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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

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There are many learning theories and can be categorized in different ways: External: These theories take into account self-learning and learning in groups. This includes behaviorism and social learning or peer learning, communities of practice, and connectivism. Internal: These theories take into account our minds and bodies.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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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.

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Walking During Board Retreats: A Few Tips

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There are serious health risks to a sedentary work style, but it also impacts our minds as well. Moving around at work helps get our brains to re-engage. Even small movements cause improved brain processing speed, learning, and short-term memory. Our brains begin to slow down when we are not moving.

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How Nonprofit Professionals Can Manage Workplace Stress Triggers

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As a group, I have participants take an online poll, answering the questions, “What are your workplace stress triggers?” 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.

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Conscious Computing: 7 Apps and Tips That Help You Focus, Reduce Stress, and Get Work Done

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The session will share a wide range of free and low cost tools for implementing an organization’s content strategy as well as group and personal productivity. ” These apps can transform our mobile phones, tablets, and computers from agents of distraction into agents of mindfulness. Mindfulness' Share it below!

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How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!

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I have a survey that allows me to understand the composition of the group in aggregate as well as the maturity of practice levels for each individual participant according to “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly.” This font lets you take simple strings of numbers and transform them into charts. I thought was done!

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Configuring QuickBooks for Use in a Nonprofit: Planning and Implementation

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"Begin with the end in mind" when implementing a new accounting system. "Begin with the end in mind" is based on the principle that all things are created twice. What does the nonprofit's chart of accounts currently look like? Does the chart use account names that are understandable to all readers?

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