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. Teach: This is my passion, my calling, and my professional work. Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

This month I’ve been teaching graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. When I design instruction, I want to make sure that learning activities use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Told well, stories will grab people’s attention and compel them to take action. . 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.” Take a look at how you’re telling your story. .

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It will trigger questions in the recipient’s mind like “Do I believe this email is urgent and deserving of my immediate attention?” You might want to write three urgent subject lines, three intrigue subject lines, two that combine intrigue and urgency, and two that don’t fall into either category but still pop into your brain.

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JULY 12, 2016

As we become increasingly dependent on our technology, it only makes sense that it teach us as well. However, their effectiveness is often debated in the educational software community, as not all eLearnings are made with the same attention to detail. Adaptability. Build them out completely, adhering with the offerings of your LMS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

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 wrote many posts on instructional design for nonprofit training , including this wrap up post from our NTEN NTC session on teaching and learning for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

He did this by teaching himself to be selfish and not respond. He also talked about changing his brain chemistry. Understand the Two Different Types of Attention. That balance is not a simple on and off switch - it is understanding how to integrate focused and receptive attentions into our online and offline lives.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2016

If you were looking to find the “best” teaching method, you would have had a hard time finding a definitive answer. In the last 15 years, researchers have gotten a much better understanding of how we learn, which has allowed people to apply new methods that help teach more effectively. Check them out and see what works for you.

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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. Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

usually doing the teaching ;). I liked this little tidbit on Twitter : Shana Masterson , at the National Brain Tumor Society , is looking at. Organized by Nancy Schwartz and Getting Attention, there are more categories to submit in this year, including special event taglines, campaign taglines, and any program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

It is all about managing your attention. Attention creates action, produces quality and facilitates productivity. What you give your attention to, is what determines your experiences. What is personal productivity? It isn’t about getting a million tasks done, although checking things off a to do list is a part of it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2021

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2015

These skills are: self-management and attention training. ” I don’t bother with time management techniques because in a networked world, they don’t work – that is industrial age thinking. What is more important is managing your attention and energy. That translates to redesigning the way you work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 6, 2020

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I was introduced to lesson planning from veteran teachers and have written “lesson plans” or now that I’m an adjunct professor a syllabus for everything I teach. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Within the modules, I break it down in 15 minute blocks.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. And that’s not to mention the hassle that sometimes comes with trying to get young children excited about reading. Final thoughts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2010

Then came in social media as an effective mechanism to be able to catalyse change.Maybe the attention its got is relatively new but no denying that its become today such a strong change maker. Here's her theory of change and social media: Social Media was at one point of time just about what we read or saw in news or heard over the radio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

1. Deep Analysis of Your Audience: I always (try) to do a thorough participant assessment before I teach any workshop or do a presentation. Also, freely encouraging people to play with a small objective on the table might help some learners pay attention and not check out. Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

Day 4: Action Learning Projects, Communicating After Workshop, and Managing Our Attention. It Isn’t Enough To Tell People About Best Practices: Hands-On, Brains-On. The four-day workshop has a different theme for each day as follows: Day 1: The Power of Networks. Day 2: Integrated Social Media Strategy.

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APRIL 1, 2019

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his latest book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall , and released today. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

If you don’t have clear priorities, your attention is more likely to be hijacked by your email or some other distraction. Science is showing us that the brain can really only do one thing at a time. checking and responding to email) equates to being productive. Anything else you want to share?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2006

He uses his drama background to teach. It is about justifying your attention to me." " "Have our brains changed or just our perception of time? Is their frame of reference to believe that Matrix is true. ' "The distinction between entertainment and education -- there isn't one. As an aging hippy, I like this."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

My teaching style has been influenced by constructivism in short - less "sage on the stage" and "more guide on the side" and that learners should be actively involved in their learning process. Somewhat skeptical about the value of social media. Some may think that tweeting during a workshop may take away from learning or paying attention.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . So I’m going to teach you what works so you don’t have to make the mistakes that I did. We are competing for attention at a level we have never seen in our lifetimes. The next must do, number four, is to pay attention to who’s giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

I do this with every social media activity as well as whenever I teach. Chocolate activates the pleasure center of the brain, at least according to some research. After a nervous giggle, I shared with them that donating and volunteering does the same thing as chocolate to your brain. I asked the students what else does that?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

So today, I’m going to teach you a bit about how to actually do that. In fact, there are two types of goals, which I’m going to teach you next. I’m going to teach you in just a minute how often we update the strategic plan in the Impact Method. . You can really imagine eight weeks well in your human brain. .

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 3, 2012

The Amygdala is a small part of your brain that is the center of emotions. It's part of what is often called the "Reptilian Brain" because it's very primitive, and has been around for a long time. Whatever that feeling is, pay attention how the fear feels for a moment. Perhaps you feel your extremities get cold.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

In 1998, I was teaching web strategy workshops in which I described a number of strategies for failure on the web. So, I guess the only change I have seen in the last few years is that some people are paying attention to it. The people who are paying attention are the techies. That does represent an important change.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 3, 2012

The Amygdala is a small part of your brain that is the center of emotions. It's part of what is often called the "Reptilian Brain" because it's very primitive, and has been around for a long time. Whatever that feeling is, pay attention how the fear feels for a moment. Perhaps you feel your extremities get cold.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2015

Rachel Calderon, Marketing and Communications Manager, Central Florida Foundation was a workshop participant and after the workshop we brainstormed a design for training her board members to be champions. She agreed to write up her process and experience – and especially grateful as I’m in London now teaching the same topic.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain. Now, 50% of people pay more attention to direct mail than to any other marketing channel. Now, are they even paying attention to it? We pay attention to our mail. Were you paying attention?

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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. Photo by BirgerKing. Take a guess.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

In addition to being super active in her San Francisco nonprofit community, she also does a lot, including teaching a CFRE class. It lights up the pleasure centers of their brains, it gives them what is called a warm-glow feeling. You’ll hear about it from her, hopefully, at the end, Clarification School.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

” 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. I’m all in favor of intellectuals, and reading, and learning, and teaching. But if they feel like their peers are giving, it really helps tremendously. .

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