Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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. This is especially true for mass marketing messages and broad fundraising appeals for monumental events like hurricanes or earthquakes.

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Media Cause

MARCH 18, 2022

I tried to power through the brain fog, pain, and fluctuations in appetite, thinking these were all mental hurdles I needed to jump through. BBC Article “ Endometriosis: Thousands share devastating impact of condition ”. Refinery29 Article “ They said it was bipolar II. Now I know it was endometriosis. ”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

It helps center and refocus our brains which is important for learning. It works, in part, because your brain doesn’t know the difference between the actual event or the visualization. The busier you are during your workday, the more your nervous system needs quiet time.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Then the brain, ever on a quest for both equilibrium and efficiency, noted the response’s effectiveness and will turn to it again the next time stress hits. Deployed enough times, the brain encodes this response as a habit, eventually creating an automatic, default response to stress – i.e., a Protective Pattern.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I invite you to visit the new CTK guest blog , and to post comments there in response to these articles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

My walking ritual was featured in this Wall Street Journal article. For me, it is valuable as a ritual that helps me shut off my work brain and creates a boundary between me and overworking. . Here are some additional articles with tips on fake commutes and walking mindfulness activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2017

There have been many news articles recently about social media for evil: How Facebook, Twitter, Google, and even Instagram have been abused for coordinated misinformation paid social media or advertising to influence our political system. Or after reading the article you might feel utterly depressed and want curl up in the fetal position.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. (In Writing : I’ve been writing Beth’s blog since 2004.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2017

Recently, 60 Minutes did a piece on Brain Hacking or intentionally designing apps so you feel the need to to check in constantly. Rosen’s research can not yet determine what the impact is on our brains and lives as it too soon. The diagram below illustrates a Ludic Loop in checking your email. This is a Ludic Loop!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

Anne Grady, in a recent HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. (In This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. (In This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The story above is about how your brain works. Your brain has a part called the Prefrontal Cortex, or “PFC” (remember “Paula Front-and-Center”?). It directs our attention, is responsible for moral decision-making, allows us to empathize with others, and helps coordinate the thousands of signals rushing around your brain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. “ In Silicon Valley,Steve Jobs was famous for it. And perhaps because of that, walking meetings are common in Silicon Valley as this article points out. It’s not a luxury.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

According to Content Plus , 70% of people would rather learn about a company from an article instead an advertisement. In a previous blog , we discussed the effect good storytelling has on the brain. According to Coull , the average click-through rate for display ads is 0.11%. The 5 reasons why content marketing works.

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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. Create an agenda for a strategic planning meeting Prompt: Draft an agenda for a strategic planning meeting focused on {specific topic} scheduled for {date} based on this article {URL}.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In today’s article I wanted to share a bit about my writing process when I work on fundraising emails for clients in the hopes that it helps you master your process and write great copy. Vanessa of today knows that this is merely what my brain wants to do and if I don’t feed into, it will pass, and I can get to work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2017

For example, this might be a good opportunity to read that great article about a professional topic that you bookmarked but never have time to read. Sometimes I use part of that free time to take a little walk around my desk to reboot my brain. How do you manage your time so you are productive and not overwhelmed?

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In this article, we’ll catalog ten nonprofit website best practices your organization can use to maximize your investment. If you want to learn more about the technical side of SEO optimization, check out the article below: Fundraising Nonprofit SEO: 10 Tips to Optimize Your Website 13 min read Read Now 4.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

According to a recent New York Times article , several Silicon Valley insiders, early employees at tech giants Facebook and Google, have come together to form a coalition of concerned experts called the Center for Humane Technology. But technology addiction is only the tip of the iceberg, it is part of something much bigger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Here’s some things she mentioned that I thought were useful: The new digital literacy is not finding the information, but being able to make choices when you had enough information flood your brain and take the time to synthesize. “Batch Concepts” – If you are working on five different stories, don’t jump around.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

People with disabilities like blindness, visual impairment, dyslexia, physical limitations and returning vets with brain injuries -- anyone who cannot simply pick up a printed book and read it. For more on Robin's life, you can read the Publishers Weekly article. Thanks always, Robin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

To provide best practices for taming the digital jungle that assaults our brains everyday at work. The Unantipcated Benefits of Content Curation – article in NTEN Journal and other resources. To assess and reflect on how we use information effectively to make decisions or own patterns of distraction online. Additional Resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2019

In this article, you’ll learn six ways to strengthen your nonprofit’s WordPress website to keep attacks like this from happening in the first place. WordPress files you want to save: Database – the brain and circulatory system of your site. The attacker may also demand cash from your organization to bring it back online.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2011

You probably know Idealware from the excellent product comparisons and other articles that its writers contribute to our Learning Center. Those articles are just the tip of the iceberg: visit Idealware online for a treasure chest of articles, handbooks, webcasts, and much more.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2008

Great article on Tim O'Reilly in the Los Angeles Times. The creative brains in the Valley have a lot to offer when they are motivated. He says it's not just the right thing to do, but also the smart thing to do. He says it's not just the right thing to do, but also the smart thing to do. I think this is awesome.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

This article originally appeared on. Eventually, I realized that if development professionals really want to make a difference in their organization’s ability to raise money, they not only need to think about their donors, they need to understand how the donor brain works. Our brain, meanwhile, is telling us that it feels good to.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2013

Unpacking the Relationship Between Volunteering, the Brain and the Body ” on June 20th. I first head of this book after reading this article in the New York Times back in March, 2013. Best Selling Author Adam Grant, “ Give and Take ” will be doing a big session called “ It’s About Science!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

He is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience field of ‘brain computer interface’ or thought controlled computing. When the letter flashes that the user wants to type, the software registers the jump in brain activity and types the corresponding letter. Wikipedia article on smartglasses.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 31, 2018

This article was originally published in Nonprofit Hub Magazine. No, you’re not about to read an article about how to develop telepathic powers, but this is probably the next best thing. But what’s more is that stories actually cause more neuron firings and stimulation in the brain , as opposed to statistics and data.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

A collection of blog posts and articles that caught my eye this week. December 8 (San Francisco): The Power of Women Leading from the Heart with Nina Simons * What posts, articles and events inspired you this week? Photo by me. Share Tweet.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

Changing marketing tactics to keep up with shifting trends and attitudes can be a full-time job, which is where crash courses like this article can help. also supports the impact of physical documents as our brains comprehend text better when it’s printed than when it’s on a screen. This guide will explore the. benefits of direct mail.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

Farra Trompeter wrote up an amazing article about Foursquare+Nonprofits (and other location-based social network tools). Read the article for Farra's takeaways and tips for nonprofits. Read the article for Farra's takeaways and tips for nonprofits. Tal Frankfurt has a nice round-up on his blog about #nptech articles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

My system supports my learning goals: One is about product and the other is process. Product-driven learning usually has a predefined specific topic that I need to research with the end goal of creating a presentation, training materials, or writing an article, report, book chapter or book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2015

These are healthy benefits, improved cognition, increased creativity and productivity, and leadership development. The article included a reference to iPhone Separation Anxiety where people do not like the idea about being away from their desks or electronic contact for any length of time. Many people do, including some of my colleagues.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In fact, I am planning to post a how-to article to teach you how I go about writing a typical appeal with Fundwriter. Article Outline Plan the outline for your next blog post or newsletter article based on a topic. Article Introduction Introduce the topic of your article with an engaging lead-in to hook readers.

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