Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

Anne Grady, in a recent HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally. .”

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JULY 13, 2021

Once everyone signs up for the platform and downloads the app, the real challenge begins: integrating the tool into your daily workflow. Adopting a new work practice is challenging, especially if the whole team needs to embrace the change. I can do it even when my brain feels fried. Gently remind team members to use the tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

My presentation will focus on personal productivity in an age of distraction, tools, skills, and best practices that staff members of nonprofits – large and small need. We all know that with so much content out there, it is eating our brains and memory , relying more on “google it.” challenge for the NTC Conference!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The presentation looks at how younger generations are always connected and are multi-taskers who count on the Internet as their external brain and approach problems in a different way from older generations. It raises the question (unanswered) whether this is a good or bad thing. Being strategically future-minded.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

Across two days full of interactive sessions, workshops, and hands-on training, I had the chance to meet members of my Chicago Ohana Salesforce group and connect with new people with similar passions, challenges, and solutions to share. DevOps Sessions + Speakers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

The brain needs a break from the barrage and needs to reset itself to normal operating mode. Overworked new media managers often find it challenging to connect face to face, or they cannot quiet their mind long enough to read a book on the beach or watch a sunset. If possible, don’t even bring your personal smartphone.

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

Finding special ways to thank donors for their recurring donations is crucial to a strong stewardship strategy, but identifying perks or incentives that truly excite your donors can be challenging. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of five recurring giving programs with unique incentives to inspire your creative thinking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

” I don’t have an answer, but I think it has to do with modeling conscious information and consumption and being mindful about how you connect with people, cultivate relationships, and share information. In our panel discussion, Laura was asked about being mindful in our philanthropy and giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It gave me space to give social media use some mindful attention. The product-driven learning is mindful, mostly linear, and focused. Personally, I need both kinds of learning and the challenge is balancing it. I identify the key SME experts and immerse myself in their thinking.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

We all have certain skills and we all possess special passions. But don’t just take it from me – Forbes named storytelling the #1 most important career skill of the future. Storytelling makes it personal and transforms the heart and mind of your target audience by showing them why something is important, instead of just telling them.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 20, 2015

when he lost his wife to a brain tumor. He quickly changed gears and founded the Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation and now serves as the president and CEO of the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA). Setting the bar high in your organization and bringing people in who are skills-driven is key.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

But maintaining productivity, especially online, can be challenging. 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. Mindfulness'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. But I sense in conversations here at the conference that participants are clearer in their minds about the practice of evaluation than they are about the practice of learning. Not to mention the Munchkins and the flying monkeys.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

These are best of breed young hackers doing what comes naturally, incited and incented by blazing connections, motivated collaborators, cash reward challenges and future employers’ avid attention. They want their brains to matter. And like Bar Camps , people hack. Campus Party is cheap. Their answer were quite moving.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

Keeping a task list can save you time and clear your mind. By batching calls or writing, you can actually be more productive since your mind is already in the mode for getting that kind of task done. The problem is that “Update the website” is too big of a project and your mind doesn’t know where to start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. Used as a facilitation technique in training can also help people generate ideas on how to apply the skills or concepts being taught. Osborn outlines the essential rules of a successful group brainstorming session. WORD STORM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Volunteers around the world feel empowered when asked to use their skills, not only to bring people together at an event, but contribute to something positive. Which is why Twestival Local hopes to challenge city organizers with two important questions with their selected cause: (1) What will the not-for-profit do with the funds raised?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

Flickr Photo by JTLowery The title of this post is play on the famous PSA " Brain on Drugs " from 1987 to raise attention to the harmful effects of drugs. The memorable tagline : This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Does growing up digital evolve young people's brains? Any questions?

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

For example, while we recognize the challenge of people still being in—and expressing—a pivot/unprecedented/back to normal state of mind, we won’t be rehashing that one this year. Additionally, and equally important for communicators to keep in mind, “illiterate” is a deficit-based word. Illiterate.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I started yoga about, you know, from a really early age, my family introduced me to mindfulness and meditation, even though you would never guess it because they don’t look like typical hippies. . I want the best for you, this is a little bit more interpersonal skills, of course. How can I help?

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Here is one of the complete drafts it generated for our example… What writing models/skills does Fundwriter.ai is the growing library of writing models(skills) specific to nonprofits and fundraising. Likely Questions Anticipate questions that will come up in people’s minds. The Fundwriter.ai

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MAY 8, 2023

No matter how big or small, setting one goal a day will keep things interesting and provide you with a challenge. And I’m being very realistic when I say this is a challenge that almost every founder encounters. This one is wayyyy more important than it seems because your brain and body don’t function well if they aren’t rested.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Given my right brained, non-linear and visual way of presenting ideas, I thought it might be helpful to write up a few notes about the above talk. Is there a creative thinking challenge? His tweets reveal him as a renaissance thinker, not just a narrow-minded tech geek. . More information here. What would you add to this list?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

She is the author of The Right-Brain Business Plan e-Book and the creator of the Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit. Sometimes there are other players that are in action in your head, or in your mind. They have some focus, they have an end goal in mind, and they are still getting a paycheck. Sometimes there is more than one gremlin.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So, if you’re like a lot of fundraisers, here are some of the challenges that you’re probably dealing with right now. And finally, I think, one of the interesting challenges is, is that we’re not taught a lot of this in school or in conferences. I think limiting beliefs can be super challenging to spot.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 14, 2023

My organizational leadership mind had alarm bells ringing so loudly that I thought people could hear them. By thinking freely, I had no problem considering outrageous ideas to help, but my leadership brain applied the necessary guardrails to make practical and cost-effective decisions.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So, if you’re like a lot of fundraisers, here are some of the challenges that you’re probably dealing with right now. And finally, I think, one of the interesting challenges is, is that we’re not taught a lot of this in school or in conferences. I think limiting beliefs can be super challenging to spot.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

They bring a diverse set of experiences, skills, talents, perspectives. And so the report really challenges us to think about five things. Four is considering the level of depth of our DEI practices and challenging ourselves to engage in deeper, more meaningful ways. It’s how my brain works.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

So Maggie approaches this challenge so differently. She creates a five-minute personal selfie video talking about her idea and the challenge and sends it out without second thought to 20 donors who she knows are going to be excited. So another way I think about this is like it’s opening up so many tabs in our brain.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

So Maggie approaches this challenge so differently. She creates a five-minute personal selfie video talking about her idea and the challenge and sends it out without second thought to 20 donors who she knows are going to be excited. So another way I think about this is like it’s opening up so many tabs in our brain.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Keep in mind that you can also leverage social media tools for your fundraising campaigns. Social media challenge In a social media challenge, nonprofits invite supporters to complete a task or activity and document it on their social media to raise awareness and funds. Social media.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

Rather than focusing exclusively on the top 10 percent of humanity who are the target market for most tech products, we could be bringing these same skills, connections, technology, experience and resources to everyone in the world. Perhaps, but when you use your heart, you don't have to check your brain at the door. Let's show them.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Adding social media and a powerful personal brand can be powerful networked leadership skill, but there is the huge challenge of making it a habit, putting it into daily practice. Working online can contribute to the state of overwhelmed and distracted – so having attention skills is also a leadership competency.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

It’s challenging. I mean, who doesn’t want more time and more money and more people and more skills and more expertise and more influence, right? So these are key things you want to keep in mind. Well, a brand is those images, impressions, and ideas or beliefs that are held and formed in a person’s mind.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

But the governor became a friend and then I took my skills to the nonprofit sector, and I’ve been executive director, development director, board member, you name it. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . Been a part of our sector for a long time.

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