Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

With employees working all over the country, or world, at different times of day and juggling competing priorities, effective project communication is not only helpful but necessary, creating cohesion and efficiency internally and with partner teams. Try to keep discussions to relevant project conversations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

The International Society for Third Sector Research published a recent paper that summarizes why nonprofit leaders must use technology to connect with stakeholders in the emerging digital, civil society. The Children’s Society is using the generated conversational data to automate “authentic and personalized donor communication.”.

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Fundraising Analytics Nonprofit Analysis 98

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

.” Speak The Donor’s Language No matter how many times you ask for donations, always act as though your audience or your “askee” doesn’t know much about your nonprofit, especially your internal shorthand. In person, on the phone, or video chat, you want to reaffirm your connection. “I This should last about 5 minutes. So do I.”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

Slack automatically organizes students into smaller course-group channels with industry mentors to help ensure their success. When volunteers start a shift, they are added to channels relevant to the type of volunteering they will be assigned to, such as answering phones at a phone bank.

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Collaboration Communication Student Canada 119

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Inviting writing Research shows when we write things down ( especially handwriting ), we internalize it more and remember it better. Finally, schedule a time (while you’re still in the values frame of mind) to conduct a similar group exercise (write on a whiteboard or easel). in regular conversation; in an email; in a blog post).

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2024

With more people accessing websites on their phones, ensure your site looks great and functions well on all devices. Increase your content’s authority by obtaining backlinks from reputable websites, as well as building internal links to those pages across your own site. Optimize for mobile devices. Prioritize accessibility.

Strategy 59

Strategy Online Search Social Media 59

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

Like your goals, you can refer to these personas throughout the campaign to confirm that each marketing decision resonates with your core group of supporters. Personalization has many benefits, from enhancing supporters’ experiences with your nonprofit to improving conversion rates and engagement. Cohesion across your team.

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Volunteer Hub

APRIL 3, 2023

I am hoping other volunteer managers will listen to this conversation, and can model what we have done to grow our program. I wanted volunteer data stored in one central location, and for volunteers to be able to register from their phone, in order to take advantage of QR codes and auto-fill.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 24, 2021

Below is a recap of our ‘teeny conversation’ from May 11th, 2021. Our most recent ‘teeny conversation’, an open conversation with nonprofit leaders around the country, discussed the challenges nonprofits are facing with engaging their audiences as we transition to the “new normal”. One organization was looking into interns.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Getting Supporters to Join a Group (While Fundraising!). Converting Group Members to Long-Term Supporters. Brief Overview of Supporter Communities on Social Media Social media is an ecosystem of connections that allows individuals near and far, familiar and newly connected, to share information and converse with one another.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Subsequent action steps are grouped according to your level of fundraising development: Getting Started, Advancement (somewhere further along), and Going from Good to Great. No matter where you are in your growth stage, taking action, in concert with your internal stakeholders, will always bring you closer to the goal of raising more revenue.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

Mentoring 52

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Skip to the video to watch a short conversation between Chantal Forster, Candid's C. These grant forms enabled TAG to not only determine the level of overlap between questions (39 percent) but also to identify groups of shared questions. Within each group are form fields (i.e., Intern Roles (if any). Want to see more?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

Time 52

Time Mentoring Policy Technique 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

Time 52

Time Mentoring Policy Technique 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

Management 52

Management Mentoring Policy Technique 52

Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Documenting a strategy within the database ensures that donors are not overlooked, and if staff turnover happens, new team members can know exactly where conversations with the donor stand, and the next steps they need to take to move the relationship forward. are clearly documented within the database. How are team members held accountable?

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Database Track Donor Management 52

Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

Why Successful Leaders Frame Culture As a Management System , Jason Korman, Gapingvoid Culture Design Group. Shape the Conversation . Once you have a good handle on the subject matter, consider how you might want to shape a conversation on the topic with your key stakeholders. customer service is a priority). Get their take.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Each of these groups provided insights into the challenge, determined a focus area where technology can help, and developed a solution. As a team, we discussed opportunity areas that emerged from our early conversations with the Community Fellows. Senior Humanitarian Climate Crisis Advisor, Save the Children International.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2009

Joe Green, one of the founders of Causes, spent an hour on the phone with me to discuss how they hope to work differently with the nonprofit community. I asked my Twitter followers for suggestions for questions , I tweeted the key points from the conversation yesterday. It takes time to be successful.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Result: 63% more donations, 55% higher conversion rate and a 2X ROI. Had a 55% increased conversion rate. Instead of uploading their entire list, EDF first segmented it into 2 groups: Giving History. Once the list was segmented, a custom Facebook audience was created for each group. conversion rate) to donate $10.00

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. Ongoing conversations in the Cloud The team accesses a shared Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) folder.

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Social Media Collaboration Org Media 96

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Optimize your conversion rate by Adjusting the copy to simplify and focus on your mission. Removing unnecessary fields Removing internal and outbound links, including the navigation bar. Integrate an email campaign with your direct mail appeal and follow up with a phone call, if warranted, based on donor value.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2014

Have an introductory, no-obligation phone conversation with the prospective coaches. O''Hearne started executive coaching in 1998 and served as one of the Vice Presidents of the Board of Directors of the International Coach Federation , which has over 15,000 members in 92 countries. "A

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Other international keynotes included colleagues Simon Mainwaring and Peter Sims (more about their ideas coming later this week in blogs posts, so stay tuned.) Isadora, who is only 13 years, created a Facebook group to help other teens in her country who want to make a difference in their communities and to report problems in their schools.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

What about internal factors? By carefully analyzing your progress, identifying challenges, and considering external and internal factors, you can make informed adjustments to your fundraising development plan. Use personalized emails, handwritten notes, or phone calls to express gratitude and keep donors actively engaged.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 12, 2019

Summarize group consensus after each decision point during a meeting 18. Return e-mails and phone calls promptly 29. Promote excellent customer service both internally and externally 40. Don't delay tough conversations 65. Err on the side of taking action 13. Communicate clearly and often 14. Be visible 15. Show trust 41.

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