Bloomerang

JUNE 29, 2021

It’s far easier for our brains to put ourselves in the shoes of ONE person and connect with their story than it is for us to do that with a group of people. . Example: In our city, 1,500 children go to school hungry each year, which means they struggle in school, can face health struggles, etc. You need one person. .

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Qgiv

JULY 3, 2023

Nonprofits to donate to Harwood Center The Harwood Center is a private nonprofit agency that provides education, therapy, and support for Mid-South families and children who have developmental disabilities. Donate to support their mission here. Donate to support their mission here. Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism The Doug Flutie Jr.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

People have different values (some want to help children; others animals; others education, the environment, the arts… and so on). And how you should never feel bad about asking someone for a philanthropic gift, because it delivers a shot of dopamine that lights up the pleasure center of their brains. Alas, this feeling is short-lived.

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Kindful

MAY 1, 2021

Mission: Under the Laughs for the Troops umbrella, you will find many other great programs to help our veterans, increase awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), raise funds, and recruit volunteers. Impacting: Mental health. Headquarters in: Riverview, FL. How To Support Laughs for the Troops.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2013

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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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

The idea was the same as what we did in kindergarten as children: cut out images from magazines and assemble them into a new layout. On a macro level, Design Thinking is more left brain, more logical, more linear. David Carson is more right brain, more intuitive, more imaginative. How are they alike? Are there any throughlines?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

One of the biggest downsides for me personally from being connected to the Social Web 50-70 hours a week is that my brain has a hard time reading for extended periods of time. So much of social media success is about how our brains process and prioritize messages and having a diverse thought process that sparks our imagination and creativity.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

According to Pamela Cantor, President and CEO of Turnaround for Children , the process of rebranding “has played an important role in helping Turnaround for Children synthesize our identity as an organization—both how we understand ourselves and communicate this identity to the world.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

When a good story is shared, scientific research shows our brains connect to storytelling can have on us: Stories are remembered 22x more easily than data, facts, and stats. Storytelling engages our sensory cortex in the brain , allowing the listener to feel, hear, taste, and even smell the story. A promise kept.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Technology products have trapped our attention and the down side, according to Center for Humane Technology is that it is impacting our social relationships, mental health, children, and ultimately chipping away at civil society. The site clearly outlines the ills that technology has on our world , but it also offers a solution going forward.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

And that’s not to mention the hassle that sometimes comes with trying to get young children excited about reading. Reading boasts a wide range of benefits for both children and adults alike. If you’re searching for a way to get your young children and students involved in fundraising, a read-a-thon is the perfect way to do so.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 27, 2013

Their sprawling farm offers peace, relaxation and therapeutic companionship between their horses and children and adults dealing with illness, disabilities or other disorders. Conditions served include: cerebral palsy, spina bifida, neuromuscular disorders, post-traumatic brain injury, autism, ADHD, and cognitive disorders.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Army Traumatic Brain Injury Program, developing the Army’s brain injury prevention and treatment strategies for soldiers . with his colleagues in 2020 who now also collectively oversee Camp Reach for the Sky, a free camp program for kids affected by cancer that is one of only three Gold-Ribbon children’s oncology camps in California

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

It’s big, it’s inspiring, and it helps me think more clearly about Global Fund for Children’s work to scout, support and strengthen grassroots groups serving vulnerable children around the globe. This has been our metrics mantra at The Global Fund for Children, but now Andy Goodman of The Goodman Center has validated it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

He showed examples when change comes joyfully, like weddings and having children. He talked about changes in technology and fashion. It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant.

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Media Cause

MAY 28, 2021

This makes sense because of the happiness and warmth that yellow provides, which is something we want to feel when associating with schools our children may go to. Very few nonprofits use yellow, but the ones who do are primarily in the education space. Josef Albers said, “Color is the most relative medium in art.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Rituals are also used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. Some workplaces also celebrate the birth of children and weddings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

He showed examples when change comes joyfully, like weddings and having children. It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant. Think back when your children learned to walk. The struggle is important.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 31, 2018

But what’s more is that stories actually cause more neuron firings and stimulation in the brain , as opposed to statistics and data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Many years ago before the digital cameras and children, my husband used to spend many hours combining two past times: birding and photography. To much product-driven learning, and I don’t discover new ideas. One is left-brained and the other right-brained. Black-Crowned Night Heron.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

He showed examples when change comes joyfully, like weddings and having children. It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant. Think back when your children learned to walk. It is the way we're wired.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

We once thought the problem was simply about a lack of calories, but now we know it’s more about not having enough nutritious food to support body and brain development. As our understanding of the problem has evolved, the language we use has evolved too. With nearly 200 food banks nationwide and offices in Washington D.C.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

He spoke about creativity and what psychologists and brain scientists are learning about it. So the CEO of a medical clinic trades ideas about technology with the head of a children’s advocacy organization, and the environmental leader gets to know the inner-city organizer. Seek outsider knowledge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The glaring light off the tiny screen zaps your brain of sound ZZZs. ” Good Night iPhone: Perhaps we should take some advice from this updated children’s classic, “ Good Night iPad ” Give your electronic devices a bedtime curfew. I don’t. Charge elsewhere and wake up recharged.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

Our panel included Free Agents Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed, along with reps from Red Cross, Save the Children, and Common Ground Communities. You need to engage the whole brain in learning. That’s the questions I asked myself as I designed my panel for the NTEN’s annual conference, the NTC.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 14, 2017

When you assist others, your body releases dopamine in the brain, which has a positive effect on how you feel. Volunteering as a family is a great way to teach important lessons to your children. Studies on the “ Happiness Effect ” of volunteering show that you become happier the more you volunteer. Gives a good example.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

66 million primary school-age children attend classes hungry across the developing world, every day. I’m giving in honor of my cousin Larry Creson and my precious friend Derek Vincent, both of whom fought long, hard and courageously against brain tumors. 780 million people don’t have access to clean water. On December 3 rd I’m giving.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 7, 2011

Jennifer Lee has a wonderful post up on the Right Brain Business Plan blog about writing a letter to your future self as part of a creative goal setting ritual. For inspiration, check out the book Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art , and its corresponding Good Mail Day Flickr group. Watercolor postcard with collage 2.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Back to the actual fundraising event, don't wrack your brain for ideas, but put your own twist on your fundraising. Consider reaching out to the artist community and within your organization (children in particular) seeking artwork to sell. Here are a few fundraising ideas that I have seen work in the past.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2005

Thanks to Julie Lueng a pointer to a Time Magazine interview with Katherine Ellison, author of The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter. We've come to see our children taking things away from us, and we've lost the sense of how much they're adding to us, as people, as thinkers. Happy Mother's Day !

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

My focus is on how children learn science. The Brain exhibition, for example, has a table where people can work together to put together the pieces of the brain neuron by neuron. Learning Science by Design. The opportunities for engagement now include exhibitions, digital space, and education.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

My brain was completely fried and those around me were getting pretty fed up with the fact that I was never present, only connected… online, all the time. Six months ago I came pretty close to complete social media burnout. Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 17, 2009

In her review of Brown's book, Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul , Liz Massey of Creative Liberty relays an anecdote from Brown's book about the connection between play and innovation " Play juices our problem-solving abilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

These triggers spark your brain’s attention response by appealing to basic aspects of what makes us human. The envelope they received included five one dollar bills, a receipt, and charity request letter. The request was to donate to Save the Children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Science is showing us that the brain can really only do one thing at a time. When we are engaged in what we think is multitasking, what we’re really doing is we’re forcing the brain to switch back and forth really rapidly and creating feelings of anxiety and stress in our physical body. So you give money and volunteer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2015

The glaring light off the tiny screen zaps your brain of sound ZZZs. Perhaps we should take some advice from this updated children’s classic, “ Good Night iPad ” Give your electronic devices a bedtime curfew. Why? At night, when I set the alarm, and the next thing I know I am checking Facebook or work email.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. Children love it. The intruder was able to get names, addresses, genders, birth dates, and even photos of children — more than six million children. Privacy and Security.

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