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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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Allen’s GTD methodology is based on the idea that our brains are not designed to store information. This allows us to clear our minds and focus on the present moment. GTD is a five-step process: Capture : Capture everything that comes into your mind, whether it’s a task, an idea, or a thought. So why wait?

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JULY 12, 2016

However, their effectiveness is often debated in the educational software community, as not all eLearnings are made with the same attention to detail. If your users are on the go, eLearnings must be made accessible for mobile platforms. Adaptability. Build them out completely, adhering with the offerings of your LMS.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 28, 2014

You don’t need flashing lights to get attention, you just need something that looks good. Try to make all of the information on your website accessible with the fewest number of clicks possible, and utilize tabs to keep webpages short and long scrolling pages kept to a minimum. 1) Keep it Simple. Don’t be afraid of blank, “white space.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2016

Now that task has been checked off my to do list, I am ready to pay attention to technology wellness again. It was like a reboot for my brain, but I found it really difficult to do. That task required a screen! The first thing I did was to take a walk at the Stanford Dish , a nearby nature hiking area, without my mobile phone.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Build a Website That Can Grow With You Like any good investment, a nonprofit website should be built with longevity in mind. Various studies have found that visuals with human faces draw more engagement online (such as this one , where human faces attract more attention on Twitter). Humans tend to respond to images of fellow humans.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 28, 2014

You don’t need flashing lights to get attention, you just need something that looks good. Try to make all of the information on your website accessible with the fewest number of clicks possible, and utilize tabs to keep webpages short and long scrolling pages kept to a minimum. 1) Keep it Simple. Don’t be afraid of blank, “white space.”

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Candid

APRIL 27, 2021

The same principle lies at the heart of a mind map. Mind maps help us stay organized in the world of content shock, informational chaos, and short attention span. Psychologists revealed the power of this instrument for the human brain a long time ago. They say mind mapping makes people more creative and retentive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I also keep in mind dips in the circadian rhythms for humans that have impact on their ability to pay attention and learn – and I design different types of activities accordingly. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2010

Then came in social media as an effective mechanism to be able to catalyse change.Maybe the attention its got is relatively new but no denying that its become today such a strong change maker. Here's her theory of change and social media: Social Media was at one point of time just about what we read or saw in news or heard over the radio.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Keeping a task list can save you time and clear your mind. Using an online calendar like Google Calendar can be great for planning out your time because you can see your day, week, or month at a glance, and access it from either your desktop or mobile device. Time-block your week with an online calendar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2018

With this in mind, try and show that other people are supporting and/or donating to your cause. This same theory can translate to how copy is positioned on our website, take for example Charity:Water: Their tagline currently reads, “9 in 10 people have access to clean drinking water.” Play to Emotions With Identifiable Victim Effect.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

Automatically save the responses (including name and contact info) somewhere you can easily access, like in your donor database or a Google Sheet. This one is wayyyy more important than it seems because your brain and body don’t function well if they aren’t rested. Or does it need the attention and skill of a professional?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. What’s making our human brains like those of gold fish?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Keep in mind that you can (and should) revise your plan in accordance with the other steps listed below. Keep in mind that you can also leverage social media tools for your fundraising campaigns. When people read stories , chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin are released in their brains. Social media.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. ” Tech ROI means paying attention to the data that’s coming in and taking action based on the information that your technology is serving up to you. Start with five that you should be paying attention to regularly. Be nice to your people. Here are the metrics.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

April 7, 2007 I had heard about this new journal a while ago, and it was sitting in some small corner of my brain, waiting for me to pay attention. You may post it to your intranet, so long as access to that intranet is restricted to those who work for your organization [emphasis mine]. Michael: Thanks for your candid answer.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Keep in mind that you can also leverage social media tools for your fundraising campaigns. Plus, you can gain access to $10,000 per month in free Google ad spending by applying for the Google Ad Grant program. ” This will catch recipients’ attention and make them more likely to open your messages. Social media.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain. So just keep that in mind. Now, 50% of people pay more attention to direct mail than to any other marketing channel. Now, are they even paying attention to it? We pay attention to our mail.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

It might take a minute to get your brain around that idea, that the donor is more important to you and your organization than their donation. And no matter how awesome you think your nonprofit’s mission is, if your cause isn’t one they like, you’re not going to change their mind. Include a QR code so people can access your website.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey’s going to talk a little bit about getting inside the minds of donors. But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. . We’re going to do a little intro. . no, no, no.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

Many of these opportunities are not as lucrative as the ones that business owners and technologists have focused on over the last decades, but they still demand our attention. Perhaps, but when you use your heart, you don't have to check your brain at the door. Philanthropy? Bleeding hearts?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research. They are also learning how to access professional and personal networks to get answers to their questions. Mindfulness and Reflection – How to use these techniques to help keep your focus.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 14, 2022

To conduct an effective experiment and understand which changes actually made a difference, keep these best practices in mind: Only change one page element at a time, or you won’t be able to isolate the most impactful changes. Keep basic color principles in mind when designing infographics. Remember color theory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Working online can contribute to the state of overwhelmed and distracted – so having attention skills is also a leadership competency. To put this context, a gold fish has an attention span of 9 seconds! Attention span is the amount of concentrated time on a task without becoming distracted. Take a guess.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2008

It pointed to a post from Stowe Boyd called " Information Overload, Schmoverload " that suggested the article was another attack on connectedness and whole brain attention. I'm reading John Medina's Brain Rules. He says the brain does these four steps in sequence each time we shift from one task to another.

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