Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

The book shares how and why our mind pays attention to some events, ideas, or people and not others. Parr uses the metaphor of building a fire to describe how capturing attention works. There are three stages starting with ignition, what captures immediate attention. It is based on reciprocity.

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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. That said, nonprofits would be wise to consider the effect of the Social Web when launching or re-designing their websites. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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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. Identify the most effective social media platforms for encouraging supporters to amplify your message, donate to your campaigns, or even fundraise on your behalf. It’s human.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2011

Or if you’ve developed the bad habit of mindless checking of your social sites or other social media bad habits. Distractions can be internal and come from our brains , our thoughts. How do you balance your to do list of discrete projects with your daily social media activities that are open-ended?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I had an exciting and busy week of teaching public workshops, facilitating informal staff workshops, and meetings at the Embassy mostly on the topic of Networked Nonprofit, digital strategy, and leading on social media. How many of us pay attention to the relationship between physical space and our productivity ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2017

The book is about our behavioral addictions to our smartphones, video games, social media, and email and how to break them. Like slot machines, people check their emails and social networks repeatedly because they have a Ludic Loop embedded. The diagram below illustrates a Ludic Loop in checking your email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

My last deep dive into social media and health care was when I delivered this keynote for a health care organization so this was an opportunity to see how the field has progressed. Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. I introduced some concepts about Social Media ROI and steps to making a case.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

If that’s how you’re approaching the content you’re sharing on social media or in your newsletters, this blog post is for you. . 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. Stretch your content.

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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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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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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Who do they follow on social media? You could create blog posts that incorporate social media posts and TikTok videos to appeal to younger audiences’ interests. Many supporters may not check your website regularly, so bring your blog posts to them using promotional channels like: Social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. I said yes.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

Nonprofit organizations often measure fundraising results such as donation volume, engagement on social media , and participants at fundraising events without knowing why people take these actions. The mesolimbic part of the brain assigns values to the sensory stimuli, helping us classify what we feel.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Social media icons According to Charity Net USA, incorporating social media buttons into your nonprofit website is essential for effective marketing. If your organization maintains an active presence on social media platforms , include social media links on your website.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2015

If you’re a website designer, social media hawk or just a tuned in, living-on-line techie, chances are you’ve heard of and subscribe to the old adage that “you never get a second chance to make a first impression.” Does it grab people’s attention immediately? Whether you’re a fan or not, social media is here to stay.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

NetSmart is Howard Rheingold’s latest book. It synthesizes his 30 years of experience if being a model digital citizen and what he has learned from asking other this simple question: How to use social media intelligently and mindfully? If you are going to purchase one book about using social media , this is the one to read.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

For example, if your audience is older donors who don’t use social media, perhaps focus your efforts on paper flyers. Featuring your fundraising flyer on your website and social media platforms is incredibly effective for reaching a large audience base. ” is front and center on the flyer.

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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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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. Share it everywhere!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2018

Our use of digital devices, apps, email , and social media (even for work purposes) has crossed the line into an unhealthy relationship. Worst, there is trouble at the top: brain fog. For some, it has become a behavioral addiction. A quick fix is take a walk – even if you just go down the hall and back.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Over the holidays, I took an all too brief social media break to spent time with family. It gave me some reflection time away from the daily fast-paced, always moving forward world of social media. It gave me space to give social media use some mindful attention.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 19, 2010

As you might know, almost a year ago, I made a big change in my use of social media – I segregated my social graph – work related stuff moved to LinkedIn and Twitter, and personal friends only on Facebook. It’s an influx of information in my brain that I really don’t need.

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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The longer you get the mobile phone out of your hands and not check email or social media or open other apps, the longer this tree will grow. Working in partnership with Common Sense Media , they will launch education campaigns about anti-addiction to tech and also make tech companies more accountable in the way they design products.

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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

DECEMBER 31, 2013

They 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. I taught social media integration and “ Train the Trainers ” workshops for trainers who would be delivering the curriculum throughout Tunisia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. The course is about how to leverage networks and social media for learning and impact. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

Postcards don’t take up much space, and an attention-grabbing photo can convince supporters to hold onto it and keep your nonprofit in the back of their minds. . ?. . also supports the impact of physical documents as our brains comprehend text better when it’s printed than when it’s on a screen. Thank you cards. a common mistake.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Take a look at your social media to see what posts are getting clicked and shared. Told well, stories will grab people’s attention and compel them to take action. . They must write for the website, blog, email, social media, and more. . If you have Yelp reviews, look at those too. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2013

People are even better at judging points on a line, but box plots aren’t yet a default option in Word (here’s a tutorial on how to force one out of Excel, though [link] Since we’re working with the defaults, here is how our social media data looks as a bar graph. Changing the color [link] can help bring attention where we want it.

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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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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

When tuning in from a remote location, your audience will be experiencing competing demands on their attention. Gamification will encourage social interaction, stimulate the reward centers in our brain, and keep things interested. Leverage Social Media. Pay Attention to Production Value.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. The curriculum covered a lot of territory on social media and online collaborations, but every day after we came back from a delicious Indian meal, the after-lunch slump would set in.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

But given the realities of today’s 24/7 world, you’re grappling with how to keep up, make a meaningful impact, and live a fulfilling life with so many things competing for your limited time, attention, and energy. These breaks allow our brains and bodies to recover from the stress of being constantly connected.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. This helps with increasing attention spans and retention as well as make the session more fun.

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