Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

Take for example, Fulbright Finland where I did a workshop with their staff about personal branding and professional networking. In Finland, classroom time incorporates “brain breaks” after 50 minutes when one’s natural focus and energy begins to wane. Taking brain breaks is an important work skill as well.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Add specific details that bring your personas to life. Use this template to facilitate the persona creation process: This template offers space to add demographic and behavioral information about your personas and strategize your intended messaging. What other blogs do they like to read? Who do they follow on social media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

I presented and facilitated a small group activity on rituals. Rituals are also used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 18, 2018

I graduated from high school in 2016 and had little notion of what I wanted to do with my life until I joined Public Allies. Because of this program, I have been given the opportunity and guidance to achieve my life mission to create meaningful, positive and lasting change. “To My AmeriCorps service has been invaluable.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 21, 2018

I graduated from high school in 2016 and had little notion of what I wanted to do with my life until I joined Public Allies. Because of this program, I have been given the opportunity and guidance to achieve my life mission to create meaningful, positive and lasting change. “To My AmeriCorps service has been invaluable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers, 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. This can be handled by telling participants the facilitator will be checking in the group.

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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? Wondering how to organize and facilitate a meeting where everyone is on their feet instead of their devices? Walking meetings can help shakes things up. Think about all the meetings that are schedule in a typical work week.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Mixing Business and Pleasure: Managing Your Personal and Professional Brand in Social Media (7-8 am Friday) - Yes, 7 o'clock in the morning. Sit in a circle and share ideas and resources, while the "presenters" are facilitators instead of providers of one-way brain dumps via PowerPoint. I love it.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Mixing Business and Pleasure: Managing Your Personal and Professional Brand in Social Media (7-8 am Friday) – Yes, 7 o'clock in the morning. Sit in a circle and share ideas and resources, while the "presenters" are facilitators instead of providers of one-way brain dumps via PowerPoint. 11NTCbrand).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

” It isn’t about making the time or thinking about physical activity or movement as a separate exercise time, but something that is integrated into your life — including work time. The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People , Stephen Covey refers to the “scarcity mentality” as a zero-sum paradigm of life. Covey notes that these views of life have been deeply scripted within us, suggesting this mindset goes beyond the nonprofit workplace. Scarcity captures the mind.

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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? Research has found that after hours emails contributes to the blurring of work/life boundaries. Get to know your Ultradian Rhythms , the natural rhythms of your body and brain that repeat throughout the day.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 28, 2020

Some Internet People say some that sparks something in your brain. There were many, covering the personal and the professional (which, as this community knows well, is also personal), but I kept looking for some elusive grand unified theory to tie them all together. Some Internet People strike the flint every time. Let’s do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

The question was really how do you say yes to a connected yes and an inner life as well? He also talked about changing his brain chemistry. She reaching for her blackberry facilitated "hyperthinking" with others. She also plays another game with the battery life of her phone at the end of the day.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

Prior to the start of FusionSpark Media, Kevin worked as a communications and public relations professional in the health care industry in the Philadelphia area. . / Producer and co-founder of FusionSpark Media, Inc. Constituent Relationship Management tools), and you have the makings of a good content strategy. Getting to Work.

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The MatrixFiles

DECEMBER 22, 2021

We have all decided that recruiting, retention, professional development and leveling up our staff is the number one job of CEOs these days. Last Friday, for the first part of the Matrix Group holiday celebration, I hired a facilitator to run a group discussion about the year we’ve just had. Where are Your Team and Family Emotionally?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

In reality, we all spend most of our time trying to avoid failure, because the unpleasantness can have significant repercussions we may not want to trade for a shiny life lesson. Four good things about this kind of failure: It confirmed that there was a difference in visitor response to different facilitated activities.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

Prior to the start of FusionSpark Media, Kevin worked as a communications and public relations professional in the health care industry in the Philadelphia area. . / Producer and co-founder of FusionSpark Media, Inc. Constituent Relationship Management tools), and you have the makings of a good content strategy. Get to Work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Her post was based off of the Brains of Fire Manifesto, “ 10 Lessons Learned in Igniting Word of Mouth Movements.” Our job as organizational communicators lies in trying to facilitate a larger conversation by providing the means for people to share, perhaps initiate conversations, and highlight the great work and thoughts of others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Jonny will provide live graphic facilitation of the highly interactive and fun panel. In addition to the graphic facilitation, there will be other interactive learning elements. There are over 200,000 professional artists in the US — and a bunch of them have problems the techies could help solve. Trust me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Note from Beth: As a trainer and someone who teachers other trainers, I’ve been obsessed with improving my facilitation skills and written a lot about it on this blog. I’m always up for a conversation with other facilitators about shop talk and getting tips for improving my practice. Analytical? Compassionate?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

I just finished a presentation and later this afternoon will facilitate a workshop on strategy which will include the Romanian version of the Social Media Game. Wiki: Collective brain of humanity. Difference between amatuer and professional videographer. . It is not a book with pages, but it is about relationships. .

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

With the all-important year-end giving season here, nonprofit professionals like you are busy developing the right messaging that will drive donations. Will you give now to deliver life-saving aid to puppies in need? Let’s complete an exercise to help you get your creativity flowing. Consider donating to support our mission.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

Writing is a skill learned early in life, and most of us disliked writing and grammar classes as much as we disliked eating vegetables. Instead, the quality of writing was so poor and made so many negative impressions, it turned some people away from SVAS to more “professional” nonprofits in the area. Use a professional.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

They can share their own personal story for why they’re involved in your organization, how their involvement has perhaps changed their life or their perspectives, and how we can really leverage their stories to help generate momentum and energy around the work that you’re doing. It’s how my brain works.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

Understand the professional backgrounds of your donors to better align your messaging. This is because our brains process them almost instantly. These anecdotes serve as powerful social proof, demonstrating to potential participants and donors the real-life impact and enjoyment brought on by the event. Occupation.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

She was AFP’s Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year. But during the past year and a half, people have really been questioning the meaning of life and their own mortality in unprecedented ways and kind of wondering, “Well, what will my legacy be?” It’s really part of the circle of life.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Y’all don’t know this about Steve, but he has backed every harebrained scheme I’ve ever had since day one and continues to encourage me as a professional and thereby encouraging all of the communities that I influence as professionals in our sector to just show up and be ourselves and do the darn thing and do the best work we can.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2016

At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was thrilled to co-facilitate an interactive session called “ Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Using Tech for Healthier Work and Life ” with Aliza Sherman (who is my co-author for the Happy,Healthy Nonprofit Book ), and Gina Schmeling, Director of Individual Giving, Hazon.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Choose an online fundraising platform Choose the software solutions that will facilitate your online fundraising efforts. Donorbox Donorbox is an online fundraising platform that’s focused on facilitating a fast, simple donation process. When people read stories , their brains release chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

Finally, museums as "facilitators" of visitors' own experiences and interests. Kris talked about brain research related to the potential cognitive and social impacts of participation. Tags: professional development. Then, he moved to museums as a "thing to do"--to touch things, play with interactives.

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