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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

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Evaluate Expertise Who exactly are the members of your new brain trust and where will you find them? These ideas may be obvious to association staff, but they may not be clear to the pundits you hope to attract. These ideas may be obvious to association staff, but they may not be clear to the pundits you hope to attract.

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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. The sitting brain is really disengaged. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Brainstorming can be done as a solo activity or group or collaborative brainstorming. ” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. ” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. see above).

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Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If I can’t process what I hear by asking questions of the expert or checking in with another participate or sitting quietly and just thinking about what was shared, there is a point that I reach after about 15 minutes – it’s call “My Brain Is Full Up.” I’ve really taken to heart the movement principle.

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Configuring QuickBooks for Use in a Nonprofit: Planning and Implementation

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Working with nonprofits for over 25 years has made it very clear (to me at least) that the "right brain" is dominant in most nonprofit organizations. What does the nonprofit's chart of accounts currently look like? Does the chart use account names that are understandable to all readers? Is it sufficient?

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Fun Dinner with Two Creative Women Entrepreneurs

Have Fun - Do Good

Last night I had dinner at Cafe Gratitude with Jennifer Lee , creator of the Right Brain Business Plan and Kimberly Wilson , the creator of the eco-fashion line, TranquiliT. They're also two of my three co-collaborators on the creative women entrepreneurs retreat. She also sells a Right Brain Business Plan e-book.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

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Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Army Traumatic Brain Injury Program, developing the Army’s brain injury prevention and treatment strategies for soldiers . Ami McReynolds. Chief Equity and Programs Officer. Feeding America. Bernard Mauricia.

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