Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

When you accept invitations via email, the meeting gets automatically added to your calendar. You can communicate through Trello, which reduces email correspondence and keeps conversations in a central place. Slack has been successful in moving people out of email and into a more organized and efficient way to communicate.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This book contains helpful insights and real-world strategies to help you integrate your email, social media, and mobile communications that reach and resonate with supporters. Story or Die: How to Use Brain Science to Engage, Persuade, and Change Minds in Business and in Life by Lisa Cron.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2017

To get more sleep at home, stop trying to cram in one more email before bed and avoid staring at screens before you hit the hay. When you’re overworked and over stressed, it affects your concentration—your mind wanders, you forget things easily, you can’t focus. Instead, incorporate a brain-replenishing walk into your lunch hour.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

There will be times this year when a thank you email or tweet just isn’t enough to communicate your appreciation. One of the biggest downsides for me personally from being connected to the Social Web 50-70 hours a week is that my brain has a hard time reading for extended periods of time. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

We know in theory what a brain injury means, but seeing Gabby Giffords on stage, struggling to speak as a result of her brain injury, brought its impact home. We had emailed back and forth about software that would drill him on ever-lengthening strings of numbers. Such an application is completely doable with not that much work.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

The mesolimbic part of the brain assigns values to the sensory stimuli, helping us classify what we feel. The rational part of a donor’s brain still mediates the action evoked or prompted by the emotional part through values and learnings. When a donor responds to emotions, the brain releases volatile power chemicals. .

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Dear Charity Clairity, I’m wondering if you have a data point readily available in your brilliant brain? or something like that? Whatever your mission, the better you tailor your message to what’s top of mind for people, the more likely you’ll be able to inspire them to make a gift to you now.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

There are two parts to thanking donors: Connecting with the donor’s brain by providing a gift receipt and more importantly, touching the donor’s heart by letting them know they are heroes for giving to your organization’s cause. You make the brain connection when you give them the data they need for their records.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2016

But what I really appreciated was the “meditation” or “quiet” spaces – electronic free zones where people can escape collaborative overload from back-to-back meetings and emails and collect their thoughts. ” An electronic free zone or quiet room can provide a good reminder to take these brain breaks.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 13, 2021

The brain dump. Just write whatever comes to mind. How often do you want to be in touch with your constituents via email? Whenever you are writing your stories, whether it be for a newsletter, for a speech, for an appeal letter, or for a Facebook post, considering going through the following 5 steps. . Pre-writing. . Drafting.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

It’s important to showcase how what you do relates to what’s top of mind for folks. For example, I’m on the board of a local theater group, and the executive director’s most recent emailed newsletter was titled “ Theater Nurtures Democracy.” They must write for the website, blog, email, social media, and more. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2018

Our use of digital devices, apps, email , and social media (even for work purposes) has crossed the line into an unhealthy relationship. Worst, there is trouble at the top: brain fog. For some, it has become a behavioral addiction. Bring these benefits into a nonprofit workplace, and perhaps some of the stress levels will go down.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Author: One of my favorite science/interests stories in the news recently was a report published in late July by Science Magazine about how researchers have found that the brain of speakers and listeners become synchronized as they talk. The study called this "neural coupling" and claimed that the process is key to effective communication.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 15, 2020

Video calls are a lot more straining on the brain than any face-to-face conversation. Our minds are together when our bodies feel we’re not. Give yourself brain breaks. In between meetings, you could chat with coworkers casually, and your brain would have a break during your commute. Why are video calls so draining?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Meet my colleague, Meico Marquette Whitlock, who is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Techie. I had an opportunity to interview Meico about being a Mindful Techie. You have now moved into the area of “Mindfulness and Technology,” what inspired the move from nonprofit techie into mindfulness?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

The emails would keep rolling in and the projects would keep moving ahead—this time without me. Rest is a necessary and important productivity tool—and an important part of doing the inner AND outer work of being a mindful changemaker. But you look at your overflowing email inbox and overloaded calendar and wonder—When?!

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

But, evaluating the performance of your email campaigns can be much simpler. You can significantly improve the performance of your email campaigns by knowing and understanding just four data points. Open Rate: If you manage an email campaign of any size, then you’re familiar with an open rate. That’s right.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

For example when watching a video, audio and visual channels activate separate parts of the brain , and when these two elements combine, it helps supporters better understand and engage with your mission. . Leverage your website, newsletter, social media channels, and email campaigns to reach as many supporters as possible.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 30, 2022

When collected in the right event planning software , you can then export this data to your integrated customer relationship management (CRM) software; you can use email marketing sequences for demand gen purposes. Moreover, always host your event with online ticketing and registration, an online event app, and email reminders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2011

Distractions come from the Internet if you have email, Twitter, or mobile phone beeping at you. Distractions can be internal and come from our brains , our thoughts. He clearly identifies types of tasks: planning (prep to do the task), reading, production (writing), interviews, email, and commenting. Brain Fitness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

A quick glance at your calendar shows that you spent hours in meetings, answering emails, or working on shared documents but you can’t remember why. Adopt Good Practices Around Team Emails. Have a formal policy about sending after hours emails. Some organizations have explicit policies such as “no email between 7pm-7am.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

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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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

Emails are also direct marketing, but the sheer number of emails received throughout the day can make them feel less meaningful in comparison to a few personalized letters. . also supports the impact of physical documents as our brains comprehend text better when it’s printed than when it’s on a screen. Thank you cards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2011

Taking a break from online this week to stare at the ocean, visit family, and air out the brain. As someone who spends a lot of time online, breaks like this can be good for the heart, soul, and brain. Someone referred me to this excellent post by Danah Boyd about how to take an email sabbatical.

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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

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

While I was well aware of this research, after lengthy business travel this past month where I used my mobile phone as an alarm clock, I found myself slipping back into that very bad habit of setting my alarm and then browsing social media, news, or email. The glaring light off the tiny screen zaps your brain of sound ZZZs.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Storytelling makes it personal and transforms the heart and mind of your target audience by showing them why something is important, instead of just telling them. When a good story is shared, scientific research shows our brains connect to storytelling can have on us: Stories are remembered 22x more easily than data, facts, and stats.

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OneCause

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This doesn’t mean that you should talk down to your donors or that they’re unintelligent: it just means that they’re probably using their brain power for other things and quickly skimming emails and mailers. Email them and ask if they’d like to speak on the phone or meet in person, or catch them at your next event.

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

LoveYourBrain is on a mission to improve the quality of life of people affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI) through programs that build community and foster resilience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It gave me space to give social media use some mindful attention. The product-driven learning is mindful, mostly linear, and focused. I scan through my listening post (blog feeds and keyword searches) and daily email subscriptions looking for patterns. This is serendipity – not pure randomness, but orchestrated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The longer you get the mobile phone out of your hands and not check email or social media or open other apps, the longer this tree will grow. I just learned about turning my phone to grayscale because the brightly colored icons give your brain a shiny reward every time we open up our phone.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

How much will it cost for you to accomplish what you have in mind? Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. Of course what you ask for in a grant depends on the specific program or project you have in mind, but this is a good rule of thumb to start with. No one wants to do it.

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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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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. Don't React All Day To Email. Try ignoring your email." .

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Research has shown that the human brain retains information more effectively when presented repeatedly. By placing the donation button on every page, you reinforce its presence in the minds of your website visitors. Only ask for crucial information, such as name, email address, and donation amount.

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Achieve

APRIL 16, 2014

What comes to mind? Why does your brain immediately connect all of those images immediately with Coke? Coke has created a “share of mind” that exists worldwide where people associate Coke with their brand elements; however, it is a process that takes time, patience and unwavering dedication to consistency. The answer: branding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2015

As my work as a trainer pivots more towards leadership development in a networked world, I’ve been doing more and more training on the topic of mindfulness at work techniques. In other words, checking your email before you go to bed hurts your brain. Mindfulness Walking' Noise to Signal Cartoon. What worked?

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