a living. Search for keywords and questions that you might be able to rank for. Take a look at what your competitors are doing.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

The chat kicked off with the question, "What makes a great tweet?" 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. Action can be thought of as creating conversation.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question. For example, a story that begins with a big emotional impact will leave the reader asking questions and wanting more information. The panelists included. Engage Offline.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A growing number of organizations are instituting junior boards to outsource next gen engagement to a group of young, mission-oriented, loyal supporters with networks and influence to leverage. Like many questions of this nature, there’s no one silver bullet.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Social Capital 2019 is a content-rich, invitation-only conference bringing together the brightest nonprofit and corporate minds for a candid exchange on growing strategic partnerships. We know you've got questions. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Leading Together 2019. Apr 29 -May 1.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2016

As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post , we are asking conference attendees to respond to the question, “Where are you on your journey to measuring outcomes and impact?” This lines up with the research that influenced our outcomes measurement solution, Blackbaud Outcomes™. Developing” still has a clear lead.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This will influence how many volunteers you’ll need to recruit and train. A volunteer recruitment letter is a more formal way of soliciting volunteers, but you can have your current volunteers personalize them for the prospects they have in mind. Leave time for questions at the end of the session.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 4, 2007

Two of the articles that most influenced me were written by Don Carson, Disney imagineer turned video game designer, about "environmental storytelling." (You When I read this list, my mind leaps to fantasy. The unifying story is espionage, and the game-like question: “Do you have what it takes to be a spy?”

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And then we’ll have some time for question and answers to make sure that we can do our best to address some of the things that you and your teams and your boards are facing today. So we have three questions that will help anchor our conversation. And just to make it easy, we’ll ask you to type your questions in the chat.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Up your storytelling game. Some nonprofits like to include optional questions on their form to find out how donors found out about the organization or how they prefer to be contacted. Keep your form simple by only asking the necessary questions and including easy-to-use elements like drop-down menus. Use social media.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Get ready to learn from some of the best analytics minds out there. It will bring together the practitioners, scientists and creative minds of behavior change to discuss the science and technology of change. Fundraising. 2016 Analytics with Purpose Conference. 2016 Analytics with Purpose Conference. Agents of Change Summit.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

1) Visual Storytelling. Visual storytelling does exactly that. In fact, 80% of the top grossing campaigns through CauseVox use visual storytelling to showcase their cause and crush their fundraising goal. Consistent, relevant content is key to keeping your campaign top of mind for donors. Consider this. Updates and news.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Keep in mind that you can (and should) revise your plan in accordance with the other steps listed below. Keep in mind that you can also leverage social media tools for your fundraising campaigns. Tell stories One of the best ways to engage supporters is to use effective storytelling strategies. Social media.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2007

PostSecret asks the right question. The most basic, and perhaps least interesting, question that is asked of visitors is, “What do you think?” How would you answer such a question? Frank’s question, or his entreaty—“send me your secret,” is both tantalizing and comforting. It doesn’t have to be postcards.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The first step is to start acknowledging our biases and to realize when and how they influence our actions. Many of the choices we make are heavily influenced by biases we may not be aware of, which can cause us to unintentionally perpetuate inequality. Ask yourself questions to keep your bias in check. Often unwittingly.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 10, 2019

We have created Story Builder, a storytelling feature in Lightful’s social media management platform, based on the idea of using social media to tell your story more effectively (you can try it for. Different ways to make your posts more interactive (creating polls, asking questions, etc). 7) Celebrate milestones.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

We’ve got an expert on here over the next hour or so, and we’ll try to answer as many questions as we can before the 2:00 Eastern hour here. You can also send in your questions on Twitter. We want to hear your questions and we want to see your comments. So I want to ask you a question. So don’t be shy.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Before the demos, compile questions you have about using the software solution. Keep in mind that you can also leverage social media tools for your fundraising campaigns. Influencer campaign Influencer marketing is becoming increasingly popular in the nonprofit sector as people spend more and more time on social media platforms.

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

Storytelling is an essential component of fundraising , and especially so when it comes to mobile fundraising. So, how exactly can your mobile fundraising affect and support your nonprofit storytelling? When it comes to storytelling with mobile fundraising, make sure to put your donors at the center of the story. Scavenger hunt.

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