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The first post is by Jennifer Lee, author of The Right-Brain Business Plan: A Creative, Visual Map for Success. Jennifer Lee, Right-Brain Business Plan: How I Have Fun, Do Good Since 2005 I’ve volunteered off and on at a local non-profit called C.E.O. MORE
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 MORE
Experts have said that stressful times can be quickly passed when the person indulges in health activities and watching movies has been proven a sound activity of our brain. The continuous watch makes a significant impact on the human brain and makes it broadens the point of view as well. MORE
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. Hello Have Fun Do Gooders! MORE
In his blog, John Haydon discusses Six Ways to Influence Donors with Brain Science , pulling in findings from studies to help you boost your fundraising results. Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! MORE
I don't know exactly what they're called, but I hate those new Facebook auto-bot-stupid generated pages. MORE
A new study offers insight into what motivates individuals in charitable bequest decision making. Fundraising research MORE
Just a quick shout out for my pal Jennifer Lee's Right Brain Business Plan e-course that is starting Monday, May 17th. You can see some images from part of my Right Brain Business Plan to the left. Hello Have Fun Do Gooders! MORE
This is known as “ brain breaks ” where you simply STOP for a moment and do something to reset and renew your brain’s capacity to absorb or create that next thought. What reboots your brain? MORE
Wishpond found that 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual, and there is a reason – visuals are processed 60 thousand times faster than text 8 Ways Nonprofits Can Add Engaging Images to Their Social Media : There is no doubt that visual marketing is driving online, and especially social media, content. People are visual animals – what we see helps us process information more quickly than what we read or what we hear. MORE
Our virtual volunteering offerings also include Donate Your Brain , a microvolunteering initiative. In our Donate Your Brain initiative, volunteers choose how and when to participate whenever they want to. We don't have thousands of people participating in Donate Your Brain. MORE
My much-loved client, Community TechKnowledge , recently asked me to serve as the curator of their new guest blog. We launched it today, and I'd like to invite you to take a look. MORE
Michael J. Gelb does research on genuis, analyzing the way they think. His "How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci" provides a rich source of techniques and inspiration on creative problem-solving techniques. This was one of seven books by experts in creative thinking and problem solving techniques that I scanned for ideas. Words and chains of words that we use to frame a problem play a significant role in the way we approach problems. When you frame a problem in words, you crystal your thoughts. MORE
RFI Studios - Twitter as a News Source - Right Brain: "It’s no secret that social media plays a HUGE role in how we receive information. Pew Internet just released a study that found that 75% of people find their news online through email or social media, with 52% forwarding news through those same means.The implications of this study were epitomized as this weekend saw a surge of tweets as. NPSocialMedia NPTwitter NPSocialNetwork NPWeb2.0. MORE
April 7, 2007 I had heard about this new journal a while ago, and it was sitting in some small corner of my brain, waiting for me to pay attention. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way? MORE
Session: Persuasion for Techies: How to Win Your Supporter's Left Brain, Right Brain and Heart with Behavioral Economics. Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Speaker: Katya Andresen, Network for Good. MORE
Especially if those best practices are solidly grounded in brain science. The post 3 Marketing Best Practices that are Painfully Obvious to Brain Scientists appeared first on John Haydon. MORE
In early January, the American Museum of Natural History announced that it would hold a Brain Tweetup for 75 of its Twitter followers. Note from Beth: Hosting events for your network – where they can meet offline – can be a terrific away to build your network. MORE
Flickr Photo by JTLowery The title of this post is play on the famous PSA " Brain on Drugs " from 1987 to raise attention to the harmful effects of drugs. The memorable tagline : This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Why keep clutter in the brain? MORE
TechSoup is launching a new micro-volunteering initiative called Donate Your Brain. TechSoup's Donate Your Brain is a way for nonprofits, NGOs, libraries, government agencies and other social mission-based organizations to ask tech-related questions and get quick answers. This post was authored by Becky Band Jain , a TechSoup guest blogger and volunteer. MORE
We''ve had program evaluation on the brain lately at Idealware, and for good reason. It''s a critical part of nonprofit work--if you can''t asses the effectiveness of your programs, you can''t adapt them or improve them or prove to funders that you''re doing all the good things in the world that you''re actually doing. MORE
Digital Diner Gavin Clabaugh's irregular blog on irregular things. Comments Posts Home Some Stuff About Me Contents & Site Map Disclaimer Lifestream Kissing the Frog Kermit’s a liar. You can’t trust a frog (and any princess worth her salt could tell you that). MORE
Here are six ways brain science can increase fundraising results, get more volunteers, and change behaviors: 1. How is your organization changing the world by understanding how the brain works? Fundraising brain science donor behavior emotions Fundraising Strategy MORE
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?): MORE
He talks about the impact of too much information on the human brain and considers how the human brain may evolve over time as the Internet matures and the amount of digital information increases. I asked him, on Twitter, if he thought his brain had evolved. Photo by VaxZine. MORE
SCARF stands for: S tatus – if a message impacts our status in relation to others our brain moves to threat state. C ertainty – if a message creates uncertainty our brain gets an error message and moves to threat state. A utonomy – if a message is received as impacting our freedom to make decisions our brain moves to threat state. R elatedness – if a message impacts our connection to others our brain moves to threat state. Feedback is a gift. MORE
Facebook Linked In Twitter Home About Home Adding emails to Salesforce when on a Mac Adding emails to Salesforce when on a Mac Last Updated on Thursday, 1 February 2007 11:48 Written by Steve Wednesday, 24 January 2007 02:58 Simon Fell , the brains behind the Salesforce.com API, has created a tool called Maildrop which: provides the ability to take emails and create Case or Activity in Salesforce (ala Outlook edition). MORE
Video calls are a lot more straining on the brain than any face-to-face conversation. Give yourself brain breaks. In between meetings, you could chat with coworkers casually, and your brain would have a break during your commute. MORE
Digital Diner Gavin Clabaugh's irregular blog on irregular things. Comments Posts Home Some Stuff About Me Contents & Site Map Disclaimer Lifestream Kissing the Frog Kermit’s a liar. You can’t trust a frog (and any princess worth her salt could tell you that). MORE
Yet we spend a lot of time trying to persuade people by focusing on the 5% rational brain with statistics, rational arguments and feature lists. Yet we spend a lot of time trying to persuade people by focusing on the 5% rational brain with statistics, rational arguments and feature lists. Just 150 milliseconds after seeing an image of a baby, people’s medial orbitofrontal cortex – the part of the brain associated with emotion – becomes abuzz with activity. Katya Andresen. MORE
But according to researcher Paul Slovic, that good feeling is contaminated with the bad feeling about millions of starving people: “If our brain … creates an illusion of non-efficacy, people could be demotivated by thinking, ‘Well, this is such a big problem. MORE
We take action when an emotion is triggered deep inside our brain. Dan Zarrella recently conducted a study of over 1.2 million updates from the 10,000 most Liked Facebook Pages and found that updates that had CTAs got more engagement than updates that lacked a CTA. MORE
I'm trying out an experiment, and have added a couple digital ads to the sidebar of Have Fun Do Good for creative women entrepreneurs whose work I believe in: Jennifer Lee's Right Brain Business Plan, and Kimberly Wilson's eco-fashion company, TranquiliT. MORE
Your brain loves a good story. There is a distinct chemical reaction that happens in one’s brain when they’re reading a compelling or interesting story. And of course, it all starts with the brain. Now, this might sound a little strange, but it’s true. MORE
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Alright, so these opportunities to show off your expertise are no-nonsense, no beating around the bush forums for you flaunt that big brain you have. MORE
Basic biology of the brain. I’m not a biologist, but here’s some basic common knowledge about the two primary parts of the brain : Neocortex Brain – This part of our brain handles rational thought and language. Being Human brain emotions storytelling MORE
In other words, Amy is the brain behind how and why we game. The very first game post I ever wrote was about incorporating game mechanics into museum experiences. MORE
It’s a phenomenon that’s hard-wired deeply in the human brain from millions of years of evolution. Donors don’t give because they’re generous. They give because it feels great. And being a hero feels the best. This isn’t just unicorn thinking. MORE
Donate Your Brain - TechSoup's new micro-volunteering initiative - offers non-profits and other mission-based organizations quick answers and suggestions for their Internet, software, and other tech needs.( read more ). Micro-volunteering Non-profit technology MORE
large portion of human brains is devoted to visual processing, and a donor's eyes are naturally drawn immediately to an image, even before the page's headline. Improving your website donation pages is the single best way to raise more money during the year-end giving season. MORE
Additionally, I have been doing research on the brain for years and am an expert on the brain of teenagers, and on how stress impacts the brain. How the brain impacts our clients. Living in poverty has physical manifestations that start in the brain. MORE
Organization: Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. We aim to reach the the 55,000 Canadians affected by a brain tumour with a variety of tools and technology such as our website and social media communities play a large part in this reach. MORE
The science of neuroplasticity shows that you can learn the practice of mindfulness training that results in physical changes to the structure of your brain -- in some cases as quickly as eight weeks -- that can be linked to better leadership skills. MORE
It’s hard-wired into their brains. Have you ever had a sinking feeling after making a purchase? If so, then you’ve experienced buyer’s remorse. Believe it or not, most donors can feel donor remorse after making a donation, regardless of the amount. MORE
Brain Related Topics Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Additionally, I have been doing research on the brain for years and am an expert on the brain of teenagers, and on how stress impacts the brain. How the brain impacts our clients. Living in poverty has physical manifestations that start in the brain.
TechImpact
OCTOBER 30, 2014
Your brain loves a good story. There is a distinct chemical reaction that happens in one’s brain when they’re reading a compelling or interesting story. And of course, it all starts with the brain. Now, this might sound a little strange, but it’s true.
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John Haydon
JUNE 7, 2013
Here are six ways brain science can increase fundraising results, get more volunteers, and change behaviors: 1. How is your organization changing the world by understanding how the brain works? Fundraising brain science donor behavior emotions Fundraising Strategy
Judi Sohn
JULY 23, 2010
I don't know exactly what they're called, but I hate those new Facebook auto-bot-stupid generated pages.
John Haydon
APRIL 20, 2017
Especially if those best practices are solidly grounded in brain science. The post 3 Marketing Best Practices that are Painfully Obvious to Brain Scientists appeared first on John Haydon.
Wild Apricot
MARCH 9, 2012
A new study offers insight into what motivates individuals in charitable bequest decision making. Fundraising research
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 4, 2011
In early January, the American Museum of Natural History announced that it would hold a Brain Tweetup for 75 of its Twitter followers. Note from Beth: Hosting events for your network – where they can meet offline – can be a terrific away to build your network.
Tech Soup Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
Our virtual volunteering offerings also include Donate Your Brain , a microvolunteering initiative. In our Donate Your Brain initiative, volunteers choose how and when to participate whenever they want to. We don't have thousands of people participating in Donate Your Brain.
Idealware
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
We''ve had program evaluation on the brain lately at Idealware, and for good reason. It''s a critical part of nonprofit work--if you can''t asses the effectiveness of your programs, you can''t adapt them or improve them or prove to funders that you''re doing all the good things in the world that you''re actually doing.
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
My much-loved client, Community TechKnowledge , recently asked me to serve as the curator of their new guest blog. We launched it today, and I'd like to invite you to take a look.
AFP Blog
MARCH 4, 2010
RFI Studios - Twitter as a News Source - Right Brain: "It’s no secret that social media plays a HUGE role in how we receive information. Pew Internet just released a study that found that 75% of people find their news online through email or social media, with 52% forwarding news through those same means.The implications of this study were epitomized as this weekend saw a surge of tweets as. NPSocialMedia NPTwitter NPSocialNetwork NPWeb2.0.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 14, 2009
Flickr Photo by JTLowery The title of this post is play on the famous PSA " Brain on Drugs " from 1987 to raise attention to the harmful effects of drugs. The memorable tagline : This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Why keep clutter in the brain?
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
John Haydon
JANUARY 17, 2013
We take action when an emotion is triggered deep inside our brain. Dan Zarrella recently conducted a study of over 1.2 million updates from the 10,000 most Liked Facebook Pages and found that updates that had CTAs got more engagement than updates that lacked a CTA.
Have Fun - Do Good
MAY 14, 2010
Just a quick shout out for my pal Jennifer Lee's Right Brain Business Plan e-course that is starting Monday, May 17th. You can see some images from part of my Right Brain Business Plan to the left. Hello Have Fun Do Gooders!
NTEN
JANUARY 5, 2012
Yet we spend a lot of time trying to persuade people by focusing on the 5% rational brain with statistics, rational arguments and feature lists. Yet we spend a lot of time trying to persuade people by focusing on the 5% rational brain with statistics, rational arguments and feature lists. Just 150 milliseconds after seeing an image of a baby, people’s medial orbitofrontal cortex – the part of the brain associated with emotion – becomes abuzz with activity. Katya Andresen.
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 28, 2007
In other words, Amy is the brain behind how and why we game. The very first game post I ever wrote was about incorporating game mechanics into museum experiences.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
The science of neuroplasticity shows that you can learn the practice of mindfulness training that results in physical changes to the structure of your brain -- in some cases as quickly as eight weeks -- that can be linked to better leadership skills.
SocialFish
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Alright, so these opportunities to show off your expertise are no-nonsense, no beating around the bush forums for you flaunt that big brain you have.
Have Fun - Do Good
MARCH 1, 2011
The first post is by Jennifer Lee, author of The Right-Brain Business Plan: A Creative, Visual Map for Success. Jennifer Lee, Right-Brain Business Plan: How I Have Fun, Do Good Since 2005 I’ve volunteered off and on at a local non-profit called C.E.O.
Have Fun - Do Good
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
I'm trying out an experiment, and have added a couple digital ads to the sidebar of Have Fun Do Good for creative women entrepreneurs whose work I believe in: Jennifer Lee's Right Brain Business Plan, and Kimberly Wilson's eco-fashion company, TranquiliT.
John Haydon
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
But according to researcher Paul Slovic, that good feeling is contaminated with the bad feeling about millions of starving people: “If our brain … creates an illusion of non-efficacy, people could be demotivated by thinking, ‘Well, this is such a big problem.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 11, 2003
Michael J. Gelb does research on genuis, analyzing the way they think. His "How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci" provides a rich source of techniques and inspiration on creative problem-solving techniques. This was one of seven books by experts in creative thinking and problem solving techniques that I scanned for ideas. Words and chains of words that we use to frame a problem play a significant role in the way we approach problems. When you frame a problem in words, you crystal your thoughts.
Tech Soup Blog
JULY 8, 2011
TechSoup is launching a new micro-volunteering initiative called Donate Your Brain. TechSoup's Donate Your Brain is a way for nonprofits, NGOs, libraries, government agencies and other social mission-based organizations to ask tech-related questions and get quick answers. This post was authored by Becky Band Jain , a TechSoup guest blogger and volunteer.
Have Fun - Do Good
APRIL 21, 2010
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. Hello Have Fun Do Gooders!
John Haydon
JUNE 4, 2012
Basic biology of the brain. I’m not a biologist, but here’s some basic common knowledge about the two primary parts of the brain : Neocortex Brain – This part of our brain handles rational thought and language. Being Human brain emotions storytelling
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 15, 2008
He talks about the impact of too much information on the human brain and considers how the human brain may evolve over time as the Internet matures and the amount of digital information increases. I asked him, on Twitter, if he thought his brain had evolved. Photo by VaxZine.
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?):
NTEN
OCTOBER 5, 2011
Organization: Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. We aim to reach the the 55,000 Canadians affected by a brain tumour with a variety of tools and technology such as our website and social media communities play a large part in this reach.
NTEN
JUNE 24, 2013
In his blog, John Haydon discusses Six Ways to Influence Donors with Brain Science , pulling in findings from studies to help you boost your fundraising results. Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to!
NTEN
MARCH 4, 2010
Session: Persuasion for Techies: How to Win Your Supporter's Left Brain, Right Brain and Heart with Behavioral Economics. Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Speaker: Katya Andresen, Network for Good.
The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
large portion of human brains is devoted to visual processing, and a donor's eyes are naturally drawn immediately to an image, even before the page's headline. Improving your website donation pages is the single best way to raise more money during the year-end giving season.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 7, 2007
April 7, 2007 I had heard about this new journal a while ago, and it was sitting in some small corner of my brain, waiting for me to pay attention. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way?
Gavin's Digital Diner
AUGUST 22, 2007
Digital Diner Gavin Clabaugh's irregular blog on irregular things. Comments Posts Home Some Stuff About Me Contents & Site Map Disclaimer Lifestream Kissing the Frog Kermit’s a liar. You can’t trust a frog (and any princess worth her salt could tell you that).
Gavin's Digital Diner
AUGUST 22, 2007
Digital Diner Gavin Clabaugh's irregular blog on irregular things. Comments Posts Home Some Stuff About Me Contents & Site Map Disclaimer Lifestream Kissing the Frog Kermit’s a liar. You can’t trust a frog (and any princess worth her salt could tell you that).
NonProfit Hub
MAY 15, 2020
Video calls are a lot more straining on the brain than any face-to-face conversation. Give yourself brain breaks. In between meetings, you could chat with coworkers casually, and your brain would have a break during your commute.
gokubi.com
JANUARY 24, 2007
Facebook Linked In Twitter Home About Home Adding emails to Salesforce when on a Mac Adding emails to Salesforce when on a Mac Last Updated on Thursday, 1 February 2007 11:48 Written by Steve Wednesday, 24 January 2007 02:58 Simon Fell , the brains behind the Salesforce.com API, has created a tool called Maildrop which: provides the ability to take emails and create Case or Activity in Salesforce (ala Outlook edition).
John Haydon
MAY 14, 2015
It’s hard-wired into their brains. Have you ever had a sinking feeling after making a purchase? If so, then you’ve experienced buyer’s remorse. Believe it or not, most donors can feel donor remorse after making a donation, regardless of the amount.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 11, 2016
This is known as “ brain breaks ” where you simply STOP for a moment and do something to reset and renew your brain’s capacity to absorb or create that next thought. What reboots your brain?
Connection Cafe
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
SCARF stands for: S tatus – if a message impacts our status in relation to others our brain moves to threat state. C ertainty – if a message creates uncertainty our brain gets an error message and moves to threat state. A utonomy – if a message is received as impacting our freedom to make decisions our brain moves to threat state. R elatedness – if a message impacts our connection to others our brain moves to threat state. Feedback is a gift.
AFP Blog
AUGUST 14, 2014
Wishpond found that 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual, and there is a reason – visuals are processed 60 thousand times faster than text 8 Ways Nonprofits Can Add Engaging Images to Their Social Media : There is no doubt that visual marketing is driving online, and especially social media, content. People are visual animals – what we see helps us process information more quickly than what we read or what we hear.
John Haydon
MARCH 30, 2017
It’s a phenomenon that’s hard-wired deeply in the human brain from millions of years of evolution. Donors don’t give because they’re generous. They give because it feels great. And being a hero feels the best. This isn’t just unicorn thinking.
Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director
JULY 10, 2020
Experts have said that stressful times can be quickly passed when the person indulges in health activities and watching movies has been proven a sound activity of our brain. The continuous watch makes a significant impact on the human brain and makes it broadens the point of view as well.
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