Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Articles with headlines like The Reality of Donor Fatigue and Strategies to Overcome It. Sometimes from nonprofit professionals who don’t have a clue. If you’re a smart nonprofit fundraising professional I can pretty much guarantee it’s not a thing with YOUR donors. I see crap like this every day. On LinkedIn. In my inbox.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2011

Jay Geneske, a social media professional, shares his experience from a recent Tweetup. In early January, the American Museum of Natural History announced that it would hold a Brain Tweetup for 75 of its Twitter followers. And under constant debate, as was referenced in the recent article in the Huffington Post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2017

For example, this might be a good opportunity to read that great article about a professional topic that you bookmarked but never have time to read. Sometimes I use part of that free time to take a little walk around my desk to reboot my brain. How do you manage your time so you are productive and not overwhelmed?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

More specifically, Wiens’ research shows that professionals who exhibit a high degree of emotional intelligence ( EI ) have the ability to clearly perceive, understand, and productively manage emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. It is a must-read for anyone who raised their hand when you started reading this article.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Does negativity and alarm really raise funds?” —John, CEO of a civic education nonprofit Dear John, This is a top-of-mind question for many fundraising professionals. Science says: We’re wired for negative Sadly, our brains are wired to respond to negative messages. Negative events impact our brains more than positive events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

This made think about my whole system captured in the MindMap below: I thought a lot about my “system&# for professional learning that incorporate social media. To much product-driven learning, and I don’t discover new ideas. One is left-brained and the other right-brained.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2017

There have been many news articles recently about social media for evil: How Facebook, Twitter, Google, and even Instagram have been abused for coordinated misinformation paid social media or advertising to influence our political system. Or after reading the article you might feel utterly depressed and want curl up in the fetal position.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

According to a recent New York Times article , several Silicon Valley insiders, early employees at tech giants Facebook and Google, have come together to form a coalition of concerned experts called the Center for Humane Technology. But technology addiction is only the tip of the iceberg, it is part of something much bigger.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

This article originally appeared on. Eventually, I realized that if development professionals really want to make a difference in their organization’s ability to raise money, they not only need to think about their donors, they need to understand how the donor brain works. What does that mean for the fundraising professional?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2011

You probably know Idealware from the excellent product comparisons and other articles that its writers contribute to our Learning Center. Those articles are just the tip of the iceberg: visit Idealware online for a treasure chest of articles, handbooks, webcasts, and much more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. When I design instruction, I want to make sure that learning activities use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In fact, I am planning to post a how-to article to teach you how I go about writing a typical appeal with Fundwriter. Fundwriter is a writing assistant for nonprofit professionals. Fundwriter is trained by veteran nonprofit professionals and fundraisers to follow proven writing models that work again and again. Fundwriter.ai

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2015

The most recent session was about walking as work and professional colleagues, like Rob Cottingham, have noticed. This particular study attracted a lot of media attention and I read through about 50 different online articles and posts. In other words, checking your email before you go to bed hurts your brain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

But I reached a point a few years ago where I felt frustrated by the separation between my personal spiritual journey and my professional work. Simultaneously, I was struggling with burnout related to work-life imbalance and feeling overwhelmed by all the digital technology in my personal life and professional work.

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Achieve

APRIL 30, 2014

After ten years of working professionally in the nonprofit sector, I decided to take a short sabbatical to refocus and align my daily activities with my long-term professional goals. But this article isn’t about that. Volunteer activities may demand creativity, brains, elbow grease, or a combination of all three.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

The positioning and size of the text immediately draw the viewer’s focus to the call to action, planting the seed in their brain for taking action and helping your cause. You don’t have to be a professional marketer to successfully embed images into your flyer! ” is front and center on the flyer. Additional Resources.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

I suspect my experience is not unique to lawyers, and can be extrapolated to other professional service industries. Accountants, marketers, and consultants across industries focus on relationships, not pure transactions, to build fruitful professional relationships. Treating Donors Like Customers (But Not in a Bad Way).

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

See this article for more tips on calculating your ROI. We have found that the process of listing your resources in a clear, organized manner can help you wrap your brain around how you can go about raising the funds needed. See our article, 23 Top Virtual Fundraising Ideas for more inspiration for your 2021 virtual event planning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

When does technology boost personal productivity for nonprofit professionals and when does it get in the way? The potential for being overwhelmed by technology is magnified in the workplace by something called “ Collaborative Overload ” Rob Cross and Adam Grant in a recent Harvard Business Review article. Create Device Free Zones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. ” Steve Jobs was famous for it and, perhaps because of that, walking meetings are common in Silicon Valley, as this article points out. It’s not a luxury. ” Senior Leaders Get on Their Walking Shoes.

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See3

APRIL 22, 2009

When I set up my new Inbox here at See3 Communications, I decided rather than sit down for hours conducting a massive re-subscribe, I would wait and see what professional enewsletters I really, really missed. After three months, it’s been a cleansing experience (for my Inbox and my brain).

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Without creating a massive PDF discussing the allocation of funds, writing blogs discussing the progress of new program creation, or even publishing a lengthy journal article on how your volunteers are working, you can show people that your nonprofit is undoubtedly effective. How to Structure an Infographic for Your Nonprofit. Ask for help.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 30, 2013

during a development professionals’ educational session. I chose, rather, to look internally at ourselves: At the professional of planned giving and at those of us who specialize in raising these types of gifts. I was recently asked the question, “What do you see as the future of planned giving?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2009

The article includes a link to a google map where you can look at the economic impact in each state. Or that the orchestras get smaller, or that the players aren’t full-time professionals. With unemployment and cutback, for many a trip to the art museum can appear to be a luxury.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

And if you don’t really like being on the phone, you can get those pesky calls done and out of the way, freeing up brain power for the rest of the day. But there ARE huge, daunting projects and articles I need to write that I feel stumped about, and other very challenging activities that require a lot of creativity and brain power.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

When I'm asked questions that I don't know the answer to, I admit it and use it as opportunity to demonstrate the value of the social brain or having a good network on Twitter. many have professional day jobs as attorneys, accountants and technology workers???find Unfortunately, I did not have my laptop accessible in that moment.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2009

Like most professionals these days, I have to spend a fair amount of my time preparing presentations, to my boss, my colleagues, my clients, etc. Smashing Magazine article on data visualization. Author: James Young. I have noticed that, personally, I respond better to the presentations that rely more on the pictures than the words.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Listening Literacy Skills Whether your nonprofit is using listening tools that are free or a professional tool to take a deeper dive, after you figure out who will do the listening and how to make it actionable , it's time to address the nitty gritty of what and how. . NpTech 101: How I read 2,000 Articles in 30 Days by Chas Grundy.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in November 2011. In Gartner’s sister study "Thirst for Technology Drives Used PC Emerging Markets," they predicted an increased demand for secondary PCs in both the home and professional markets. Someday, I guess, used PCs and other IT equipment will be a rarity.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in September 2009. In Gartner’s sister study "Thirst for Technology Drives Used PC Emerging Markets," they predicted an increased demand for secondary PCs in both the home and professional markets. Photo: Roger Smith and /tiian.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

Think in terms of local politicians, business professionals, media contacts, and other influential community members who can either connect you with resources or with others who can help you. In all transparency, I’m using a timer right now to help me get this article written!). The point is, stay on task or you’ll lose a lot of time.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2007

Okay, they don't eat people's brains. If the programs aren't about skills, are they a professional gateway? I want access and discussion around conference sessions, journal articles, exhibit critiques, and workshops. Tags: professional development. Heck, many of them are intelligent, sincere, interesting people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Boomers are still not involved heavily in writing blog articles or creating videos and posting them online. I think there is also when in your professional career did you start using computers and Internet - and what is your tolerance for non-linear thinking or hyperlink thinking. (See

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

Had SVAS written about the good work they were doing in a compel­ling, professional manner, it may have been able to raise more money, secure more media coverage, attract more volunteers, and establish more business partnerships. The articles and sidebars are short and easy to understand. Use a professional.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Bersin by Deloitte’s infographic “ Meet the Modern Learner ” is an excellent summary of the challenges facing trainers who need to design and deliver professional development for nonprofit professionals. Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

Today, some people who are neurodivergent or have intellectual disabilities continue to perceive the “storm” element of the word as violent or negative, while the “brain” aspect places too much emphasis on intellectual ability. Hopefully this list of words to avoid is a good conversation starter. Reprinted from Big Duck.

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