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Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: To Get a Good Night’s Sleep – Don’t Sleep with Your iPhone

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One surefire way to ruin your sleep is to use your mobile phone as an alarm clock. According to scientific research , reading a tablet or mobile phone with its backlit display in bed can make it harder to fall asleep and your sleep won’t be as rejuvenating. The glaring light off the tiny screen zaps your brain of sound ZZZs.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. Children love it. a-month phone service or home broadband — their choice.

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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Kevin Leong was in kindergarten when he experienced an organic brain injury that forced him to relearn everything from walking to using the bathroom. In particular, electronic books (or e-books) offer the possibility of dramatically improving access for students with disabilities – and for disadvantaged children everywhere.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

I don’t know how you find the time to do this, Elizabeth, in addition to your full-time job which is a lot, but you’re also an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania. As I shared, I’m a Senior Vice President at CCS and an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania. It’s how my brain works.

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Training Board Members As Brand Champions on Social and Beyond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some of the passions written were arts, education, animals, domestic violence, dance, family, health and wellness, abused children, boy scouts, environment and many others. I get to use my brain to think and figure things out. Student-led grant committee program with University of Central Florida. Mark’s Vocabulary (Our CEO).

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Why You Should Never Feel Bad About Asking Someone To Give

Bloomerang

Do you get heart palpitations when you pick up the phone to make an ask for a philanthropic gift? Generosity is wired into our brains. Giving to charities activates regions of the brain associated with pleasure, social connection, and trust, releasing endorphins that create a “warm glow” or “helper’s high” effect.

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[VIDEO] Be More Productive, Powerful & Persuasive with Board, Staff & Donors

Bloomerang

In our brains, in the back of our brain here is our instinct, that fight or flight. ” And so when we pitch ideas, people tend to go into the back of their brain and now they’re kind of poking holes at your idea. Our prefrontal cortex of our brain is where. “Let’s try some phone calls.

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