Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

He recommends reading The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr to better understand the impact of chronic information overload, followed by his best advice about being purposeful with your attention online. I particularly like the “Heat Chart” where you color code priority tasks.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And it represents the highest year of giving on record since the Giving Institute began tracking this data more than 60 years ago. And if you think about this pie chart, what I really want to call out is that bequests, which are about 9%, are gifts made by individuals. It’s how my brain works.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . million organization, $900,000 of that is philanthropy, and you’re at the end of your calendar year and so far you’re at about $790,000. Do you track the results of making personal connections with your donors? . And you track the results.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Stops you in your tracks, all starts with data. . Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. People love to see like the run charts or, you know, the circle getting filled in. They all know they’re being tracked. Those meetings will stick around on their calendar. So system does X.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

I guess I’m on the right track.” But three months is a little too long for that human brain to imagine. You can really imagine eight weeks well in your human brain. . You’re not going to fall off track, you’re not going to get squirrely, you’re not going to have a plan on a shelf.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

And I’m not talking about specific donor, I’m talking about in terms of your work calendar. ” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you. Are you interacting with donors daily, weekly, monthly, never?

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