Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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Shifting our Role in the Hub

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In May of 2008 when I joined The Lumpkin Family Foundation I was given the challenge to figure out how to develop a network to support the nonprofit capacity building work of The Foundation in downstate Illinois. This would help ensure we are more demand driven–only spending precious time on the things people want.

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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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What can we learn from movement builders who built movements before there was Facebook?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We worked for 20 years on the issue of giving medically underserved women in Illinois access to choice in childbirth.  It took 20 years to get legislation passed to allow the building of these centers in Illinois.   Free standing birth centers are a good example of what I mean. There’s a sexual/gender equality dimension.

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How To Incorporate More Movement Into Your Nonprofit Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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Welcome to the Blogosphere: Julia Fabris McBride

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At the time, she was deputy director for programming at the Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation (IAAF). A few years ago when I was working for the Online Arts Leadership project with the New York State Alliance for Arts Organizations and Cornell University, I met Julia Fabris McBride.