Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2020

Ken Blanchard You'll also learn why developing effective communication and relationships across generations through mentoring can be a tremendous opportunity for companies and individuals alike. Keep a journal of your mentoring journey so that you can track your goals and progress. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

This initial phase of research can give you and your direct mail fundraising partners a better idea of what your organization is working with, what the broader market of supporters value, and how you can stand out against peer organizations. Track trends. Learn how to optimize your online presence in this comprehensive guide.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 14, 2021

There will be time for more practical matters, but this phase is all about dreaming. Gigi and her mom, pictured above, used the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for Gigi’s Playhouse to connect with a whole new set of potential donors. Eager to learn more about tools that can help you fundraise? Adapt Quickly.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Picture this: you’ve read our post on running a capital campaign , you’re wildly psyched, and you’re ready to get started! You can always adjust it after your silent phase , and there’s no shame in that. Typically about one year of that time is spent focused exclusively on major donors (this is called the silent phase).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Ken Blanchard You'll also learn why developing effective communication and relationships across generations through mentoring can be a tremendous opportunity for companies and individuals alike. Keep a journal of your mentoring journey so that you can track your goals and progress. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Ken Blanchard You'll also learn why developing effective communication and relationships across generations through mentoring can be a tremendous opportunity for companies and individuals alike. Keep a journal of your mentoring journey so that you can track your goals and progress. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

If you’re a nonprofit professional you know what it’s like to drown in excel spreadsheets tracking your supporters, donations, major gifts prospects, and almost anything else. From your board members requesting the latest donor stats to your digital director asking for email conversion rates, tracking your data can be hard.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2019

Ken Blanchard You'll also learn why developing effective communication and relationships across generations through mentoring can be a tremendous opportunity for companies and individuals alike. Keep a journal of your mentoring journey so that you can track your goals and progress. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

Including them in the process from the start assuages concerns and provides clarity around how they will be expected to learn and use the new technology. Create a statement that paints a picture of a future state — the goal or outcome of the project. Change management relies on a wide variety of tools and techniques. A “Why” Statement.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Working in major gifts means tracking relationships, points of contact, and data with multiple high-level donors. It’s a lot to keep track off and while it’s easy to get bogged down in the day to day details, major gifts is all about the long game. By looking at reports that group your grants into their different phases (e.g.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2017

Ken Blanchard You'll also learn why developing effective communication and relationships across generations through mentoring can be a tremendous opportunity for companies and individuals alike. Keep a journal of your mentoring journey so that you can track your goals and progress. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 15, 2017

Ken Blanchard You'll also learn why developing effective communication and relationships across generations through mentoring can be a tremendous opportunity for companies and individuals alike. Keep a journal of your mentoring journey so that you can track your goals and progress. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Most nonprofits already have Google Analytics installed on their website to track online traffic. It’s typically the first step in our User Research phase, providing a good overview of the visitors to a nonprofit website and how they behave on the site. See the end of this post for a linked index of other posts in the series.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

And if you’re shopping before the end of the year or want to make a switch, you can visit our website, learn all about us. But don’t do the at right now because you are all on for a treat over the next hour or so to learn about capital campaigns from my buddies, Aaron and Brian. Lots of videos on there you can watch.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Nonprofit feasibility studies are a key part of the planning phase and for your next campaign you want to know that your team is getting all you can out of the process. Learn more strategies for annual fundraising success by checking out MobileCause’s annual fund campaign guide. Even better?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2016

Bringing together statistics from reputable sources across the sector, it gives you the metrics you need to see the full picture of the philanthropic sector and move your organization forward, all in one easy-to-find location. The study, which is the first of its kind for endurance sports, takes a two-phase approach.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 23, 2022

Phase 1: Service Desk + Customer Support. A better understanding of customer support needs and a dependable single source of truth have both been achieved through the organization’s initial Salesforce phase. Phase 2: JCamp 180 + Migration from Blackbaud Grant Management Software.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

MANY founders have started a nonprofit and successfully navigated their way through the startup phase, growing their organization successfully. Donor databases like Little Green Light , Bloomerang , and Kindful do so much more than just track donations. Others find that designated blocks during each day help them stay on track.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Picture a passionate advocate valuing social impact or a digital-savvy donor who prefers online engagement. Tools like CauseVox can boost your fundraising efforts by tracking donations and providing insights into trends and results. Move beyond basic demographics to understand motivations, interests, and communication preferences.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

For example, they can easily track when someone is in the middle of a job search, when they were hired, and whether they retained their job for up to 90 days — a critical milestone for people with disabilities. They are actively working in phases to continue to build out their system to improve processes to serve more clients.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

These steps will keep you on track and help determine what worked, what didn’t work, and what’s worth repeating. You get the picture. Measurable: Set goals that you can quantify or easily measure so you can track your progress toward your goal. Or running a race with no finish line. The answer is, you’re not.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

During the research and planning phase, you’re able to evaluate your nonprofit’s position compared to similar organizations. Don’t let the big picture get away from you! This gives you someone specific to picture as you plan your marketing. Based on your campaign, the data you track will vary a little.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 27, 2021

Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary migrated from Raiser’s Edge onto Salesforce in order to better track and manage their donors, families, churches, and constituents within a configurable, cloud-based environment. Read More ». Being able to access the system from anywhere is a massive change.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

It also uses the NPSP as its CRM (constituent relationship management system) tracking interactions with donors, contractors, grantmakers, advisors, board members, volunteers, customers, and students. Learn more about how Salesforce helps The Code to work smarter, not harder. Destiny Rescue.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

There’s all kinds of goodies on there, watch videos, learn all about us. Thank you for taking the time to learn a little bit more, discuss grants. And I also think if you are new to federal grants, one of the best things that you can do is connect with perhaps a partner who might have a track record of success.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And the goal of this webinar, once you give me the time, number one, I hope you have an understanding of the role of the board in resource development and fundraising, you’ve learned how to engage the board at each of these roles, and that the staff knows how they can support the board and resource development and fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2019

We’ve tracked the shrinking donor pipeline and proposed the lifetime value strategy as a way to engage with donors and correct a trend that threatens the future of higher education fundraising programs. . But the power in a proposal is it s ability to help you learn about the donor through incomplete or failed initiatives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2017

In my last post about nonprofit bots, I discussed the big picture of automation in the nonprofit space and what I learned from the “ The Beth Bot ” experiment. For this post, I did a landscape scan to identify some of the best examples of nonprofit bots. My conversation with the Albert Einstein Bot. Engage and Educate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

We learned a lot about what did and didn’t work, and in the interests of transparency, we thought we’d share some of the lessons we learned along the way (and see if we can collect some ideas for next time.) We set up tracking with hashtags and keyword searches. What did we learn? To visit the site and learn more?

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

We'll discuss some of the major phases of a design project, some of the lingo and jargon you'll encounter, and the tools and skill sets you'll need to set your sights on a great, new site. Read more to learn how to write a winning RFP. How Much Should a Website Cost? Week 4: Content Management Systems.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So if that is of interest to you, maybe you’re thinking of switching software or you’re just kind of curious about us, check out our website, all kinds of videos and stuff you can watch and, you know, we’d love for you to learn more. And so over time, I’ve learned a few things, right?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

The Engage Network was founded when Julia Butterfly Hill had a major motion picture coming out about her, and we saw what had happened with An Inconvenient Truth. I tracked down some of the Howard Dean guys. I wanted to know what worked, what didn't work, and what did he learn. What had she learned, what had she studied?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

who learn my listening. We went down to the physical therapy area where I talked to a 19-year-old former track star who had lost both his legs and was working out on one of the weight machines. I then went up to the wards to visit with other injured veterans - to take pictures, talk about basketball, and to say thank you.

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