Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It helps avoid burnout and improves attention. On a video call, because we are all sitting in different homes, if we turn to look out the window, we worry it might seem like we’re not paying attention,” writes Liz Fosselien for Harvard Business Review. Without the visual breaks we need to refocus, our brains grow fatigued.”.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2023

The reason storytelling is so effective at capturing people’s attention is simple. In fact, our brains are hardwired to respond to stories. It’s human. This means the story you share about your mission-driven work can motivate everyone—from your potential and existing donors to your staff and board members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2008

In addition to reminding me that I need to get back to the gym, the point about the human brain only having the capacity to pay attention for ten minutes if a good one. | View | Upload your own. I love the frog. More from Vicky Davis , including some pointers to his videos.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 7, 2020

Fortunately, the very make up of the human brain offers some potential avenues for increasing engagement in a digital environment and producing a far more satisfying experience overall. When we are engaged in stimulating activities, the brain releases dopamine , a neurotransmitter that leaves us feeling positive and happy.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Written by a master storyteller, this book shows you how to use stories to get people’s attention—and their donations. Story or Die: How to Use Brain Science to Engage, Persuade, and Change Minds in Business and in Life by Lisa Cron. Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

How many of us pay attention to the relationship between physical space and our productivity ? The group also paid attention to group energy and taking brief breaks. In Finland, classroom time incorporates “brain breaks” after 50 minutes when one’s natural focus and energy begins to wane.

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Global Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

They use this information to identify loans that aren’t getting as much attention and promote them on their platform to increase their visibility. The UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center improves treatment guidelines using insights from machine learning.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

Bjorn has gotten a lot of attention for his recommendations to combat climate change by focusing on improved humanitarian efforts. We know in theory what a brain injury means, but seeing Gabby Giffords on stage, struggling to speak as a result of her brain injury, brought its impact home.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 18, 2011

Social media is not only changing how we communicate online, but it’s also changing how our brains process information. The average Internet user today is barraged with a constant stream of messages in the form of tweets, status updates, shouts, bulletins, e-mail, and “Breaking News!&#

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

The mesolimbic part of the brain assigns values to the sensory stimuli, helping us classify what we feel. The rational part of a donor’s brain still mediates the action evoked or prompted by the emotional part through values and learnings. Emotions are fundamental to get donor attention and prompt actions.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 9, 2015

Indeed, if one were to track all the time in a workday spent glued to our incoming messages and bowing to the attention they require, the resulting accumulation of hours would no doubt seem ridiculously exhaustive. As Mann notes, “It’s about how to reclaim your email, your attention, and your life. That ‘zero?’ That’s it.”.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 24, 2020

million tax-exempt nonprofit organizations , and many have to compete for the attention of the public and donations. Thanks to neuromarketing, organizations can promote their brands based on the way their target audiences’ brains work. Time limits: Another way to trigger the brain is to set time limits. There are more than 1.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Dubbed “Brain Hacking,” this 60 Minutes piece aired last April,sheds light on the problem from researchers. It enables the platforms to make money from advertisers who want to get that captured audiences’ attention.). Makes you wonder what they know that the average user does not? Although that is not enough.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

On a video call, because we are all sitting in different homes, if we turn to look out the window, we worry it might seem like we’re not paying attention,” writes Liz Fosselien for Harvard Business Review. Without the visual breaks we need to refocus, our brains grow fatigued.”. It may become your new norm.

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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. Put only “tools” — and not apps designed to consume more of your attention — on your home screen.

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Kindful

MAY 26, 2021

Notice how subconsciously your attention was just hooked? Sometimes without even noticing it, our brain is activated in a unique and engaged way when a story is being shared. It’s brain science. Science tells us that when someone is sharing or listening to a story, their brain produces several chemicals and hormones.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

When you write all of your content at one time, it helps your brain switch into that gear. As you’ve likely experienced in your life, our attention spans are fairly short. This holds their attention longer than normal and, you guessed it, saves you time by saving you from creating more content. . Tip 2: Repurpose your content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It means removing the busy work out of their hands so they turn their attention to more mission-critical work. Applying AI to basic collaboration workflows can offer a dividend of time (and brain space). The workplace research suggests some nonprofits jobs will change or be disrupted.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 7, 2020

Fortunately, the very makeup of the human brain offers some potential avenues for increasing engagement in a digital environment and producing a far more satisfying experience overall. When we are engaged in stimulating activities, the brain releases dopamine , a neurotransmitter that leaves us feeling positive and happy.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Images in particular are much more attention-grabbing than text alone—they’re much more likely to be remembered, and the human brain can process them incredibly quickly (in only about 13 milliseconds ). Focus more of your attention on your top-performing platforms to drive a higher ROI for your blogging strategy.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

There are two parts to thanking donors: Connecting with the donor’s brain by providing a gift receipt and more importantly, touching the donor’s heart by letting them know they are heroes for giving to your organization’s cause. You make the brain connection when you give them the data they need for their records.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Indeed, with the Internet now funneling so much information into our brains on a daily basis it’s easy to get lost in the cacophony of the web and the short attention spans it’s created. Does it grab people’s attention immediately? And that fight should begin at that most holy of public spaces: your website.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

But recently she was overhearing aggravated remarks from staff: she wasn’t paying attention to them, she was missing appointments, and forgetting to discuss important points at meetings. 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”?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

While it is hard to measure actual attention spans, there is research that people pay closest attention during the first 10-18 minutes of lecture – and then their minds wander. Content curation takes focus and discipline — being “brains on.” The Seek-Sense-Share framework really helped me.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

But it is a good task to schedule after blocking off time to work on a complex grant or other task that requires a lot of brain power. I can do it even when my brain feels fried. Try managing your hardest work days by plotting out what you will do when in a way that keeps your brain going for the long haul.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

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.” I’ve really taken to heart the movement principle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

Description: How nonprofits can stay focused given all the distractions inherent in today’s attention economy? To provide best practices for taming the digital jungle that assaults our brains everyday at work. Social media and working online doesn’t have to be overwhelming; you can take back control.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Moving around at work helps get our brains to re-engage. Even small movements cause improved brain processing speed, learning, and short-term memory. Our brains begin to slow down when we are not moving. Being active in meetings can bring our brains out of “hibernation mode.”

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Neon CRM

JULY 13, 2023

When humans hear a story, the chemicals cortisol, dopamine, and oxytocin are released in our brains—the chemicals that form memories, keep us engaged, and deepen our relationships. Whether it’s storytelling or behind-the-scenes footage, using video on social media captures people’s attention and makes your message more shareable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Good instructional design and delivery engages people’s brains, eyes, ears, and bodies. People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2017

Sometimes I use part of that free time to take a little walk around my desk to reboot my brain. I’m overwhelmed getting back into the daily grind, how about you? 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2018

The benefits of taking control of your digital life in and outside the office are immense: greater presence and mindful attention, enhanced productivity and creativity, better relationships, improved sleep and less risk of anxiety. Worst, there is trouble at the top: brain fog. Moving reboots your concentration and replenishes energy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

Train Your Attention: Maybe you have no intention of “working” when you aren’t in the office, but you have become so accustomed to constant distractions, that regardless of you are doing, you are mindlessly tapping on your emails, texts, and social media icons on your phone. Next, focus on training your attention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

They include: attention, crap detection, collaboration, networks, and participation. The attention chapter is about why and how to control your attention when you’re online. Breath links mind, brain, and body – and paying attention to your breath help cultivate mindfulness.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 19, 2010

It’s an influx of information in my brain that I really don’t need. Although it likely won’t be on too many up-to-the-minute news items (like the recent Ning Thing) because I’ll be paying less attention to those goings on, and more attention to other, deeper things. And, I’ll still be blogging.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

They’re very useful for catching your reader’s attention and giving them an actionable objective that benefits your organization. The positioning and size of the text immediately draw the viewer’s focus to the call to action, planting the seed in their brain for taking action and helping your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Technology products have trapped our attention and the down side, according to Center for Humane Technology is that it is impacting our social relationships, mental health, children, and ultimately chipping away at civil society. They’ve outlined their strategy on their web site.

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