Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

They 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. Housekeeping Mindfulness Self-Directed Learning' Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. Year in Review. Photo by Gary Clark.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2014

It’s much easier to be mindful and focused when you’re on a yoga mat than when you’re behind your desk with a daunting to-do list, overflowing inbox, and a day full of meetings. Mindful Interrupters : Sign up for these handy reminders and you’ll get an email no more than one to two times a week with a helpful mindfulness suggestion.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

"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. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things.

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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. The kind of food that nourishes the mind and body, and is foundational to growth and many other critical human needs, like education, housing, jobs, and transportation.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 6, 2016

To demonstrate, take the process of time management, if you are taking five classes and you have three exams on Friday, two pop quizzes on Wednesday, and a total of four written assignments to complete. This may seem entirely second nature. Organization skills are key to developing the ideal training and development program.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2011

I had gone to classes on and off before coming to California but regularly left before savasana, the rest period at the end of class where the mind is invited to be still. I felt thrown off by how much the girls talked during the class and tried to respond with humor, then seriousness, and finally, acceptance.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Saving staffers from mind-numbing repetitive tasks and opening time to innovate are some of the best reasons to prioritize understanding AI. Offering a class in AI fundamentals will provide a solid foundation for discovery. ANNs are inspired by the structure and function of the human brain. Buyer beware is critical.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The money is in sponsorship from companies that want to be favorably exposed in one fell swoop to a critical mass of the best and brightest of the young technoid class. For more and more of the best young technical minds, it’s no longer enough to line up their talents behind selling toothpaste on the web.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

I know that time flies, but it seems like it was just yesterday that I was sitting in my 7th grade creative writing class and saw what felt like the world come tumbling down. Speak to the part of the brain that controls action-taking. The iphone 5c was introduced. And it was the 12th anniversary of 9/11. Tell stories. Evoke emotion.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

For the 40 days leading up to my birthday, I picked one thing to do each day that engaged my body, mind, heart and soul: moving, reflecting, playing and connecting. My movement usually took the form of either yoga, walking, a dance fitness class taught by my friend Heather , or a ShimmyPop! No connection to my lengthy to-do list?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

They 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. I also was a guest lecturer for a Berkeley MBA Class on networks. Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. Year in Review.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2014

A few of the letters include language I haven’t heard since my high school economics class. You are appealing to the analytical side of my brain and ignoring the side where my compassion and empathy are located. And I won’t mind if you thank me again.) That’s the side you want to appeal to. Did you thank me?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Make time for movement and mindfulness. Yet, both movement and mindfulness are two of the most important building blocks of a well-balanced mind and body. Provide flexibility and connection backed by best-in-class technology. A month ago, I literally stuck a post it on my wall that read: “Are you thirsty?” Longer life.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2007

Okay, they don't eat people's brains. The value proposition of museum grad programs is cloudy in my mind. Young people who walk into class with wild ideas may walk out (and into jobs) with the perception that those unique ideas are inappropriate or impractical. But did they get an A in the class where they first learned that?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Our volunteers are the heart and soul and brains and heavy lifters (figuratively and-- when you have boxes of books involved-- literally) of our organization. Never mind your work experience, what do you really want to be doing that the library can help you accomplish? We start each official meeting with introductions.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2018

Disabilities like dyslexia, vision loss, or a brain injury or physical disability that gets in the way of using a printed book. But, cost savings, opportunity for innovation and impact that will create should be mind-blowing. We started our first social enterprise in the Wild West of dozens of proprietary word processor formats.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

Writing is a skill learned early in life, and most of us disliked writing and grammar classes as much as we disliked eating vegetables. They may have grown up in a grade school that didn’t emphasize writ­ing, or perhaps they were simply left-brained, science and math types. Write more success stories of the great work you’re doing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

The way that it all made my brain team with information like surfing the web manually for text information never could made it obvious to me that I needed to tell as many other people about it as possible. Maybe some of these new tools to be leveraged for purposes connected to fighting injustices. even could if they wanted to.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Keep in mind that you can also leverage social media tools for your fundraising campaigns. Online class The best online fundraisers give donors something in return for their support. That’s exactly what you can do with an online class or workshop fundraiser. Social media.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

I mean, she’s a CFRE and she even teaches a CFRE class. And so I’ve been so grateful to be able to help thousands of folks through my classes, through my courses, through one-on-one work, through training, conferences. Ben, isn’t the popcorn thing blowing your mind? It’s the funniest thing ever.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey’s going to talk a little bit about getting inside the minds of donors. So what we’re seeing is a shrinking of the middle class that historically provided the base, the backbone of most donor programs. . So these things are floating through our minds all day long. . We’re going to do a little intro. .

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2007

Then again, many museums still think of their web visitors as second-class citizens, and may be unwilling to put on the floor what they put on the web. In my mind, the distinction of web-only is useful when: the content provides a personal, repeatable experience. Why do that at the museum when I can do it at home?

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That’s why you have to plan ahead: A robust content plan will save you time—and brain space—and help you produce great nonprofit content while also tackling the rest of your mile-long to-do list. Nonprofits are always mindful of their budgets, so using metrics for your content is critical to demonstrating meaningful ROI.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

In addition to being super active in her San Francisco nonprofit community, she also does a lot, including teaching a CFRE class. And let’s see if we can get your slides going here, if you don’t mind sharing again. It lights up the pleasure centers of their brains, it gives them what is called a warm-glow feeling.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 16, 2017

There, you’ll find all of the education we provide in podcasts, classes, webinars, a print magazine, and online articles that are published throughout the week. That’s who I have in mind as I pick the brains of experts every single week and planned giving has certainly been among the topics we’ve talked about.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. You don’t need to take another class, or get a certification, or take a sabbatical and become like a tech guru. You read my mind exactly, Jennifer. We don’t mind. Be nice to your people. They’re learning something new. Give her one more minute.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

Kris talked about brain research related to the potential cognitive and social impacts of participation. One of the resources she shared is a book called Brain Rules , which presents studies about the power of "cognitive force environment"--the idea that we need to be able to actually change an environment to learn from it.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2008

Reading the stories, I flashed back to the writing exercises I used to give students in poetry classes. It's about training our minds to go down unfamiliar paths--to put ourselves in new, weird, snug boxes and see what comes out. What sneaky boxes do you put yourself in to move your brain in new directions? It should be hard.

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

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. I’m not talking about mind tricks or anything.

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