Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best leadership book for 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2011

This is feeding into my work on a book with KD Paine on that topic. Masters of the multi-channel approach, Momsrising’s other tactics included hand delivering “story books&# , hard copy compilations of the stories to Congress and the White House.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

My co-author, Allison Fine and I found many great examples of successful activism using these tools as part of multi-channel campaigns in our book The Networked Nonprofit. Every day I see their faces in my feed. We’re only four years into the Twitter era, after all. The medium is not the message here.&#.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best is the book, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" But I can tell you what has made me want to close my Face book account. Thanks for sharing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

This means that the “big three&# nonprofit CRM/Fundraising/Advocacy vendors will all be publicly traded companies, and thus completely beholden to their shareholders to maximize profit. How about options where investment feeds back and benefits everyone, instead of a few people? Convio has registered to go public.

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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. Be sure to get signed releases for these folks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2013

I’ll be talking about the latter as it relates to some of the ideas in my new book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine.). Being proactive is also important. Take your legal counsel to lunch!

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

In every vertical, ranging from the environment to public health, there are hundreds if not thousands of organizations with similar names and missions competing for advocacy, donor, and foundation support. Digital storytelling has a fundamental approach that can be gleaned from simple, popular children’s books. 3:00 to 4:15.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Michele Martin has an excellent post about how to make the most of Netvibes, an RSS reader, for nonprofit applications such as advocacy, marketing, and customer service. Mashing and burning feeds ? The Age of Conversation is a new book being put together by 100 authors. What's next? Hat tip to Paul Hyland.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

This is a topic that Amy Sample Ward and I also discuss in our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere in the chapter on Disrupting the Nonprofit Sector. For example, if they are a local soup kitchen, how many people are they feeding every day? How effective is that organization in creating real world social change?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Reader Comments (5) Nice post Allyson!

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

Professional stuff: I am Vice President of Operations of C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition , a colorectal cancer patient advocacy organization I helped start in 2005. While I was with WWD, I worked with Anne Zelenka on her book, Connect! The title of this post is "Everything" because it will make a good catch-all URL.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

Professional stuff: I am Vice President of Operations of C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition , a colorectal cancer patient advocacy organization I helped start in 2005. While I was with WWD, I worked with Anne Zelenka on her book, Connect! The title of this post is "Everything" because it will make a good catch-all URL.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2012

I highly recommend that you check out Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter's book Humanize: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World for some great analysis and strategies if you are interested in exploring this on a deeper level.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 31, 2010

I also put a CARE web badge on my blog, began following their Twitter feed , joined their Facebook Page , put a CARE theme on my iGoogle page, and subscribed to their Notes from the Field blog, and their Policy and Advocacy blog. Have you chosen a way to support an organization working in Haiti throughout 2010?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

5 to feed a family dinner) Event registration/Ticket sales Ask for specific in-kind donation (ex. Books needed for elementary students). Advocacy Recent legislation affecting your cause Contact your representative Voter registration. Next year’s walk or gala) Online donation form Cost of service you fund (ex. $5

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" world, without mistaking it for "the solution" to your online advocacy and online fundraising needs.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 3 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 19th, 2011 This is the last day of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ). It’s hard to believe that it has gone by so quickly.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Reader Comments (5) Nice post Allyson!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

We’ll be adding in our e-advocacy platform as a future step because we’ll need to change what platform we’re using as the GetActive platform we’re on now is going away. The data transferred for e-advocacy isn’t quite as robust as I would like, but you get a lot more than with other solutions.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Social Media Webinar on June 10th | Main | Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Note from Beth: Last month during one of our book talks for “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , ” at TechSoup Global, Rachel Weidinger from Upwell came up to say hello. For nonprofits, and especially advocacy groups, the other side almost always has more resources.

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Care2

JUNE 11, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Companies don’t make friends. People do. To create a new comment, use the form below.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Organization 2 is a small pro-choice membership organization that depends upon outside funding, has many stakeholders in many different communities, and provides advocacy and activism nationally. Look at what kinds of things you can do to your website, for instance, to create RSS feeds for new content, instead of thinking of starting a blog.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Never miss a post by subscribing to frogloops RSS feed. ” Post your comments!

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Raising funds to support the nonprofit’s programs, services, and long-term goals Mobilizing supporters to participate in advocacy activities Strengthening the organizations reputation A variety of activities go into effective nonprofit marketing, from developing a strong brand to crafting messages that resonate with your audience.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

I’ve emerged from this week’s frenzy of buzzwords like “blogging,&# “open API,&# “e-advocacy,&# “municipal wireless&# and “social networking&# not surprised at how much things have changed, really, but how much they have stayed exactly the same. .&# This was in the solidly web 1.0

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" JO: So weve read the book, loved it, and want to keep the conversation going. Whats next?

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The ever popular widgets seen on blogs, for example, take advantage of APIs.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

On Lafayette Street in SoHo, young, fashionable women lined up around the block to enter a minimalist, millennial oasis, the most perfect Instagram feed brought to life. Girlboss” originally gained popularity beyond Amoruso’s book as a form of praise, according to Kirsten Green, co-founder and investor at Forerunner Ventures.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2007

fundraising, advocacy). Isabella Mori of Alphablogs.net suggests 10 Reasons Why Arts Organizations Should Have Blogs including to be, "a virtual gallery, museum, concert hall or book store." You can keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In my recent chapter “Managing Fundraising and Building Communities Online” in the book Internet Management for Nonprofits (Wiley, April 2010), I write in depth about one method to tackle the subject – what are organizations across the country doing? How do you appropriately implement them? And how do you check results? www.karma411.com.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

She literally wrote the book on it, “Monthly Giving: The Sleeping Giant.” I mean, it’s the book on monthly giving, so you’re going to want to get that. And I just want to show you, there is the cover of the brand new book that I am hoping to send the final edits to my designer next week.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Or maybe you’re really looking for larger scale, a change, right, systems-level policy advocacy change. That could be a book topic, perhaps. It’s multiple stakeholders, maybe it’s cross-sector, public, private. Is it a coalition that you are helping to create a plan for? I was just nodding along like the whole time.

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