Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

“Too often, we don’t find out what’s truly on others’ hearts and minds because we don’t know how to ask the right questions in the right ways,” explains Jeff Wetzler , author of the new book, ASK. Wetzler explains that the only thing that allows you to understand what’s on another person’s mind better is just asking them. Zip your lip.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Covey notes that these views of life have been deeply scripted within us, suggesting this mindset goes beyond the nonprofit workplace. Scarcity captures the mind. The mind orients automatically, powerfully, toward unfulfilled needs. Scarcity is more than just the displeasure of having very little. It changes how we think.”.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

When they have something important on their mind they will describe in excruciating detail what they think and how they came to be here right now with you telling this story about what happened to them, reporting on each decision, each movement, each time something influenced them and what actions they took as a result.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

So I want you to keep that in mind that it’s not too late. So we’re going to talk about scripts, and strategy, and tactics, yes, but we’re also going to step into greater courage. So sample scripts here could be, “Hey, I’m following up on our previous conversation. This script will help you.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

I’ve worked in direct services, operations and executive leadership. . So keep that in mind. So keep that in mind. So keep that in mind, when we’re talking about roles for board members. ” You’re going to provide your board members with the script. So I gave $500 a year to the organization.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Using a dedicated donor database (especially one that’s designed with retention in mind), you can gather all of the information you need about your supporters to craft an appreciation message that will resonate well with them. Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Using a dedicated donor database (especially one that’s designed with retention in mind), you can gather all of the information you need about your supporters to craft an appreciation message that will resonate well with them. Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

If they sign on and struggle to understand your training, don’t see how it’s applicable to their efforts, or are simply bored out of their minds, you’re setting them up for failure right from the start. The course would walk learners through the ideal script for asking for donations over the phone and how to respond to various answers.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

While migrating donor data is one of the most important steps in implementing a new CRM, it’s also the part that’s most time-consuming, mind-numbing, and prone to error. Validation checks: Employ automated scripts to validate data against predefined rules. Not so much. Here’s the bad news: This is not a step that can be avoided!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

We saw leadership saying, “It’s inappropriate to fundraise during a pandemic. I’m sure she won’t mind me sharing here because it’s such a good idea. ” But I started out being, like, really awkward and uncomfortable and, like, reading a script and thinking I needed a lot of fancy equipment.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

You want to keep your goal in mind. So, on here, you see mission and vision, that’s one thing that you want to have in the forefront of your mind. I take part of that message and I use it in my ask, that our leadership is focused on this. And so I’ll do like a script with them. And I’ve done that.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

We saw leadership saying, “It’s inappropriate to fundraise during a pandemic. I’m sure she won’t mind me sharing here because it’s such a good idea. ” But I started out being, like, really awkward and uncomfortable and, like, reading a script and thinking I needed a lot of fancy equipment.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

So kudos to those 28% of you, and like mind blown on the 2% of you that have already done it. ” Write your phone ask scripts and plan your list of who you’re going to call and what you’re going to ask for. If you do that, I recommend giving them a script to make it super easy. That’s okay.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Measure – Prove to leadership that the investments made are yielding incremental results toward your goals. Our ideas float freely in our minds and the challenge comes when we have to organize those thoughts into ideas that others can comprehend. A good rule of thumb to keep in mind is the rule of three’s.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 13, 2017

Back in 2011, Google Panda was released with one purpose in mind. I’ve found this script to work best for me: “Hi [ Name ], I noticed you shared [ Article Name ] on [ Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn ] and thought you might enjoy [ Name of Your Article ]. How To Convince Leadership Content Marketing For Nonprofits Matters.

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