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Synapses Ablaze at GEO 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lehrer’s piece on the Wall Street Journal is here. The wonderful thing about this conference is hearing from the greatest thought leaders in the business of philanthropy, social media, capacity-building, and non-profit effectiveness. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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NTEN Celebrates National Volunteer Week: Honoring NTEN Committee Members

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The NTEN Editorial Committee is a group of committed professionals that meet monthly to discuss content and strategy for the NTEN: Change Journal , our quarterly digital publication for nonprofit leaders. Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Jennifer Price, Philanthropy Services, RML Specialty Hospital.

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Washington Post Piece on Facebook Causes Prompts More Dissing and Some Brilliant Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I summarized the article and reactions in my post " Hey Washington Post - Dollars Per Donor Is The Wrong Way to Measure Success." At the same time, nonprofits probably give more weight to something in the Washington Post or New York Times (not to mention CNN, the Philanthropy Journal, and so on) than anything else.

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How Can Nonprofits Switch From Scarcity to Abundance Mindsets When It Comes To Self-Care?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After doing a keynote talk about the idea in my next book, I facilitated a design lab at Alliance for Nonprofit Management Conference which included executive directors and people who worked in philanthropy, research, and evaluation. Scarcity captures the mind. The mind orients automatically, powerfully, toward unfulfilled needs.

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Wired To Care: How Widespread Empathy Leads to Better Decisions

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm in Pittsburgh at the 2010 GEO National Conference, " Unleashing Philanthropy's Potential: Smarter Grantmaking for Better Results." You can find on going and detailed coverage at Sean Stannard-Stockton's Tactical Philanthropy Blog. He talked about how empathy is felt in the limbic part of brain.

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112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss.

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So get out your journals and start taking note. Erica Waasdorop makes a guest appearance on the Philanthropy for All blog to share a key insight she’s learned about the monthly giving: Every Monthly Giving Program is Tailor Made. Speak to the part of the brain that controls action-taking. Infographics. Tell stories.

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