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Non-Traditional Giving Days for Your Next Fundraiser

The Modern Nonprofit

March = Adolescent Self-Injury Awareness Month, National Athletic Training Month, International Black Women In Jazz & The Arts Month, Brain Injury Awareness Month, Irish-American Heritage Month, National Music in Our Schools Month, National Nutrition Month, National Social Work Month, Women’s History Month, Youth Art Month.

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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Usually the origins of these automatic, unconscious responses can be traced to childhood, where we learned them from caregivers. Then the brain, ever on a quest for both equilibrium and efficiency, noted the response’s effectiveness and will turn to it again the next time stress hits.

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New Ideas at TED2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Improving childhood nutrition. We know in theory what a brain injury means, but seeing Gabby Giffords on stage, struggling to speak as a result of her brain injury, brought its impact home. The human brain is an extremely complex organ, but it should be getting easier to tune up different exercises for different recovery needs.

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Strategic Storytelling For Brand Building: How To Identify And Share Your Nonprofit’s Brand Origin Story

Kindful

Sometimes without even noticing it, our brain is activated in a unique and engaged way when a story is being shared. It’s brain science. As early as childhood, we’re taught to seek out stories to learn from through books, movies, music, shows, etc. Once upon a time…. That’s the power that story holds.

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Taking A Break from Blogging this Week: Ocean View Wins

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Taking a break from online this week to stare at the ocean, visit family, and air out the brain. As someone who spends a lot of time online, breaks like this can be good for the heart, soul, and brain. Someone referred me to this excellent post by Danah Boyd about how to take an email sabbatical.

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

NTEN

Check out the 124 NTEN Members participating in Giving Tuesday below. Find them all at GivingTuesday.org 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares, Inc.

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We got patients $15 million for Christmas!!

Judi Sohn

Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC).

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