Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 18, 2023

“We might lie awake at night worrying, withdraw from work, or react in ways we later regret—rolling our eyes in a meeting, snapping at colleagues, or staying silent when we should speak up,” says Gallo. Or throw up our hands because one-size-fits-all solutions haven't worked. Experiment to find what works. Know your goal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Another part of the workshop, makes time for participants to begin to write a self-care plan for themselves, discussing the types of activities or habits they want to embrace. She is also very mindful while reading the news to monitor her reactions and emotions. Here’s a humorous take on this from the New Yorker. The solution?

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It’s a great time to show appreciation for our family, friends, and colleagues. Your organization’s supporters have donated their time, attention, and/or dollars to help you drive impact this year. Thanksgiving is nearly here, and it seems to sneak up faster year after year.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2023

That’s why it is critical to have a tuition collection strategy that encourages on-time payments and reduces tuition delinquency. Flexibility Create goodwill by working with families when issues arise. School debt recovery often requires follow-up to impress upon families the importance of timely payment. Engaging quickly.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 22, 2021

One interesting silver lining comes from the rapid adoption of remote work, something that m any employees are now appreciating. for over 4 years and the entire staff now has the option to work from anywhere in the country. Clear, consistent communication is going to be key for your remote work success.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2022

Spring has officially sprung, and it’s the perfect time to give your workspace a refresh! We asked our Blackbaud Champions for their best tips on how to get a new start at work this spring. Read below for how to give your work a breath of fresh air this season. Foster Mindfulness. Leave work at work!

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

With Giving Tuesday right around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about your marketing strategy for the holiday. These key times to ask for donations on Giving Tuesday can help you increase your organization’s visibility throughout the day. The second highest time is from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 27, 2023

Is this event still working for your audience, your organization, and your team? Post-pandemic fundraising is a good time to reset, strategize and start new traditions for stakeholders. Keeping mission in mind, this can include re-establishing or reimagining traditional donor engagement events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2012

This session will teach you some techniques that you can immediately put into practice and help you work more efficiently and effectively, enabling you to achieve more in less time and ultimately increase the return of your efforts. The Unantipcated Benefits of Content Curation – article in NTEN Journal and other resources.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

To grow your donor file, add three easy upgrades to your current acquisition plan and watch how kickstarting a better content, promotion, and conversion strategy can work wonders for your donor pipeline. In fundraising, digital acquisition is the process of acquiring email addresses and converting them into donors.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 11, 2023

Making technology or process changes in the workplace is hard work. It takes time. Since staff turnover, leadership changes, shifting business priorities, and/or platform updates can happen at any time, it’s important to keep in mind that user adoption does not necessarily have a start or end date. It takes effort.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 18, 2022

As more companies and their employees return to the office, now is the time for nonprofits to engage in corporate outreach. Begin your corporate outreach to previous partners and prospects now, so you can ensure that your contacts are up-to-date, and your nonprofit is at the top of mind for corporate events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

I am thrilled to be presenting with my colleague, Ananda Leeke in Boston next week at the Resilience at Work Conference. We will be doing early morning sessions to engage participants in some mindful moment and movement exercises. I’m going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2015

Never in a million years did I ever think I would use data and mindfulness in the same sentence. For the past two months, I’ve been wearing a rock in a bra, a device called Spire. Perhaps that is why the spire had not yet tracked any “tension” time for me yet! Better decision-making. Emotional IQ. Listening.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

It takes resilience so that every time you hear “no,” you don’t let it stop you, especially when times are hard, the economy is tanking, or some other crisis is looming. Not only is asking for donations uncomfortable at times, but with SO many great causes out there to donate to, WHY would someone choose your cause?

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TechImpact

APRIL 29, 2014

The commute to work. The commute home from work. All too often nonprofit employees fall victim to the daily rhythm, and allow it to dictate their mood and their effectiveness at work. Falling into this frame of mind can be detrimental to not only you work, but your happiness as well. Take “me” time.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2015

But of course a vast majority of recipients take the logical course and delete the sometimes alluring but often ridiculous missives without a moment’s hesitation, recognizing them for the waste of time and potentially malicious intent they hold. In a word: psychology. So insert a query in the header and see if doing so increases open rates.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It’s no wonder that many fundraisers find themselves so exhausted by the time they send their appeals that the last thing on their mind is writing a heartfelt thank you message or reporting back to the donor on how their gift made an impact. One way to save time is to write all of your content at the same time.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

This is part one in a two-part series from Madison Gonzalez on the importance of helping employees achieve work-life balance. . Helping Nonprofit Employees Achieve Work-Life Balance Isn’t Optional. Work-life balance. You’ve probably heard it mentioned many times before. Do you know where your employees are stressed?

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Charity Village

APRIL 16, 2021

People report that their minds wander at work 37% of the time, and stress increases mind-wandering by 2-3 times, according to The Mind at Work study by Potential Project, a global research, leadership development and consulting firm. The Mind at Work study […].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

This blog post serves as a resource page for a session on mindfulness with Rob Cottingham and Jana Byington-Smith. Social media and working online doesn’t have to be overwhelming; you can take back control. To provide best practices for taming the digital jungle that assaults our brains everyday at work. Mindfulness'

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As a nonprofit professional, time is our most valuable resource, and it often feels like there’s not enough of it. “When you’re working alone or as part of a small team, tasks big and small mount up fast. Not only are they intellectually painful, but they waste time. It’s like ergonomics for the mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2018

Maia Duerr recently published a book called “ Work that Matters: Create a Livelihood that Reflects Your Core Intention.” ” Given our mutual interests, we had a lot to share about mindfulness and well being. It is the idea that work is not just about earning money, but it is about finding meaning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2015

Making a real big difference demands that leaders do interior work to gain a self-understanding of themselves, develop relationship building skills and facilitating the work work of groups and leveraging their professional and organizational networks, and a clear and actionable understanding complex systems change.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 30, 2017

A frustrated blogger—especially one who is just starting out—could truly go mad trying to get respect in the flooded field when they’re just not sure what’s working and what’s not. And besides that, many people keep their speakers on all the time, and having music blare the moment they land on your site can be incredibly jarring.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

Now that remote work makes a casual stroll through the cubicles challenging, I suggest an intentional approach. Make time to audit the impact working from home is having on your organization. Don’t let “out of sight” become “out of mind.” If performance issues have been a problem, keep an open mind.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2023

But it doesn’t really work that way. Pushing folks up a ladder is really hard work, and sometimes their weight will simply be too much. A New Nonprofit Donor Paradigm How about categorizing gifts as: First time Habitual Thoughtful Passionate Today we’ll look at the first two; we’ll cover the latter two in Part 2.

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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? . This is a classic example of Intention Deficit Disorder (IDD ) or being busy without a clear purpose or outcome in mind. . You need time to rest, recharge, and recover.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2023

BoardSite’s features are designed specifically with nonprofits in mind. The platform streamlines important processes like onboarding, voting, and creating agendas, so you’ll have more time to discuss the issues that really matter. Acknowledging these problems is the first step to improving your board’s operations and processes.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 29, 2023

Whether you’re planning a golf tournament or a formal gala, events are powerful tools for furthering your nonprofit’s work for a number of reasons. These tasks may take time, energy, and resources away from day-to-day operations. That’s where another benefit of working with a nonprofit event planner comes into play.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

It’s the digital face of your organization and where many people interact with you for the first time. Here is your guide for creating a non-profit website that brings interested people into your world, tells them what your organization is all about, invites them to be part of the work by making a donation, and then thanks them for doing so.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

You’ve heard many (many) times that all your nonprofit’s blog and site content should be optimized to drive traffic. But when you’re lean on resources and human power, just producing blog posts and updating your website feels like a miracle, never mind SEO or a content strategy. Search Engine Optimization. But you can change that.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 3, 2020

Now is an ideal time to assess your organization’s tools and approaches for working remotely. It’s fairly common in today’s world for some or all of an organization’s staff to work from home. During times of crisis like the one the world faces today, working from home can become a requirement for many organizations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

By Rosie Powers , a Strategist at Mission Minded —a branding firm that works exclusively with nonprofits, foundations, and independent schools. As summer fades into fall, end-of-year fundraising season is top-of-mind for nonprofits. Are there any key, timely motivations that you can hone in on to engage these groups?

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2023

The explosion of activity is mind-numbing — venture capitalists have been throwing money at AI start-ups, investing over $11 billion in May alone, according to data firm PitchBook , an increase of 86% over the same month last year. Nothing can be more personal than establishing, maintaining, and earning friendships.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 31, 2018

There are always a few crowd favorites—super strength, time travel, the ability to fly. The ability to read minds. To know what everyone is thinking at all times? What if I told you that you can enter the minds of your donors without even meeting them? They take time, energy and a whole lot of practice to develop.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall. Titled, Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader's Guide to the Real World , the book debunks what we've come to believe as basic truths in the workplace. Question : Lies is a strong, loaded word.

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