Remove Brain Remove Chart Remove Sound Remove Track
article thumbnail

How Nonprofit Professionals Can Manage Workplace Stress Triggers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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.

article thumbnail

The Happy Healthy Data Nerd: Using Your Personal Health Data to Support Your Wellbeing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While there are a variety of different gadgets that you can use to track your sleep, I use the Fitbit Charge 2. I realized that I was in front of my computer monitor, trying to squeeze out one more email or just one more bar chart. I started with tracking my baseline activity level: about 2,000 steps a day.

Data 125
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We all know that with so much content out there, it is eating our brains and memory , relying more on “google it.” It may sound counter-intuitive but we need to use technology. If you want to be sure you are incorporating movement into your day, use a fitbit or other device to track. Read more here ). I set a Fi.tt

article thumbnail

[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

And I’m on the upswing, so if I sound a little groggy, that’s why. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . I know that thank you calls sound time intensive. They sound scary, because who wants to talk to someone? And you track the results. Steven: Yes.

Video 89
article thumbnail

Data Visualization: Honest, Powerful Interpretative Design

Museum 2.0

Entertain the idea of an exhibit based on Gantt charts and spreadsheets, and your head might just explode. Whether you are modeling the brain , tracking the incidence of emotional statements on the Web, or conveying a chair as a sound wave , the resultant art is a deep reflection, not just an interpretation, of the data involved.

Design 20
article thumbnail

[VIDEO] Why You Should Ditch The Way You’ve Been Doing Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

I guess I’m on the right track.” Now, this may sound like strategic planning, but I’m going to show you the ways in which it’s different. But I prefer to call them execution goals because it sounds like something you can execute on. But three months is a little too long for that human brain to imagine.

Video 90
article thumbnail

[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

Bloomerang

” 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. It’s a good database so that we can keep track of all these relationships.” But if they feel like their peers are giving, it really helps tremendously. .

Money 104