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#40BetterHours: The Art of Single Tasking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.” This week, the Poynter Institute Katie Hawkins-Gaar and Ren LaForme joined forces to host a series called #40 Better Hours , a project to improve newsroom culture by looking at things that cause stress like workflow and communication and teaching journalist skills to combat information overload, part of a technology wellness routine.

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Mastering the Art of Work/Life Balance in a Digital World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m honored to be included on a panel proposed by him, along with Carrie Rice , called “ How to Conquer Technology Distraction and Burnout and Be More Present for Yourself, Team, and Organization for the 2018 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Science is showing us that the brain can really only do one thing at a time.

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Content Curation for Nonprofits – Notes from #13ntccur8

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Will is also does a lot of work with video – so when he proposed that we incorporate video interviews as part of the session, I was thrilled. One of the points we emphasized was that the art and craft of content curation was not mindless, click sharing of content. This might be mean sharing less. ” Content'

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Creating A Culture of Well-being in Your Nonprofit Workplace: The First Step

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last June, I facilitated a leadership workshop at the Americans for the Arts Conference where I tested some of the assessments and checklist tools in our book. Erika’s organization is a small to midsize arts organization, with six full time staff members and an operating budget of less than $1 million.

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Top 2021 Fundraising Strategies: Mastering Relevant Content Marketing

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Finally, after hearing a lot of nuts and bolts from them about numerous programs and processes around which I couldn’t quite wrap my brain, I said “Tell me why I should give in one sentence.” Arts and culture. Fundraisers must understand they no longer just write hard copy fundraising letters and grant proposals. Environmental.

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5 Tips And Tactics To Become A Master Nonprofit Wordsmith

Bloomerang

The art of writing letters, and writing in general, has fallen by the way­side. Case Study: The lost art of writing. 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. Writing is an art people can do well if they practice.

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