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. Just because the default setting on your calendar software is for 60 minutes, it doesn’t necessarily mean you need the full hour.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Grant Writers and Contractors – If you are a full-time writer, then Fundwriter will be a huge timesaver for you. You can let Fundwriter do the heavy-lifting of writing emails, punching up grant proposals, and more. Rapid prototype your ideas and identify what additional information and quotes you will need from the organization.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Disorganization can cause you to lose donors, miss grant deadlines, and fall short of revenue goals. Time-block your week with an online calendar. And if you share your online calendar with your team, they can see when you’re busy or help you set appointments. The real benefit of using a calendar is block scheduling.

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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. Jacobwith, Firestarters, shared some really great tips about using your online calendar and Evernote.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

If you intend to apply for grants, you’ll need them for either planning the grant or as part of the grant application itself. Schedule Keep a work calendar and update it so it’s always current. Start filling your calendar by scheduling any important meetings or calls. Below are a few ways you can do all of that.

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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. But mark the rest of your days on your calendar at the beginning of the year, just like you mark your campaigns and events. That’s right! Return emails. Make website updates.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Integrated Fundraising Campaign or Program Honorable Mention: Human Rights Campaign Winner: Defenders of Wildlife Each year, Defenders sends out Calendars. With a simple and compelling concept, they asked their supporters what calendar would like. This year they did something a little different. All rights reserved.

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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. And appeals can be very specific things like your fall appeal, your calendar year-end appeal. Hey, grants. It could be your grants category for 2021. Why do we need it? It can be things like events.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

I remember trying to sell calendars as a public school fundraiser when I was about 8. 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. Create a Fundraising 101 calendar for the year. That was me. It was HARD! But let that sink in.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Some people are really focused on grants that they’re not ready for, and they’re just kind of on this grant starvation cycle like, “We’re just hoping that that next one is going to save us.” Like, “If I just get this next grant, we’ll be saved.” ” Anybody been in that?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

You need to do this type of event now, or you need to do this type of activity or this type of programming or shift your programming this way to get this foundation grant.” So another way I think about this is like it’s opening up so many tabs in our brain. ” And then start bucketing that time on your calendar.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

You need to do this type of event now, or you need to do this type of activity or this type of programming or shift your programming this way to get this foundation grant.” So another way I think about this is like it’s opening up so many tabs in our brain. And then start bucketing that time on your calendar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research. The term was coined by Rob Cross, Adam Grant, and Reb Rebele in this HBR article. Organize tasks and Guard Your Calendar. Another common mistake is letting other people fill in your calendar.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. Those meetings will stick around on their calendar. Well, hopefully, you all can join us next week when we talk about grants. Be nice to your people. They’re learning something new. We got a lot of stuff up there that we got to make room for the new. That would be fun.

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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. What I know after nearly 40 years of doing this work, I know what it takes to be successful.

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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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