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OCTOBER 31, 2022
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The Brain Drain in the Nonprofit Sector
NonProfit PRO
AUGUST 18, 2021
Unfortunately, these rumblings are causing a brain drain in the industry. We've known for years that there has been grumbling about the nonprofit sector.
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This is your brain on stories
Hands on Fundraising
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
The post This is your brain on stories appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising. When I was in high school, it was the highly-anticipated movie event of a lifetime. None of the theaters nearby were showing it – yet. But my friends and I were determined.
Your Brain On Good Stories: Why Storytelling Matters For Nonprofits
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. According to a recent study published by the Harvard Business Review , a “trust chemical” is produced by your brain called Oxytocin, when you meet new people who you can identify as trustworthy. And of course, it all starts with the brain. Now, this might sound a little strange, but it’s true.
Brain Scans Offer Donor Insight
Wild Apricot
MARCH 9, 2012
A new study offers insight into what motivates individuals in charitable bequest decision making. Fundraising research
Harnessing Brainpower Through "Donate Your Brain"
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 12, 2011
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
Notes From A Brain Tweetup
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. The event promised an after-hours look at their special exhibition Brain: The Inside Story , a chat with its curators, a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum, and an opportunity to meet other fans of AMNH. Note from Beth: Hosting events for your network – where they can meet offline – can be a terrific away to build your network.
Anonymous $11M gift to support and expand Neurofibromatosis research at the Krembil Brain Institute
Charity Village
MAY 27, 2022
The post Anonymous $11M gift to support and expand Neurofibromatosis research at the Krembil Brain Institute appeared first on CharityVillage. On World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day, UHN Foundation announces an anonymous gift of $11 million in support of Neurofibromatosis (NF) research. NF is a genetic disorder affecting approximately one in 10,000 Canadians.
Facebook recommended pages are brain dead
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. No one creates them, they're just generated by Facebook around a term or idea and it auto--bot-stupid aggregates content around the topic or idea and it auto-bot-stupid suggests to folks (who are neither bots nor stupid) to like the page. . Long ago I submitted the official page for the auto-bot-stupid page created for C3. But has it changed?
Donate Your Brain! Microvolunteering at TechSoup
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. TechSoup's microvolunteering initiative, Donate Your Brain, has taken a lot of time by TechSoup staff, with the goal of it taking very little time for the volunteers who participate. We mapped out the process we would use to promote Donate Your Brain opportunities.
Blogging with our brains and hearts
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. Since 2005, I've been murmuring that the future of blogging is not with individual blogs like mine, but with well-designed web sites that feature clusters of blogs by diverse authors who are focused on a coherent mission. The CTK guest blog offers me a wonderful opportunity to stand and deliver.
What Nonprofit Professionals Need to Know about the Brain
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. How the brain impacts our staff. Like our brains impact our clients, our brains also impact us in a variety of ways.
Brain Rules for Presenters
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
Does Immersion In Social Media Change Our Brain Functions? This Is Your Brain On Social Media
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. I'm not saying that social media is harmful to your brain or an addiction. (Well, maybe for those people who Twitter on their mobile phones while on the toilet ). Does growing up digital evolve young people's brains?
7 Totally Surprising Brain Tricks to Sell Your Cause
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.
Member Round Up: Brain science in fundraising, website tips, and Do Good Data 2013!
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!
TechSoup Launches Micro-Volunteer Initiative, Donate Your Brain
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.
5 Questions: Persuasion for Techies: How to Win Your Supporter's Left Brain, Right Brain, and Heart with Behavioral Economics
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.
Right Brain Business Plan e-Course Starts May 17th
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. Also, keep an eye out for her book about the Right Brain Business Plan that will be published by New World Library in early 2011. P.S. I'm a Right Brain Business plan "affiliate" so if you click on this link to register for the class , I get a percentage of the registration fee
Using Technology for Mission: Ontario 211 and NTEN Hear From the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada
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. Building community within the brain tumour community in Canada - providing places for them to connect with one another and to learn about brain tumours.
Be Your Own Filter In the Global Brain
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. Some neurons in my brain made me connect back to Shenk's book I attended NDN's New Audiences, New Tools Forum. But the point is that knowledge is now externalized in our global brain of connections with our friends. Photo by VaxZine.
Leonardo's Brain
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.
Jennifer Lee, Right-Brain Business Plan: How I Have Fun, Do Good
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. I love seeing their visual plans (which look quite a bit like a Right-Brain Business Plan!) Last fall, I hosted a Have Fun, Do Good series where 12 bloggers shared how they have fun and do good.
Supporting Have Fun Do Good with TranquiliT and the Right Brain Business Plan
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. I took Jennifer Lee's Right Brain Business Plan in-person, one-day workshop in November last year, and found it totally inspiring.
Right Brain Business Plan e-Course and TranquiliT Earth Day Sale
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. Jenn is teaching her Right Brain Business Plan e-course May 17-July 9th. If you're not sure whether the e-course is right for you, you could try out her Right Brain Business Plan e-book and Guided Visualization first. Hello Have Fun Do Gooders!
How To Rewire Your Brain To Be A More Effective Leader
Eric Jacobson
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. This week brings the new book, The Mindfulness Edge , a fascinating manual that teaches you how through mindfulness training you can become a better leader.
Game Friday: Shuffle Your Brain
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. A year later, and Amy Jo Kim's presentations about ways that personalization, feedback, collecting, points and exchanges can make all kinds of experiences more engaging and sticky still resonate with me.
Have Fun Do Good Link Love: Right Brain Business Plan, Blog Action Day, and Oprah
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?):
RFI Studios - Twitter as a News Source - Right Brain
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.
Get Them to Build Castles—Strategies for Successful Cross-Functional Teams
.orgSource
APRIL 2, 2022
Great leaders rely on both sides of the brain. The right brain meticulously lays out the goals and follows the tasks, timeline, and budget. The left brain uses emotional intelligence, empathy, creativity, and artful facilitation to keep all the players working productively together.
How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way?
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?
5 Ways To Optimize Your Donation Pages for End-of-Year Fundraising
EveryAction
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. The unfortunate reality is that the average fundraising page completion rate is only 17%, according to the M+R 2017 Benchmarks Study.
6 Branding Strategies to Make Your Nonprofit Stand Out
Hands on Fundraising
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
The human brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than it processes text. Therefore, when your audience navigates to your website, the first thing they’ll absorb is your visual identity and brand.
gokubi.com
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).
gokubi.com
gokubi.com
JANUARY 14, 2006
I had an idea that this could be very powerful, but my naive realist brain needed to see it to believe it. Facebook Linked In Twitter Home About Home New way to Handle Households in Salesforce.com New way to Handle Households in Salesforce.com Last Updated on Thursday, 19 January 2006 09:40 Written by Steve Saturday, 14 January 2006 06:28 The new version of Salesforce.com changed the way you could relate objects to each other.
Reflections from 2021, Thoughts for 2022
The MatrixFiles
DECEMBER 22, 2021
Brian Tarallo from Lizard Brain led us through a two-hour reflection and asked us questions like: What has been your overarching mood in 2021? It’s December 22, 2021. Another year has come and gone and as usual, I’m thinking about the coming year.
Tips for CEOs – Industry sectors with disruptive innovation that will impact the business in the near future.
CEO Tech Tips
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
Brain-computer interface: measurement to insight. Alternative protein: superfluous to vital. Blockchain: promising to mainstream. Climate tech: incidental to critical. Data privacy: identifiable to anonymous. Energy storage : Li-Ion to alternative chemistries. Enterprise workflows : human to human + Al. Healthcare screening : reactive to proactive. MLOps : in-house to managed services. Nature co-design: materials to biomaterials. Quantum computing: supremacy to advantage.
How To Be A Stronger Career Mentor And Coach
Eric Jacobsen Blog
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Author Paul Falcone offers the following great advice for how to become a stronger career mentor and coach by helping your subordinates grow and develop in their own careers.
Use Your Gut to Overcome the Fear Holding You Back
Social Velocity
OCTOBER 28, 2021
But did you know that when you’re agonizing over a tough decision what’s actually happening is that your brain and your gut are at war? Your gut knows the right path forward, but your brain is throwing up all kinds of roadblocks, usually of the fear-based variety.
Boosting Your Association's Revenue with Attractive Microcopy
Association TV
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Maybe, but our brains are trained to go with what we know. Have you ever been to a restaurant, museum or shopping mall and needed to use the bathroom? You begin by looking up and around for any sort of signage. You halt the conversation and break away from your loved ones.
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