Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2011

The third guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is by Jen Louden. Jen Louden, Savor and Serve: How I Have Fun, Do Good After reading my friend Keri Smith's book The Guerilla Art Kit , my 16-year-old daughter Lillian decided it would be delish to write little-bitty love notes and plaster them all over our tiny town.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 14, 2010

Hello Have Fun Do Gooders! Just a quick shout out for my pal Jennifer Lee's Right Brain Business Plan e-course that is starting Monday, May 17th. I know you all have Have Fun Do Good dreams you want to develop, and Jen's class is a fun, creative way to explore them. I took Jen's class last fall, and really enjoyed it.

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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 The book, published by Wiley, will launch in March, 2022.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 10, 2010

Last night I had dinner at Cafe Gratitude with Jennifer Lee , creator of the Right Brain Business Plan and Kimberly Wilson , the creator of the eco-fashion line, TranquiliT. She also sells a Right Brain Business Plan e-book. In addition to being an eco-fashion designer, Kimberly is also an author of two books.

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MAY 3, 2012

My second guest blogger in this run of the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series is the warm and wonderful Jocelyn Harmon. For me there is nothing like the thrill of curling up in bed with a book or polishing off a (hopefully good) blog post. Finally, telling the truth or living an authentic life, keeps me having fun and doing good.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

NEWS Below is a roundup of blog posts and podcast interviews I've published since my last Have Fun Do Good Link Love (where did the month go?): 4 Steps for Selling Your Art: Interview with Alyson B. Change.org is hiring bloggers. Blog Action Day is October 15th. This year's theme is climate change.

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APRIL 21, 2010

Hello Have Fun Do Gooders! Those of you who are regular readers know that I've been experimenting with supporting two of my pals' work by being a part of their affiliate programs: Jenn's Right Brain Business Plan , and Kimberly's eco-fashion line, TranquiliT. Jenn is teaching her Right Brain Business Plan e-course May 17-July 9th.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

Manage Your Time Ok, tools are great, but the discipline of using your time wisely is where your nonprofit productivity will skyrocket, lowering your stress and making work more fun. It’s not fun. 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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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 7, 2011

Here are 5 have fun, do good letter writing ideas: 1. For inspiration, check out the book Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art , and its corresponding Good Mail Day Flickr group. Make your own cards! I love Strathmore's collection of blank cards. Watercolor postcard with collage 2. Write a letter to yourself.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Creative Ladies Planning the Year Ahead on Jamie Ridler Studios Wish on Create Your Own Beautiful Holiday Poetry Book by Tara Sophia Mohr I'm 42 and Full of Gratitude and Appreciation on SurfPrayLove Unfun Decisions: Scraping Bottom by Gwen Bell Forget Your Perfect Offering by Gwen Bell Creating With Kids :: Still Shots from Goddess Guide Book Something (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

Before I get to the topic of using posters to make your workshops or meeting more interactive (and fun), I want to wish you a Happy International Women’s Day! This was much more fun than writing it down on a worksheet! This helps with increasing attention spans and retention as well as make the session more fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

on personal and organizational resilience based on the ideas in my new book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. I had requested 6 person rounds because part of the exercises included some fun brainstorming processes and exercises. You can build your resilience by listening to a lecture! Have you ever had to do a room hack?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2018

We wrote about this in depth in the book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. You can make it fun to put down your phone using the Forest app (better than locking it in a closet. Worst, there is trouble at the top: brain fog. Here are a few tips for nonprofits. Apps like Moment can help you monitor.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 22, 2021

We even have fun channels like “Travel” and “Music” where employees can post non-work related content. This will do wonders for your mind and will get your brain out of relaxing mode and into work mode (even if your desk is within arm’s reach of your bed). Have fun with it! Just put on something that isn’t what you wore to bed.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2012

--Martha Beck, Finding Your Way in a Wild New World Like many of you, I know Martha Beck from her O Magazine column (it's the first thing I read), and her many self-help books (e.g. How does having fun and doing good fit into our Wild New World? The foundation for your book seems to be dropping into "Wordlessness."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

I just got an advanced copy of Arianna Huffington’s new book, The Sleep Revolution , and after you read it, you will make sure that do everything possible to get a goodnight of rest. The art form was created Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas and you can learn more about in their book or web site. It is unplanned.

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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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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. Unlike a fun run or a 5K fundraiser, you don’t need to map out a racecourse or organize volunteers to man your event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Next week, I headed to Seattle for a couple of days of events around my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine. I planned for this by incorporating an after-lunch energizer that used movement to get people’s brains going. And to make it more fun, I awarded prizes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Jennifer Lee , Kimberly Wilson , Lisa Sonora Beam and I were on a call the other day talking about how fun it would be to put together an event for creative women entrepreneurs to connect, create, and learn together. We put together a six-question survey to find out what your ideal creative women entrepreneur event would look like.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

LINK LOVE Bay Area folks, join me November 15th for Jennifer Lee's Right-Brain Business Plan Workshop in Oakland. Bay Area folks can go to the 29 Gifts book launch party in San Francisco November 14th. It's been a been a busy few weeks! Early registration deadline is Nov. We Inspire Grant : One year of creative services to one U.S.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Here are five tips to make work bearable and even fun and to keep you engaged and productive in the face of distraction or boredom. Games are inherently fun and engaging. Take your productivity to the next level with The Perfect 15-Minute Day book , e-book , journal , or e-course! Make a Game Out of It. spanhidden.

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JANUARY 9, 2022

Cold calling doesn’t work well in fundraising, and it’s no fun. You can find new donor prospects by booking speaking engagements at community groups, clubs, churches, universities, anywhere you think you can find people who will be interested in your work. Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting down meetings? It is important to give enough warning for a walking meeting so people can dress accordingly — bring a coat or sweater or wear comfortable shoes. Walking meetings in high heels are not much fun. Walking meetings can help shakes things up.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 3, 2010

My pal, Kivi Leroux Miller , has a new book out that I thought some of you might find useful, Nonprofit Marketing Guide: High-Impact, Low-Cost Ways to Build Support for Your Good Cause. As part of her virtual book tour , she's written a guest post for Have Fun, Do Good about Five Ways to Do More Marketing in Less Time.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Fun with Social CRMs" -- when asked if she thought relationships really matter in social media, said: I don't think they matter, I KNOW they matter. Research has shown, however, that the average person's brain can only manage about 150 quality relationships. Relationships are what brings the "social" aspect to social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. It Isn’t Enough To Tell People About Best Practices: Hands-On, Brains-On.

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AUGUST 3, 2007

Talking about educational games, he discusses the way that "educational" is always pitted against "fun," as if all games must have the primary objective of providing enjoyment. Scott McCloud makes a similar argument for "sequential art" in his excellent book Understanding Comics. Is it fun to read a magazine on the train?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 4, 2008

If I'm short on time, I do a few of the routines from Kimberly Wilson's Hip Tranquil Chick book. More of a brain dumper. If you connect with me on Facebook (let me know you are a Have Fun * Do Good reader), you can see my reading lists on GoodReads and Visual Bookshelf. Life is more fun when he's around. What can I say?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Whatever the structure for your learning activities, they should use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly and identify your discussion questions. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Talking and hearing (Auditory). I do this all the time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

This year I not only facilitated a conversation in the room, but integrated visual facilitation techniques to spark insights and capture learnings. Also, the element of fun, more interaction, and opportunities for sharing in smaller groups. You need to engage the whole brain in learning. Straight presentation kills all learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

I’ve been thinking a lot about scarcity and abundance mindsets lately because the first chapter of the Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout book I’m writing with Aliza Sherman asks this question: “Why do people who work for nonprofits not practice self-care and burnout?”

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JANUARY 2, 2023

And if you don’t really like being on the phone, you can get those pesky calls done and out of the way, freeing up brain power for the rest of the day. In his popular book “Eat That Frog!”, Dopamine is a chemical released in the brain when you mark that item off the list, making you happy. Don’t try to do everything.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

Okay, I admit the improvisation work is a lot of fun, but there is a lot of learning embedded in the reflection and debriefs. Bringing your brain to what you are doing. I was lucky enough to walk the DISH with David last week and he shared a few books and resources about improvisation, plus one that I plucked from his Twitter stream.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Jan, who won a copy of the Right Brain Business Plan e-Book by Jennifer. And congratulations to the winners of our raffle (you should each have been notified already via e-mail by your awardee): Jenny, who won a copy of Hip Tranquil Chick by Kimberly. Heather, who a copy of The C reative Entrepreneur by Lisa.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

This’ll be a fun one. . This is kind of fun for you, I imagine, Lindsay, because you’re usually in my shoes listening to a guest speaker, but … – [Lindsay] I am. . That’s just a quick fun fact for you. Adam Grant, his book is right next to me. . Thanks for being here. I’m Steven.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 17, 2009

In her review of Brown's book, Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul , Liz Massey of Creative Liberty relays an anecdote from Brown's book about the connection between play and innovation " Play juices our problem-solving abilities.

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