VisionLink

JANUARY 15, 2020

So it is only right that we provide sophisticated language and localization tools to support all the people in a community. Web Sites Deploy in one or multiple languages. Create content in different languages, or let the user select a language once they arrive. Data Entry, Query and Result Options Visitors, volunteers, and staff can use forms and tools deployed in different languages and dialects. Approximately 14% to 15% of adults in the U.S.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2018

"When you convey your vision, you must show your passion for it and commitment to it," explains Bart Egnal in his book, Leading Through Language. For example, here are two examples from Egnal that demonstrate how to take a generic vision and then deliver it with language that shows the speaker's emotions : Emotionless : "To become Florida's industry leader in caring for seniors in their retirement by 2020."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2019

Communication expert Bart Egnal reveals why jargon is so prevalent in the workplace, and why it usually undermines those who use it, in his book, Leading Through Language. Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. And, by language of leadership, he means using language that clearly and powerfully brings ideas to life for the audience.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 22, 2018

Communication expert Bart Egnal reveals why jargon is so prevalent in the workplace, and why it usually undermines those who use it, in his book, Leading Through Language. Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. And, by language of leadership, he means using language that clearly and powerfully brings ideas to life for the audience.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 1, 2013

In doing so, however, many forget the simple truth that using clear language to describe what you do and why is not only important but essential. And if you deploy language to describe that core essence that is better suited to a research paper, well, then you’re simply not going to be as effective in connecting with the community (donors, volunteers, potential customers), period.

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Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

AUGUST 3, 2018

To be clear, there is a distinction between a Web Designer and a Web Developer. Website specialists are the experts who make the look and feel of a site. It includes the format, designs, shading plans, menu areas, and so on. You should take a gander at this field of experts as User Interface Designers. They are the general population will’s identity painting the photo of your business on the web.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 28, 2016

Communication expert Bart Egnal reveals why jargon is so prevalent in the workplace, and why it usually undermines those who use it, in his book, Leading Through Language. Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. And, by language of leadership, he means using language that clearly and powerfully brings ideas to life for the audience.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2016

Communication expert Bart Egnal reveals why jargon is so prevalent in the workplace, and why it usually undermines those who use it, in his book, Leading Through Language. Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. And, by language of leadership, he means using language that clearly and powerfully brings ideas to life for the audience.

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Find the free stuff

DECEMBER 29, 2018

There are a lot of countries all around the world, and almost every country speaks a different and unique language. Exploring all of these languages is undoubtedly one of the best ways to learn new things about the culture and norms of that specific country. The post 10 Best Foreign Language Learning Applications 2019: Duolingo Alternatives appeared first on PhreeSite.com.

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Mobile Commons

JUNE 29, 2015

Mobile Commons is proud to announce that our platform now supports both the universal ASCII and the GSM language character sets. This new feature is available to all our customers, and allows them to more accurately message their subscribers in other languages besides English. When you insert a special language character such as the umlaut or enye, it takes more data for the character to be sent correctly.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The language we use September 6, 2006 I came across, in my catching up period, an article titled " Ten ways to change the world with Web 2.0 I do think the jury is still out, and I think that using language which raises expectations about any one single new technology (like Web 2.0)

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Communication expert Bart Egnal reveals why jargon is so prevalent in the workplace, and why it usually undermines those who use it, in his new book, Leading Through Language. Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. And, by language of leadership, he means using language that clearly and powerfully brings ideas to life for the audience.

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SocialFish

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In Wohlson’s articles, e-bay utilized a different logic and set of capabilities to achieve new levels growth; capabilities that are not highly valued or developed in most associations: They actually spoke the same language as their customers…When in Rome… e-bay’s model of online shoppers’ community and its competitive advantage is based on leveraging the unique capabilities and new options that social technologies provide.

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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2013

The growing language diversity in America has important implications for how nonprofits engage with, and serve, our communities. According to the 2010 Census , more than 20% of individuals in the US speak a language other than English at home, and of those, less than half say they don’t speak English very well. Liz Keith. Program Manager, LawHelp.org. Pro Bono Net.

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SocialFish

JANUARY 22, 2013

In Wohlson’s articles, e-bay utilized a different logic and set of capabilities to achieve new levels growth; capabilities that are not highly valued or developed in most associations: They actually spoke the same language as their customers…When in Rome… e-bay’s model of online shoppers’ community and its competitive advantage is based on leveraging the unique capabilities and new options that social technologies provide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

I arrived in Mumbai on Monday morning in the very early morning hours (3:00 am) after a trip that lasted nearly 24 hours and hopped across 12 time zones. I greeted at the airport with a sign that read " Nasscom Leadership India Forum - Miss Kanter." The driven took me to the Grand Hyatt Hotel saying that during the day the traffic is much different. The conference hotel one of the largest hotels in Mumbai with many rooms and a large convention area. .

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Email subscriber ask language. Many organizations have moved away from passive language such as “join our mailing list” or “sign up to receive our newsletter,” and toward active calls such as “take action” or “join the movement.” There’s no secret trick to instantly improving digital engagement for nonprofits.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

For example language to get you started with these emails and more, including donation thank-you emails, and sustainer or monthly giving asks for one-time donors, click on the image below to download our 5 Most Important Email Templates for nonprofits! For most nonprofits, email is the backbone of their digital fundraising program. However, as all digital fundraisers know, effective email fundraising consists of far more than sending out an ask for donations.

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John Haydon

AUGUST 3, 2012

You won’t get their jokes, expressions, body language or any other unique characteristics of their native culture. You can read all the various different books on Facebook marketing , but eventually you have to become part of the community in order to truly understand the native language. If you’re not using Facebook as an individual, you’ll never really fully understand the culture.

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Tech Soup Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Tear Down the Language Barrier. With Ultralingua, you can put language reference and translation tools at your staff's and volunteers' fingertips, while saving the cost, paper, and shelf space of printed books. If you offer computer use to your constituents — like a library computer lab or desktop access at a homeless shelter — Ultralingua is a great tool to help those for whom English is a second language.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2009

Although I was careful about aligning my Great Ideas with the museum’s mission, and made sure I addressed issues I knew would be of concern to my audience, I wasn’t careful enough with the language I used to describe my ideas. Technology professionals therefore attempted to incorporate that language to make their projects more comprehensible (and prestigious) to that scholarly audience. The language itself has prevented a critical conversation from taking place.

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Mobile Commons

DECEMBER 31, 2012

It’s crucial that organizations embrace this way of communicating via text by creating or using technology that can respond flexibly to natural language. The carriers mandate that, if someone texts “help,” that person must receive compliance language explaining who the message is coming from and detailing the standard messaging charges. People tell organizations to shut up in the same natural language that they tell other people to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Here is the case for both sides, bulleted: Why blog in English: You can also blog in your own language, but when you blog in English, you???re You are writing to a targeted audience and you should speak the language of that audience. Your language has your culture in it. Language and culture go together. That is the title of a post on ProBlogger today. It jogged my memory of a session at the Cambodian Bloggers Summit , "Is It Better To Blog in English or Khmer?"

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Political marketing messages often include language that lets voters know that “many of their neighbors” are voters, and similar messages can be easily adapted for nonprofit use. As the 2018 midterm elections near, it’s likely hard to ignore the ads, phone calls, mail pieces, and emails from political campaigns in your area reminding you to vote.

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Tech Soup Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Spanish is the second-most-common language in the United States, with an estimated 40 million Americans speaking Spanish as their primary language. At TechSoup, we know that many nonprofits and libraries serve Spanish-speaking communities in everything from teaching English as a second language, to financial and educational services, to local family- and health-related programs. Spanish-Language Products Available at TechSoup: read more.

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Beaconfire Wire

APRIL 18, 2008

» Language that Works Posted Friday, April 18th, 2008 at 3:55 pm by blehman (3 posts) One of the great challenges of being an IA is that it’s not nearly as much fun as design. What Languages Can Your Bulk Email Tool Speak? Skip to content Clients Services Portfolio About Us Contact Blog Home > Blog Recent Posts 07/16/2010: The Wisdom of the Old Spice Man 07/12/2010: Is your online campaign going to succeed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2004

Standford scholar Robert Horn who wrote "Visual Language: Global Communication for the 21st Century," offers some great insights to anyone who needs to communicate with words and images in this Q&A My strongest learning style is visual and perhaps that why I've always been attracted to using images to make a point in powerpoint and graphjc organizers.

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EveryAction

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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Beaconfire Wire

MARCH 15, 2007

Posted Thursday, March 15th, 2007 at 10:40 am by usha (14 posts) Recently, we had two different clients ask us for assistance in finding mass email tools that have built-in support for multiple languages. If you dabble in the area of internationalization (i18n) in tech tools, then you would agree with me when I say that it is particularly difficult to find a technology solution that can fully support languages like Arabic and Chinese.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

What language is this? And, if you want to add sub-titles in another language to a video, use dot.sub. Ruby Sinreich's Advocacy 2.0 Presentation Slides on flickr Blog post here. NpTech Talk. The Socialmarkets Manifesto is here. There are many sparks for conversation about the points raised. The "Failure is an option" particularly caught my eye. "We can't talk about transparency, accountability and honest evaluation without addressing the contentious topic of failure.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Communicating Communication Communications Books Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership LanguageHere are the 12 golden rules of effective communication from Paul Falcone , as highlighted in his book, 2600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals.

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NCE Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Are you speaking in your audience’s languages? What language is your audience using? Tags: Education and Training Tools language rosetta twitter A new report from Semiocast came out stating that half of all messages on Twitter are not in English. This is a drop from 69 percent during the same period in 2009. I believe this proves the increase in global use of social media.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 20, 2020

Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership Books Leadership Language Leadership Skills Listening SkillsCheck out the definitive book on servant leadership. It's a curated collection of incredibly insightful and motivational perspectives on servant leadership via essays by 44 servant leaders.

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Network-Centric Advocacy

OCTOBER 13, 2005

True Spin: A National Conference on Media Relations for Progressives » October 13, 2005 Superstructure of Language: Lakoff on Common Good and Freedom George Lakoff has a good riff in the middle of this interview (Windows Media File) on the competitive ideas of "Common Good". NetCentric Advocacy Advocacy Strategy for the Age of Connectivity. Home Green Media Toolshed Profile Twitter Shared Links Subscribe Archives « Buzz Game: Can we Get one of these for Environmental Issues?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2019

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 29, 2016

Communication expert Bart Egnal reveals why jargon is so prevalent in the workplace, and why it usually undermines those who use it, in his new book, Leading Through Language. Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. And, by language of leadership, he means using language that clearly and powerfully brings ideas to life for the audience.

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EveryAction

JULY 18, 2018

for the most current language being used and incorporate it into your plan. For some things, spontaneity is highly desirable, but any fundraising professional will tell you that planning a campaign isn’t one of them. Having a detailed strategic plan in place before embarking on a fundraising campaign can be a huge determinant of its success, even before the first dollar is raised.

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EveryAction

MARCH 14, 2018

They aren’t going to speak out on issues of sexual violence or what a relationship should look like if they don’t have the proper language to talk about it. Girls Inc. inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. With over 1,400 sites in 400 cities across the United States and Canada, the organization has grown tremendously since its founding in 1864. Through educational programming, mentorships, and advocacy, Girls Inc.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 11, 2017

Communication expert Bart Egnal reveals why jargon is so prevalent in the workplace, and why it usually undermines those who use it, in his book, Leading Through Language. Step by step, Egnal demonstrates how effective leaders reject fuzzy terminology in favor of the language of leadership. And, by language of leadership, he means using language that clearly and powerfully brings ideas to life for the audience.

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EveryAction

MAY 2, 2018

When presenting for your board members, speak in their language. When you are grounding the conversation in your shared goals, speaking in language that appeals to them, highlighting the ROI, and utilizing your allies on the board, you'll be on your way to getting their approval.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 22, 2007

Just got some information on this cool program: The Hadley School for the Blind has launched an innovative program of English language learning and empowerment which spans the Pacific Ocean. Chinese are still eager to learn English, because it remains the language of business. Content access on the internet is a constant area of fascination to me. Hadley School , the main distance education school for blind people in the U.S.

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Idealware

AUGUST 30, 2009

For years I have relied on machine translations online to help get the gist of sites and conversations in languages I cannot read. It was always a somewhat laborious process of cutting/pasting text, selecting languages, submitting web page urls, etc. By clicking Tools - Translate Document, you can translate your document into one of 41 other languages instantly. Your instant messages are instantly translated to the language specified for your recipients.

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EveryAction

APRIL 23, 2018

Careful testing allows you to fine tune your language to fit what your audience wants to read, and increases your messages’ likelihood of being opened instead of deleted. A CRM is no different than any other tool that your nonprofit uses, in the sense that there is a difference between using it well enough to get by, and really getting the most bang for your buck.

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