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Mindful News Consumption Tips for Nonprofit Professionals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This past week they opened up the campus to nonprofits and I was lucky enough to be part of the faculty to teach a workshop. Another part of the workshop, makes time for participants to begin to write a self-care plan for themselves, discussing the types of activities or habits they want to embrace. The photo was my classroom.

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4 Text Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Take from Big Brands

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Big brands know that texts have an incredibly high open rate—that’s why many of our favorite retailers have adopted a text marketing strategy. Marketing-related text messages have an incredibly high open rate of about 99%, compared to the average email open rate, which is closer to 30%. You can read all about it here.

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A Mind on Design: Things to Avoid When Building a WordPress Blog

Byte Technology

There are so many active blogs operating in our virtual world today that it would take countless lifetimes to read them all. Indeed, there’s so much out there to read that our minds become blurred, and therefore writers should constantly check themselves to make sure all their content is original and all theirs.

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Study the Data, But Eat the Cake—Put the Human Factor Forward

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Sunk cost fallacy is that soul-sucking tendency to continue investing time, money, or effort into activities that are clearly failing. Industry giants are investing millions to tap the large data sets that give them competitive insight into their customers’ hearts and minds. You saw the word SALE and bought the overpriced widget.

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Lead From the Human Side of Technology

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Digital platforms and processes infuse every business activity. That openness is a gateway to innovation and creative problem-solving. Meditation, journaling, and other mindfulness practices are additional avenues to greater self-awareness. That dramatic entrance has changed the role of CTOs.

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Are Marketing and Membership at Opposite Poles? Take the Journey to Collaboration

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They will reward you by crafting messages that move the hearts and minds of your most important audiences and reinforce brand identity. Analyzing website traffic, social media, product sales, and marketing campaigns together strengthens activities on both sides of the equation. They can alert membership to emerging issues.

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Want To Be a Leader? Get to Know Yourself

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Be an Active Listener A group of advisors is an invaluable career resource. Become an active listener by practicing these skills. Listen actively. Clear thoughts about tonight’s dinner or the report that’s due next week from your mind and live in the moment. Ask open-ended questions that invite feedback and follow-up.

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