NonProfit Hub

MAY 15, 2020

Video calls are a lot more straining on the brain than any face-to-face conversation. Our minds are together when our bodies feel we’re not. Give yourself brain breaks. In between meetings, you could chat with coworkers casually, and your brain would have a break during your commute. Why are video calls so draining?

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

There are two parts to thanking donors: Connecting with the donor’s brain by providing a gift receipt and more importantly, touching the donor’s heart by letting them know they are heroes for giving to your organization’s cause. You make the brain connection when you give them the data they need for their records.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

By opening up the audience to a new idea or way of thinking, you can open their hearts and minds to the work you’re doing and get them further invested in your cause. . Ask yourself: How can you tell your nonprofit’s story from a new angle? Incorporate humor into your story. .

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

But it is a good task to schedule after blocking off time to work on a complex grant or other task that requires a lot of brain power. I can do it even when my brain feels fried. Try managing your hardest work days by plotting out what you will do when in a way that keeps your brain going for the long haul.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 9, 2015

Mann is quick to point out that his approach isn’t directed so much towards the number of messages that plague our inboxes, bur rather the amount of time our brains spend dwelling there. Don’t leave your inbox open on your desktop or tablet. It’s not how many messages are in your inbox, it’s how much of your own brain is in that inbox.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 22, 2023

Shed the discomfort of uncertainty, which is the only way to open your mind to all possibilities. It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. Plus, you’ll learn how to: Navigate all forms of rejection and failure in pragmatic ways. Wooditch : Be aware of the origin of the voice.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

For example when watching a video, audio and visual channels activate separate parts of the brain , and when these two elements combine, it helps supporters better understand and engage with your mission. . Use an engaging and quick opener to convince viewers to care, for example: “More than 9 million children faced hunger in 2021.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Shed the discomfort of uncertainty, which is the only way to open your mind to all possibilities. It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. Plus, you’ll learn how to: Navigate all forms of rejection and failure in pragmatic ways. Wooditch : Be aware of the origin of the voice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2011

Distractions can be internal and come from our brains , our thoughts. Sometimes I time box those tasks to help me focus. I also time box tasks that are open-ended, like answering email or participating on social media sites and do these in short 15-30 minute bursts in between the three big tasks on the index card. Brain Fitness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Meet my colleague, Meico Marquette Whitlock, who is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Techie. I had an opportunity to interview Meico about being a Mindful Techie. You have now moved into the area of “Mindfulness and Technology,” what inspired the move from nonprofit techie into mindfulness?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

You open the app, you plant a digital tree and it will thrive for as long as you stay in the app. The longer you get the mobile phone out of your hands and not check email or social media or open other apps, the longer this tree will grow. The app is called Forest that turns putting down your phone into a game.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

Shed the discomfort of uncertainty, which is the only way to open your mind to all possibilities. It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. Plus, you’ll learn how to: Navigate all forms of rejection and failure in pragmatic ways. Wooditch : Be aware of the origin of the voice.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2020

Shed the discomfort of uncertainty, which is the only way to open your mind to all possibilities. It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. Plus, you’ll learn how to: Navigate all forms of rejection and failure in pragmatic ways. Wooditch : Be aware of the origin of the voice.

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Qgiv

JULY 3, 2023

A disability is any condition of the mind or body that makes it more difficult for someone to partake in certain activities and may impair their ability to participate easily in normal daily pursuits. There is so much diversity in the world, but one type of diversity that often gets overlooked or forgotten is disability diversity.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

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. Our brain, meanwhile, is telling us that it feels good to. help others.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 30, 2009

" "A mind is a terrible thing to taste." " "Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors. So, as a bonus, here are two more: "Brains: they're what's for dinner." " "Brains: the other white matter." Big Graveyard." And now we're all gonna die!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

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. Rituals To Build Mindfulness.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

The most common signs of employee burnout we’ve seen are: Brain fog that causes forgetfulness of something a person has done before or randomly forgetting to complete tasks. An open communication style and proactive stress release initiatives make a big difference. . Be mindful not to put the concept of overworking on a pedestal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Research shows that staff often resist using multiple services, often because they don’t want to open one more window on their computer or launch one more app on their mobile device. Your team can do a simple mindfulness exercise by starting a meeting with a deep breath and going around the table to share how you are feeling in the moment.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Once in the panic zone, changes become very hard to navigate as our body goes into a maximum stress mode, our emotions get elevated, and our brains shut down and become closed off to solutions and suggestions. Being adaptable will also require a lot of emotional intelligence, keeping an open mind, and dropping personal ego.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

That’s what’s been on my mind lately. I have disruptive approaches to social innovation in mind, with an increasingly connected society where the cost of prototyping and deploying new products is extremely low, and where innovation is no longer the sole purview of well-funded for-profit corporations. 10X: ten times the impact.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Research has shown that the human brain retains information more effectively when presented repeatedly. By placing the donation button on every page, you reinforce its presence in the minds of your website visitors. When designing your mobile page, it’s crucial to prioritize the most essential features of your nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

After Day 2 at the GEO conference my mind is abuzz! His opening plenary helped elucidate the absolute value of persistence in achieving our goals. True insight and creativity come when we are relaxed and our mind is wandering, not when we are jacked up on Red Bull and a double-shot Venti cappuccino (even in Seattle).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2015

As my work as a trainer pivots more towards leadership development in a networked world, I’ve been doing more and more training on the topic of mindfulness at work techniques. In other words, checking your email before you go to bed hurts your brain. Mindfulness Walking' Noise to Signal Cartoon. How have you kicked it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

He lead us on a series of improvisation exercises designed to teach important skills for networked leaders: empathy, awareness, celebrating failure, being open to change and more. Bringing your brain to what you are doing. It was eye-opening to discover what you don’t notice when you are aware. Flexibility. Co-Creating.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Build a Website That Can Grow With You Like any good investment, a nonprofit website should be built with longevity in mind. Images are an important part of keeping online visitors on your website— 91% of consumers prefer visual content to written content, and the human brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2021

Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it. Focusing on weaknesses is fine if we want to be in the business of adequacy; to get into the excellence business we need to uncover, for each person, their moments of weird brilliance, and amplify those.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it. Focusing on weaknesses is fine if we want to be in the business of adequacy; to get into the excellence business we need to uncover, for each person, their moments of weird brilliance, and amplify those.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I also keep in mind dips in the circadian rhythms for humans that have impact on their ability to pay attention and learn – and I design different types of activities accordingly. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. You also need to design good openers and closers !

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I started yoga about, you know, from a really early age, my family introduced me to mindfulness and meditation, even though you would never guess it because they don’t look like typical hippies. . So I can see your point and are you open to hearing my perspective? Let’s now discuss how we can make an impact together.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I have written a lot about how it is important to understand how the brain works, how people learn by using learning theories to guide the design of your workshops. Bear in mind that the model isn’t practical in all situations. If you ask open-ended questions, you typically only get criticism. Use Learning Theory.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 6, 2020

Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it. Focusing on weaknesses is fine if we want to be in the business of adequacy; to get into the excellence business we need to uncover, for each person, their moments of weird brilliance, and amplify those.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 16, 2012

That we don’t have to be chained to the singular story of suffering looping around in our mind. And then when we take it to the world, sharing a story is a direct pathway to human connection, open heart to open heart. We can rewrite it as a beautiful adventure anytime we like.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2020

Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it. Focusing on weaknesses is fine if we want to be in the business of adequacy; to get into the excellence business we need to uncover, for each person, their moments of weird brilliance, and amplify those.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2011

Shana Masterson from the National Brain Tumor Society was the moderator and led the large session by breaking the group up for open dialogue. I can’t think of a better use of my time than to hear what is on the mind of our clients as they use Convio to drive their missions forward.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 4, 2016

That’s what was on my mind as I made my way through the final week of 2015, with my mind clear, rested from the break but not yet ready to gear up for a return to work. The Altruistic Brain: How We Are Naturally Good , published almost exactly a year ago, was written by Donald W. You could say it was a time for clarity.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Open Rate: If you manage an email campaign of any size, then you’re familiar with an open rate. It measures the number of people who opened your email relative to the number of people who received it. For example, if 100 people received your email and 20 people opened it, then your open rate is 20%.

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