Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral. Many of the routines and structures that created a sense of belonging and safety for us (e.g.,

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 18, 2023

This evaluation can help fine-tune program structures, training methods, and task assignments. Useful questions to consider are: Do you feel adequately prepared and trained for your volunteer responsibilities? How well do you think our organization communicates its mission and goals to volunteers?

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 20, 2021

The structure of a board and the board governance process, including monthly or quarterly meetings, amplifies the struggle. There is good news. Mission Box’s Engagement Communities program provides a designated and secure space for everything from posting training to taking polls. The platform challenges you to expand.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral. Many of the routines and structures that created a sense of belonging and safety for us (e.g.,

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral. Many of the routines and structures that created a sense of belonging and safety for us (e.g.,

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 16, 2023

They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral. Many of the routines and structures that created a sense of belonging and safety for us (e.g.,

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

You probably spend a lot of time thinking about your issue space, and closely following the news, and Being Online. They might not get breaking news alerts on their phone. It’s easy to follow your own train of thought. Repetitive structure. He also leads regular writing and editing trainings for M+R staff and clients.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Without a handbook, volunteers may feel disconnected and unsure of their role and responsibilities because once training is over, there are no materials for them to reference later. Training opportunities: At minimum, you need an orientation to go over information in the handbook. What about working off site?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem. In fear cultures, poor ideas aren’t contested, bad news isn’t communicated, and information and resources are hoarded, which can all lead to a negative death spiral. Many of the routines and structures that created a sense of belonging and safety for us (e.g.,

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Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

As SA’s Volunteer Coordinator, I was fortunate to keep working full-time from home, where I ramped up a new way of volunteering remotely, finding additional volunteers, and training a mixed group of new and longtime volunteers to help host these programs on Zoom. The video calls have a consistent structure to them.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Nonprofit and advocacy thought leaders are constantly writing new articles about developments in advocacy, advocacy strategies, and advocacy resources. Find trustworthy news sources and treat these blogs like you would your morning paper. Reduced recruitment and training time costs. Bill tracking software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Both conference marked the end of an 18-month capacity building program that trained more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia on how to use social media effectively to advance civil society goals. See the above video, created by team in Tunisia, which summarizes the program.) Design for Flexibility.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 29, 2022

Here are just some of this committee’s (many) jobs and our suggestions for committee structure: Collecting all guest names and contact information. Training volunteers to work check-in and registration. Creating media packages—which typically include video, pictures, a press release, and more to provide to news and radio outlets.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

Register for Generosity Xchange 2023 News & Highlights 7 Top Takeaways from 2022’s Generosity Xchange 10 min read Read Now 2. The conference favors networking opportunities over speaker-led sessions and utilizes the “Liberating Structures” facilitation technique to spark conversation and empower innovation. Cost: Tickets are free!

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Creating a Request for Proposals can be labor-intensive, time consuming, and stressful, but it's a lot easier when you're not starting from scratch - so we've put together a template that you can fill out as you go, which already contains the structure, sections, and language you'll need. What are our end goals and any specific deliverables.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This problem is compounded by nonprofits’ lack of investment in manager training, leaving nonprofit organizations unprepared for the inevitable succession of leadership (Koenig, 2016). Organizations can start small, perhaps focusing on a few emerging leaders, and build structured leadership development systems over time.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

how to set boundaries, say no, share bad news? Pricing structures. As partners, as a collective, without creating toxic/un-needed structure? What about franchising consultancies, to make a network of ‘train the trainers.’ Different price structures are ok for different projects. what are the red flags?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). All that said, as social media managers, we need to read in order have moments when we are completely immersed in a story using our brains to process words, sentences, story structure, and plot lines – not just soundbites, headlines, tweets, and pins.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Editorial calendar provides the structure so you don’t have to randomly find content, but keep it flexible so you can post breaking or timely news related to your organization or the issues it tracks which gets more attention and interaction. Can they train others? Do you have a strategy to go with it?

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

GPT is short for Generative Pre-Trained Transformer. LLMs undergo a rigorous “training period.” In addition, training an AI is complex and expensive. The current free iteration of ChatGPT’s training ended in September 2021. AI has the potential to take marketing in new directions. “As

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2016

The good news is that a core constituent (or Master Data) solution has characteristics which prevail largely intact for a long time. Whereas, the technology vehicles for effectively reaching the constituents that coexist with this core system, may undergo rapid and fundamental shifts driven by new technologies and new messaging paradigms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

I have an editorial calendar where I map out themes for the year – topics that relate to being a networked nonprofit, measurement, capacity building/training, and social media. Since I use an idea dashboard to develop my content — it includes links, general structure for the blog post, format, etc.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Peter Campbell writes a provocative post about IT isolation in an organizational management structure that goes very wrong: the System Administrator goes to jail. Members are in bold.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Step 3: Analyze Your Nonprofit’s Work The most important questions you should answer in your mission statement are who you serve, how your programs are structured, and your impact on your cause. Think critically using the guiding questions below to help you most accurately represent your nonprofit in your new mission statement.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

So the model that I am coming up with is a combination of that model, and what I would call an “inquiry based&# model – helping people in a more structured way come up with specific questions and problems before the event, and then use the event to collaboratively answer those questions, and solve those problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Our thinking was that many nonprofits wanted guidance, perhaps even a little training, on how to best use Facebook and Twitter to drive giving. We’ve partnered with TheUpTake.org , a nonprofit, online video news gathering organization, which will broadcast live coverage of Give to the Max Day using Livestream.com.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 30, 2021

For families with school-age children, where do parents get their news about community opportunities? Provide orientation and training. It’s all about how you structure your volunteer program to attract and retain reliable volunteers. For high school and college students, where are the nearby schools? Click To Tweet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Do you have the news clippings of major events in your files? News release mentioning the benefactors. If you are with a job training program, maybe you make a bookmark that is focused on job interview tips. Is your organization rebranding or creating a new program, logo, event, or adding staff?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Reading reports of the hatred being expressed at McCain/Palin rallies, dreary economic news, and reports that we have 100 months till the tipping point for climate change , I haven't really feel like getting out of bed, have you? Take a little break from the news. Watch a comedy, or read a funny book.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The good news is that the myth that you can’t make systemic change quickly is just that, a myth. They can’t build the schools and they can’t train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. That said, there are structures within government that can handle risk. We are seeing the proof in other countries.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 22, 2022

During times of transition, pairing challenging financial news with details about how an organization is working to focus on member needs will do much to bolster morale. . Half of the association members surveyed identified training opportunities as one of the most valuable membership benefits. Plan a communication timeline.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

The good news is, you’re a fundraising professional and if anyone can pull it off, it’s you! Keep in mind that some venues may not allow you to stake anything into the ground or even tie things to existing structures. Deliver the news in a calm, composed, and positive manner. Especially if the plan has to change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2009

The big buzz at the conference was the release of " The NEW News: Journalism We Want and Need " which is a report on the state of local online news in Chicago commissioned by the The Chicago Community Trust. We had a fair amount of discussion on different models for structuring listening within an organization.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Nonprofit Learning Lab / Newport News, VA / $85. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime. State/Local / #NPSummit18 / @SCANPO. State/Local. Virginia Nonprofit Institute.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 2, 2011

Be sure to follow him and keep in touch with other Community members, download free kits and sign up for free trainings and webinars here (for Convio clients only). Your constituents more often end up in “silos” as the result of an organization’s structure and not what they have or have not told you.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Nonprofit Learning Lab / Newport News, VA / $85. Through a mix of session formats, speakers from inside and outside our sector, structured networking, and informal discussions with peers, participants will explore ways to design and implement evaluation and learning approaches that generate stronger information, decisions and performance.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The very first step in installing and implementing QuickBooks for your nonprofit organization has nothing to do with software or computers and everything to do with communication and understanding - and the good news is "communication and understanding" are normally among a nonprofit's strengths.

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