Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Bookshare is helping Kevin— who had suffered a brain injury—to keep up with his school work. Finally, we are thrilled to have Christy Chin step into a new role of Chair of the Benetech Board of Directors. I encourage you to read his powerful story on our website. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact.

Literacy 158

Literacy eBook United Kingdom Accessibility 158

Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Research has shown that the human brain retains information more effectively when presented repeatedly. Furthermore, the speed at which your donation page loads plays a significant role in maximizing conversion rates. By placing the donation button on every page, you reinforce its presence in the minds of your website visitors.

Websites 52

Websites Calendar Registration Nonprofit 52

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The Brain exhibition, for example, has a table where people can work together to put together the pieces of the brain neuron by neuron. Elaine : The media often undermines the role of games in institutions as showing them just as scavenger hunts and not interaction and personal exploration of learning and information.

Game 140

Game Culture Museum Change 140

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Pratima: Although my role is mainly executional, there’s usually a little bit of room for concepting in the initial stages of any design, which is fun because that’s the time to take more risks. You need to be open to new ideas and willing to let go of what’s in your brain, so open mindedness is key.

Design 36

Design Zambia New York City Interaction 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

When organizations use Twitter to promote themselves, it’s largely about playing a role. We’ll pick the brains of people who live this challenge daily in the nonprofit sector. The person tweeting is tasked to be on message as the voice of the organization while creating a unique and engaging personality to draw an audience in.

Comment 97

Comment Artist Social Media Hype 97

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. First is to understand the role of the board specifically in elevating an organization’s fundraising program. Elizabeth: Yes.

Leadership 64

Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 64

NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The Brain exhibition, for example, has a table where people can work together to put together the pieces of the brain neuron by neuron. Elaine : The media often undermines the role of games in institutions as showing them just as scavenger hunts and not interaction and personal exploration of learning and information.

Game 52

Game Culture Change Museum 52

Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

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. It’s simply your brain doing its job. Fear is hardwired into our brain, and everyone feels it whether they like to admit it or not. Oh, thank you.

Raise 98

Raise Money Video Brain 98

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2007

He notes that film, music, visual art, and literature have evolved as media that are used in all kinds of environments, from the mundane to the profound. Serious games thus have an important role to serve in video games’ attempts to mature as a medium—not because they train or educate or inform, but because they help make games more boring.

Game 20

Game Fun Museum Movie 20

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

When I started in the sector right after grad school, I realized that there weren’t a lot of folks who I thought looked like me who were in leadership roles. And I ascended into an executive role pretty early in about three and a half, four years into my career and I spent almost all of my career in the C-suite.

Management 94

Management Work Video Slides 94

Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

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. It’s simply your brain doing its job. Fear is hardwired into our brain, and everyone feels it whether they like to admit it or not. Oh, thank you.

Raise 70

Raise Money Video Brain 70

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2008

If you do indeed want to cultivate a community discussion, start with a blog "family" to fuel the blog, or, better yet, consider another venue like Twitter or a social network that is a more conducive environment to active participation among strangers. Thank you to Reach Advisors for sharing FASCINATING insight into visitors' brains.

Comment 20

Comment Museum Blogger Reflection 20

Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

Kris talked about brain research related to the potential cognitive and social impacts of participation. One of the resources she shared is a book called Brain Rules , which presents studies about the power of "cognitive force environment"--the idea that we need to be able to actually change an environment to learn from it.

Slides 22

Slides Museum Los Angeles San Jose 22

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2009

She is a co-founder of the award-winning SheSource.org , an online brain trust of women experts designed to close the gender gap among commentators in the news media. It's just natural in our brains, if you look at the brain science and everything around that, women want to build community. It may be animal rights.

Authoring 46

Authoring Marketing Change Interview 46

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

April 7, 2007 I had heard about this new journal a while ago, and it was sitting in some small corner of my brain, waiting for me to pay attention. Benkler goes further , and I go with him: Information, knowledge, and information-rich goods and tools play a significant role in economic opportunity and human development.

Journal 100

Journal Change License Model 100

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

We’re sort of in this kind of hybrid environment related to COVID. And so do you have that sort of squared away on the roles and responsibilities and the processes? . And just my brain just explodes five minutes into any talk of hers. Prior to that she served on several different committees and in committee chair roles.

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Grant Build Video Strategy 119

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

That's guaranteed, and what's guaranteeing it is, it is one of the few positive things about the destruction of the environment. What do you think the best role is for nonprofits in the movement and the green economy? So you not only want partners who are wealthy, but partners who get that the green economy is the next economy.

Global 40

Global Green San Francisco Model 40