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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JANUARY 2, 2023

Disorganization can cause you to lose donors, miss grant deadlines, and fall short of revenue goals. Keeping a task list can save you time and clear your mind. 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.

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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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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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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. You may have trouble keeping your mind off work.

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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. Start writing words and phrases that come to mind. Create a Fundraising 101 calendar for the year.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

I’d love to know, what is your role at your organization right now, and what comes to mind when you think about strategic planning? Like, “If I just get this next grant, we’ll be saved.” So we actually draw our strategic plans, our impact strategies, as mind maps. It’s hard.” ” .

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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. So just keep that in mind. 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?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

And so this car salesperson strategy always has our objective top of mind, even when we’re asking the funder questions about them. 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.” Think about it.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

And so this car salesperson strategy always has our objective top of mind, even when we’re asking the funder questions about them. 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.” We feel really inauthentic.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey’s going to talk a little bit about getting inside the minds of donors. But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. . We’re going to do a little intro. . no, no, no.

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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. Mindfulness and Reflection – How to use these techniques to help keep your focus. The term was coined by Rob Cross, Adam Grant, and Reb Rebele in this HBR article. Organize tasks and Guard 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. You read my mind exactly, Jennifer. We don’t mind. 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. Give her one more minute.

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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. If you don’t believe that phone calls make a difference, that story should change your mind. .

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