Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. A great story builds credibility and properly positions you in the eye of the buyer."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

The media has dubbed this generation “ Qwerty Monsters ”; they send hundreds of text messages a day and don’t even like to use their phone for calls. What other stories, tips, or resources would you add to this post? Youth in Philanthropy. Learning To Give. Youth In Philanthropy. Children for Children Foundation. Youth Noise.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Showing impact numbers and, more importantly, stories keep donors informed and engaged. Practical Tips for Donor Engagement Strategies As a fundraiser, you probably have a good feel for how your donors want to engage with you, whether it’s on social media, through email, over the phone, or face-to-face. paragraphs in your emails.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2019

Once they find you and are engaged, you can teach them your language. You can also comment about news stories that relate to your mission. Using video on social media will also boost reach. 6) Your current social media efforts will be more effective. Lead with keywords and people will follow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

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. This exercise was teaching us to be open to change.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 25, 2014

But there are also bigger takeaways for your organization about adopting the right social media channels. Know the demographics of social media sites and use that to your advantage. New social media outlets can be your best friend. The post What DoSomething.Org Can Teach You About Snapchat appeared first on Nonprofit Hub.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2014

Last week, I had the pleasure of designing and facilitating the ultimate social media practitioner panel at the Social Media on Purpose Conference hosted by Stanford Social Innovation Review. James Nickerson , Social Media Strategist, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. Matt Fitzgerald , Attention Lab Director, Upwell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2015

What Sesame Street Can Teach Us About the Giving Challenge – Guest Post by Susie Bowie. Your friends are your volunteers, board members, clients, vendors, family members, media partners. Knight Foundation, Manatee Community Foundation, and the Herald-Tribune Media Group. Reach out to them. When All Else Fails, Dance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2014

“You have to show not just tell your CEO about social media”- @carolynsave “Create a tweetorial” – @kanter #afpshift pic.twitter.com/zKggoMllYB. Here’s my Ultimate List of Lists of Nonprofit CEOs Using Social Media. Ettore Rossetti (@EttoreRossetti) March 25, 2014.

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Candid

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Leverage this strength of peer-to-peer campaigns and empower your fundraisers to present your organization and tell their stories. Reports confirm that donors care about details, with 42% giving in part due to hearing a story from someone a nonprofit has helped. Integrate your social media and fundraising systems.

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CauseVox

MARCH 24, 2022

You’ve tried the social media thing, but your engagement is lower than you’d like it to be. With his company Six Second Stories, he helps purpose-driven companies and organizations create short-form, heartfelt video stories to motivate their audiences to take action. You’ve hit a wall with your marketing strategy.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 19, 2023

Share pictures and acknowledgments on social media for your association and the world to see. Share images and stories to highlight volunteers who have reached 5-, 10-, and 15-year milestones within your volunteer program. Follow these tips to increase engagement in your volunteer program: Get social! Highlight your volunteers.

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Care2

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Be honest, does your nonprofit spend time and resources on crafting a good story to share with your supporters? While arming your supporters with important facts is certainly useful, you also must share powerful stories that inspire them to get even more involved in your movement and cause. So what goes into telling a good story?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: How to Tell Your Nonprofit Story with Spark.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The hope in sharing part of my story is to give program insight to applicants, share the immense value to supporters of the program, and give thanks to my incredibly supportive team. . That is a loaded question so I’ll opt out for something with a little more structure—what did the RiseUP Fellowship teach me? The Value of Mentorship.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

As Ryanne Hodson points out, making media together helps kids learn about the issue as well as the technology. What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in. My kids have become more and more interested in playing video games. They created the Popcorn For Kids Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2013

Tweet or Facebook your favorite story about the ocean or share an ocean conservation link with #oceanLoveEarl hashtag. Please join me in a special online tribute to my Dad on July 3 and share your favorite ocean story using the hastag #OceanLoveEarl. A Few Wonderful Stories. In Loving Memory of Earl Kanter MD. Fundraising'

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

This 175-page self-help tale, wrapped in fiction, teaches you the nine mistakes that prevent many from achieving their goals. I won’t reveal the nine mistakes, however, here are some of my favorite takeaways and snippets from the lessons the book teaches: Be the hero of your story, not a minor character in someone else’s.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

For organizations that are trying to connect with their supporters, telling a compelling story is essential. The Story of Self, Story of Us, and Story of Now Framework. This storytelling framework asks you to answer three basic questions: Story of Self: Why have you been called to serve? Story of Us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2012

After the ACE leadership training, I had the opportunity to spend a day in Kigali. I volunteered to do a Social Media and Professional Networking workshop for second year students at the Akilah Institute for Women. Akilah workshop. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I worked with 39 young women between the ages of 18-30.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 15, 2020

This 175-page self-help tale, wrapped in fiction, teaches you the nine mistakes that prevent many from achieving their goals. I won’t reveal the nine mistakes, however, here are some of my favorite takeaways and snippets from the lessons the book teaches: Be the hero of your story, not a minor character in someone else’s.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 13, 2012

Organizational culture is revealed in artifacts and symbols , the stories people tell, relationships, and the rituals and rules that guide behavior. You'll appreciate the Key Points summaries and the Things To Do suggestions from the authors at the end of each of the nine chapters in the book.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Specifically, you should create content around the “why” of your existence and share the stories that demonstrate your successes in fulfilling your mission. Here are some examples of what you can share: A story they’ll want to enter into. Take a look at your social media to see what posts are getting clicked and shared.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

After over 20 years of fundraising, consulting, and teaching nonprofits across the U.S., That means most nonprofits are spending more time and resources bringing in new folks every year than they are keeping them.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge is back and there are some great prizes in store for organizations with the most creative, compelling, and entertaining stories. However, before we can talk about prizes or even sending submissions, we need to cover how to create those digital stories.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

We Are Media is a terrific resource for anyone looking for tips, examples, case studies and information on using social media in a nonprofit organization. Now, the content from We Are media is available to you in a brand new “ Choose Your Own Expert &# format. The best part: any path you choose will be a good one.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 13, 2023

As we come together to honor their stories, your nonprofit has a fantastic opportunity to foster unity and support immigrant communities. Organize and Participate in Cultural Events Multicultural Cooking Class : Organize a cooking class where immigrants teach participants how to make traditional dishes from their home countries.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Packed with uplifting personal stories, action steps and writing exercises, you’ll learn how to be accountable for developing your character, integrity, and commitment to reaching your goals. Why writing your success story in reverse is the best approach. Vacantly scrolling through your social media feeds? Eating mindlessly?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

To kick off our new success stories. section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. We called it the TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge. The challenge was that organizations had to tell their story with very few words – under 1,000 characters to be exact.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This is a part of crafting your story and your ask, two aspects that are continuously critical to the success of all your campaigns, not just this one. use this year’s year-end fundraising campaign as a teaching tool to do even better next year! Utilize multiple fundraising outlets. Thank your donors! Of course, thank your donors!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2021

Fleming's techniques teach you how to acquire customers faster and how to create what he calls legitimate brand loyalty -- the type that helps to keep your business thriving. One of the book's most compelling lessons for me was why it's so important to tell your customers your company's origin story. When was it started?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Unlike most others who’ve built a massive following on social media, his following of over 9 million people grew by doing things differently. He’s not taking selfies or blogging about his adventures in the kitchen… He’s telling other people’s stories. Then, in the words of the beneficiary, tell their story.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Yet, at most foundations, rarely does anyone with a communications background ever review the story this critical document shares with the outside world. The questions we field most often pertain to the story the grants data tells us about where funding is going, where it’s not going, and who does and does not benefit. and Marion L.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Today brings a book that is an indispensable resource for public relations practitioners who want to learn how to navigate the ever-changing landscape of public relations – which has become a far cry from primarily writing press releases and establishing media contacts. Technology will bring us new ways to communicate in social media circles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This week I was honored to teach a Happy Healthy Nonprofit Workshop at the 1440 Multiversity Nonprofit Service Week. This past week they opened up the campus to nonprofits and I was lucky enough to be part of the faculty to teach a workshop. They also teach yoga and meditation classes in this room. The photo was my classroom.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2019

This 175-page self-help tale, wrapped in fiction, teaches you the nine mistakes that prevent many from achieving their goals. I won’t reveal the nine mistakes, however, here are some of my favorite takeaways and snippets from the lessons the book teaches: Be the hero of your story, not a minor character in someone else’s.

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