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#13NTC Session: Mindful or Mindfull Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m in Minnesota for the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference where I am doing a plenary session on Saturday morning and two breakout sessions. This blog post serves as a resource page for a session on mindfulness with Rob Cottingham and Jana Byington-Smith. Mindfulness' Additional Resources.

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Donate Your Brain! Microvolunteering at TechSoup

Tech Soup

Our virtual volunteering offerings also include Donate Your Brain , a microvolunteering initiative. In our Donate Your Brain initiative, volunteers choose how and when to participate whenever they want to. We mapped out the process we would use to promote Donate Your Brain opportunities. Simple, right? Not even hundreds.

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Do Negativity And Alarm Really Raise More Funds?

Bloomerang

Does negativity and alarm really raise funds?” —John, CEO of a civic education nonprofit Dear John, This is a top-of-mind question for many fundraising professionals. Science says: We’re wired for negative Sadly, our brains are wired to respond to negative messages. Negative events impact our brains more than positive events.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. Thus, for 2013, please: 1) Ask for a raise. In 2013, I am focused on changing that. Good luck.

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#13ntc Nonprofit Technology Conference: Plenary Session on Failing Informatively

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference takes place in Minneapolis next week. April 13, 2013 – 8:30-10:00. April 12, 2013 – 1:30-3:00 PM. Mindful or Mindfull Social Media? April 13, 2013 10:30-Noon. Gaping Void Cartoons. Visual Strategies for Focus In Age of Distraction.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They 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. Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Wins 2013 Terry McAdam Nonprofit Book Award. Housekeeping Mindfulness Self-Directed Learning' Year in Review.

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Wearable Computing: Sussing Out the Frontiers of Nonprofit Technology

Tech Soup

launched in August 2013 when they became available to app developers for $1,500 – by invitation only. He is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience field of ‘brain computer interface’ or thought controlled computing. It’s basically typing with the mind. How Stuff Works: How Brain-computer Interfaces Work.