Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2015

There are serious health risks to a sedentary work style, but it also impacts our minds as well. Moving around at work helps get our brains to re-engage. Even small movements cause improved brain processing speed, learning, and short-term memory. Our brains begin to slow down when we are not moving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2016

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

” As the word cloud appears on the screen, we discuss the triggers and reactions. Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally.

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But recently she was overhearing aggravated remarks from staff: she wasn’t paying attention to them, she was missing appointments, and forgetting to discuss important points at meetings. The story above is about how your brain works. Your brain has a part called the Prefrontal Cortex, or “PFC” (remember “Paula Front-and-Center”?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

” I don’t have an answer, but I think it has to do with modeling conscious information and consumption and being mindful about how you connect with people, cultivate relationships, and share information. In our panel discussion, Laura was asked about being mindful in our philanthropy and giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2013

I prefer these tools when I’m capturing a discussion from a meeting that focused on a designing a program or a reflective conversation. If the notes need to be in a digital format, the process of transcribing them gives me added reflection and thought time to digest the ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

The basic premise remained the same: to give training tips, model them, and to provide “meta” data that gave a glimpse into the minds of the session designers. Adults tend to interpret information received in a training based on existing knowledge in their brains and then integrate it with previous experiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2013

Join us for a discussion about the value of failure in the nonprofit technology sector. Through lively sharing and discussion we will dive into the art of placing small bets or affordable losses that can lead to innovation. Mindful or Mindfull Social Media? April 12, 2013 – 1:30-3:00 PM. The Benefits of Content Curation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

This allows you to focus on what really requires discussion and decision-making instead of spending collaborative time passively listening to status updates. Your team can do a simple mindfulness exercise by starting a meeting with a deep breath and going around the table to share how you are feeling in the moment. Work to your energy.

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MAY 28, 2021

In Part 1 of the presentation, Rob discusses the cross-cultural meanings of specific colors and culturally-specific associations as well as the importance of choosing the color that best matches your mission. Color can play with our eyes and our minds, and can create boundaries and shapes that don’t really exist.

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Allen’s GTD methodology is based on the idea that our brains are not designed to store information. This allows us to clear our minds and focus on the present moment. GTD is a five-step process: Capture : Capture everything that comes into your mind, whether it’s a task, an idea, or a thought. So why wait?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2011

“Always Be Cropping&# – a very practical point for being enchanting with photos that stand out in social streams – and to mindful of good composition – which requires cropping. Here’s some other suggestions and tips for enchanting photos. Charles Porch, Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog. He spoke about creativity and what psychologists and brain scientists are learning about it. Seek outsider knowledge. Learn to relax.

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APRIL 27, 2021

We specifically look for frequent discussion of feeling tired, not meeting deadlines, taking more sick leave, and negativity in our teammates. The most common signs of employee burnout we’ve seen are: Brain fog that causes forgetfulness of something a person has done before or randomly forgetting to complete tasks.

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Plus, you can chime into the discussion board , which is a terrific way to discover folks to connect with as you plan your conference experience. Join the informal Birds of a Feather discussions to share insights with a group of fellow attendees of a similar background or interest. Prepare your conference strategy. Find your flock.

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APRIL 27, 2021

The same principle lies at the heart of a mind map. Mind maps help us stay organized in the world of content shock, informational chaos, and short attention span. Psychologists revealed the power of this instrument for the human brain a long time ago. They say mind mapping makes people more creative and retentive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog. After Day 2 at the GEO conference my mind is abuzz! Synapses Ablaze at GEO 2012 – guest post by Victoria Dunning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

With a conference so packed with powerful learning, there is the danger of arriving at the closing session with a brain too full to take in any more content and with no time and space to reflection and capture some highlights for learning – it’s all lost. Markets for Good (@MarketsForGood) May 1, 2015.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Soren is the author of the book, " Wisdom 2.0 " and writes about mindfulness and technology use for Huffington Post and on Mashable. Soren is the author of the book, " Wisdom 2.0 " and writes about mindfulness and technology use for Huffington Post and on Mashable. He also talked about changing his brain chemistry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I also keep in mind dips in the circadian rhythms for humans that have impact on their ability to pay attention and learn – and I design different types of activities accordingly. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Talking and hearing (Auditory). Development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

He recommends reading The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr to better understand the impact of chronic information overload, followed by his best advice about being purposeful with your attention online. Michaela Monahan, Big Duck blog, discusses the technique of tracking your time. Mindfulness'

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MARCH 17, 2011

Shana Masterson from the National Brain Tumor Society was the moderator and led the large session by breaking the group up for open dialogue. I can’t think of a better use of my time than to hear what is on the mind of our clients as they use Convio to drive their missions forward.

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JULY 28, 2014

Always keep in mind that your website has a purpose outside of looking cool. Well, it’s true, but conTEXT is queen, and is often the case, she’s the real brains of the operation. Content speaks largely to the focus of your website and webpages, as discussed earlier. 3) Keep it Focused. How many times have you heard that one?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2010

The change is needed in the whole fraternity where in the sensitivity and readiness of lawyers to take up pro bono cases is encouraged by teaching them how effective social media tools can be for conversing with other like minded professionals etc. Megha Bhagat. LLM student, NLSIU, Bangalore(Human Rights), India. meghabhagat@nls.ac.in.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The NTEN Editorial Committee is a group of committed professionals that meet monthly to discuss content and strategy for the NTEN: Change Journal , our quarterly digital publication for nonprofit leaders. Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Ash Shepherd, Strategy & Process, Minds on Design Lab.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

More importantly, this experiential learning — not just discussion. Bringing your brain to what you are doing. While she didn’t teach us improvisation exactly, she lead us through some group discussions on the question: What do we do when things go wrong? Collective Capital (@cocapimprov) April 6, 2015.

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JULY 28, 2014

Always keep in mind that your website has a purpose outside of looking cool. Well, it’s true, but conTEXT is queen, and is often the case, she’s the real brains of the operation. Content speaks largely to the focus of your website and webpages, as discussed earlier. 3) Keep it Focused. How many times have you heard that one?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

But I sense in conversations here at the conference that participants are clearer in their minds about the practice of evaluation than they are about the practice of learning. With that in mind, I wanted to set out six queries that might help foundations orient, anchor, and structure their learning, and better use its fruits.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Formally, your mind begins organizing, “Study for this long on these dates, write paper one at this time and on this date, and so on and so on.” Our brains, while capable of accomplishing a lot of tasks at the same time, are not too great with knowledge retention in scenarios where multi-tasking is taking place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2016

It was like a reboot for my brain, but I found it really difficult to do. During my walk, I reflected on my participation last March in the annual National Day of Unplugging , a 24-hour digital detox when you don’t use technology, Internet, or mobile phone in order to reduce stress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. Avoid any discussion of ideas or questions, as these stop the flow of ideas. Once everyone generates their own ideas, they come together as a group to share their ideas and discuss them. Free-wheeling. WORD STORM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

Flickr Photo by JTLowery The title of this post is play on the famous PSA " Brain on Drugs " from 1987 to raise attention to the harmful effects of drugs. The memorable tagline : This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Does growing up digital evolve young people's brains? Any questions? That's impressive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I have written a lot about how it is important to understand how the brain works, how people learn by using learning theories to guide the design of your workshops. Bear in mind that the model isn’t practical in all situations. Use Learning Theory. to define the four levels of training evaluation. Or, have them fold 8 x 11.5

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MAY 25, 2021

But, before we dive into the five features that you should seek in your next CME LMS, let’s discuss why you’re seeking a new solution to begin with. Keep in mind that your organization may be facing more than one of these challenges— but luckily, there are strong software solutions to help your association overcome them.

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MAY 28, 2020

Some Internet People say some that sparks something in your brain. Author: Ellice Engdahl When Seema asked me to write a post “ taking stock of the industry ,” I started to run through all the things that have been bouncing around my mind since the world changed. Some Internet People strike the flint every time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Scarcity captures the mind. The mind orients automatically, powerfully, toward unfulfilled needs. ” Changing mindsets is not something that happens overnight, but I thought these creative ideas offered some great fodder for discussion which might lead to change. Self-Care for Success.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Without creating a massive PDF discussing the allocation of funds, writing blogs discussing the progress of new program creation, or even publishing a lengthy journal article on how your volunteers are working, you can show people that your nonprofit is undoubtedly effective. Ask for help. Show your purpose.

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