Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. Sound familiar? 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Soren is the author of the book, " Wisdom 2.0 " and writes about mindfulness and technology use for Huffington Post and on Mashable. Soren is the author of the book, " Wisdom 2.0 " and writes about mindfulness and technology use for Huffington Post and on Mashable. He also talked about changing his brain chemistry.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2016

What comes to mind when you think of “ nonprofit psychology?”). One interesting finding is that the human brain actually learns best in relaxed concentration. That may sound like one heck of a buzzword, but it basically means that people retain new information when their body is relaxed but still alert enough to be engaged.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

Picking up the 500-pound phone and calling donors was a big struggle for me. So I consider myself an introvert, and as an introvert, there are a lot of things that I really dislike about the phone, right? Phone calls can feel a bit intrusive to me. So I’m still not in love with the phone, right? I hate phones.”

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

Picking up the 500-pound phone and calling donors was a big struggle for me. So I consider myself an introvert, and as an introvert, there are a lot of things that I really dislike about the phone, right? Phone calls can feel a bit intrusive to me. So I’m still not in love with the phone, right? I hate phones.”

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

It’s one of the best ways you can spend your time, and truly, it doesn’t take a ton of time for a short phone call with a contact. Having both of these elements saves on the number of emails you need to respond to, phone calls to answer, or voicemails to return. Don’t Take on More Than You Can Handle This sounds so easy, doesn’t it?

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Then two hours later, you’re sitting there looking through past writing projects and online templates hoping to find inspiration without a single word written… Sound familiar? Likely Questions Anticipate questions that will come up in people’s minds. He didn't know he'd be diagnosed with brain cancer just five months later.

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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. . She was just on Forbes yesterday, it sounds like, and I just heard about it on LinkedIn and I’ll have to give her a call.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you’ve got event fundraising on the brain, you’ve come to the right post. Keep in mind that the type of event you choose to host will also influence the kind of venue you select. Sound or lighting equipment, if not provided by the venue. We’ll walk you through all the most important steps in the process: 1.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And I’m on the upswing, so if I sound a little groggy, that’s why. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . George heard about this and he grabbed his phone and he videoed a whole bunch of people saying, “Thank you to the Smith Family Foundation. Steven: Yes. We are thrilled.”

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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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

You can use custom fields to collect all kinds of information, but do you really need to ask donors for three different phone numbers? The feel-good emotions associated with supporting a cause they care about are still at the forefront of their minds, especially right after they’ve donated.

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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? Now, this may sound like strategic planning, but I’m going to show you the ways in which it’s different. So we actually draw our strategic plans, our impact strategies, as mind maps.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

Her confidence and engagement methods and authentic relationship buildings get 10 donors on the phone fast, and they all participate in the challenge. And so this car salesperson strategy always has our objective top of mind, even when we’re asking the funder questions about them. My brain just doesn’t work that way.”

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

Her confidence and engagement methods and authentic relationship buildings get 10 donors on the phone fast, and they all participate in the challenge. And so this car salesperson strategy always has our objective top of mind, even when we’re asking the funder questions about them. My brain just doesn’t work that way.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2009

Yes, this sounds dangerous, and yes, there are some dangers involved, but the cloud wants to be spoken to authentically, and authenticity has many competing voices, not a single monolithic tone. As a Leader - become deeply aware of - and truly mindful about - the scope and reach of interconnected markets and flows of information.

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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. So definitely, that’s been top of mind and something that I’ve seen quite frequently. . So before I go into ARPA, are there any questions, Steven, that I should be mindful of?

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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.

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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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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain. So just keep that in mind. That sounds bloody awful, doesn’t it? ” Might have a gift acceptance policy with something in it about pledges somewhere in my brain. My phone number.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

So these are key things you want to keep in mind. And it’s not just what we do, because you can send a thank-you letter, or you can send, you know, make a phone call, but it’s how we do it. Well, a brand is those images, impressions, and ideas or beliefs that are held and formed in a person’s mind.

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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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