Remove Active Remove Alternative Remove Brain Remove Images
article thumbnail

Active Training: To Get Nonprofit Audiences Engaged, Keep Them Moving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I planned for this by incorporating an after-lunch energizer that used movement to get people’s brains going. Energizers are activities designed to awaken a sleeping audience or activate a jaded one. Or speed-geek, which is similar to speed dating. What was some of the best training you’ve ever experienced?

Training 103
article thumbnail

10 Best Blogging Practices for Nonprofit Organizations

NonProfit Hub

Supporters won’t read your blog just because they have a relationship with your nonprofit—they want to engage with informative, interesting content that actively furthers their understanding of your cause. Add authenticity by using unposed images of real community members rather than stock photos. Simple language free of jargon.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If I can’t process what I hear by asking questions of the expert or checking in with another participate or sitting quietly and just thinking about what was shared, there is a point that I reach after about 15 minutes – it’s call “My Brain Is Full Up.” Images are better than words for instructional aids.

Content 130
article thumbnail

Does the Used IT Market Have a Future?

Tech Soup

bring your own device) movement has been a staple topic in the IT press, and it is commonplace for us to use our own mobile phones and tablets for work related activities. Images: Courtesy of Roger Smith and /tiian via Creative Commons on Flickr. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining.

Gartner 50
article thumbnail

Guest Post: Rearranging the Fossils - Using Museum 2.0 to Get a Stuck Innovation Process Moving Again

Museum 2.0

Please share your own experiences with alternative strategic planning processes in the comments! The staff concentrated on museum operation and just did not have time, energy or brain space to seriously explore the challenges of a new permanent exhibition. Providing images of objects for the screens of ATM's. Buying a train.

Museum 20
article thumbnail

Fundraising 101: Understand the Basics of Fundraising so You Can Fund Your Dream

Get Fully Funded

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. They were active in their church. If they are families with children, seek out events with activities for kids. In donor-based fundraising, you value the donor more than the donation. .

article thumbnail

How To Train Your Attention and Be Effective When Working Online

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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? Photo by BirgerKing. Take a guess.

Attention 136