Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

If gaming and a higher purpose doesn’t work in curbing your addiction, then maybe try adding apps on your phone that can enrich your life versus wasting time. I just learned about turning my phone to grayscale because the brightly colored icons give your brain a shiny reward every time we open up our phone.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Stanfield, ArtBizCoach.com on the Arts and Healing Podcast LINK LOVE The October 1st episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show will feature New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, and his wife his wife Sheryl WuDunn talking about their book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Goal of the centennial project was to shine the light on the library’s resources and get new audiences engaged in the collections and connected to the curators and staff. Elaine Charnov – The NY Public Library.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

It has intruded on our attention and wellbeing – and helped blurred the lines between work and leisure time. I was an early adopter of using the Internet in 1992 where I had a virtual job working online for a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts called ArtsWire. There are no mistakes. It is unplanned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

As you probably know, the Pope is visiting the United States this week in Washington, DC; Philadelphia; and New York City. The Pope is a great example of changing with the times. “In The Pope understands that in order to engage with younger people, he needs his message to reach their palms of their hands , any where, any time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2013

Unpacking the Relationship Between Volunteering, the Brain and the Body ” on June 20th. I first head of this book after reading this article in the New York Times back in March, 2013. Best Selling Author Adam Grant, “ Give and Take ” will be doing a big session called “ It’s About Science!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Let’s just be honest right up front: in the case of many nonprofits, the staff is small and the time is limited. Many times, communication is something people don’t feel is their strong suit. Many times, communication is something people don’t feel is their strong suit. How does the tension of the story build over time?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Erika Atkins, Director of Operations at Opening Act , a theatre program that teaches theatre skills to students from New York City’s most underserved schools to help them succeed in life. Erika’s organization is a small to midsize arts organization, with six full time staff members and an operating budget of less than $1 million.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

Wearables have been around a long time; an example would be hearing aids or the Sony Walkman. Probably the original augmented reality device to enhance the senses are eyeglasses, which actually date from Roman times, but assumed their current form in 13 th. EEG brain impulses are sent via Bluetooth to a tablet, smartphone or PC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. Don’t run to play Mario just yet though — the game has to be specially designed to fill in lapses in brain activity from the start! In Education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

10X: ten times the impact. How can our existing successful programs reach ten times more people? How can we use technology in a new way to improve people’s lives that is an order of magnitude better? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger! Photo credit: Katy Steinmetz, TIME Magazine.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2010

For the most part, I agree, especially when it comes to tax law, brain surgery, changing diapers, and other endeavors where one or more parties might get hurt somehow. One thread has an alarming subject line taken from a recent New York Times article: One-Fourth of Nonprofits Are to Lose Tax Breaks.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Even me, at times. I racked my brain searching for the solution, and, before I knew it, my head was spinning. Garret has been featured on ESPN, WFAN, FOX, and NPR; and in The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , Forbes and Sports Illustrated. And that's admirable.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 16, 2012

You can connect with her at feedmedarling.com and on Twitter @megworden. ** During a nutrition summit last year in New York, I was listening to Deepak Chopra speak (which was awesome), and he was talking about different kinds of happiness. Also, I am a writer, storyteller, and part time editor of other people’s novels.

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JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton - Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History Elaine Charnov - The NY Public Library Jason Eppink - Museum of the Moving Image Syed Salahuddin - Babycastles Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library 100 Years of the flagship library in New York.

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MAY 29, 2018

The New York Times’ account opens with the line, “Tens of thousands of feet above the earth, the passengers clasped hands with strangers, prayed together and got ready to die.” Place the mask over your nose and mouth…breathe normally…the bag may not inflate…” Many of us have heard it dozens of times, from multiple airlines.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Along with RealClearPolitics , it keeps political junkies better fed than a zombie in WalMart's brains aisle. The New York Times has a cool visualization of how people around the world spend their money. Pumpkin cookies ! Play2Cures , from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 18, 2016

If you’re a philanthropy geek like me who loves to monitor what data tell us about engagement and investment in what I consider a part of our collective moral fabric, you’ll be even more thrilled to hear that some states in the US are even surpassing $23.56 (kudos to Massachusetts, California and New York for setting the pace we all need to run).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2009

Yes it can spark criticism, but also lead to insights. Take for example, Brian Reich's " Brain Dump " post which he lays his take on how Facebook Causes can be a game changer in the future and what needs to change. And in my experience, most of the news media doesn’t ‘get it.’

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2014

And then we stopped talking and our brains exploded with new information and connections. By the time we got to our second coaching session, we realize we had to adjust to accommodate what we were learning. We talked to survivors and individuals who ran programs in Kentucky and New York City. What We Learned.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

We have had a lot of crazy ideas that worked over time, so you get a little latitude in talking with folks. Svea Morane: Some necessary success factors would be to stay persistent, work through existing relationships, help others get done what they want done, give lots of your own personal time, and finally, think like an entrepreneur.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

And with traffic that often rivals the New York Times Website, Digg lets users vote their favorite stories to the top of the site. Can our brain handle it? NetVibes lets users pepper a personal dashboard with widgets. StumbledUpon is social search that lets users unearth sites that might be interesting to them.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In my new series Designing for Good , we’ll chat with these innovators about their inspirations, challenges, and favorite tools. In this episode, we’re talking with Josh Tabb and Pratima Mani of Malaria No More in New York City. WHAT DO BOTH OF YOU DO AT MALARIA NO MORE? . Pratima: I’m the Graphic Designer.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

For the first time, this year's Games for Change Festival created an opportunity for producers of games in development to get live feedback from leading game designers, educators, and funders on the main stage. A game like Climbing Sacred Mountain has a very timely niche. CLIMBING SACRED MOUNTAIN. BOTTOM LINE & FUNDING.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

David is a journalist turned entrepreneur who has written for Wired , Seed , Columbia Journalism Review and The New York Times. Now, it's almost not even breaking news to say that newspapers are facing, to be quite frank, an economic death spiral. They all were going to come out in the morning, at the same time.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

I met one of these data artists last year while visiting a friend/journalist at the New York Times. His name is Mark Hansen, a UCLA statistician, and he was working on the finishing touches of the installation of Moveable Type in the lobby of the new Times building (shown above).

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OneCause

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This doesn’t mean that you should talk down to your donors or that they’re unintelligent: it just means that they’re probably using their brain power for other things and quickly skimming emails and mailers. Interview a major or long-time donor and highlight them in your newsletter. I like to get things done right.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Kind of has been for a little while, so this is obviously a very timely topic. We’re going to save a little bit of time at the end for Q&A, but we’d love to hear from you. But luckily you get to hear from Lori, not me, and she is a billion times smarter than I am. Been a part of our sector for a long time.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

We’re going to save some time at the end for Q&A, and like Kishshana said a minute ago, we’d love to hear from you. But don’t do that right now because one of my best buddies, Kishshana Palmer, is here for beautiful Washington, DC by way of New York City, normally, right, Kishshana? Steven: All the time.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

We’re going to save some time at the end for Q&A. Joining us from the beautiful Hudson Valley in New York, Sarah Olivieri is here. . I’ve already taken up too much time away from Sarah. We’ll have Q&A time at the end. Oh man, time has gone by fast today. . You doing okay? .

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

From the beginning of human time, women and girls in poor countries traditionally carry water in heavy jugs on their heads for long distances for their families. Over time, this wears down the spine and causes disabilities. It’s a device called the Wello WaterWheel 2.0 The Big Picture.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

I know, it’s a busy time of year. We’re going to save some time for Q&A at the end. I know both of you are super busy you’re speaking at conferences, and doing webinars, and workshops all the time, so it’s really a treat to have you. . ” I love this topic. And thanks for joining.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 16, 2017

When we think of planned giving, so often we think of lawyers, accountants, legal documents, research and all of the things that sound time consuming and expensive. Now that your planned giving program is off the ground and running, it’s time to get it out there. You don’t need expertise, I’m debunking that myth all the time.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Maya Angelou In December 2007, the New York Sun article, Why Giving Makes You Happy reported that: "According to the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, a survey of 30,000 American households, people who gave money to charity in 2000 were 43% more likely than non-givers to say they were 'very happy' about their lives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2008

Then I got a track back from the email dashboard blog that rounded up all posts that responded to the New York Times article about information overload. I'm reading John Medina's Brain Rules. He says the brain does these four steps in sequence each time we shift from one task to another.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2015

If you think you can replicate the exact same campaign or tactics, you’ll be your wasting time. The Times They are a Changin! Here are key insights gleaned from the campaign that shed light on what that campaign means for the future of fundraising and philanthropy: Replication is Futile. It’s about mobilizing more donors.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 27, 2007

Lots has been written about it, including the somewhat perplexed and perplexing New York Times review that appeared last week and is the third most emailed article this week. The Times article was surprisingly positive (fair and balanced?) Their "main theme" is "The Bible is true from Genesis to Revelation!"

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