Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2021

Today, the following expert business and leadership book authors shared their advice for how to effectively lead during 2021. My question to them was: What is your advice for leaders as we enter what is surely to be a challenging 2021 for most businesses? The converse is also true.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The.orgSource and.orgCommunity teams send our best wishes to our clients and friends for a happy and productive 2023. With platforms and products multiplying across the internet, education is one area where that fierce competition is on full display. Great conversation, a little bubbly, and treats at the Innovation Summit.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

She was so protective of “her” data that she had trouble inviting anyone who she deemed less knowledgeable into the conversation. Our colleague, Hugh Lee, owner of Fusion Productions, had this advice on the value of correctly matching people and responsibilities. The digital age is all about leadership.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It is the product of ongoing research to prepare our clients for success in digital markets. I’ve summarized advice from our contributors to offer practical ideas for beginning to integrate the Association 4.0 The minimum viable product (MVP) is a friend to innovation. Association 4.0: playbook into your organization.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This was a familiar conversation in our small association where a handful of key employees worked well into many evenings compiling data from multiple sources. How many more products and services could I have helped deliver to the industry we served? It’s getting dangerously close to 8pm and I know that I need to eat dinner soon.

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Achieve

AUGUST 20, 2021

However, most of what makes for a productive board meeting happens before the meeting is even called to order. . The agendas you create for your board meetings will act as the roadmap for your meetings, letting everyone know what will be discussed and how they can best contribute to the conversation. Seek input.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 8, 2024

If you’ve participated in a website redesign or AMS conversion, you know it is not always an easy process for either the experts or the novices, especially when teams are unaccustomed to working across disciplines. Reactions to your advice or feedback often surprise you. Empathy— is the basis for all productive relationships.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 14, 2023

In quick response to Open AI’s bid for the spotlight, Bard, Google’s competing product made its debut in March 2023. Bard is a large language model, also known as a conversational AI or chatbot trained to be informative and comprehensive. Bard claims that it can recall previous conversations. Go figure??

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.orgSource

APRIL 25, 2023

Both for-profit and other nonprofits are targeting members with education and product options. Before adding talent, have a thoughtful conversation. When a manager wants to add talent, have a thoughtful conversation,” Sarah advised. Sarah offered this final advice. This is a unique time for the association community.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Founded by George Gallup as the American Institute of Public Opinion in 1935, the organization delivers analytics and advice to help leaders and organizations solve their most pressing problems. Both can be highly engaged and productive, but leaders must identify which is which to prevent burnout. Gallup, Inc. Among workers in the U.S.,

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Conducting meetings that take conversations down rabbit holes that cause widespread frustration amongst the members of your group. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

Staff time : While the average time for on-screen talent was under 30 minutes, production time was much higher, ranging from 20–30% of my time each week. Some of our top videos were just authentic conversations on topics that we knew would be valuable for our audiences. The next steps: What does this mean for us?

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2022

Deanna : A technical architect is someone who is given a request and an ecosystem and asked to turn it into a final product. Cody : Often it feels like my most important role is to facilitate conversations between different team members, and to provide context and translation when the conversation is between the tech team and other roles.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 14, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to tactfully ask for donor feedback without making promises. . I’ve gotten in trouble with board members “reporting” me to my boss, saying I didn’t listen to the donors or even that I rejected their advice. Second, end the conversation with a smile.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Market research is the process of gathering information about current and potential customers for your product or service, as well as general trends for your industry (e.g., is the purchase of your product trending up or down?). For example, if your goal is to increase sales, you’ll need to track the campaign’s conversion rate.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Halfway through the six-month trial, most respondents said there has been no loss in productivity – and some actually reported significant improvement. Other research has shown that having a four-day workweek can include cost savings, increased productivity, and employee retention. data : Microsoft Japan increased sales by 40%).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

There is lots of advice out there about how to design and facilitate meetings. So much of our work life is being in meetings, but many times are a participant, not the meeting leader. What can we do as a participant to make meetings more productive? Have Patience: Set aside impulses to interrupt or jump into a conversation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Conducting meetings that take conversations down rabbit holes that cause widespread frustration amongst the members of your group. Communication Fitness : How to facilitate conversations, conduct effective collaboration, bring value to customers, and lead productive meetings.

Leadership 58

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

These codes identified which words talked about beneficiaries, donors, products/services, market (geography), technology, organizational survival, philosophy, self-concept, public image, or employees. Advice for crafting your nonprofit mission statement.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether it’s okay to apply for a corporate grant and sponsorship at the same time: Is it okay to make an ask for a sponsorship (say, for an event) from a corporation AND separately to that corporation’s independent charitable foundation? All you need is transparency.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

You’ll need to understand both elements and how they work together, for a successful end product. Ask for advice on how to improve it. You’ve been put in charge of leading the revamp of your organization’s website. A website build or redesign has technical but also design and execution aspects.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 19, 2022

Action for Children Offers Personalized Advice for Parents. Aneta Perehinets, digital product manager at Action for Children, recalls that the organization had to scale quickly after the pandemic began, since many services and support centers shut down. Jacob Talbot, Director of Campaigns and Product Marketing, Twilio.org.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Everyone knows someone who enjoyed unparalleled productivity and flexibility working remotely and is resisting returning to the office. Question: How can leaders overcome challenges of more employees working from home as those leaders implement your book's advice for creating a multidimensional career framework?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The Ads Manager interface is not particularly intuitive, and the advertising advice offered by Facebook and third parties is almost always focused on e-commerce rather than nonprofits and advocacy campaigns. 1) Set up a conversion event and create a campaign. 2) Identify your target audience. 2) Identify your target audience.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

You agree to reconvene once they have a chance to think about it, but the conversation fizzles out over email, and the donor ultimately turns you down the next time you ask. Financial and legal jargon will sap your conversations of their energy, making a chat about legacy-building start to feel like a dry business meeting.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

To help you put on the best event possible, and with an engaged and satisfied audience, we’re here to offer you some useful tips, tricks, and advice for both virtual and hybrid events. For best results, look for a virtual events platform that includes live streaming options and production tools. Attendee Engagement For Virtual Events.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2020

Here is some great email protocol advice from Kory Kogon, Adam Merrill and Leena Rinne, authors of the book, The 5 Choices: The Path To Extraordinary Productivity : Consciously decide if an email really needs to be sent. Pick up the phone to discuss the issue after two or a maximum of three rounds of a conversation thread.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

To prevent burnout from taking over your nonprofit’s culture, passion, and productivity, you have to understand it. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but mental health in the nonprofit workplace is a topic that calls for an honest conversation all year long. Expert Advice to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit. A: Definitely.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You’ll learn plenty more about what it means to burn the boats, how to unleash your full potential, and how to tear down your barriers to achieving success in Higgins’ new book, Burn The Boats – a business-advice and self-help book. By definition, revolutionary ideas and products are meant to be rejected long before they are embraced.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

To help you put on the best event possible, and with an engaged and satisfied audience, we’re here to offer you some useful tips, tricks, and advice for both virtual and hybrid events. For best results, look for a virtual events platform that includes live streaming options and production tools. Attendee Engagement For Virtual Events.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

Featured speakers included Salesforce Ben, Karen Fidelak (Senior Director of Product, Salesforce), Christie Fidura (Director, Global Developer Marketing, Salesforce), Tom Leddy (architect Evangelist, Salesforce), and Charlie Isaacs (VP, CTO for Customer Connection, Salesforce).

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Classy

JUNE 10, 2021

This week, our 2021 virtual nonprofit conference, the Collaborative: Virtual Sessions , opened with a conversation around trading perfectionism for an opportunity to show up as our authentic selves. One of the many sessions spotlighting the impact of recurring giving led to even more conversation when it ended.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

And the best way to get to know your major donors is to ask good questions that spark conversation. An in-person meeting will be more productive in terms of building a relationship. For an in-person meeting, allow 90-120 minutes so you don’t have to cut a valuable conversation short. Let the conversation flow naturally.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether it’s okay to apply for a corporate grant and sponsorship at the same time: Is it okay to make an ask for a sponsorship (say, for an event) from a corporation AND separately to that corporation’s independent charitable foundation? All you need is transparency.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2021

While I always recommend you let donors know you are not in the business of offering professional legal or financial advice, and they should consult with their own advisors, this doesn’t mean you can’t inform people about changes in the law. What donors don’t know, they won’t take advantage of – and that will be to everyone’s detriment.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 8, 2020

Sense & Respond teaches you how to use a structured feedback loop to: Create two-way conversations. Focus on the outcomes. Embrace continuous processes. Create collaboration. Create a learning culture.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Skip to the video to watch a short conversation between Chantal Forster, Candid's C. Davis Parchment, and data scientist Kwame Porter Robinson about the research results, implications, and advice for next steps. Publish the mapping publicly to incentivize adoption by product providers and grantmakers who may have custom solutions.

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