Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

As an economist, he stresses the need to quantify the impact of humanitarian interventions: for instance, whether a certain effort will bring $59 of benefit for every dollar in, or only $4. The human brain is an extremely complex organ, but it should be getting easier to tune up different exercises for different recovery needs.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 6, 2024

Hot Tip: Oftentimes organizations have memberships to industry groups or publications that offer an array of benefits that are underutilized, an easy way to extend learning without incurring additional costs. Partner with internal learning teams and human resources to promote use of existing in house platforms with learning resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It begins with learning, habituation, and cultural shifts to fully harness AI benefits responsibly. Discovery can help them understand the benefits and the limitations as it applies to their specific work flows. Applying AI to basic collaboration workflows can offer a dividend of time (and brain space).

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

Donations of any kind are always going to benefit the missions of nonprofits everywhere. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Without the visual breaks we need to refocus, our brains grow fatigued.”. There are a few more benefits to turning off your camera on Zoom. “Not to mention, most of us are also staring at a small window of ourselves, making us hyper-aware of every wrinkle, expression, and how it might be interpreted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

Walking as exercise has documented mental and physical benefits. For me, it is valuable as a ritual that helps me shut off my work brain and creates a boundary between me and overworking. . You don’t need to walk as your fake commute and other activities help you establish boundaries.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

If you need volunteers , explain: The time commitment, The work, and Any benefits (like free donuts or coffee) you offer. Their diversity in experiences, skillsets, passions, and viewpoints ensures that good missions get the brains and heart they deserve. Learn more and get connected at MediaCause.com !

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

It’s the Value You Offer The opportunity to make the world a better place is the promise all social benefit organizations offer to deliver. And how you should never feel bad about asking someone for a philanthropic gift, because it delivers a shot of dopamine that lights up the pleasure center of their brains. So, you need to do more.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible. We’re proud of our success bringing the benefits of Bookshare’s rapidly growing collection of accessible books to American students with print disabilities, but we’re nowhere near done.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

Another benefit to Dropbox is being able to restrict access if necessary. Let them know your goal is to increase nonprofit productivity, which benefits everyone. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2019

Anne Grady, in an HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally. … Read More.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Without the visual breaks we need to refocus, our brains grow fatigued.”. There are a few more benefits to turning off your camera on Zoom. “Not to mention, most of us are also staring at a small window of ourselves, making us hyper-aware of every wrinkle, expression, and how it might be interpreted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

Anne Grady, in a recent HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. The problem is that walking is perceived as a “break activity” not part of work as explained in this Harvard Business Review blog post, “ Take a Walk, Sure, but Don’t Call It A Break.”

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 19, 2021

Research has shown that even just thinking about taking a vacation has benefits! It helps your brain. I’m not saying you need to go anywhere exotic or even far away, but taking time away from your work is essential to your physical, emotional, and professional health. When you’re not there, this gives your team some time to focus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2011

Taking a break from online this week to stare at the ocean, visit family, and air out the brain. As someone who spends a lot of time online, breaks like this can be good for the heart, soul, and brain. Someone referred me to this excellent post by Danah Boyd about how to take an email sabbatical. What’s your best tip?

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

Frame your program as a subscription-based group with unique, valuable benefits. For $25 per month, “steward” donors receive: All “champion” benefits . For $50 per month, “changemaker” donors receive: All “champion” and “steward” benefits. Running swag and discounts to premium running products. Community meet-ups.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Dear Charity Clairity, I’m wondering if you have a data point readily available in your brilliant brain? The real benefit is in the lifetime value of these newly acquired donors. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on what would be considered a good new donor acquisition rate. per dollar raised.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

Our goal isn’t to eliminate all stress—it’s to learn how to recognize it when it occurs and manage it more effectively for our benefit. A bit of pressure can help keep the brain alert and support you in getting focused. These breaks allow our brains and bodies to recover from the stress of being constantly connected.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

benefits of direct mail. Benefits of Direct Mail. Digital marketing has long since become the new normal for nonprofits of all sizes, but the rise of online outreach doesn’t negate the inherent benefits of direct mail. This guide will explore the. direct mail and digital marketing. Personalization. About the Author.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 22, 2023

It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. It’s a strategic way to collect and apply tactical knowledge and methods you can use for future benefit. Question : How can someone learn to stifle that negative voice that says, “You can’t, you won’t, and you shouldn’t.”?

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

These short films, which take viewers on a journey into the specifics of your work in 90 seconds or less, have many benefits. For example when watching a video, audio and visual channels activate separate parts of the brain , and when these two elements combine, it helps supporters better understand and engage with your mission. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2020

It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. It’s a strategic way to collect and apply tactical knowledge and methods you can use for future benefit. Question : How can someone learn to stifle that negative voice that says, “You can’t, you won’t, and you shouldn’t.”?

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

THere is without a doubt countless people who’ve benefited from your nonprofit, and there’s no story more compelling than the human one. In a previous blog , we discussed the effect good storytelling has on the brain. Or the people you’ve empowered through your charity.

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Neon CRM

JULY 13, 2023

How Does Social Media Benefit Nonprofits on GivingTuesday? 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. Social media is important for nonprofits year-round.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Rituals leverage our brains’ ability to run on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted by other things, such as potentially contracting a deadly disease. I have discovered first-hand the benefits of incorporating rituals into the way I work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The presentation looks at how younger generations are always connected and are multi-taskers who count on the Internet as their external brain and approach problems in a different way from older generations. It raises the question (unanswered) whether this is a good or bad thing. The study and presentation begins with some context.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Millennials will benefit and suffer due to their hyperconnected lives | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project : Overview Teens and young adults brought up from childhood with a continuous connection to each other and to information will be nimble, quick-acting multitaskers who count on the Internet as their external brain and who (..)

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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. Bring these benefits into a nonprofit workplace, and perhaps some of the stress levels will go down.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. (In This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 111

sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Benefits of Working Collaboratively. Other than decreased stress, there are big benefits to working collaboratively: Faster access to accurate information. But the journey from silo living is worth your time and brain power. I’ve heard so many versions of this same story over the years. It also takes lots of communication.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 30, 2022

Adding gamification features to your hybrid event gives several benefits. . Gamification increases audience engagement by activating the rewards systems in our brains, increasing the odds that attendees will do the things you want them to do (i.e., Reward points, unique benefits with your company, and prizes to those that participate!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

People with disabilities like blindness, visual impairment, dyslexia, physical limitations and returning vets with brain injuries -- anyone who cannot simply pick up a printed book and read it. You all might have heard something about Robin’s dedication to helping people with disabilities that affect reading.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

To provide best practices for taming the digital jungle that assaults our brains everyday at work. The Unantipcated Benefits of Content Curation – article in NTEN Journal and other resources. To assess and reflect on how we use information effectively to make decisions or own patterns of distraction online. Additional Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. (In This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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Professional Facilitation Reflection Journal 96

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. It’s a strategic way to collect and apply tactical knowledge and methods you can use for future benefit. Question : How can someone learn to stifle that negative voice that says, “You can’t, you won’t, and you shouldn’t.”?

Lesson 52

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Rituals are also used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. This can be done in less than hour and can reap many benefits.

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