Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

He lead us on a series of improvisation exercises designed to teach important skills for networked leaders: empathy, awareness, celebrating failure, being open to change and more. Okay, I admit the improvisation work is a lot of fun, but there is a lot of learning embedded in the reflection and debriefs. Flexibility. Co-Creating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

They capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. Housekeeping Mindfulness Self-Directed Learning' Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. Year in Review. Photo by Gary Clark.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks. This post shares some reflections from yesterday and a few nuggets that I learned from the presentations. I use pen and a note book to take notes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Team members reflect on their own remote working experiences and use that insight to create a shared charter for your nonprofit. Reflect on the past six months or the past year as a team. Get to know your Ultradian Rhythms , the natural rhythms of your body and brain that repeat throughout the day. PRIORITIES.

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JULY 12, 2016

When evaluating the effectiveness of eLearnings it is vital that we keep in mind exactly what we are trying to accomplish; then craft exceedingly mindful learning experiences to ensure the highest possible return on our investment. Also, please try not to make them boring. Interactive. I like to refer to this as the Sesame Street Rule.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

His reflections remind me that I wish I could have immerse myself in the entire content (which was enormous) for the entire month, but those exercises and discussion that I managed to swoop into provided me with significant learning. It also reminded me that I haven't posted my own reflection. Reading through Beth Kanter???s

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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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JANUARY 4, 2016

It’s a new year, so that must mean it’s time for reflection. That’s what was on my mind as I made my way through the final week of 2015, with my mind clear, rested from the break but not yet ready to gear up for a return to work. You could say it was a time for clarity. And the alternative is this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

January is a good time to reflect, recharge, and establish healthy habits that make us more effective in our nonprofit work. 5 Core Values at Work for 2016 by Kathy Naylor, VP of HR and Talent at the MIND Research Institute shares the core values that will insure your happiness and health at your nonprofit career.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

The tagging discussion included an action learning exercise where we shared a lot of resources about tagging as well as explored the discovery aspect of delicious. She gave me some very rich reflections as a reply in the comments. I "met" Dorine Ruter when we both participated in the online Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2015

That’s the focus of one of the sessions – so I have been reflecting a lot on this topic to come up with some useful exercises, discussion questions, and session content. I try to schedule time blocks that require high level concentration tasks (like writing) in the morning when my brain is better able to concentrate.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

By understanding core motivations, intentions, perspectives reflected in this webinar, you will be able to build a stronger case for support, increase the impact you have, and gain strategies for creating and preserving community. Also, perhaps you’re interested in the podcast and reflections that I’ve learned.

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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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AUGUST 14, 2023

Eating better, exercising more, finding a relaxing balance, etc. My organizational leadership mind had alarm bells ringing so loudly that I thought people could hear them. In coming to those decisions, I used the What, So What, Now What reflective approach made famous by John Driscoll. Recognizing the need for change is easy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. David Armano's " The Collective Focus Group:Listen, Learn, and Adapt " was written for the business audience in mind, but the concept and techniques can be used by nonprofits and more importantly lead to success. (tags: nonprofits roi ). Intangibles.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2008

And yet, over the last few years, as the web has unlocked piles of information, a quiet group of math-minded designers are figuring out how to interpret the vast impersonalness of data and make it both beautiful and meaningful. Entertain the idea of an exhibit based on Gantt charts and spreadsheets, and your head might just explode.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Ben, isn’t the popcorn thing blowing your mind? Oh, no business increased, coaching increased, the amount of change management exercises I had to take organizations through increased. So when I think about back to work as a manager, these are some of the things that comes to mind for me. It’s the funniest thing ever.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey’s going to talk a little bit about getting inside the minds of donors. But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. . We’re going to do a little intro. . no, no, no.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

But there are still opportunities, and there is some changes that funders have made to be mindful of those things during COVID. And there’s been also a lot of questions about that and applications about racial equity, and then the makeup of your staff and reflective of the people that you serve. I think you can keep going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research. The idea is micro-content and micro-exercises or mini-sessions. Mindfulness and Reflection – How to use these techniques to help keep your focus. So, how do you account for that?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Your old prejudices and hang-ups, your own beliefs about credentials, are hanging out in your mind, no matter how you try to avoid it. Then, when you look through resumes, your unconscious brain might move you to a certain candidate. Later, as I was sending my findings to a colleague, I told them the exercise took me 1 hour.

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