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The Value of Taking Mini-Breaks During the Nonprofit Work Day

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is known as “ brain breaks ” where you simply STOP for a moment and do something to reset and renew your brain’s capacity to absorb or create that next thought. As many nonprofit professionals know too well, a hard-working but “tired” brain needs a few moments to “recharge.”

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Making a Great Story into a Powerful Fundraising Story

Bloomerang

We’ve all heard how important stories are to fundraising communications. 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. . It may sound silly to spell this out, but it really does help people take the next step.

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How to Prevent Fundraising Burnout in a Small, Growing Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Sounds serious. Screens can overstimulate your brain and keep you from sleeping. You need to communicate with your team and tell them you are overwhelmed. Find a college student to do this for you. Dictionary.com defines “burnout” as physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress. Read that again. Not a stumble.

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Fundwriter.ai 101 – Can A Robot Write Better Than You?

The Fundraising Authority

Then two hours later, you’re sitting there looking through past writing projects and online templates hoping to find inspiration without a single word written… Sound familiar? Donor Persona Personas are some of the most valuable tools you can use to dial in communication with your target audience. It was 8 p.m.,

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Warning: Museum Graduate Programs Spawn Legions of Zombies!

Museum 2.0

Okay, they don't eat people's brains. Sure, we may have some communication trouble getting on the same page. The more we teach and judge based on laws, the less students and graduates will try to break them. This may sound reasonable; any life choice is a personal decision. Summer's coming to D.C., You were a carpenter.

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[VIDEO] How to Overcome Fear, Intimidation and Imposter Syndrome to Raise More Money

Bloomerang

Let me know if any of these sound familiar. So how familiar do these ones sound? So these are all limiting beliefs, even though they may not sound like it. Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? So negativity bias can tend to feed into fear, which is another perfectly normal function of your brain.

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[VIDEO] How to Raise 25% More from the Right Funders in 2022 and Beyond

Bloomerang

All of my students did too, all of my clients did too. So when you’re engaging them, you’re really highlighting the win-win relationship in all of your communication. So another way I think about this is like it’s opening up so many tabs in our brain. And you may recognize these mistakes too.

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