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The Power Of Storytelling: Transform Your Fundraising Events

Bloomerang

Pattern recognition: A storytelling superpower Our brains are wired to recognize patterns. Make stories shareable: Shareable stories extend your reach, turning your donors into ambassadors for your cause. This story consists of five chapters. This chapter is about illustrating your work’s impact vividly and informatively.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Most people who work in the nonprofit sector do so out of a commitment to a cause or passion bigger than themselves or their desire for material things. One of the biggest downsides for me personally from being connected to the Social Web 50-70 hours a week is that my brain has a hard time reading for extended periods of time.

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New E-Book: How To Raise More Money Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Allison Fine and I have contributed some tips from The Networked Nonprofit chapter on fundraising. personally thank on behalf of the cause. You’re more likely to solve lingering problems with creative solutions if you give your brain a break. A few of my favorite tips: Ignore your brand guidelines. Take a very long walk.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Don’t run to play Mario just yet though — the game has to be specially designed to fill in lapses in brain activity from the start! chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) and urban games group DCGames, organizing events and connecting local developers. In Philanthropy.

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Captivology: The Science of Capturing People’s Attention

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The final stages is the bonfire or what Parr calls long attention or your audience’s long-term interest in an idea, product, message, cause, or whatever. Let’s look at one of these triggers that nonprofits and social good causes might leverage. It is based on reciprocity.

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A Freethinking Leader's Guide To The Real World

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What at first may seem provocative and counter-intuitive, you'll learn why the nine lies "cause dysfunction and frustration, ultimately resulting in workplaces that are a pale shadow of what they could be," explain the authors. Question: How exactly does feedback, even when intended as constructive, hinder learning and performance?

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Nine Lies About Work

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What at first may seem provocative and counter-intuitive, you'll learn why the nine lies "cause dysfunction and frustration, ultimately resulting in workplaces that are a pale shadow of what they could be," explain the authors. Question: How exactly does feedback, even when intended as constructive, hinder learning and performance?

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