Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The workplace research suggests some nonprofits jobs will change or be disrupted. This is why it is important for leaders to encourage staff to reflect on their workflow processes and to encourage experimentation as described below. Applying AI to basic collaboration workflows can offer a dividend of time (and brain space).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

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 call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Before the pandemic, way back In November 2019, a group of academic meeting researchers from several universities, business leaders, and consultants met to review and analyze hundreds of research studies about what makes meetings effective. Without the visual breaks we need to refocus, our brains grow fatigued.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2019

When I facilitate staff retreats or workshop on wellbeing in the workplace based on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit , we do some reflective exercises, including taking the nonprofit burnout assessment , identifying stress triggers and reactions before creating a self-care plan and addressing cultural norms. … Read More.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. The sitting brain is really disengaged. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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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 Promote Growth and Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

The space creates a calm and reflective environment. In Finland, classroom time incorporates “brain breaks” after 50 minutes when one’s natural focus and energy begins to wane. Taking brain breaks is an important work skill as well. There are couches and comfortable chairs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2016

This is known as “ brain breaks ” where you simply STOP for a moment and do something to reset and renew your brain’s capacity to absorb or create that next thought. 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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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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 call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2013

I tend to use both. For example, I like digital note taking tools when I’m capturing the “to dos” from meetings to make decisions and when I’m doing research online for a blog post or prepare curriculum. I also wonder if there is an impact on being creative?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. Sometimes you don’t have the ability to do a survey before, especially if it is an online webinar or a conference session. There are alternative ways to do research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Good instructional design and delivery engages people’s brains, eyes, ears, and bodies. People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. I’ve done walking reflections at the end of session as well.

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MAY 24, 2023

Allen’s GTD methodology is based on the idea that our brains are not designed to store information. Reflect : Once a week, take some time to reflect on your progress and make any necessary adjustments to your system. Instead, we should capture all of our tasks and ideas in a system, and then process them at a later time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

This blog post offers reflections and resources from the session. While it is hard to measure actual attention spans, there is research that people pay closest attention during the first 10-18 minutes of lecture – and then their minds wander. Content curation takes focus and discipline — being “brains on.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. Help participants digest and reflect on some content shared during the session.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks. This post shares some reflections from yesterday and a few nuggets that I learned from the presentations. I use pen and a note book to take notes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The National Sleep Foundation, a champion of sleep science and sleep health for individuals, undertook a comprehensive research study to answer the question of sufficient sleep and provides evidence-based guidelines on how much sleep you really need at each age. Drum roll, please… Adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep per night.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The presentation looks at how younger generations are always connected and are multi-taskers who count on the Internet as their external brain and approach problems in a different way from older generations. It raises the question (unanswered) whether this is a good or bad thing. It is the same title of Raine’s recent book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Cindy and Jeanne wrote this great reflection of what we learned and how we facilitated this very interactive session. Adults tend to interpret information received in a training based on existing knowledge in their brains and then integrate it with previous experiences. We used a Harry Potter theme to give the session a fun feel.

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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. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars. His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention. With icebreakers, for example, you can use counting off or alphabetical order.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. Research about the physical space can impact learning, can be found here. Problem-solving and reflecting (Intellectual). The model is called “SAVI” : Moving and doing (Somatic).

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APRIL 17, 2024

Research shows that interactive content earns more engagement and twice as many conversions as static content. Build an inclusive online community by adding these elements to your blog posts: Images with diverse individuals that reflect the demographics represented by your nonprofit’s supporters and beneficiaries.

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AUGUST 31, 2022

When a good story is shared, scientific research shows our brains connect to storytelling can have on us: Stories are remembered 22x more easily than data, facts, and stats. Storytelling engages our sensory cortex in the brain , allowing the listener to feel, hear, taste, and even smell the story. Meet Dewey: Part 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. While recent research suggests that the first method may not be as effective because of “ group think ” and produce fewer ideas, you can combine the best of both approaches. Rapid Research. The Paper Clip.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2015

” We’ve been researching and interviewing nonprofit leaders about self-care. Vote for us here ). According to scientific research , reading a tablet or mobile phone with its backlit display in bed can make it harder to fall asleep and your sleep won’t be as rejuvenating. to share it! I don’t.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

This book has been my companion lately – not only because it is so rich (check out the table of contents ) but it has given me a lot to think about and reflect on in terms of my own social media use – and how to be a lot of smarter about it. If you are going to purchase one book about using social media , this is the one to read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

I've been doing a small research project. To challenge my set ways of doing internet research Web 1.0 When doing research like this, always think about two things -- the subject matter and the subject matter expert. What social networking tools are the best ones to integrate? Ask not what do I need to know, but who knows this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

January is a good time to reflect, recharge, and establish healthy habits that make us more effective in our nonprofit work. 5 Core Values at Work for 2016 by Kathy Naylor, VP of HR and Talent at the MIND Research Institute shares the core values that will insure your happiness and health at your nonprofit career.

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AUGUST 12, 2016

In the last 15 years, researchers have gotten a much better understanding of how we learn, which has allowed people to apply new methods that help teach more effectively. One interesting finding is that the human brain actually learns best in relaxed concentration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2015

That’s the focus of one of the sessions – so I have been reflecting a lot on this topic to come up with some useful exercises, discussion questions, and session content. It prompted research and reading to find some ideas to test out on myself before using it in the leadership development program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Morra Aarons-Mele is working on a research project related to her graduate work and she is interviewing bloggers. I had my interview last week and I always like the opportunity to answer questions that encourage reflection. I ask myself this question every now and then. Questions like. Why did you start to blog? Has the reason changed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2009

flickr photo courtesy of racoles Note from Beth: This week I've been researching and thinking about the topic of creating movements with others and invited guest blog posts on this topic. 10 Lessons Learned in Igniting Word of Mouth Movements by Brains on Fire (pdf). Movements are part of the evangelist vocabulary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

Flickr Photo by JTLowery The title of this post is play on the famous PSA " Brain on Drugs " from 1987 to raise attention to the harmful effects of drugs. The memorable tagline : This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Does growing up digital evolve young people's brains? Any questions? That's impressive.

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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. Your Takeaway: It’s time to reframe burnout as the wisdom to self-reflect and respond to our body’s natural signal for more rest and recovery.

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