Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

“All businesses sooner or later face the need to reconstruct their future,” explain the authors of the book, The Phoenix Encounter Method. Therefore, this book shares a new method of leadership thinking – the Phoenix Encounter – relevant to all organizations in today’s ever-changing environment.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

The following is an excerpt from How to Thrive When Work Doesn’t Love You Back A Practical Guide for Taking Care of Yourself While Changing The World by Meico Marquette Whitlock and a foreword by Beth Kanter 3 Ways to Thrive When Your Work Doesn’t Love You Back You’re committed to making a positive difference in the world.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

“All businesses sooner or later face the need to reconstruct their future,” explain the authors of the new book, The Phoenix Encounter Method. Therefore, this book shares a new method of leadership thinking – the Phoenix Encounter – relevant to all organizations in today’s ever-changing environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I found this wonderful comic on Mashable “ The Field Guide to Procrastination ” that identifies 12 different methods for work avoidance or procrastination, defined in Wikipedia as “ putting off tasks for a later date.” In this video , Chris Brogan talks about how he manages his time.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When you’re working with limited resources it can be a struggle to both get new people in the door and then keep them there once you do. Other methods of expanding your visibility include social media campaigns, events, career fairs, and using search engine optimization (SEO) to attract people to your website.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

And so has the way we live and work. Given this new reality, how do you stay focused on your mission while also creating tech-life and work-life balance? . You need time to rest, recharge, and recover. having a cup of tea, walking the dog, or doing yoga) before jumping into your work. . Schedule focus time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

A lot of time, effort, and preparation goes into ensuring end-of-year campaigns produce all the funds needed for organizations to sustain their important missions. 1) AI in fundraising Fundraisers’ opinions on using AI tools in their work vary. Some of the hard work may already be done with pre-established relationships.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2023

Your organization likely relies on direct mail, emails, social media, and even phone calls to get the word out about your organization’s work and solicit support for your mission. This means that this method of communication gets more eyes on your message than a more traditional method, like email. The sky’s the limit!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

As you read the book, you’ll learn what Sonnenberg has learned through years of building a leading efficiency consulting business – that the primary reason why so many teams are overwhelmed is not because they don’t have enough time, or that managers expect too much of their employees, or that there aren’t enough people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2022

States define solicitation as the act of asking for donations, regardless of the method of solicitation. But if you use online methods such as email or a website “donate now” button to fundraise, in which states are you soliciting? Most nonprofits work hard to connect with donors through multiple channels, including social media.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

An integration between your customer relationship management (CRM) platform and online fundraising platform is a simple time-saving solution that can help you collect all of your donor data in one place. HOPE Atlanta did just that with the integration to create more time for donor stewardship. “As Hannah Durbin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? It can also be used to create work norms or processes. While recent research suggests that the first method may not be as effective because of “ group think ” and produce fewer ideas, you can combine the best of both approaches.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

We hear from folks all the time who are looking for new fundraising ideas for nonprofits, especially fundraising ideas for a new nonprofit. They’ve tried what they know to raise money, but it just isn’t working. Or it kind of works but not at the level they need it to. I’ve been there. And it’s frustrating. Which makes sense.

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Association Analytics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Standardize retention calculation: It’s difficult to tell how strong your member base is at any given time if there’s no standardized method for counting it. You should segment your membership by the metrics that matter most to you, such as demographics, tenure, behavior, at-risk status, periods of time and more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Your nonprofit does incredible, life-changing work. Even if your supporters don’t take the time to read your letter all the way through ( odds are, they won’t! ), they’ll see powerful images that will inspire them to give in a matter of seconds. Even something as straightforward as “GIVE NOW” works well! Use compelling design.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

Traditionally, fundraising has relied on old methods. It does this by finding the best timing, messaging, and asking amounts for each donor. Gain insights into donor behavior, understand stakeholder preferences, and more, while freeing up time for relationship-building. It encourages donors to keep supporting its work long-term.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2017

It also delved into how nonprofits can tackle the process of finding the tech that helps the most when you don't necessarily have the time to research. It's especially difficult if the tools aren't 100 percent free or if they require people in the team to learn new ways of working. So start by thinking about.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Leveraging a secure payment solution throughout the donation process strengthens donor trust and allows them to use a convenient payment method. Other payment processors integrate Stripe and Paypal, so nonprofits may not be able to access nonprofit-specific giving methods and may be charged additional fees. per transaction.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 23, 2024

The state and national estimates of the value of volunteer time are based on the method used by Independent Sector in prior years. Charitable organizations most frequently use the value of volunteer time to recognize the amount of community support an organization receives from its volunteers. It was $15.82 The increase of 5.3

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Candid

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Nonprofit organizations are always looking for ways to increase the impact of their work. To collect a representative sample, we recommend administering surveys using multiple methods—in person, via text, by email, etc.—and At Listen4Good (L4G), we call this process a “client feedback loop.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 11, 2020

States define solicitation as the act of asking for donations, regardless of the method of solicitation. But if you use online methods such as email or a website “donate now” button to fundraise, in what states are you soliciting? Most nonprofits work hard to connect with donors through multiple channels, including social media.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Election Day – Using Social Media Campaign Methods to Enhance Learning Programs. Well, I’m here to tell you, it’s finally time. Well, I’m here to tell you, it’s finally time. Advertisements may not be the best way to remind your organization of due-dates (Although, they could work to some extent).

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 28, 2021

When the pandemic hit in early 2020, most found that their typical and secure lifestyle came to a halt, and many of the employed were re-assigned to work remotely, or joined the increasing statistics of those unemployed. There are different methods to determining what programs should be offered and can be adjusted to best suit the employees.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

It’s time for your association to take advantage of the Fresh Start Effect. At the same time, these simple steps can help to make a big impact on your opinions of data collection quality and how those data collection and quality issues affect your ability to make data-informed decisions. Observing is the most valuable type of data.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 26, 2024

I don’t know about you, but I cannot tell you the last time I actually took out my credit card when making a purchase online. If it feels like a lot to keep up with all the new modern payment methods, don’t fret! We are going to dive into what a mobile wallet is, how it works and how it can be used to maximize your digital fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2020

States define solicitation as the act of asking for donations, regardless of the method of solicitation. But if you use online methods such as social media or a website “donate now” button to fundraise, in what states are you soliciting? It may seem simple, but there’s a catch. Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The Playbook includes a few examples and methods for doing this. Emotional – harness the energy and passion of the team working to achieve them. The Playbook also discusses the skillsets that a nonprofit needs to use data successfully, both for staff and for hiring consultants or working with skilled volunteers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Why Now Is a Good Time to Donate Stock. With so much demand on cash, it’s time to offer donors a fresh opportunity at meeting their philanthropic goals by allowing them to donate from their larger holdings of non-cash assets. . Nonprofits that solicit stock gifts grew 5 times faster than those that did not. Now the fun stuff!

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

We update Nimble AMS three times a year to offer constant staff innovation, create amazing member experiences, and drive ROI at your association. Here are some highlights from the Nimble AMS Spring ‘23 release. The wizard is an easy-to-use tool designed to provide staff with a quick method of creating and configuring coupons. ​It

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 12, 2020

Your nonprofit’s team likely spends quite a bit of time focusing on raising the funds you need to achieve your goals. Start boosting your donor retention rate by focusing on those who are just giving to your nonprofit for the first time. Why First-Time Donor Retention is Important. Call your new donors. . Send welcome kits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 20, 2022

But , raffle laws vary from state to state—in many states (13, the last time we checked), online raffles are flat-out illegal. One misconception we hear regularly relates to Sweepstakes’ free Alternate Method of Entry. Alternate Method of Entry: For a sweepstakes to be legal, you must offer a free entry option.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech, Guest post by Anne Whatley, Network Impact. Code for America , one of the organizations that we worked with, is already implementing outcome assessments. Now we need to find out not only what works, but what works best over time.”. L earn and borrow from others.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Keeping donors can undoubtedly be hard work but, a loyal donor base is vital in sustaining the work you do and furthering your mission. While a good deal of time and resources will be dedicated to this effort, certain aspects of donor retention can be made easy. Set up a drip email to do the work for you.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 19, 2022

To address this growing concern, 40% of the professionals surveyed planned to invest in modern technology to streamline work processes through automation. . times more likely to complete their best work. The best methods to use when surveying your staff. Here’s how to get started: 1. Ask the right questions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2023

Online giving options also provide a range of payment methods, allowing donors to give using their preferred payment method, whether that’s a credit card, PayPal , or another online payment service. On average, recurring donors are over 5 times more valuable for your nonprofit than one-time donors.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 13, 2023

A great method to improve the member experience is through personalization. Did you know that creating amazing member experiences and working to personalize the member journey is at the core of the Nimble AMS product strategy? We understand that true change takes time. In the last month, 45.4

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CauseVox

JANUARY 26, 2023

Why would I take the time to pull out a credit card when I can tap an app on my phone—the phone which is usually in my hand? Yes, phones make emailing, working, and paying bills super convenient now. Now donors can pay with their preferred payment methods to help you secure more donors. How do ACH and Venmo payments work?

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