Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

We will be doing early morning sessions to engage participants in some mindful moment and movement exercises. I’m going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. How do you incorporate mindful moments or movement into your work day?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

Your mind and body need these boundaries. Keep moving and practice mindfulness. Here are some additional articles with tips on fake commutes and walking mindfulness activities. If you had a 20-minute commute to work, whether by public transportation, driving, walking, or biking, keep the same time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2017

But there was also another sign on the wall that described their Quarter 3 theme word “Mindfulness” and a reflective question, “What behaviors and processes can we establish to engender more mindfulness and presence in our interactions.” Is mindfulness a theme that is important to your nonprofit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Meet my colleague, Meico Marquette Whitlock, who is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Techie. I had an opportunity to interview Meico about being a Mindful Techie. You have now moved into the area of “Mindfulness and Technology,” what inspired the move from nonprofit techie into mindfulness?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

Two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be in New Zealand, leading a workshop on social media and I facilitated a module on mindful social media. It is a simple, elegant way to train your attention while working online to keep mindful how you are spending your time. Mindfulness' ” (Note: I created a list.ly

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2018

The benefits of taking control of your digital life in and outside the office are immense: greater presence and mindful attention, enhanced productivity and creativity, better relationships, improved sleep and less risk of anxiety. Bring these benefits into a nonprofit workplace, and perhaps some of the stress levels will go down.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2018

” Given our mutual interests, we had a lot to share about mindfulness and well being. A writer, consultant, and coach, Maia Duerr draws on her decades of Zen practice and training in anthropology to create powerful tools for integrating mindfulness into the workplace and in the everyday lives of the people she works with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2020

If that wasn’t enough, the stretches have entertaining names and movements, including the chicken neck and self Vulcan mind meld. Baxter Bell offers some exercises to help relieve and prevent neck pain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Interview with Scoble where he answers these questions: Which RSS reader does he use and why? How does he configure it to save time? What are simple keyboard shortcuts anyone can use? How does he find and pick feeds? How can you catch his eye with your posts? How does he use RSS feeds for building relationships?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

.” But what if there was a way to use online tools, mobile apps, and software that helped lengthen our attention spans and replace information overload with a sense of mindfulness? ” These apps can transform our mobile phones, tablets, and computers from agents of distraction into agents of mindfulness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Meico Whitlock (Mindful Techie) leads the NTEN Board in a meditation meeting opener. Meditation/Deep Breathing Opener: I’m on the NTEN board along with Meico Marquette Whitlock (The Mindful Techie) who is a trained mindfulness coach for nonprofits. Here’s a write of this technique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

” I don’t have an answer, but I think it has to do with modeling conscious information and consumption and being mindful about how you connect with people, cultivate relationships, and share information. In our panel discussion, Laura was asked about being mindful in our philanthropy and giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

Breath links mind, brain, and body – and paying attention to your breath help cultivate mindfulness. Like meditation, mindful use of social media begins with noticing when your attention has wandered, and then gently bringing it back to focus on your highest priority – like training a puppy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

When you’ve been doing what you do for a long time, it is also about unlearning (being mindful when bad habits creep in and changing them) and relearning what you have learned or updating it. Housekeeping Mindfulness Self-Directed Learning' Learning has kept me inspired and improving what I do. What is your theme for the year?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

Over the years, I have experienced the ill effects of staring at screen or sitting in a chair and pounding the keyboard for hours and hours. I’ve learned to take screen less breaks to calibrate my mind and body. Otherwise, what do you do to take a break from technology to revitalize your mind and body? Artist Tiles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2017

This post, “ Five Ways To Organize Your Phone To Unhijack Your Mind ” by Tristan Harris, the former Google employer mentioned above, was particularly useful. Thrive also has a terrific section about how to unplug , packed with practical advice.). Here are his five tips: Receive notifications from people only, not machines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2021

It really helps reset my mind and body – and fight virtual fatigue. One of the ways that I incorporate exercise snacking is to take a brief break after each ninety-minute work stretch – whether just walking from one end of my house to the other, doing a few jumping jacks, or a walk around the block.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

I think we need to use a beginner’s mind and be open to learning. Reflecting on Devi’s comment, I do believe that AI is a learning opportunity for everyone, but it is important to create psychological safety where people can ask questions and make it okay to experiment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2015

Stillness is different from mindfulness, a coping technique that teaches people to live in the moment and meditate to reduce stress. ” He suggests that it isn’t anything more elaborate than taking a few minutes out of your busy day to sit still without distractions and let your mind wander. Do practice stillness?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2012

From November 6-8 – 2012 I will be in Florianopolis, Brazil to keynote the Social Good Brazil – The Seminar , which brings together influential minds, social entrepreneurs and innovators, and connecting people from all walks of life to share ideas and actions to make the world a better place using technology, social media and innovative thinking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

Research also shows that taking time for silence restores the nervous system, helps sustain energy, and conditions our minds to be more adaptive. Time away from work and being online produces new ideas and fresh insights. It can also improve your memory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

As Beth described it earlier, “it is actually a methodology best described as a mindfulness practice disguised as a productivity system.”. Sometimes these adjustments are an ongoing process, as our lives and preferences change with time. BuJo for nonprofit professionals. When I started using BuJo I was working for a large public organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

What are your tips to help you focus in an age of distraction? Are there tips not on the mind map? I also use a timer when I’m doing scanning my networks and time box those activities into 15-20 minute bursts. 3.) When I’m feeling most overwhelmed, I take a break. Even if it is just to get up and walk around my desk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2017

When you’re overworked and over stressed, it affects your concentration—your mind wanders, you forget things easily, you can’t focus. Self-care solution: Add more movement into your workday—stand up and walk around to clear your mind. And, of course, you may not mind that much if you have a real passion for your work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We need to reflect inward and examine our motivations, patterns, and use of technology – understanding when we’re mindful and not. Tags: Mindfulness Networks Online Community. We’re all struggling with balance of technology and a purposeful life. Then we need to integrate ways of finding the right balance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

His definition of the problem is that it gets in the way of sustained mindfulness in order to get something meaningful done. What is the solution? Mindful Choices: Be very selective about your content and the people you follow. Design your system to achieve your goals – whether they are scanning or to produce a specific product.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2016

Embrace Mindfulness. Embrace Mindfulness: Beth Kanter A Simple Way for Nonprofits To Embrace Mindfulness at Work. Embrace Mindfulness: Beth Kanter Adult Coloring Books. The Practices: Create A Self Care Bill of Rights. Understand and Apply Habit Change Frameworks. Get Enough Sleep. Get Moving. Integrate Tech Wellness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2015

As part of the research for my next book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , with Aliza Sherman, I’m not just reading, but actually testing out some of the techniques suggested for mindfulness. they can help us be mindful. Have you discovered the wonderful world of coloring books for mindfulness? Bea, Psy.D. ColorTherapy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2015

Mindfulness' How are nonprofits folks strengthening their personal productivity online muscles in 2015? You can find December’s Non-Profit Blog Carnival here. Remember – to be included in this month’s round-up, send me your post/article by January 26th– you can e-mail it to me at nonprofitcarnival@gmail.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Mind: This mental health charity encourages staff to create a “Wellness Action Plan” with their supervisor. What is usual is the inclusion of “mind days” – an extra six days of holiday a year on top of the regular 25. In addition, they offer yoga and mindfulness sessions along with gardening and craft groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Bear in mind that some people, especially introverts, hate them so you have to design them so they are less awkward. One design important instructional principle for trainings and meetings, whether online or face-to-face, is to start off with a fun way to ease into the work. These activities are called icebreakers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2012

But, being productive with a device that can connect to the Internet anytime, anywhere is going to require good mindfulness skills as described by Howard Rheingold in his new book. How are you training yourself to be mindful at work with mobile, social, and online work so that you’re getting things done and not getting distracted?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2015

A colleague who I have worked with in the past, Aisha Moore , a health and social justice professional tweeted me from the Mindful Leadership Summit. Aisha was interviewed for a podcast as part of the Mindful Leadership Summit by Meditate This Podcast and shared some of her thinking about creating a self-care plan.

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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. Soren Gordhamer, Wisdom 2.0 I'm inspired to start doing this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2014

Yesterday, I had the honor of doing a closing keynote at the Nonprofit Bootcamp in Silicon Valley on bringing activity and mindfulness into your work day. If you have been reading this blog, you know that I’ve been very interested in the health and productivity impact of walking as work. There is documented research that it not only helps (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2017

My colleague, Meico Whitlock (aka “ Mindful Techie “) has more suggestions as does this recent post. Flux – Staring at your computer screen in the evening can disrupt your sleep because the bright blue light tricks your mind into thinking it is morning and time to wake up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2017

The techniques that individuals can use to build resilience are a combination of mind shifts (from negative to positive) and mindfulness. The pace and demands of our nonprofit work are not likely to change, so it is very necessary that nonprofit professionals build resilience skills to effectively navigate working at a nonprofit.

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