Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

To thrive in this world in flux, we need to radically reshape our relationship to uncertainty and flip the script to sustain a healthy and productive outlook,” explains April. Fortunately, her new book shows you how to do exactly that, and how to help others do so too.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

She serves on the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard Kennedy School, and her speaking and DEI advisory client list includes Fortune 500 companies, international forums, government entities, and top academic institutions. try flipping the script and asking: “How do I optimize?” Instead of asking: “How do I balance?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Since the term “Impact Leadership” was something that needed some definition, we decided to incorporate “lightening talks” and “facilitated listening.”

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

The leadership team wanted to identify ways to improve the event, expand registrations, raise more money, and turn loyal supporters into sustaining and major donors. Create a leadership circle to honor those who raise more than $25,000. Team Diabetes knew its P2P endurance event was flatlining. They turned to donor journey mapping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

This post follows yesterday’s post about networked leadership skills. I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

In this blog, you’ll learn about: Annual Giving, Donor Retention, Major & Legacy Gifts, Online Fundraising, Boards & Leadership, Content Marketing, Social Engagement , Strategy & Management, and Culture & Values. Clairification . BETH’S BLOG.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 7, 2018

It’ll teach you how to leverage the power of The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership to consistently make extraordinary sales. We started our research with the hypothesis that sellers who demonstrated leadership behaviors more often would create an "awesome connecting experience" for the buyer. Build bonds of trust with your buyers.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

You can also pick a broader name like The President’s Circle, The Conservation Society, or the Leadership Club. Make sure to go through a quick training and provide a script that folks can use when they reach a donor’s voicemail. A distinct brand signals to donors that they command the respect and the attention of the organization.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

They work with marketing, executive leadership, volunteers, accounting, donors, prospects, community leaders, and the board. Being bogged down with busy work creates an obstacle to collaboration, making it harder to brainstorm the next big idea for a fundraising event, a campaign, or a partnership.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2012

Last, but definitely not least, this simple example of a stellar low-cost nonprofit video comes to us from former Technology Leadership Academy participant and Director of Marketing and Communications for the ALS Association Golden West Chapter , Jenica Lancy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Both organizations had to embrace improvised leadership versus scripted leadership. Before I share some the big takeaways from the Big Room session, let me tell you about the IFC. When the organization doesn’t own the campaign, it allows for what Henry Timms describes as “ new power ” to happen.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 14, 2014

Managing donor data quality, for example, will require you to get the data out of the confines of your CRM database and into an environment where it can be analyzed, problems identified, and clean-up scripts applied. Work the plan for three months, then revisit it with leadership. Budget for the tasks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Then share them with your organization’s leadership. Because social media requires an immediate response, a common script will pay great dividends. Sometimes there’s no getting around a staff increase: since 2010, the U.S. Federal Government has made digital communications a priority. Government.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 12, 2015

If conducting a stay interview is new to you, Finnegan recommends that you: not fear the responses you'll receive from your employees don't redirect the interview to a performance management discussion become defensive The book also includes helpful sample scripts for different situations.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

I recommend having your script down pat so you can focus your attention on your donor. Rachel works with a diverse set of clients as an independent fundraising consultant advising organizations and boards on fundraising, leadership, management, strategic planning, marketing, media planning and more. That is a lot happening at once!

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

One of two non-profit technologists I now know with degrees in theology, Bill brings to his current roles as blogger and consultant an impressive history of non-profit leadership. I've only looked at a few of these, but have completely adopted Better Gmail , a repackaging of several earlier Greasemonkey scripts for use with Gmail.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2014

scripting and editing videos and short films. This organization’s leadership felt strongly on only focusing their donor outreach messaging on 'happy and healthy' children. A/B testing the layout of our fundraising forms. engaging in digital storytelling. applying SEO best practices. launching keyword campaigns for search.

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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. In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People , Stephen Covey refers to the “scarcity mentality” as a zero-sum paradigm of life.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2011

Script your “narration” so you can shoot the right material to illustrate what you are talking about. We recommend following a simple and logical process: Start with discussing the stories you want to tell, and then outline those stories. Create a “shot list” which notes the content you need to capture to tell this story.

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

Perhaps it's something else, but regardless the cause, some ingenious script-kiddy has turned the tables and suddenly you're responsible for thousands upon thousands of spam messages. Perhaps that innocuous "Share this Page" widget on your web site — through no fault of your own — has been turned to the dark side.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2018

At a VIP night for our Heart & Vascular Institute, our CEO scrapped his script about awards and technology. I would be shocked if your CEO hasn’t had a loved one affected by a health event. Connect their story to your mission. Instead, he shared the memory of his dad passing from a heart attack.

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Classy

JULY 19, 2021

Use a script to communicate with your audience . This is great news for nonprofits with tight budgets or small teams seeing as though polished brand advertisements can involve professional lighting, sets, script writers, and more. . The video streaming market is projected to hit $184.3

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Practice can make perfect, but I’m not talking about a role-playing exercise or standing in front of the mirror with your asking script. Would you: share your experience and advice with leadership? The next time it’s time to ask, approach it like you would an interactive conversation. 2) Practice The Nonprofit Ask.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This doesn’t necessarily require following a word-for-word script, but the participants should clearly understand who is going to say what, when, and most importantly, who is going to make the ask. Why should someone in the community give to a cause if the leadership isn’t giving? Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

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. The donor video, I don’t know, Julia, I’m not going to give you a script for that.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

You want your ambassadors to be themselves, not a scripted version that resembles themselves and strips away the authenticity that made their relationship as an ambassador so powerful, to begin with. These are guides you’re providing – not mandates. This is not the time for brand policing. You want individuals with personalities.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

I’ve worked in direct services, operations and executive leadership. . ” You’re going to provide your board members with the script. ” To each board member, have the script, they pick up their cell phones and they make those calls. People ask me all the time, “Why do you include that in there?

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Neon CRM

JULY 12, 2023

Operations & Leadership Nonprofit CRM Pricing: The Benefits of Revenue-Based Billing 6 min read Read Now What New Features Are You Looking For? Operations & Leadership What’s the Best CRM for Small Nonprofits? Instead, we have basic scripts that we have created based on what CRM system you are migrating from.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters. Customize these scripts based on the segments of supporters who are being called. Then, make sure everyone is up to date on the latest donations so that they can make these phone calls in a timely manner. .

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters. Customize these scripts based on the segments of supporters who are being called. Then, make sure everyone is up to date on the latest donations so that they can make these phone calls in a timely manner. .

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

And it requires the development of a central database, as well as multiple data exchange scripts to move data between the CDR and your other systems. Talk to your leadership and your board. The challenges for nonprofits with the CDR approach are lack of familiarity and cost. This solution is a new idea to most organizations.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

The course would walk learners through the ideal script for asking for donations over the phone and how to respond to various answers. Before working with Artisan, Amy spent 17 years in corporate training and development predominantly teaching leadership development and coaching teams and executives.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Validation checks: Employ automated scripts to validate data against predefined rules. Here are additional methods you can use to test your new datasets: Integration testing: Ensure integrations with your other systems work seamlessly. User acceptance testing: Involve staff to ensure data supports daily tasks and meets their needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

Nonprofit Online News is tied with Scripting News (Dave Winer's blog) as the oldest weblog still being published, period. But for some time now, I have been advocating that nonprofits work to release authentic s in their organizations by supporting individual blogging, starting with the leadership. Q: When did you start publishing?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

We saw leadership saying, “It’s inappropriate to fundraise during a pandemic. I had a script, and it was on paper and actually like stuck it up to my ring light, and it took me 18 takes to get a 2-minute video done because I was literally. I think you might identify this if you’re with a smaller shop.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

We saw leadership saying, “It’s inappropriate to fundraise during a pandemic. I had a script, and it was on paper and actually like stuck it up to my ring light, and it took me 18 takes to get a 2-minute video done because I was literally. I think you might identify this if you’re with a smaller shop.

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Neon CRM

JULY 5, 2023

It doesn’t have to be fancy, scripted, or complicated. You can also use it to help you build outlines for video scripts, generate conversation-starters, or even ask it to summarize long-form content like research or blog posts for sharing on social channels. The key is authenticity.

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