Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Many of his discussions are included in his interview series on LinkedIn. The goal of this book is to provide an intensely practical guide to making that transition by sharing insights, stories, and approaches from hundreds of leaders to build the skills you will need to make the leap to leader,” explains Bryant.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive. Platform builder. Storytelling is key.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

On Facebook, we’ve had some great success with Facebook Causes generating donations and our Facebook Fan Page driving traffic to our stories on nature.org. We have a decentralized team of 10+ staff contributing stories to our social media channels. Related Links: Book Research & Interviews. ? Book Tour ?. ?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Prepare to be inspired by and to learn from the stories of more than 60 highly-successful female CEOs and leaders who are featured in Julia Boorstin ’s book, When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, How We Can Learn From Them. Her new book is filled with extensive research, engaging stories, and plenty of learning takeaways.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 30, 2014

Reynolds shared her expertise with me awhile back during an interview. In terms of how to communicate so people get it, it is pretty widely accepted that story telling is the most effective," explained Reynolds. She added that it''s not that leaders don''t communicate, but that they don''t beat the drum regularly enough.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Evaluate New Initiatives Strategic risk is a different story. When my business partner, Kevin Ordonez, and I wrote two books about the impact of the digital revolution on associations, we interviewed entrepreneurs both inside and outside our community. Most professionals are happy to help. There is no upside to this type of risk.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? That is the essence/purpose of social media to me: sharing our stories or experiences in hopes that someone else will relate, reach out or spread the word. Related Links: Book Research & Interviews. ?

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

She’s known for tackling seemingly impossible fundraising efforts and turning them into success stories. Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser. What classes are best?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 1, 2022

Comment on a news cycle story that relates to your non-profits work A great way to connect with your organization’s community is to comment on any ongoing issue or news that might be happening at a current time and that might be related to your organization’s cause. 10 ENGAGING NON-PROFIT NEWSLETTER IDEAS 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? Related Links: Book Research & Interviews. ? Like every thing else, the more you give the more you get. Book Tour ? ? Book Tour Sponsors ?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Prepare to be inspired by and to learn from the stories of more than 60 highly-successful female CEOs and leaders who are featured in Julia Boorstin ’s book, When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, How We Can Learn From Them. Her new book is filled with extensive research, engaging stories, and plenty of learning takeaways.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Depending on the nature of the retreat, board members may be required to take a survey, review material, complete worksheets, read books, and participate in interview calls. Practice telling stories Another skill of being a good mission ambassador (and fundraiser) is the ability to tell stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities. Share Stories from the Field.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. The platform ensues funds are collected in a transparent way so that anyone interested in giving can also read the fundraisers story and see how much has been raised already.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 10, 2023

Many of his discussions are included in his interview series on LinkedIn. The goal of this book is to provide an intensely practical guide to making that transition by sharing insights, stories, and approaches from hundreds of leaders to build the skills you will need to make the leap to leader,” explains Bryant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Note from Beth: The American Red Cross launched a user generated ad campaign featuring unscripted stories created and filmed by real people helped by the organization. We set out to find authentic personal stories about Red Cross services in the hopes that more people will know about and be inspired by all the things we do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2018

The book is based on a five-year research project where Janus interviewed hundreds innovative nonprofit organizations. It is playbook details the practices for high performance including: testing ideas, measuring impact, funding experimentation, leading collaboratively, and sharing compelling stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities. Share Stories from the Field.

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NTEN

JUNE 25, 2014

The longer version of the story is that in a previous role, I was a part of a grantmakers'' group that was talking about funding NTEN back in the very early days. If you had to give one piece of advice for nonprofits about organizing events, what would you suggest? Doesn’t everyone just know NTEN? So the whole thing went dark.

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Bloomerang

JULY 1, 2021

With that in mind, I recently interviewed a professional rooted in this complex area. Yes, the work of the charity needs to be seen through the stories told by people it has helped. What advice would you give to those starting their gifts and wills program? Instead they focus on the charity itself. .

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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. These conversations have led to many amazing stories of accelerated growth that I cover in the book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

I’m a huge fan of Joan Garry’s blog and podcast. I consider the “Dear Abby” of the nonprofit world, dispensing practical and brilliant advice to nonprofits with her wonderful sense of humor. She also provides advice about more common crisis such as a financial or staff layoffs and how to handle them.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

NetSquared’s February series exploring “Online Community Organizing” includes three different interviews; I’m really excited to participate! I’ve included my interview below, but you can also read it and join the conversation on the NetSquared blog. I definitely recommend them both! Start small.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

Digital content, including blog posts, videos, interviews, and constituent stories, will help to: Engage supporters and keep your organization on their minds. Looking for even more advice on nonprofit digital fundraising and engagement? In the era of virtual fundraising, content is king.

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CauseVox

MARCH 30, 2022

VIDEO: Watch the full interview recording here. Their campaign site allows them to show donation progress and allow supporters to create personal and team pages to host their stories. Alice’s advice for other nonprofit leaders? Don’t center the sob story. Who is Meat Fight? Meat Fight is Texas barbecue for a cause.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Our Allegiance copywriters will often interview clients to get to know them better and hone in on the case for giving. Showing your mission in action by sharing one person or family’s story and how you helped them is much more powerful than impersonal facts and figures. Use fundraising language when asking for donations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Reynolds shared her expertise with me recently during an interview. In terms of how to communicate so people get it, it is pretty widely accepted that story telling is the most effective," explained Reynolds. She added that it's not that leaders don't communicate, but that they don't beat the drum regularly enough.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2023

My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. Poets inspire people around a shared purpose.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2022

My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. Poets inspire people around a shared purpose.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The one thing I really admire about Joan is that she gives straight up great advice to nonprofit CEOs to improve the effectiveness of their organizations. Her insights resonated with what we were hearing in our interviews, so of course, Joan is one of many experts we interviewed for the book.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities. Share Stories from the Field.

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Twenty Hats

MARCH 9, 2021

Based on the survey responses, I set up individual virtual meetings, or interviews, to learn more about their availability before matching them with an event committee. This process gave me a chance to better understand their story and their connection to our mission. I did regular check-ins with staff members, too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

She interviewed Manny Hernandez from Tu Diabetes and Es Tu Diabetes , and Ayumi Stubbs from the ASPCA Online Community. Here are their best tips and advice ??? Recently, Thom Clark, Gordon Mayer, and Demetrio Maguigad did an email interview with me. whether you???re What did set out to accomplish? Who were you trying to reach?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 11, 2009

and Kimberly Wilson interviewed me for the Tranquility du Jour Podcast (thanks, Kimberly!). Share Your WE Volunteering Story Microvolunteer in Minutes What Blogs and Sites About Volunteering Do You Recommend? November was a good month for press.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

I recently caught up with Mazarine and asked her, “If there was one example or story you could share that exemplifies why you wrote this book, and a few examples of the kinds of content and resources included in the book, what would it be?” I’m also excited to announce that I’ll be giving away a copy of the book for free to a reader!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

KD Paine and I had the pleasure of interviewing the Arlene McCrehan social media team at Goodwill for our soon to be launched book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Goodwill uses measurement and learning in its evolution into a networked nonprofit. ” # 150jobs – ow.ly/dm4V4. How are you defining success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Stories are social. The importance of digital reputation management – stories last forever and can spread quickly. Everyone loves a good story. Transmedia storytelling it is the technique of telling a story across multiple online platforms and formats using current digital technologies. Content is king.

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