Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Does negativity and alarm really raise funds?” —John, CEO of a civic education nonprofit Dear John, This is a top-of-mind question for many fundraising professionals. Science says: We’re wired for negative Sadly, our brains are wired to respond to negative messages. Negative events impact our brains more than positive events.

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Raise Fund Disaster Images 88

NonProfit Hub

MAY 2, 2019

We survey all of our attendees each year, and it’s taught us a lot. That’s certainly not true for everybody, especially natural introverts, but failing to take advantage of the chance to people like-minded professionals is a big conference no-no. Attitude is everything. And, if you’re able, it’s best to write notes by hand.

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Conference Experiment Attitude Brain 66

Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

In all, there were over 30 overlapping sessions, plus breakout rooms, allowing inquisitive minds to pick the brains of developers, configurators, architects, and anyone responsible for building on Salesforce. Most everyone in attendance arrived with the same knowledge base and eager attitude to learn together as these tools mature.

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Chicago Knowledge Practice Attitude 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2012

As a trainer, I always do a participant assessment to understand their experience, knowledge, and attitudes related to the topic – for the most part social media and networked nonprofits. I use survey monkey and grab the visual chart for each question and dumping each chart into its own Powerpoint slide. Map the data.

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Data Chart PowerPoint Slides 97

Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

The most common signs of employee burnout we’ve seen are: Brain fog that causes forgetfulness of something a person has done before or randomly forgetting to complete tasks. Sudden cynical attitude about the job, company, or working conditions . It is okay to not always have a “can-do” attitude if your plate is already overflowing.

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Culture Nonprofit Attitude Awareness 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

It takes several iterations of your survey to develop one that works, but you really gain a good understanding of the level of your audience. Sometimes you don’t have the ability to do a survey before, especially if it is an online webinar or a conference session. There are alternative ways to do research.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey’s going to talk a little bit about getting inside the minds of donors. But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. . We’re going to do a little intro. . no, no, no.

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