Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 29, 2017

Plus, I recently read the book, Life Word , and because of that I have also now selected my one Life Word. The one word that as the book authors say will significantly impact my life and legacy. Your Life Word becomes the driving force to align your efforts and eliminate distractions. Photo By: Dan Michael Hodges.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 7, 2024

Are we gathering photos all year long so we have enough come time to prepare our report? Where will we tell our key messages in different ways (Executive Director letter, photo captions, etc.)? Do we need to engage an external freelancer (writing and/or design)? Who will write the Executive Director letter?

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Note – Photos or a video of your characters are HIGHLY recommended. What is happening in your hero’s life? Large, beautiful photos of the family, perhaps in front of their humble home). They’re just overall happier children, and their success at school sets them up for success later in life! Your donation of $7.32

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Annual reports are a staple of nonprofit life. Showing photos of a wide array of animals demonstrate how their programs benefit hundreds of species across the country. They’re a powerful tool for communicating your impact, but what makes an annual report effective? The Humane Society.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

As part of my 100 Letters for the Last 100 Days of 2011 project, I've been making cards with my own photos. Thanksgiving is on November 24th, if you want to send out Gratitude Cards and thank people for the wonderful things they've brought to your life. Collect your photos. I printed mine with Kodak Photo Gallery.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2014

You have a smartphone, some skills, and a willingness to learn, but somehow your photos look slightly off. Your conference photos are always whitewashed, your last demonstration photos were too dark to share, and red-eye is still very much a thing in office photos. Did those photos capture the emotions of a face?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Before you follow any account, ensure that your profile is complete with (1) a well-designed profile photo and header image; (2) a bio that expresses clearly your organization’s mission; and (3) a link to your website. Since tweets have a very short life span, it’s a good practice to retweet your own tweets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

On its Instagram page, the nonprofit mostly publishes testimonials and photos from people who have received support. You should also create a mixture of photo and video content. Posting both photos and videos will ensure you reach the most people possible with your content. They also appeal to different audience segments.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Include a compelling story that shows how your organization’s work as led to transformation – either within an individual life, or a larger community. Include a photo or two if you can. #3 Your “choir” needs to see and feel a connection to your work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Flickr Photo by lyzadanger. about the shelf life or how long a link stays alive before people stop engaging with it. It offers an estimate as follows: 2.8 According to the post, it suggests that what’s most important for content shelf life is the quality of the content shared, not where it is shared. hours on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

How to Design an Effective Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life – Guest Post by Karen Axelson from ETR. For ETR, that meant music, games, photos with colleagues and so much more. Designing the meeting so it is effective and encourages team-building can be tricky. Here’s some terrific advice from Sarah Axelson.

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M+R

AUGUST 23, 2023

Get Ready With Me (GRWM)/A Day in the Life TikTok is the social media platform of choice for influencers showing their day-to-day life. A Day In The Life” content begins similarly but takes viewers throughout the influencer’s whole day. If you haven’t seen the movie, go do that (really).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Alfred Prufrock : “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; New Feature: The Timeline. Alfred Prufrock: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Flickr Photo by Domen Jakus. Ryan Ozimek is actively bringing his dream to life— to help accidental techies make the right decisions for their organizations. Note From Beth: Blog Carnivals are a themed collection of blog posts. budget). . A no marketing, no money, no mission wake-up call is Elaine Fogel’s dream.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Symbolically Adopt an Animal from the World Wildlife Foundation Choose from 125 animals—includes a certificate of adoption and photo. AKC, Gifts for Friends and Fuzzies Support the American Kennel Club and show love to the fuzzy friends and family in your life. 100% of store proceeds goes towards scholarships.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

It gives your audience a tangible transformation to observe through the sharing of the written word, photos, testimonials, and videos. Act one is where we learn what normal life looks like before the story is set in motion. You may include physical photos of the character or describe their appearance.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Nonprofit storytelling lets donors and volunteers know that they are making an impact and making life better for real people. Illustrate your nonprofit in action by telling the story of one dog whose adoption made a real impact in the life of a special needs child or the dog that rescued an elderly man from loneliness. Use visuals.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

Images bring life and interest to anything. Rules of Thumb for Using Photos of People. Are photos that you take with your camera or phone yours or your organization's property to use as you wish? Are photos that you take with your camera or phone yours or your organization's property to use as you wish?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This is called transformational giving because it transforms the donor’s life as well as the lives of those you’re serving. Here’s what the letter says in case you can’t read it: “What does it mean when we say you’ve changed a life? You have truly changed his life. It tells the story of one life being saved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2009

One of the most important decisions you'll be making is selecting a photo to use. Nick O'Neill, blogger at AllFacebook, has a post that dissects the different styles of photos you commonly see on people's Facebook profiles. It's called " The 30 Standard Facebook Profile Photos." What's your photo style?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Plus giving the mic and shining the spotlight on your volunteers also gives them a well-deserved moment to bask in the glow of genuine appreciation. Spend the day thanking instead of asking Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end-of-life charity. She made it fun with decorations and a staff photo contest.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

The second report of the series, Living with Pocket Change: What It Means to Do More With Less , examines the impact and real-life experiences of chronic philanthropic underinvestment. This critical research informs many of our current practices.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Life happens. However, taking this extra step and showing them the thank-you letter, photo, or video from the recipient can bring the reviewing process full circle for them. That conversation allows reviewers to contribute to the process rather than feeling you are enforcing a hard date they may not be able to meet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

It’s not about what you are eating in the moment or your current vacation photos. Also, p ins have a much longer shelf-life than tweets and Facebook posts. Pinterest pins have an average “shelf life” of over one week! You can directly pin your videos from YouTube and your photos from Flickr.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This is especially true when your subject has opened up to you about a traumatic moment in their life. Uplift the Story Owners Even when a nonprofit helps facilitate change in someone’s life, their story is still their story. Quote over a photo of a woman speaking. Quote graphic with text over a photo of a person typing.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Their use of joyful photos of individuals or small groups helps personalize the program descriptions, as does highlighting an employee’s efforts, like those of Margaret Mary Debre, PoP’s Lead WASH Coordinator in Ghana. Sometimes, you just need some good photos to take your report from good to great. Donate Life America.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Therefore, in classic Lencioni fashion, he brings his 6 Types of Working Genius model to life in a page-turning fable that is as relatable as it is compelling. When I sat down to write my first business book, I wanted to bring the model to life in a story. I’ve had so many people who resonate with the story part of my books.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 29, 2021

For example, if you’re asking for coats, you should show how giving a coat changed someone’s life. The same goes for a photo. If you have a high-quality photo that the person has agreed to let you use, that’s fantastic! If you don’t have one, that’s okay — it can still be a really powerful story. You need logic. .

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Media Cause

JANUARY 26, 2024

During the pandemic, new influencers were gaining fame, and they felt more relatable—Charli D’Amelio was at home making dance videos, and Alix Earle was just talking about her everyday life in college while filming “get ready with me” videos. Sure, it’s a curated post, but it’s meant to look low-effort. And this is true for brands, too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

As a Buddhist, he bravely faced his deadly disease head-on, sharing his wisdom about living life to its fullest. The photo from is my October visit with him, a few months before he died. A week or so before he died, he did a podcast with Chris Brogan discussing facing death.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Bringing Causes to Life. When you’re talking to potential donors in developed countries, it’s hard to bring some of the causes to life — to create that emotional reaction that will entice someone to donate. What will be more effective — a collage of photos, or being able to put on a headset and walk a mile in their shoes?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2010

December 25 - Photo Sift through all the photos of you from the past year. I don't have many photos of myself from this year so I'll have to choose this one of me with our cat, Dora, lounging on the couch and doing nothing, just hanging out and being. I plan to finish the book, and continuing my meditation practice in 2011.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

They are now larger-than-life figures who started from humble beginnings. Their efforts galvanized engagement from hundreds of other companies, nonprofits, and people from all walks of life, permeating popular culture and fundamentally changing the landscape around breast cancer in the U.S. Moments can start with unexpected champions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Sharing : Cast, take photos, and record video in VR. That said, for someone like me ( Heather Mansfield ) who is very uncomfortable on camera in real life, it’s not uncomfortable being an avatar of myself in Oculus. The universal menu includes: Apps : View and launch apps from your library. Create your Oculus Avatar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2008

Flickr Photo. Last July, I took this photo of the three geek girls at BlogHer. She used the idea for this great photo ! So, just got a copy of her newly updated book Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better for the plane ride back tto Boston

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

You’ll want to tell a compelling story that breathes life into your cause and paints a vivid picture of the powerful difference every donation makes. Ideally, your page should, in 30 seconds, make clear to donors the ins-and-outs of your cause through engaging text, enthralling photos, videos, and graphics.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

Providing a donation with the date, amount, organization name, and tax identification number clearly identifiable, you make the donor’s life easier. Photo or video of how their gift is being used. The right photo or video can really hit the donor squarely in the heart. Everyone wants their tax preparation to go smoothly.

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