Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

After decades of award-winning research, Edmondson provides the framework to think, discuss, and practice failure wisely. In addition, she illustrates how we and our organizations can embrace our human fallibility, learn exactly when failure is our friend, and prevent most of it when it is not.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 5, 2023

Meet with your team in one-on-ones to learn professional goals, ask about skills or talents, and better understand your employees’ backgrounds. When you offer technical training, you’ll have better-skilled staff, who are more productive and confident in their roles. Investing in training opportunities can also boost staff retention.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

When directors understand their role in stewarding and growing resources, keeping track of that progress becomes a lot more interesting. The treasurer and the finance committee also have important roles to play. Personal anecdotes about their own learning experiences can help new members feel more confident. Online courses.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Audit teams would then be caught off guard, unaware of either newly implemented accounting systems, new chart of accounts, or changes in processes and management roles. Here are six best practices your nonprofit organization should adopt to increase collaboration and enhance its relationship with your audit firm.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

And, without self-awareness, it’s impossible to be a role model for others. Over time, they are unable to engage in honest dialogue; others learn not to confront them with reality.” Success requires intention, practice, honesty, and effort. You can’t rely on staffers in your organization to fill this role. Engage fully.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 8, 2024

That dramatic entrance has changed the role of CTOs. Although leadership courses may be part of more recent IT management degrees, relationship building is a skill that requires commitment and practice. Self-regulation— or learning to effectively manage conflict, challenges, and stress is critical in fast-paced digital environments.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 19, 2023

Project retrospec tives play a pivotal role to capture lessons learned. However, without thorough retrospectives, these opportunities or lessons to be learned may go unnoticed. Retrospectives also encourage creative thinking and ideation, fostering a culture of continuous learning, and innovation within the organization.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Following these best practices will help increase awareness of the security tools and features that can be used to minimize the risk to vulnerable people. Following these best practices will help increase awareness of the security tools and features that can be used to minimize the risk to vulnerable people. Learn more.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

If your organization takes on corporate philanthropy as an engagement practice, you can change real people’s lives. Each role has specific responsibilities, and training helps set a foundation for each worker’s confidence. When hiring for middle- and upper-management roles, consider existing employees first. Mentorship programs.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

Learn more about how volunteer management and retention can help your organization: What is volunteer management How to manage volunteers Why is volunteer retention important How to retain volunteers What is volunteer management? Because volunteers communicate with you more than other supporters, you learn more about them in turn.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 25, 2022

With this widespread adoption of technology to facilitate goods and services, the role of ethics has become increasingly prominent in the minds of both the consumers interacting with technology and the executives designing and implementing it. Blog: How Lessons Learned During the Pandemic Help Prepare Us For a Recession.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

It’s important for nonprofit leaders to learn how to incorporate fair and good fundraising best practices when connecting with diverse audiences. In this webinar follow-up, Kristal Frazier answers your pressing questions on DEI donor best practices. What other DEI-related questions do you have?

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

The specifics of your strategy are going to vary depending on your industry or your members’ interests or any one of a hundred other factors—but there are certain best practices that pretty much all successful nonprofit association strategies have in common. Webinar Next-Level Storytelling Tactics for Nonprofits Learn More 5.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In this article, we’ll catalog ten nonprofit website best practices your organization can use to maximize your investment. Here’s a great way to avoid those roadblocks: Choose a nonprofit-specific service like Neon Websites that incorporates nonprofit website best practices into their products from the ground up.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Here are some digital marketing best practices for finding new donors by driving prospects to your nonprofit organization’s website using search engine optimization, online advertising, and email campaigns. Facebook & Instagram These two social media platforms have a role at every funnel level.

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Media Cause

JUNE 8, 2023

Our team compiled data best practices for your nonprofit’s success when using Salesforce. Data plays a pivotal role in empowering nonprofits, especially when it comes to understanding and managing donor and supporter relationships. You can untangle this and prevent it from happening again using data best practices.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 29, 2022

A comprehensive list of every different Fundraising Event Committee you’ll need for your gala- their roles and job descriptions. After having to postpone events for several years, many organizations are having to transition new people into committee roles. Roles in a Sponsor Committee. Coordinating vendor set up and tear down.

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2022

Donors play a key role in how big of an impact your nonprofit can make on the community. Putting these lessons into practice will help your nonprofit continue to make a positive difference in the world. . Lesson #3: Make your communications personal .

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.orgSource

APRIL 25, 2023

You learn a lot about consumer preferences by reading the reviews on Yelp. Once we talk through the issues, they realize that there is a current employee, who with the right training and mentoring, would be a great fit for the role. Gen X and Z applicants have also forced employers to refresh hiring practices.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 12, 2023

A nd learn volunteer empowerment strategies to try out at your organization! PEAK Grantmaking ’s vol unteer program success story PEAK Grantmaking is a community of 7,000 professionals working to advance e ffective and equitable grantmaking practices. Provide volunteer orientation so your members know their roles inside and out.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2022

Change anxiety and resistance: Learning a new system can be a tough sell for nonprofit professionals whose schedules are already packed with daily tasks. The size of your implementation team will vary by organization, but you should include a diverse set of roles. Who should be part of the implementation team?

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 7, 2020

We learned a lot at the recent BoardAssist Nonprofit Board Summit on how to be an outstanding board member. Our amazing panelists, some of New York’s most prominent nonprofit and corporate board members, had lots of practical and actionable advice for those of us who want to truly #bethechange. Show Them What you Got.

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 5, 2023

Volunteering is an essential component of many nonprofit organizations, and it plays a crucial role in achieving their missions. Volunteers need to understand what is expected of them, what their role will entail, how to perform duties effectively, and what impact their contributions will have in the community. Gathering feedback.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

Foundation leaders need to understand how grantmaking practices affect nonprofit organizations and structure grantmaking practices in ways that best support nonprofit organizations. Mowrer’s Grant-seeking Challenges highlights that funder practices and requirements are considered one of the greatest challenges for grant-seekers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2019

Today, a wide variety of organizations have made engaging learning opportunities available online. Here are five of the most popular learning resources (all completely free) to help you get started: 1) Nonprofit Essentials Certificate. This video from Candid provides easy-to-follow best practices for raising more money online.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

We often talk about the role of philanthropy and the ways in which it must grow and innovate, how it has changed and evolved with the times, reacting to crises, wars, economic downturns, and more. I believe it is fostering the love of people and that pathway to change that is the role and mandate of philanthropic institutions and funders.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

It's nearly impossible to accomplish anything meaningful and important in life without at some point having to meet new people, learn new things, and take on new roles," explains Rollag. Learn and remember names. How to find or create opportunities to practice. "We Ask questions. Seek out and start new relationships.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this guide, we’ll provide four CRM training best practices. For example, a fundraiser will need to focus on donor management , while a program manager will need to learn how to track program outcomes. These resources can serve as quick references and reinforce what they’ve learned during training sessions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 14, 2020

Each chapter offers practical thinking on how these women and men made decisions. You can use their decision-making skills as guidance at work, in your leadership role, and in your daily life. Dilenschneider , features vignettes on 23 individuals who made decisions that shaped the world.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Despite this risk, there are some best practices that you can implement that allow you to fundraise online without the constant worry of a cyberattack. Common type of cyberattacks NIST guidelines for cybersecurity Nonprofit cybersecurity best practices What is cybersecurity for nonprofits? Best practices.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 23, 2024

Meaningful Volunteer Roles: By understanding volunteer skill sets and motivations, leadership can advocate for the creation of impactful volunteer roles. Leadership can champion practices like clear communication, appreciation, and growth opportunities to retain volunteers.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 3, 2023

And check out our top list of practices your association should avoid. Resolve to avoid these negative practices in the New Year, and you’ll have a more effective and prosperous organization: 1. Ineffective staff engagement practices Is your organization experiencing low employee engagement? Learn more

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

As crowdfunding practices mature and become an valuable part of the nonprofit fundraising toolkit, there is a need to set standards and expectations. Five Best Practices in Nonprofit Crowdfunding by Robert Wu. Give each bucket a role and goal so that they know how and when to help. Additional Best Practices.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different. Learning, we do naturally. We can learn through direct experience.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

With proper practice, your organization can leverage your virtual community to drive engagement, boost retention, and attract new members. . Offer examples of inappropriate behavior , unacceptable practices, and impermissible content so members clearly understand what isn’t allowed. . Elevate membership roles.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

“No matter your title, or how advanced you already consider yourself to be as an inclusive leader, I believe this book will help you evolve and motivate you to take action,” says Jennifer Brown about her book, How To be An Inclusive Leader: Your Role In Creating Cultures Of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

This curated track features members of Blackbaud’s K–12 Executive Advisory Board and our internal experts discussing how technology in schools has evolved, new best practices, and fresh ideas. Join us in this session to learn what responsible AI could mean for your school. Blackbaud’s 2024 ATLIS sessions include: 1. Where do you start?

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