Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

And, I've have the honor and good fortune to be a mentor, both formally and informally, for various individuals the past few decades. That's why I became an instant fan of the book, One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor -- and Why You'll Benefit from Being One. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2015

The holiday break is a great time to read books, both for work and just plan fun. Earlier this week, I read the recently published “ Mindful Social Marketing ” by colleague Janet Fouts. Janet has worked with for-profits and non-profits as a marketing strategist for many years and her expertise is impressive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

To find it, keep your unique goals in mind as you explore this guide to determine what’s possible. By investing in automation and organizational tools that let technology take over on the day-to-day tasks, your team can devote more of themselves to your organization’s big-picture initiatives. How long is the onboarding process?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

By Rob Leighton , Executive Director and Founder at iMission Institute – a social sector marketing agency and technology consulting firm specializing in helping nonprofits raise more money, fire up engagement, and streamline work. Keep that in mind when you make your selection. They’re out there by the hundreds, maybe by the thousands.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 3, 2022

However, your work isn’t done yet! This includes the cost to design, mail, print, and create the appeals, as well as the time that your staff spent working on the campaign. When evaluating your year-end campaign , look at the whole picture. You survived the end-of-year fundraising season ! . That includes the following: Theme.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

You need data collection and data structure skills, not just a data entry person—someone who knows how your organization operates and the best ways for information to be delivered. Name a point of contact who sees the big picture. Start now gathering the information you will need.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Meanwhile, whether integrated within or working alongside CRM systems, fundraising tools simplify the fundraising process through campaign management, online donation processing, and donor analytics, aiding nonprofits in crafting effective fundraising strategies. The Education Foundation of Lake County’s story begins here.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 21, 2021

It’s easy to end up with a lot of data silos, none of which provide a full picture of a supporter’s overall involvement. When supporter information remains segregated, fundraising initiatives can be crippled. Otherwise, users of your data will be working at a disadvantage and the concept of ‘data-driven’ flies out of the window.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

With an informed development plan, there is no reason that 2023 can’t be your best fundraising year to date and a prime year for major giving. Understanding the role of major donors, in tandem with an informed development plan, are the foundations of a securing a major gift in 2023. The good news? Goals may be dollar-based—e.g.,

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Summit makes short work of analyzing plenty of tough problems. Leaders who promote professional development and education of all kinds also encourage teams to bring an expansive perspective to their work. Open-minded humanists, interested in a broad spectrum of topics and issues. quadrillion floating-point operations per second.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Lots of people do—some are curious how an organization funds its work and others are looking for prospects of their own. With just a little digging—using the tools and resources I will share in this blog—you will be able to get a picture of who donates to a particular nonprofit. But don’t get discouraged.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

With one shift in our understanding about data, we can reclaim a sense of wonder, creative agency, and value in our data work: Recognizing that information does not equal data and data does not equal knowledge. Information is everything that is coming at us. The key force in the formula is that data is actually a decision.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Sure, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter all have millions of users as well, but LinkedIn is the perfect place to connect with businesses and network with professionals who would be interested in supporting your organization’s work and are looking for work or volunteer opportunities. Your header should also include a short tag line.

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Association Analytics

JULY 27, 2021

As you start this process, make sure to be deliberate, careful and comprehensive in gathering the information. Ways to ask: Get members to update their profiles, send an email to gather their feedback, or collect information at in-person events like what sessions they attend. This will only work if taxonomy and tags are uniform.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Whether you’re revamping your homepage or building it from scratch, consider the following three strategies to help you make it a compelling, informative, and memorable introduction to your supporters. Who does your nonprofit serve and how are you actively working to solve the challenges they face? Impact stories.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2023

You come across two types of organizations: large corporations with high-tech security systems, and nonprofit organizations which are focused on doing good work with fewer resources devoted to cybersecurity. Here are a few reasons: Wealth of Sensitive Information: Nonprofits deal with a lot of sensitive data.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2021

What specific demographic information do they have in common (gender, age, location, income level, etc.)? This will give you a picture of where there is overlap with your current and prospective donors and show you specific places where your new donors may be unique. For example: Do they all give to the same offer?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

Why Remote Work Is Exhausting. In the virtual workplace, being on video conference meetings and communicating via online collaboration platforms takes more energy than working face-to-face. Virtual work can easily zap our energy and drain our emotions bringing on a type of malaise called “Virtual or Zoom Fatigue.” .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2020

When thinking about donation amounts, it’s important to look at the bigger picture. GoFundMe Charity’s robust analytics tools make it easy to track donor information and segment your outreach, making it easier than ever to engage more donors than ever. Why are small donations important? 3) Run smaller fundraising initiatives.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

With an informed development plan, there is no reason that 2023 can’t be your best fundraising year to date and a prime year for major giving. Understanding the role of major donors, in tandem with an informed development plan, are the foundations of a securing a major gift in 2023. The good news? Goals may be dollar-based—e.g.,

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Author: Seema Rao This month we’re talking about work. Not the work we do, but the ways we do that work. or 38 hours of work a week, most of us put in way more. The whole issue of wages gets at the heart of the faulty systems of capitalism, the culture of women’s work, and museums as privilege-concentrating institutions.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

At its most basic level, storytelling is a way to convey facts, information, history and experience from one person, the teller, to another, the listener, but it goes deeper than that. If someone asks you why you put so much work and energy into your nonprofit, this is the story that answers that question.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As a critical element of your brand, your mission statement needs to represent your organization’s ethos but also be informative, succinct, and moving to your supporter base. Mission statements are typically short and to the point, briefly communicating the nature of the organization’s work, impact , goals, and values.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 18, 2022

And, I've have the honor and good fortune to be a mentor, both formally and informally, for various individuals the past few decades. That's why I became an instant fan of the book, One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor -- and Why You'll Benefit from Being One. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

You want your registration process to be short and simple, as well as to show your donors all the information they may need to know about your event. Software should include options for branded event pages, FAQ sections, and make finding information about your event easy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 27, 2021

and in other parts of the world after a year of working from home for many employees, we asked some of the individuals that we support what they were worried about when it comes to going back to the workplace. Employers should be thinking about the big picture when they’re putting a team together. 3) Be Proactive in Your Support.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

With social media, you can connect with your donors in real time and give them information about the work you’re doing and a peek behind the curtain at the people that make your mission a success. Use your past social media statistics to inform your current goals and to make sure they’re realistic.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Picture yourself in a donor’s shoes. So, you get to work and land on one text-heavy website and another website with a prominent video that describes a nonprofit’s work, mission, and impact. Nonprofit explainer videos are meant to be informative and showcase your mission in a clear, concise, and engaging way.

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Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2023

You collect information at every turn, whether someone fills out your donation form, registers for an event, interacts with you on social media, or browses your website. However, it can be easy to get lost if you don’t know which information is helpful to your nonprofit. Organize and segment your data in your CRM. Let’s get started.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

And you’re far from the only one; studies report that 85% of employees are not engaged or actively disengaged at work. Fortunately, there are many formal and informal changes you can implement into your organization’s structure to keep your employees motivated. Unhealthy work-life balance. Remote work challenges.

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Achieve

JUNE 11, 2021

Share Pictures of Your Event Online. However, in the beginning, a virtual approach will allow you to act quickly while your event is still fresh in attendees’ minds. Thank yous can take many forms, and physical items can help keep your nonprofit front of mind for supporters who regularly use your branded mugs and t-shirts.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

With the youngest generation (Gen Z) already comprising a quarter of the world’s population and a significant pool of talent for organizations’ mission-driven work, let’s look at one strategy to help keep Gen Z workers engaged at the office and explore the applications for engaging and retaining them in the volunteer arena. The Big Picture.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

At Media Cause, we work with nonprofits of all shapes and sizes, focused on raising awareness and driving donations for their specific causes. We know that working with small budgets and wearing many hats is common practice in the nonprofit world, and so is not having established brand guidelines.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2018

So how do you tell if your website works on different devices? These days, all websites should be designed with accessibility guidelines in mind—they apply to website visitors of all abilities no matter your mission. 5) Information is outdated and difficult to update. Give it a try! Use the main navigation to get around.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 29, 2023

Picture streamlined operations, vibrant fundraising campaigns, engaging donor communications, and time freed up from handling tedious admin tasks! This means you can synchronize your data across multiple platforms, reducing the need to manually enter the same information repeatedly, making your operation even more efficient and accurate.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 20, 2021

You and your staff have worked tirelessly to keep your organization afloat through 2020 and 2021, fundraising for your cause and maintaining good relationships with donors. . With that in mind, now is the perfect time for you and your team to review what’s required to operate in different states. . Multi-state expansion protocols.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This overarching goal can be broken down into a few smaller goals, such as: Spread awareness about our cause Gain financial support through online donations Increase volunteer activity sign-ups This information will serve as the guiding star of your WordPress content strategy. Keep that in mind as well as you continue to build your site.

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