TechImpact

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Your brain loves a good story. There is a distinct chemical reaction that happens in one’s brain when they’re reading a compelling or interesting story. According to this study, the amount of Oxytocin the brain actually produces effectively predicted how willing people were to help others. The formula.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

Boards are the brain trusts of nonprofit organizations, responsible for providing leadership, oversight, expertise, guidance, accountability, vision, fundraising and an invaluable connection to community. These factors explain and perpetuate the problem of board diversity.”. It’s personal and requires a fair amount of trust.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

To directly measure a high-level impact like this, however, one would need years of high quality data summarizing success in school (grades and attendance, for example)and, ideally, a control group with very similar demographics and attributes.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The board’s mindset should reflect current business dynamics and its demographics should mirror the social and cultural landscape. Unfortunately, a board that is out-of-step with current business trends is like a carbon monoxide leak—a silent problem that can easily be fatal. For some boards, getting to Association 4.0 is a heavy lift.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Bandwidth was a problem then, too. If people who are more socially-linked are truly faster to catch an infection, perhaps the most socially-linked leaders would be fastest to identify & respond to destructive impulses in our now more collective brain. Listen, I’m not just a worst-case-scenario person.

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