Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 24, 2011

Creating a Juicy Blogging Vision Board is a fun and effective way to help you figure out why you're blogging, who you're trying to reach, and what to write about. Keep your answers in mind as you look through your magazines. June 1: My Juicy Blogging E-Course (early registration discount ends May 25th) July 9: Jumpstart Your Blog!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Never mind the Olympics; the NTC Geek Games are a true test of your geek strength. Come join us for fun and games at our second annual Geek Games. Make sure to bring your brain power to compete in Geek Bingo, a helicopter obstacle course, karaoke, and dodgeball! Learn more about the Progressive Parties on myNTC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

This framework works like a charm, whether it is a one-hour webinar or 7 day intensive International training or college graduate course or year long peer learning program. Recently, I was on a call with colleagues to plan our NTC session on training , and co-presenter Cindy Leonard said to me, “You are using ADDIE !

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Achieve

APRIL 30, 2014

Of course, as a professional, I’ve regularly partnered closely with volunteers, and I’ve always made the effort to contribute to my community in lay leadership roles. Why do we expect volunteers to become donors or to up their gifts if their involvement has not been exciting, mind-expanding, and fun?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

This’ll be a fun one. . This is kind of fun for you, I imagine, Lindsay, because you’re usually in my shoes listening to a guest speaker, but … – [Lindsay] I am. . That’s just a quick fun fact for you. I want the best for you, this is a little bit more interpersonal skills, of course.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

Okay, I admit the improvisation work is a lot of fun, but there is a lot of learning embedded in the reflection and debriefs. Bringing your brain to what you are doing. Of course, we messed up. More importantly, this experiential learning — not just discussion. Collective Capital (@cocapimprov) April 6, 2015.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Photo by Spike 55151 I read recently that the reason for "senior moments" - you know when you can't quite recall someone's name in an instant - is because the aging brain is simply taking in more data and trying to sift through a clutter of information.     I've had some performance issues.  

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Connection Cafe

JULY 30, 2013

The veterans tend to stay the course, while the newbies are lusting for change. You’ve mentored some people new to the industry along the way and enjoy your status as a community brain trust on all-things-planned giving. It’s fun to ponder the cards that turn over, but ultimately, I’m the one who decides what to do next.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

She is the author of The Right-Brain Business Plan e-Book and the creator of the Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit. How can I course correct? Of course, if you have a big dream, that's really going to change things in their world, and they don't like that. One of the places that we look to is, what's just one thing you can do now?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

We’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so. Again, no matter how experienced you get, it tends to be that fears will inevitably arise in the course of our major gift work. Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? It’s simply your brain doing its job. So thanks for being here.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

We’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so. Again, no matter how experienced you get, it tends to be that fears will inevitably arise in the course of our major gift work. Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? It’s simply your brain doing its job. So thanks for being here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Given my right brained, non-linear and visual way of presenting ideas, I thought it might be helpful to write up a few notes about the above talk. His tweets reveal him as a renaissance thinker, not just a narrow-minded tech geek. . The key skill is pattern analysis and of course, using what you find to inform decisions or actions.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So could each of our board members over the course of the year thank 25 people, make five phone calls, write five thank you notes, write five emails. It’s how my brain works. Now, I will say this is an ideal outcome, of course, we were prepared to have one on one follow-up with each of the people who attended.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

But we’re going to start with something just a little fun. Actually, the whole thing is going to be fun. We need to have a little bit of fun. But let’s just start with something fun. They’re always looked so, so fun. Because it’s 2022, things are crazy. We feel really inauthentic.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

But we’re going to start with something just a little fun. Actually, the whole thing is going to be fun. We need to have a little bit of fun. But let’s just start with something fun. They’re always looked so, so fun. Switching back and forth takes time, and it’s literally disappearing into this not very fun pit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 3, 2012

The Amygdala is a small part of your brain that is the center of emotions. It's part of what is often called the "Reptilian Brain" because it's very primitive, and has been around for a long time. Over the course of evolution, mammals and primates built up all of these layers of what is called the "neocortex" - neo for "new."

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Your guests meet other like-minded people connected to your organization. You’d love them to join you because the event is going to be a lot of fun (and, by the way, it’s for a good cause). A great three-course meal—as good as they’d get at a restaurant for that price . That’s why I don’t hate events. I love/hate them.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

And so I’ve been so grateful to be able to help thousands of folks through my classes, through my courses, through one-on-one work, through training, conferences. Ben, isn’t the popcorn thing blowing your mind? So when I think about back to work as a manager, these are some of the things that comes to mind for me.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 3, 2012

The Amygdala is a small part of your brain that is the center of emotions. It's part of what is often called the "Reptilian Brain" because it's very primitive, and has been around for a long time. Over the course of evolution, mammals and primates built up all of these layers of what is called the "neocortex" - neo for "new."

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

I’d love to know, what is your role at your organization right now, and what comes to mind when you think about strategic planning? So we actually draw our strategic plans, our impact strategies, as mind maps. They are not documents, there is no fancy graphic design, they are mind maps. It’s hard.” Merge left.”

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

And let’s see if we can get your slides going here, if you don’t mind sharing again. And again, this idea that death is as natural as birth, it’s inevitable sooner or later, we’re all hoping for later, of course, but, at times in life, it’s more top of mind. So, Claire, I will pipe down here.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey’s going to talk a little bit about getting inside the minds of donors. But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. . We’re going to do a little intro. . no, no, no.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That’s why you have to plan ahead: A robust content plan will save you time—and brain space—and help you produce great nonprofit content while also tackling the rest of your mile-long to-do list. Nonprofits are always mindful of their budgets, so using metrics for your content is critical to demonstrating meaningful ROI.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

But there are still opportunities, and there is some changes that funders have made to be mindful of those things during COVID. And of course, diversity, equity and inclusion, there’s been a lot of money, especially in the corporate space. So before I go into ARPA, are there any questions, Steven, that I should be mindful of?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

First, we need to use social tools as they’re meant to be used: to share fun thoughts, moments and images with friends, followers, fans, family members and random strangers. When I think about social media moments, Human Rights Campaign comes to mind. The goal is to ingrain your hashtag into attendee’s brains.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . If you don’t believe that phone calls make a difference, that story should change your mind. . There’s also paying attention in a fun, different way. Of course, you have to get permission. I’ve made a ton of mistakes.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And, of course, we’re going to be quite practical. So these are key things you want to keep in mind. Well, a brand is those images, impressions, and ideas or beliefs that are held and formed in a person’s mind. They’re top-of-mind ownership. We’re going to start out kind of the big picture.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2009

She is a co-founder of the award-winning SheSource.org , an online brain trust of women experts designed to close the gender gap among commentators in the news media. It's just natural in our brains, if you look at the brain science and everything around that, women want to build community. It may be animal rights.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Tell us how the weather is, what your organization does, anything fun you want to tell us. Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain. So just keep that in mind. We’re going to have a Q&A session at the end. So don’t be shy. All the time.

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

In our brains, in the back of our brain here is our instinct, that fight or flight. ” And so when we pitch ideas, people tend to go into the back of their brain and now they’re kind of poking holes at your idea. Our prefrontal cortex of our brain is where. I’m not talking about mind tricks or anything.

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