Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

One that I like was created by Kristina Halvorson and her team at Brain Traffic , called the Content Strategy Quad: A simple way to look at this is by dividing the top and bottom quadrants. But in terms of professional opportunity, clear messaging, and content sophistication, they’re now one of the mightiest.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Fundwriter is a writing assistant for nonprofit professionals. Fundwriter is trained by veteran nonprofit professionals and fundraisers to follow proven writing models that work again and again. January 2016 Anthony visited LACC for the first time where brain cancer was confirmed and he met with Dr. Marootian. Fundwriter.ai

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Time-block your week with an online calendar. Using an online calendar like Google Calendar can be great for planning out your time because you can see your day, week, or month at a glance, and access it from either your desktop or mobile device. The real benefit of using a calendar is block scheduling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

But I reached a point a few years ago where I felt frustrated by the separation between my personal spiritual journey and my professional work. Simultaneously, I was struggling with burnout related to work-life imbalance and feeling overwhelmed by all the digital technology in my personal life and professional work.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Miller used this food framework to help the busy nonprofit professional: Be less frazzled. Here is Miller's specific advice for the overwhelmed nonprofit: Plan out your editorial calendar: It's like planning out your menus for the week or month. There's not much new brain work required, just re-packaging. Have more time.

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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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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

The most common signs of employee burnout we’ve seen are: Brain fog that causes forgetfulness of something a person has done before or randomly forgetting to complete tasks. You could say, “That project sounds great, but my calendar is full and I don’t have the ability to commit to that right now.”

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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. Schedule Keep a work calendar and update it so it’s always current. Start filling your calendar by scheduling any important meetings or calls.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

Prior to the start of FusionSpark Media, Kevin worked as a communications and public relations professional in the health care industry in the Philadelphia area. editorial calendars. Guest post by Kevin Sparkman,V.P. Producer and co-founder of FusionSpark Media, Inc. content curation. content marketing automation.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

Prior to the start of FusionSpark Media, Kevin worked as a communications and public relations professional in the health care industry in the Philadelphia area. editorial calendars. Guest post by Kevin Sparkman,V.P. Producer and co-founder of FusionSpark Media, Inc. content curation. content marketing automation.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And when you are kicking off your fiscal year or your calendar year, set those expectations high so people know what they can do to be helpful. What I want to share to you is for development professionals on the call, I would note that there are ways for your leaders to support philanthropy at every stage of your donor journey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Last year , I heard Jerry Michalski use the metaphor of the global brain in talk about the future. So, the folks at NMC who build objects on Hakone might be creating a big, huge, global brain that when clicked will open up web links of some of the best crowdsourcing on the future technologies and how they will impact the nonprofit sector.

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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! You just have to prepare. Sleep a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Bersin by Deloitte’s infographic “ Meet the Modern Learner ” is an excellent summary of the challenges facing trainers who need to design and deliver professional development for nonprofit professionals. Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

As a nonprofit professional, you’re likely always looking for ways to further. Your nonprofit likely keeps a full event calendar, and sending out a personalized invitation to your recurring donors can be an extra nudge towards encouraging them to attend. develop your fundraising skills. and improve your current strategies.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

So those are the kinds of things that I have seen just from professionals. And in terms of the general information that you should gather, and this could be then built into your grants calendar, general information, and including contact information, it’s very, very critical to have that and how they like to be contacted.

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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. They were college-educated and had professional jobs. Create a Fundraising 101 calendar for the year.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you’ve got event fundraising on the brain, you’ve come to the right post. Keep the following questions in mind as you consult your calendar: Are we planning far enough in advance? While the payoff can be amazing, there’s no denying the careful planning and hard work that goes into creating a memorable event.

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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. ” Might have a gift acceptance policy with something in it about pledges somewhere in my brain. Hey, grants.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

So I did what a lot of nonprofit professionals do and I gave up, which actually meant that I switched organizations thinking that it was going to be different somewhere else. 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

So I did what a lot of nonprofit professionals do and I gave up, which actually meant that I switched organizations thinking that it was going to be different somewhere else. 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

AUGUST 21, 2021

She was AFP’s Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year. It lights up the pleasure centers of their brains, it gives them what is called a warm-glow feeling. You want to make a note of this in your file, on your calendar, some kind of system that you have. And this is something that legacy giving can offer.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

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. . It is as hard and as easy as putting the meetings on your calendar and showing up for them. . Definitely, you can always throw an extra planning cycle in. Yay, Leslie is our winner.

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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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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. Those meetings will stick around on their calendar. So if you’re in transition, people are changing responsibilities, or you’re making a big switch in a system, you want to know that this is coming, and calibrate your expectations accordingly. Be nice to your people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. What’s making our human brains like those of gold fish? Photo by BirgerKing. Take a guess.

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