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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. The sitting brain is really disengaged. You can also apply brain theory to designing and facilitating meetings at work.

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Nonprofit Technology News for March 2014

Tech Soup

It is 2025 according to a new report by the nonprofit Pew Research Center and Elon University in North Carolina. The Pew/Elon University prediction is non-partisan, however, and is based on the views of 2,558 experts and technology builders about where we will stand by the year 2025. " Facebook, Solar Drones, and Cheap Internet.

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Podcamp Session on Social Media Metrics: Thank You Jeremiah

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When standard metrics are discussed, people easily fall into the "mine is bigger or better than yours" comparisons or "numbers data out of context thinking." " Our brains naturally migrate to scoreboards, report cards, and stock market returns For nonprofits, it isn't about making money. A logic model. (I

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Projects #4: Transparency for Special Education Services

Forum One

The logic is reasonably clear: a child's best hope is to "rewire" their damaged brain structure while s/he is young and has a high degree of neuroplasticity. and embrace innovative new learning models" (ED.gov). Equal access to all data, at any time, by parents and administrators. Update research and re-disseminate, etc.