Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I was reminded in a conversation I had this afternoon with a friend (who I must give the credit for the title of this blog post) about the importance of what I'm calling now "holding the door open to hope." People are already creating the alternatives, right now. Many people would use different language for it. So maybe that's my role.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

But, consider the alternative: continuing to do everything yourself, with sporadic support from Board members and volunteers. It might be hard to look at these figures and to wrap your brain around how much money you need to raise to employ the staff you need. Give your employee more responsibility as they master the basics.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 20, 2018

Even stories about alternate worlds and mystical creatures get us caught in the feels. And to tell a story that is interesting or compelling to someone else is to know what stories are already in their brains. Some of our favorite stories are fiction, and some of them are nonfiction. Starting your story from scratch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. It also improves overall staff engagement because it gives everyone a voice. Sharing ideas and giving input is easier when people face each other. Give them no more than 10 minutes and time it for them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

For the networked nonprofit workshops I facilitate, I’ve developed a maturity of practice assessment called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” which gives me a detailed understanding of where the organization is in its practice. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Alternately, you may feel so good about it and say my job is done. But disciplining yourself to reflect afterwards always gives the reward of improvement. I have written a lot about how it is important to understand how the brain works, how people learn by using learning theories to guide the design of your workshops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2006

This post describes what good game designers do to "turn your brain on" or "cognitive arousal." Which experiental pleasures does tagging give its users? User experience as brain teaser. User experience as alternate reality. Typology of Cognitive Pleasures. (in in no particular order). Social framework.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

And while we are with you in moving away from words such as empower , we’ll stick to providing a few alternatives here rather than a full entry (maybe try out inspire , encourage , or some form of partnering with ). While not as succinct, a potential alternative to “brainstorming session” could simply be an “idea generation session.”.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

They also give you a unique opportunity to get the family members of those students to make a recurring donation. These recurring donations can really add for education nonprofits, since monthly donors give 42% more in one year than one-time donors! Allow Alternative Payment Methods. that encourage participation.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Try pushing through writer's block by using some alternative writing and methods: Lists. There's not much new brain work required, just re-packaging. This give you an entirely new take on a great topic. Reviews - books, movies, other organizations' strategies. Q & A Interviews.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

The reality is that our brains only have the capacity to manage a limited number of relationships ??? The paper gives examples of different forms of participatory culture: - Affiliations (memberships - formal and informal - in online communities). the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

I hope everyone had a nice year-end giving season. So we all know the rise of monthly giving, there’s so much more focus on recurring sustainable fundraising right now, which is awesome. I want to give you as much as possible as I can today, but like Steven said, you’ll have the recording if you want to go back and visit.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

I hope everyone had a nice year-end giving season. So we all know the rise of monthly giving, there’s so much more focus on recurring sustainable fundraising right now, which is awesome. I want to give you as much as possible as I can today, but like Steven said, you’ll have the recording if you want to go back and visit.

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Raise Map Fundraising Money 73

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Well, fundraising is about giving people the opportunity to capture that good feeling by donating money to a cause they believe in. So, the best way for them to help is to give you money. Many people are HAPPY to give if they understand how their donation will make a difference and if you properly inspire them to give.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

When applicants make it to the final round of the interviewing process, give them a topic in their area of expertise and ask them to write three short paragraphs about it. They may have grown up in a grade school that didn’t emphasize writ­ing, or perhaps they were simply left-brained, science and math types. How’s the grammar?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

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. Naturalis will give the public an active role.

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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. All right, so identify loyal donors who may be prospects for major and planned giving. We, Steven, Bloomerang, and I, are giving you a data consistency manual of sorts. Give examples in your manual.

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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? Photo by BirgerKing. Take a guess.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2008

As one designer commented to me after last week's colloquium on museums and civic discourse, it feels fake, even condescending, like we're handing out little "talk back opportunities" just to give visitors something to do. Is it just an exercise in giving visitors a fake voice? I'm TERRIBLE about this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

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? Take a guess.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

You'll give us free rent the first year so that we have time to get up on our legs, get going, get some programs going, raise some money, and you might even want to retain a stake in the building. They are the smart ones who give a damn. Because you have some smart ones who don't give a damn. That is the opportunity we have.

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