Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. This can be handled by telling participants the facilitator will be checking in the group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. Medium: Up to 50 people. The connection between participants is less intimate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2009

No more waiting for the Pony Express to deliver a parcel cross-country, no more waiting for web services to communicate from one polling instance to another. I'm not sure why this topic caught my attention. How does this change our brains and the way we process information or even learn? Or does that happen in real time?

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APRIL 28, 2021

There’s something to interest any supporter, and this attention to detail has led to them raising over 60% of their fundraising goal … and their event hasn’t even happened yet! Social media. The list of ways to promote an event on social media is almost unending. that encourage participation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

It was a fantastic opportunity to learn what types of questions are raised about social media in the context of strategic planning with nonprofits. When I'm asked questions that I don't know the answer to, I admit it and use it as opportunity to demonstrate the value of the social brain or having a good network on Twitter.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I have a poll question for you. I’m going to end the poll, if that’s all right. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . We are competing for attention at a level we have never seen in our lifetimes. So emails, social media, your website. Here we go.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Allan Benamer of the Nonprofit Technology Blog continues his coverage of the software vendors with a poll to debrief the Convio merger teleconference and a hug. The topic is " How do Nonprofit Communicators Compete for Audience Attention? Michael Hoffman from See3 is worried.

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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?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

To put this context, a gold fish has an attention span of 9 seconds! Attention span is the amount of concentrated time on a task without becoming distracted. Most educators and psychologists agree that the ability to focus attention on a task is crucial for the achievement of one’s goals. Take a guess.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Andy: So we’ll see if the poll works. So if the poll is launchable, launch it. ” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you. So this could be cultivation, this could be asking, this could be thanking.

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