Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2017

"It is a driving passion of mine to get people to understand that improv skills can be effectively translated into the business world with powerful results," says Bob Kulhan , veteran improv performer, university professor, and author of the fascinating new book, Getting To "Yes And": The Art of Business Improv. and "Yes, but." "Yes,

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

Roberts, former NFL Coach and Founding Director of the Center for Sports Leadership and Innovation at University of Texas, shifting your mindset in this area could save your life. That way, when someone tries to book a meeting with you, you already know those two priorities are accounted for in your schedule. According to Daron K.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Good instructional design and delivery engages people’s brains, eyes, ears, and bodies. People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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JULY 3, 2023

While cracking open a book or watching a video are easy ways to learn, attending a Disability Pride event and meeting people with disabilities is also a great way to better understand the history of the Disability Rights Movement! Donate to support their mission here. Donate to support their mission here. Doug Flutie Jr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

They capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I also designed and facilitated a nonprofit leadership institute at Pepperdine University. Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 22, 2021

This will do wonders for your mind and will get your brain out of relaxing mode and into work mode (even if your desk is within arm’s reach of your bed). Build this community in whatever way works for you — joining a book club, making friends at your local yoga studio, climbing gym, running group, etc. Join Whole Whale University.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. National University. Kimberly Mitchell. Kimberly Mitchell. Bernard Mauricia.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2016

Keep the length of your video at two minutes or less because science suggests our brains don't focus for much longer than that. Visual Storytelling E-Book: The Digital Video Documentary by Nancy Kalow of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. StoryCenter. StoryCorps. Image : Joyce Vincent / Shutterstock.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

The book shares how and why our mind pays attention to some events, ideas, or people and not others. In his book, Parr interviews experts in the field of psychology and cognition to examine what it takes to build this “bonfire of attention,” and presents a framework about the 7 “captivation triggers” of attention.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

It was developed at Singularity University and uses technology from the NASA Mars Rover project. He is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience field of ‘brain computer interface’ or thought controlled computing. Their Muse brain sensing headband looks a bit like a set of headphones and is available on pre-order for $300.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

You can find new donor prospects by booking speaking engagements at community groups, clubs, churches, universities, anywhere you think you can find people who will be interested in your work. Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. Target current donors, lapsed donors, and warm prospects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2015

I am working on a book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout , with co-author Aliza Sherman. The book will help individuals and the nonprofit organizations they work for how to take care of themselves while taking care of their organization’s mission. I don’t.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting down meetings? One recent study at Stanford University determined staff were more creative when they were walking versus sitting and encouraged walking meetings for more innovation. Walking meetings can help shakes things up. What has been your experience?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2016

However, Aliza Sherman and I were reviewing the final round of edits from our copy editor at Wiley for our forthcoming book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit due out in October. And, ironically, the science to back this up also comes from Stanford University. It was like a reboot for my brain, but I found it really difficult to do.

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BoardAssist

JULY 22, 2014

Just say you want to pick their brain. Gail’s book, Fired-Up Fundraising: Turn Board Passion into Action (Wiley/AFP) is the “gold standard guide to building successful fundraising boards.” . Prospect, what you want to find out, what level of interest you are trying to generate. Ask for advice. fundrasising'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

As many of you may know, Aliza Sherman and are working on a book called “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit : Impact without Burnout.” The University of Buffalo Self-Care Starter Kit is a comprehensive collection of resources and readings geared for social workers and others that may suffer from secondary trauma.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 3, 2012

Jocelyn has a bachelor's degree in literature from New York University and a master’s degree in sociology from University of Washington. For me there is nothing like the thrill of curling up in bed with a book or polishing off a (hopefully good) blog post. You can follow Jocelyn on Twitter at @jocelynharmon. “I

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 4, 2016

Given this, you will not be surprised that I found inspiration that last week of the year from a book I had somehow missed but was destined to find. The Altruistic Brain: How We Are Naturally Good , published almost exactly a year ago, was written by Donald W.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Whatever the structure for your learning activities, they should use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly and identify your discussion questions. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Talking and hearing (Auditory). I do this all the time.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2010

We have so many data-themed links this month, you should probably take a moment to consider what all this information may be doing to your brain. Now, if you haven't read the just-released book, " The Networked Nonprofit ", by Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, why the heck not? A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

Flickr Photo by JTLowery The title of this post is play on the famous PSA " Brain on Drugs " from 1987 to raise attention to the harmful effects of drugs. The memorable tagline : This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Does growing up digital evolve young people's brains? Any questions?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2005

" According to the @rt Room , it is an idea that excites the synaptic nerves in your brain and stirs your imagination. Great - artist books for kids - we made a book out of a paper bag. The primary author of the site is Dr. Craig Roland , Associate Professor of Art Education, at the University of Florida.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

That means we collect university press, handmade artist books, zines made by sixth graders, poetry chapbooks from big names published in tiny local presses, and self-published poetry chapbooks sold for a dollar on the street. Some of the new volunteers are high school students, others are college professors.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Kevin Leong was in kindergarten when he experienced an organic brain injury that forced him to relearn everything from walking to using the bathroom. In particular, electronic books (or e-books) offer the possibility of dramatically improving access for students with disabilities – and for disadvantaged children everywhere.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

It was getting in the way of me booking those face-to-face meetings that I loved so much. . Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? So negativity bias can tend to feed into fear, which is another perfectly normal function of your brain. It’s simply your brain doing its job. So neuroanatomist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

" In the book, he makes an argument for why playing digital games is good for their brains. Bill Gates said, "This is one of the best books written." "The funny thing that having Bill Gates say he loves your book. " He mentioned that the game Civilization 4 came out since the book as published.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

It was getting in the way of me booking those face-to-face meetings that I loved so much. . Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? So negativity bias can tend to feed into fear, which is another perfectly normal function of your brain. It’s simply your brain doing its job. So neuroanatomist.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2007

The second article continues this argument, talking about ways that games--if we let go of strict expectations about their use--can be applied in "mundane" (universal?) Scott McCloud makes a similar argument for "sequential art" in his excellent book Understanding Comics. Supposedly it improves your brain function. situations.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Actually, I think that the two of you combined now hold the record for the most books written by a Bloomerang webinar guest. If I was in the office, I would hold up Harvey’s great new book on monthly giving, which is behind my desk and really awesome. So monthly giving if you’re interested in that, please, get that book.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

This is a complex biological task that’s difficult to self-teach: it requires the eyes and the brain to learn a new method of seeing, which means acquiring new habits and skills. Of course, text is pretty universally accessible on computers, so you can read text from all sorts of sources (like word processor documents, PDFs, web pages).

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2008

We all have our pet movies, books, bars, beaches, and these predilections, while powerful, are so idiosyncratic that they aren't very useful unless you are a universally loved place. This is another weird thing that separates songs from books; you can sing along with the song, which makes it enjoyably repeatable.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. So really good book just above costs and I’m offering them at $8 and my book on “Organizational Development.”

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

And, yes, Steven and I think we booked this date like in March or something, right? Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. Third thing, back to your technology inventory, mapping your universe of all the stuff you’ve got. Are you doing okay? Maureen: I am doing great. It’s Thursday, friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. What’s making our human brains like those of gold fish? Photo by BirgerKing. Take a guess.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. What’s making our human brains like those of gold fish? Take a guess.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

Kathleen McLean (Independent Exhibitions), Dan Spock (Minnesota History Center), and Kris Morrissey (University of Washington) all shared thought-provoking and useful insights on visitor participation in museums, but Mark Allen and Emily Lacy brought down the house with their bluegrass rendering of the Machine Project and its engaging, quirky work.

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