Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best new leadership book of 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best leadership book for 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

What we do: Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. Design and implement data visualizations, including everything from simple static charts and maps to custom interactive visualizations on the web.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

If you’re watching the recording, hope you’re having a good day because we are here to talk about some creative ways that people are contributing to the community. We do these webinars just about every Thursday. And I’m really excited about this topic too. Full Transcript: – [Lindsay] Okay. . But say hi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

How about you? These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and focus setting: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words .” This year, I’m adding a technique from Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project to establish and track good habits on a monthly basis. Happy New Year !

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. Each chapter is comprised of short sections, often about the length of a blog posting.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Font-Line Leader: Building a High-PerformanceOrganization from the Groumd Up , by Chris Van Gorder. But, he started with Scripps Health back in 1973 and rose through the ranks, learning along the way the lessons he shares in his book.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Expanding to meet global need brings a number of new challenges, including collection development for new audiences, gaining author and publisher permissions for worldwide distribution of materials, and forming partnerships with organizations that can spread the word about Bookshare and manage membership and customer support outside of the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I eagerly read about a new social psychology research study in which whites, Asians, and Latinos engaged in a simple collaborative activity--making a music video together. The book of the same title that he edited is rocking my world, both as a museum professional who cares about inclusion and as a new mother. That didn''t happen.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Where do our ideas about IT come from? Trying to follow the example set by a commercial company, just in a nonprofit way, probably won't work, but there are lessons to be learned. Trying to follow the example set by a commercial company, just in a nonprofit way, probably won't work, but there are lessons to be learned.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

And 60 Minutes recently did a segment on it as a technique to counterbalance our obsession with electronics devices. As we began organizing many more retreats, we needed a proper accounting system." " She has a pretty big list of everything Quickbooks now does for the organization: Tracking grant expenses.

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

Many community platforms, whether simple or complex, offer a large number of options for user interaction: user-generated content contributions, discussions, groups, wikis, blogs, real-time communication, Twitter-like updates, photo galleries, collaborative file management, etc. Don't expect to get everything right upon first launch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2020

Engaging supporters (and attracting new ones) with storytelling techniques. Engaging supporters (and attracting new ones) with storytelling techniques. Does it make it easy for new supporters to learn about your work and then get involved? A nonprofit’s website is one of its most valuable assets. Is it performing well?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Temra Costa's book, Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat features the stories of over 30 women and how they are changing our food system for the better as farmers, educators, mothers, chefs, businesswomen, and policy wonks. Overall, was there a theme among the stories of the women that you interviewed? What brought you here?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The best event for your nonprofit is one that serves your mission, delights your community, and doesn’t totally burn out your staff. With those factors in mind, we’ve put together a list of 52 nonprofit event ideas to help serve as a “vision board” for your organization’s next event. We’ve broken them down into six major categories.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

If that sounds familiar, then what your nonprofit lacks is a sound donor management strategy. Sure, donor management starts with donor acquisition, but that’s only the first step in a very long journey. If that sounds familiar, then what your nonprofit lacks is a sound donor management strategy. What is Donor Management?

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

We are here to talk about how to lead and manage in our new work reality. But if you’ve never heard of us beyond the webinars, Bloomerang is a provider of donor management software. You can learn more about us. Full Transcript: Steven: You’ll hear a robot voice. Kishshana: Go ahead. Steven: All right.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 4, 2014

If you have questions about your nonprofit systems, databases, CRM or data needs, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We opened the event with a short audience poll about fundraising technology. The feedback was eye-opening about the struggles we are experiencing with nonprofit technology. Easier = 8%. 3-5 = 47%.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

We are here to talk about major donor stewardship. We do about 50 sessions a year. We got a great slate of webinars queued up for this year I’m really excited about. We got a great slate of webinars queued up for this year I’m really excited about. Thanks for joining us. Like I said, I’m Steven.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The book provides many research based insights about how to create a high performing workplace culture. Here’s an article by Dan about his new book. While it does require using a paper notebook, it is actually a methodology best described as a mindfulness practice disguised as a productivity system.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

We are here to talk about keeping your donor database healthy, wealthy, I should say wealthy and wise. Basically, we’re here to talk about dirty donor data and how to prevent that. Basically, we’re here to talk about dirty donor data and how to prevent that. Thanks for being here. I’m Steven. Robin: True story.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2014

These days, usability is everything. Think about it – why do all that hard work to drive traffic to your nonprofit’s website, only to have your visitors leave because they found it difficult to navigate or filled with irrelevant content? What Your Nonprofit Can Learn from Google. What makes a great nonprofit website?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. thanks so much for sharing this!!! thanks so much for sharing this!!! Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2011

This is the first in a series of posts about Paul Light's book Sustaining Innovation: Creating Nonprofit and Government Organizations that Innovate Naturally. Sustaining Innovation is a thoughtful, comprehensive book that has helped me think more concretely about these questions and their answers. So what did I learn?

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

We are here to talk about how to be more productive, powerful, and persuasive. But if you don’t know what Bloomerang is, if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinars, we’re donor management software. Maryanne Dersch will show you how to pitch your ideas in a way that gets a yes, every time. No problem.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

We are here to talk about the next wave, what are those emerging trends in nonprofit social media marketing. I sent those out about an hour ago. We do these webinars just about every Thursday. Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Julia, I got 2:00 Eastern. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started officially?

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