Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofits that struggle live this life every day of the year. Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. It’s important to engage your best donors, especially those who write larger checks, via occasional phone calls and text messages. To do that, you have to get people’s phone numbers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? Is everyone suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting down meetings? Meetings can not only be a waste of time but also zap our energy. Walking meetings can help shakes things up.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

Google Glass is by far the most famous of them and is a set of cyborg looking eyeglasses (now in five colors) that like many wearable devices, works in cooperation with an Android phone or iPhone. It also makes phone and video calls. Google Glass was launched 18 months ago. You can speak to send text messages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. ” It isn’t about making the time or thinking about physical activity or movement as a separate exercise time, but something that is integrated into your life — including work time. It’s not a luxury.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

The potential for being overwhelmed by technology is magnified in the workplace by something called “ Collaborative Overload ” Rob Cross and Adam Grant in a recent Harvard Business Review article. Research has found that after hours emails contributes to the blurring of work/life boundaries. Adopt Good Practices Around Team Emails.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 6, 2016

This is mainly because life in the office-place is very different and entirely more demanding, or at least in terms of outward appearances significantly more time intensive (No disrespect to the all-nighters I used to pull). ” In the business world, this model is a little bit murkier.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 7, 2013

When I think about excellent mentors in the business world, I think of Debbie Laskey , who has mentored many people during her career. As a mentor, I have been able to share what I’ve learned with individuals (mentees) who are at the beginning stages of building a business. Debbie is passionate about mentoring.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2012

When I think about excellent mentors in the business world, I think of Debbie Laskey , who has mentored many people during her career. As a mentor, I have been able to share what I’ve learned with individuals (mentees) who are at the beginning stages of building a business. Debbie is passionate about mentoring.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2019

From offering customized marketing messaging, transferring and cross-referencing data, deciding personal injury claims for insurance firms, to enabling financial fraud detection, the business sector is driving innovative applications of artificial intelligence technology. Just imagine having a virtual assistant or sidekick!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Plus, it’s just frustrating to constantly on the hunt for a note or a phone number. And if you share your online calendar with your team, they can see when you’re busy or help you set appointments. 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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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices. Also, TechSoup Donor partner, Citrix , recently determined that the business PC market is actually growing, not shrinking.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Augmented reality mixes fantasy and reality—projecting the AR object over the real world so that you see real-life and computer-generated mixed on your device. Visit Guru’s booth in the Innovator’s Showcase at bbcon 2017, and hear from Guru CEO Paul Burke as he speaks on the business of digital engagement. Sorry Pokémon people!)

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

Think in terms of local politicians, business professionals, media contacts, and other influential community members who can either connect you with resources or with others who can help you. It’s one of the best ways you can spend your time, and truly, it doesn’t take a ton of time for a short phone call with a contact. You may ask.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. Here are a few new things we could be doing with our phones and tablets in 2016. a-month phone service or home broadband — their choice. One is hiring. Another is surveys. Peter Campbell Sums It Up.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The post-PC world was inadvertently ratified by HP when it made a dramatic announcement in August 2011 about trying to get out of the PC hardware business. ” In other words, if the new PC market grows by by 9% worldwide in 2012 as is forecast by the business research firm IDC , then the used PC market will grow as well.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

Once upon a time, a fundraiser was super busy. In fact, she was so busy that when it came time to put together her year-end donation letter she was stumped. Neuroscientists would tell you that the brain processes facts and stories differently. Your brain naturally becomes more skeptical when you hear facts first.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

– [Lindsay] Okay, we’re in business. And maybe not take everything so seriously because life is serious and life is hard, but we should be having a good time. ” And I felt like, you know, I’ve committed my entire life to this project, social justice. How has your experience affected your life?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Taking a break from work gives your brain the chance to reset and recharge, and this is essential to avoiding burnout and staying productive all year long. Many businesses will be closed, including the bank and the post office, and no one will be surprised to get an out-of-office email from you on a federal holiday. That’s right!

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Nice to see a full room, especially and during such a busy and hectic time of year. And, dang, you’re busy and you’re a super-smart person. You know, pre-COVID, we really encourage board members to host a parlor meeting in their home or business. It’s how my brain works. I’m Steven.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I’ve lived here most of my life. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . You require some dollars, you’re fundraising, because of that face, that person whose life is different because you walk alongside them. . And I equate a lot of that to the phone calls that I made.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

But during the past year and a half, people have really been questioning the meaning of life and their own mortality in unprecedented ways and kind of wondering, “Well, what will my legacy be?” It’s really part of the circle of life. Not today and really not ever. No one escapes death. That’s how it works.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

I know, it’s a busy time of year. I know both of you are super busy you’re speaking at conferences, and doing webinars, and workshops all the time, so it’s really a treat to have you. . Harvey: So your mind is endlessly busy processing questions all day long, just like your donors. ” I love this topic.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

We live in a world of smart phones, emails, text messages, Zoom, and LinkedIn. Writing is a skill learned early in life, and most of us disliked writing and grammar classes as much as we disliked eating vegetables. Not an invitation or thank you card, I’m talking about a hand­written, personal letter written on paper.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

It might take a minute to get your brain around that idea, that the donor is more important to you and your organization than their donation. Partner with a local business. Identify a business that shares your audience, and think about ways to support each other. Do you have some of your donors’ phone numbers?

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Care2

MARCH 20, 2015

This post is an edited excerpt from When Millennials Take Over: Preparing for the Ridiculously Optimistic Future of Business , by Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant. The book identifies four principles that will guide successful businesses now and in the future: Digital, Clear, Fluid, and Fast. This excerpt is from the chapter on Fluid.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Supporters can hop on their computer or phone and give immediately at any time of the day. You choose a keyword related to your campaign and receive a dedicated phone number. You promote your keyword and your platform’s dedicated phone number to supporters. Online fundraising allows your supporters to: Give at any time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

Chocolate activates the pleasure center of the brain, at least according to some research. After a nervous giggle, I shared with them that donating and volunteering does the same thing as chocolate to your brain. You Can't Measure Love or Creativity, But These Are Essential Online Community or Network Signs of Life.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

That’s why we’re all in this business. And it’s not just what we do, because you can send a thank-you letter, or you can send, you know, make a phone call, but it’s how we do it. People like to do business with people they like, trust, and know. And that’s exactly how you do business.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain. Schools and businesses should be written out in full, MSU versus Montclair or Montclair State University. ” Might have a gift acceptance policy with something in it about pledges somewhere in my brain.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

According to the Washington Post article, If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Only Be Natural , another study found that when, "volunteers placed the interests of others before their own, the generosity activated a primitive part of the brain that usually lights up in response to food or sex. A Candy-Colored Life. Give blood.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2022

Do you get heart palpitations when you pick up the phone to make an ask for a philanthropic gift? Generosity is wired into our brains. Giving to charities activates regions of the brain associated with pleasure, social connection, and trust, releasing endorphins that create a “warm glow” or “helper’s high” effect.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Maybe it’s because I spent so many of the dark hours that followed cut-off from my community – so disconnected from friends & family, on a business trip that mutated into a frantic 2-day race home through the desert Southwest – that I started to consider what it would have been like if we’d had Twitter on 9/11.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

She is currently pursuing an MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. The entrepreneurs are posted up on our site with their profiles and a word about their lives, their families, and their plans for the business and the money they are requesting. We will let you know when the business starts." What is an MFI?

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

Nothing wrong is happening to me, but life goes on Bloomerang webinar or not. In our brains, in the back of our brain here is our instinct, that fight or flight. ” And so when we pitch ideas, people tend to go into the back of their brain and now they’re kind of poking holes at your idea. What do they want?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Sometimes we get so busy trying to raise money that we lose sight of something important: Why people give. Making sure you let your donors know exactly why their help is needed, who will benefit, and exactly how their life or situation will be made better. Send videos and make phone calls. Or mail in a check? Get creative.

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