Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Very few of us ever learned how to be present with another person, to ignore internal and external noise and distractions, and to connect and converse with others in useful or collaborative ways,” affirm the authors of the new book, Bridge The Gap: Breakthrough Communication Tools To Transform Work Relationships From Challenging To Collaborative.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Lazy Communicators Got a Workout Words either make or break online relationships. Speakers are called on to deliberately choose words that accurately convey the meaning and the purpose of the interaction. Now that the dust has settled, and everyone is more comfortable with online interactions, it’s a good time to invest in training.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

Highlight the Advantages There are plenty of incentives for these two teams to develop a symbiotic relationship. They are charged with posing and answering significant questions like these: Why was our organization founded? Memorialize the relationship guidelines in your operations manual. What has changed over time?

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 17, 2020

But more than just making a good impression, you want to be sure that when meeting potential clients or colleagues at a networking event, you are creating a genuine and real relationship. . How can you be sure that you are building lasting relationships at a networking event? Networking is not just about that business relationship.

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sgEngage

JUNE 20, 2023

Trust: Damaging publicity or negative stakeholder experiences that result from noncompliance can undermine relationships you’ve spent years building. In the end, asking the right questions with a firm understanding of the fundamentals will help guide your organization’s path forward, with you at the reigns.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We’ve found that internal self-awareness is associated with higher job and relationship satisfaction, personal and social control, and happiness; it is negatively related to anxiety, stress, and depression. Having a truthful relationship with yourself is a little like marriage. “The first. All CEOs grapple with this Catch-22.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

While paid ads and steeply-priced lead lists may deliver short-term results, long-term donor relationships are built on trust and community. Social platforms are all about relationships first. Be genuine in your interactions. Interact frequently with followers. Respond to comments and questions to show you are listening.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Beyond the Ballroom: Make Your Charity Gala a Donor Cultivation Powerhouse Fundraising events offer more than just glitz and glamour; they’re a potent tool for cultivating relationships with potential donors and qualifying them for future giving. Encourage conversations, answer questions with enthusiasm, and address concerns promptly.

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Kindful

JUNE 22, 2021

In order to ensure fundraising success, you must build relationships with donors. This exercise will give them the opportunity to document their network of folks so you can begin to build relationships with donors. You need to cultivate the prospect and build the relationship between them and your organization. .

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

The team likes to take advantage of every opportunity to ask members questions, from polls, to website forms, and longer annual surveys conducted through Survey Monkey. The trick is to find the sweet spot where members feel they’re getting value from joining and your association is getting value from those relationships.

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2023

It’s a chance to develop a relationship with grantmakers, find other prospective funders, and refine your proposal writing skills. In this blog, we explore what to do when you get a rejection to a grant proposal and share questions you should ask the funder if your grant proposal isn’t selected. Then, you can start asking questions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Effective communication is the lifeblood of every healthy relationship,” explain Kubicek and Cockram, whether that relationship is at work or at home. More specifically explain the authors, you will learn how to explicitly prompt someone to respond in a productive and meaningful way, fostering successful and fruitful interactions.

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Association Analytics

DECEMBER 13, 2023

You may have parent-child relationships that don’t work. Your entire team should be focused on cleaning up data wherever they interact with it. It’s likely that your team is interacting with members all the time and missing opportunities to collect and update your data because it’s not technically their job.

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

We began this project because, as early adopters of digital solutions, we could see that technology was creating waves and that a rogue tsunami was not out of the question. The Critical Questions will prompt you to evaluate your organization’s current status. Is your relationship with the board effective? For your staff?

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 17, 2020

But more than just making a good impression, you want to be sure that when meeting potential clients or colleagues at a networking event, you are creating a genuine and real relationship. . How can you be sure that you are building lasting relationships at a networking event? Networking is not just about that business relationship.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Ask probing questions, consider a variety of opinions, including ideas that may be unpopular, and insist on objective analysis. A collegial attitude that contributes to productive relationships. Help your people to develop interpersonal skills by encouraging networking and relationship building. Don’t waste valuable brain power.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We’re beginning to hear about how AI tools could erode workplace relationships if used only to speed up work. Increasing staff interactions with AI tools could reduce human interactions internally. This will be especially detrimental for junior staff, who need human-to-human feedback to learn and improve their job performance.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Imagine you’re teed up for a jackpot question on Jeopardy. We are hosting a guided exploration of what trust means for our future relationships with staff, boards, constituents, and the association industry. The objective is to arrive at actionable strategies for strengthening those relationships. orgCommunity’s VIP members.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

And why the relationship that executives and leaders have with the sales organization is among the most important elements of growth leadership. By reading the book, you'll learn how to ensure growth strategy is aligned at every level of your company, from boardroom initiatives to daily customer interaction.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2023

orgCommunity event featured interactive conversations led by engaging speakers , with decades of leadership experience in the association sphere. We spent our time in round table discussion with association leadership professionals , learning and sharing our own experiences. With work, MacRae was able to improve the culture at ENA.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

As you investigate, be sure to ask specific questions about setup, like: Do you have an onboarding team devoted to delivering full data conversions? No matter how intuitive a system may be, there are always a few questions, tips, and tricks that a training professional can help you with so you get started on a solid foundation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

This is about asking questions, being deeply curious and seeing changes as an opportunity to grow, learn and reassess the way you see and talk about the world. Social health : how you interact. How do you build relationships? This also includes seeking feedback from others about how you act and trying to be more reflective.

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.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

The answers to straightforward questions will typically indicate whether an applicant is technically qualified. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a tool that helps develop self-awareness and insight into how individuals prefer to interact and communicate. Hiring for skill is easy. Hiring for fit is more challenging.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. They help you gather information, assess needs, measure outcomes, and build relationships with your grantees. But are you asking the right questions? Why Change Up Your Questions? Changing up your questions is not just about making cosmetic tweaks or updates.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It is about actively making meaning in interaction with a social context. Once we embrace knowledge work, not as a technical task but as social construction, we then start to ask exciting questions about relationships, purpose, and movement. Learning can be formal or informal, designed or serendipitous, individual or collective.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2023

It’s a powerful tool for managing and growing relationships with your supporters. This boosts engagement and response rates and helps create authentic relationships. Moreover, if you’re trying to form personal, authentic relationships with your supporters, your communications should feel personal and authentic. It just might be!

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 18, 2023

Consider asking questions like: What inspired you to volunteer with our organization? Relevant questions might include: On a scale of 1-10, how satisfied are you with your volunteer experience? Useful questions to consider are: Do you feel adequately prepared and trained for your volunteer responsibilities?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question come from a fundraiser and donor who wants advice on how to handle poor donor engagement: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m a fundraiser, but also a donor. I’m a firm believer that the donor-nonprofit relationship is symbiotic.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Therefore, one of the best ways to encourage donors to make major gifts is by building relationships with supporters and focusing on donor retention and stewardship. Let’s review the key steps of finding major donor prospects, building relationships, and retaining their support for the long term: 1. Development director.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

Now more than ever we must create a robust workplace culture and stronger relationships to retain our humanness. We have shifted to digital-mediated interactions for almost everything in our lives. Hyper self-awareness occurs when we are forced to view our own faces while we are interacting with others.

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Bloomerang

MAY 30, 2023

is a question every nonprofit asks at some point. Most nonprofits use a combination of in-person events, physical outreach, and some form of digital presence to attract and build relationships with supporters. Marketing Efforts Should Give First, Ask Second Effective marketing is about building relationships not spurring transactions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2023

For nonprofits, a golf tournament is the chance to raise mission-critical dollars, engage supporters, build relationships, and ultimately, do more good. Instead of just sending golfers out on the course and not interacting with them again until after the round, look to technology to engage them in a variety of ways throughout the day.

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Forum One

APRIL 6, 2023

Service design focuses on mapping each touchpoint an individual has with a service provider in order to improve their experience and create a positive relationship between the two. The main components of service design Touchpoints : A touchpoint is a particular point of interaction between the customer and the service.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

We make information into data when we explicitly attach it to a question and explicitly or implicitly connect it to an approach for making sense of it. Datamaking can ground processes of joint learning that energize grantee relationships. Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A number or “score” is assigned to a member based on how they interact with your association, e.g., attend meetings, take classes, participate in your community, volunteer, read your content. The best relationships occur when there is an even exchange of value between you and your members. First, let’s talk about what engagement is.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

This is about asking questions, being deeply curious and seeing changes as an opportunity to grow, learn and reassess the way you see and talk about the world. Social health : how you interact. How do you build relationships? This also includes seeking feedback from others about how you act and trying to be more reflective.

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Awareness Reflection Mind Interaction 93

Classy

MAY 26, 2021

You can then prepare a list ahead of time of people you’re hoping to interact with or learn from and prioritize accordingly. Check their job titles, past work experience, and come prepared with a list of talking points and key questions. . Treat Every Interaction With Humility and Respect .

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