Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Last week, I was in London teaching social media strategy workshops for London NGOs organized by Social Media Misfits and keynoted Institute of Fundraising’s Future of Fundraising Conference. As many nonprofit professionals know too well, a hard-working but “tired” brain needs a few moments to “recharge.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

Before I get to the topic of using posters to make your workshops or meeting more interactive (and fun), I want to wish you a Happy International Women’s Day! The photo above is from a mini-workshop I did as part of Wake International’s “ Tech2EmpowerUSA.” Photo by Equal Rights Advocates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops. It can help people learn faster and in a more fun and natural way. by Eric Jensen. by Sharon Bowman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Rituals can also be 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. I will continue to write about and teach workshops on digital strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

Anne Grady, in a recent HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

I recently taught several leadership development workshops at the Rutgers Institute for Ethical Leadership based on my new book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. One of the workshops was focused on technology wellness in the nonprofit workplace , more specifically how to avoid collaboration overload.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

If I can’t process what I hear by asking questions of the expert or checking in with another participate or sitting quietly and just thinking about what was shared, there is a point that I reach after about 15 minutes – it’s call “My Brain Is Full Up.” I’ve really taken to heart the movement principle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Our session will share lots of great advice about what to do before , during , and after leading an effective technology training. Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. I also ask for feedback on what exercises or content in the workshop helped learning and what should be changed.

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APRIL 14, 2022

Across two days full of interactive sessions, workshops, and hands-on training, I had the chance to meet members of my Chicago Ohana Salesforce group and connect with new people with similar passions, challenges, and solutions to share. It was also the first in-person event I’ve had a chance to attend in two years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Note from Beth: I’ve been presenting workshops on technology wellness and other ideas from the Happy Healthy Nonprofit. The circadian region of the brain connects directly to special photoreceptors in the eye called ganglion cells. The ganglion cells then send signals directly to the circadian region of the brain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

This year SXSW is offered something new: workshops on a wide range of topics from some of the top people in their industry. I was honored to be involved with the instructional design and delivery of two workshops specifically for nonprofits. Hearing from so many people. npsmpeer #sxsw. — Movement helps wake them up.

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MAY 2, 2019

That’s certainly not true for everybody, especially natural introverts, but failing to take advantage of the chance to people like-minded professionals is a big conference no-no. Sometimes it’s hyper-specific workshops, or one-on-one time with experts or an off-site mini-conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

As a trainer, one of the most exciting parts of working on a book is developing instructional materials based on the content and leading workshops to help put the ideas into practice. Over the past six months, I have been developing and piloting workshops on self-care and we-care as part of the leadership development training I do.

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MARCH 16, 2011

If you have suggestions for people I should interview (especially new, young big visionaries), please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. Show Notes I have three workshops coming up: May 14: Blogging for Writers workshop at the Writing Salon in Berkeley, CA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop. Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

Going offline for 24 hours or more to reboot your brain can do your spirit, mind, and body a lot good. And it is a lot of fun to do with other people – so that’s why I really like the idea of the “ National Day of Unplugging ” which begins today, March 4th at sundown and last until sundown on Saturday, March 5th.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

It’s the difference between seeing cook Thanksgiving dinner for 20 people on your to do list and seeing create guest list, send invitations, collect rsvps and food allergy info, create a menu, etc. Vanessa of today knows that this is merely what my brain wants to do and if I don’t feed into, it will pass, and I can get to work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

I’ve been a content curator for many years , using the techniques to help me develop curriculum materials for workshops and blog posts – as a form of professional development. I hope that participants took away from our session, if nothing else, that content curation requires the human brain, as Robin Good points out.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 1, 2011

If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. Show Notes I have three workshops coming up: June 1-22 (starts today!): workshop at the Writing Salon in Berkeley, CA. You can listen and subscribe to the Big Vision Podcast via iTunes , or on the player above.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

This is where you identify the learning goals, audience needs, existing knowledge, and other background by doing audience research. Ideally, audience research should be done before you design your workshop or course. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory.

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JULY 3, 2011

"I think as cooks there's something sort of innate in us that's about sharing and being generous and giving to people." If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. Show Notes I have three workshops coming up: July 9: Jumpstart your Blog!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn. The research indicates that the human brain, on average, has the capacity to pay attention for about 10-12 minutes within an hour. This mirrors what you might do in a face-to-face workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

The four-day workshop has a different theme for each day as follows: Day 1: The Power of Networks. Day 4: Action Learning Projects, Communicating After Workshop, and Managing Our Attention. Learning Networks Are Built With People and Reciprocity. Networked NGOs and Social Media Integrated Into Organizational Communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Yesterday, I presented a workshop called " A Crash Course in Social Media for Arts People " hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. The workshop was part of a professional development series organized by the very capable Kendra Lawton, with help from Melissa Cooper. First you ask people to stand up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

see above) It is designed to be used in face-to-face workshops and conferences. You have to ask, how is polling the audience and seeing the aggregate results helping people learn? Help the facilitator understand how people are feeling half-way through the session so real-time tweaks to design can be made.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. When I design instruction, I want to make sure that learning activities use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2015

In 2010, I had an opportunity to do a Networked Nonprofit workshop in Kenya. After the workshop, I hung out with participants providing some coaching. Those people can provide “on-demand” help. Those people can provide “on-demand” help. We did a little coaching. Most donors were from Nairobi.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

It would grow and people would care about the cause." - Aneesha Raghunathan Last fall I got a message through Facebook from Aneesha Raghunathan, the 18-year-old founder of Hope Line Fashions. If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

Just after the polar vortex receded, three of our Caravan Studios team members headed east for a three-day innovation workshop in Washington, D.C. The workshop is the latest step in the Reimagine: Opportunity Challenge , which seeks to bring innovations to the anti-trafficking field. What's an Innovation Workshop?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

As with every webinar or workshop I do, I ask participants to share one small action step they can take to create a culture of wellbeing in their nonprofit office. Is everyone suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting down meetings? Let People Know in Advance. Walking meetings can help shakes things up.

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JUNE 23, 2014

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? Bookshare is helping Kevin— who had suffered a brain injury—to keep up with his school work. 10X: ten times the impact. That’s what’s been on my mind lately.

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JUNE 3, 2011

A list of some of the people, things, and events that inspired me, or added fun to my week. Happy to do shout outs for two creative wonder women's creative classes: Jennifer Lee's Right Brain Business Plan e-Course is coming up June 13-August 5. I love this piece, Believe in the Future , by Jen Lemen. It was awesome!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people. Bringing your brain to what you are doing. Some words and phrases that came up: Responding.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Live fireside chats, product demos, workshops, and Q&A sessions can use live video and live chat to create an interactive environment that encourages attendee engagement. Gamification will encourage social interaction, stimulate the reward centers in our brain, and keep things interested. Create Networking Opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

We’ll share some of these case studies below, but for more, check out these projects and learn more about the people behind them at the Games for Change Festival ( [link] ), NYC’s largest gaming event that convenes the social change community and game makers, next month (April 22-24 & 26). Around Gender.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

NPR emphasizes how its “Muslims in America: A New Generation” series explores the multifaceted experiences of muslims living in a post-9/11 America, while its Hidden Brain episode “Why Now?” With so many people on the organ donation waitlist, every donation counts! offers a profound analysis of #MeToo. Donate Life America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

The social media lab for arts organizations is a combination of face-to-face workshops, phone calls, and online support via a wiki and Twitter over several months. We were lucky enough to have a fabulous space for the workshop in the Contemporary Jewish Museum. But for some people, it can actually enhance their learning.

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