Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

You probably use cloud software to backup your files and share them with others on your team. Get to know your Ultradian Rhythms , the natural rhythms of your body and brain that repeat throughout the day. There is even a “ look ahead ” template for Excel that make this type of planning easier to do.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 24, 2011

How to Create a Juicy Blogging Vision Board Materials: Magazines you don't mind cutting up, a manila file folder, a glue stick, scissors, a timer, Mod Podge (optional), and a paper grocery bag. at the Writing Salon, Berkeley, CA August 5: The Write Brain - Essential Blog Content Development Workshop at BlogHer '11, San Diego, CA Share.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

So, find a system for keeping all your to do items in one place, whether that’s on a piece of paper, in a notebook, in a Word file, or somewhere else. And if you don’t really like being on the phone, you can get those pesky calls done and out of the way, freeing up brain power for the rest of the day. Don’t try to do everything.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2016

Pro tip: keep all documents related to a certain project together in a paper or electronic folder, either in a file cabinet or on your computer desktop. Remind yourself of your current task by consulting your activity record (see tip #2). Take a Mindful Moment.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

People often go to lawyers and accountants for transactional matters – contract reviews, tax filings, a strongly worded letter about a neighbor’s dog that just won’t stop barking – but savvy service providers know that transactions are jumping-off points for long-term relationships. Playing the Role of Trusted Advisor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

My brain was completely fried and those around me were getting pretty fed up with the fact that I was never present, only connected… online, all the time. I am only friends with people I know and a few work colleagues who have been filed under a list called “Work&# friends. I only see their Status Updates when I want to.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky's claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus' - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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The MatrixFiles

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Brian Tarallo from Lizard Brain led us through a two-hour reflection and asked us questions like: What has been your overarching mood in 2021? The post Reflections from 2021, Thoughts for 2022 appeared first on The MatriX Files. What is a defining moment you had in the last 18 months? What are you grateful for?

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky’s claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus’ - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky’s claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus’ - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2011

This might have gone better if they had had more emails on file and could have implemented rapid-response.) And away with her brain went all the years of evidence that a certain supporter had played an integral role in getting grant funding from a couple of key local foundations. Evil red asterisk.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

First, believe deeply – in your heart and then in your brain – that donors matter. Their donor file has quintupled since 2008. .’ This takes more time initially, but it produces the levels of support and advocacy we really want for our organization!” Joyaux , ACFRE, Joyaux Associates. Third, behave accordingly!

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Fortunately for DC, an entire team was devoted to the data warehouse and scoured paper files, databases, and people’s brains to set up the catalog. Below are the three areas where challenges were identified: Setup – Collecting content for syndication is sometimes a challenge unto itself.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

First, believe deeply – in your heart and then in your brain – that donors matter. Their donor file has quintupled since 2008. .’ This takes more time initially, but it produces the levels of support and advocacy we really want for our organization!” Joyaux , ACFRE, Joyaux Associates. Third, behave accordingly!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Instead of using your limited supply of willpower, here are some optimal defaults you can use that will trick your brain into automatically eating less – without you knowing it and without the stress that comes with dieting. Instead of having a candy dish on the corner of your desk at work, move it to a filing cabinet away from your desk.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Email List Growth Honorable Mention: HSUS - Humane Society of the United States Winner: National Relief Charities Changed from brochure to interactive website, multi-facteed file building strategy and acquired over 1000 new names per month and have converted about 1% to donors in 6 weeks. This year they did something a little different.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2007

It was a late afternoon session and I was brain dead. understanding that these communication tools shift power to the lower ranks and file of the company. (Imagine Bob Dylan song in the background, "the times they are a changin." " I'm thinking about Clive Thompson's session at the Games for Change Conference.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

It’s an important tool for maintaining a healthy email file. Keep shivering, but also keep reading, because I’m going to show you two simple math tricks that will help you add a little left-brain to your portfolio of expertise. . Unsubscribe Rate: Don’t be afraid of this number. What Can Be Learned From Each Data Point.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Having only been incorporated for a year and receiving just last week an anonymous donation to cover our 501c3 filing, we still have a little way to go before we get there. Our volunteers are the heart and soul and brains and heavy lifters (figuratively and-- when you have boxes of books involved-- literally) of our organization.

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Candid

APRIL 27, 2021

Psychologists revealed the power of this instrument for the human brain a long time ago. Mindomo offers 24 templates, three account types, and opportunities to work on mind maps in teams, add video and audio files, set tasks priority, and add comments to branches. They say mind mapping makes people more creative and retentive.

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sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2023

Digging through different folders and files for the names of decision-makers, impact areas, diversity and equity metrics , and previous reports for each grantee takes time. This frees up your to-do list—and brain space—to focus on important tasks that improve your grantee experience.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain. So it’s updating your data file with changes of address. You can print out your data file or you can look at it and get an assessment of the health of it overall. Why do we need it? Robin: Every night?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

The way that it all made my brain team with information like surfing the web manually for text information never could made it obvious to me that I needed to tell as many other people about it as possible. Maybe some of these new tools to be leveraged for purposes connected to fighting injustices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2016

6th so stay tuned) and so data and nonprofits has been on my brain. Report to match your email file (of up to 5000 names) with our social data and receive a custom infographic to see your social reach. Note from Beth: I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of Data Driven Nonprofits by Steve Maclaughlin (launching Sept.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2009

My practitioner brain went right into the weeds, or rather Twitter and I posted this question: I used the hashtag #answerbeth and lots of retreats and some responses: . "I I think there's a portion of ppl in our org who are "cloud" people, but upper mgmt still resists it, hence a clash.". We use google docs, chat, spreadsheets etc.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2011

Thus far, an informal brain trust dedicated to this topic has communicated and collaborated through a private list and closed-door meetings; the NTC in March will mark the first time that we open our conversation to everyone who is interested.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

" Our brains naturally migrate to scoreboards, report cards, and stock market returns For nonprofits, it isn't about making money. Here's a brain dump of some key points. You typed in a URL and a file with text and links (and later pictures and video) would be delivered. Life was good.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

It lights up the pleasure centers of their brains, it gives them what is called a warm-glow feeling. You want to make a note of this in your file, on your calendar, some kind of system that you have. And this is something that legacy giving can offer. And they can give you a ballpark of what that will be as well.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . And if I’m correct, I believe you can easily generate reports in Bloomerang to get these kinds of downloadable data points in a CSV or an Excel file, or even. What I know after nearly 40 years of doing this work, I know what it takes to be successful.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

I only needed to dump it from the temporary file into blogger, but I couldn’t find the five minutes. Then, when you look through resumes, your unconscious brain might move you to a certain candidate. Last week turned into an empirical study in my own personal goal for the year (being kind to myself). But, mentally, I just couldn’t.

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