Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Internal: These theories take into account our minds and bodies. There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. The sitting brain is really disengaged.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 22, 2021

We even have fun channels like “Travel” and “Music” where employees can post non-work related content. Developing a daily route can be helpful in terms of productivity and getting your mind in the GTD (getting things done) zone. Have fun with it! There are so many communication tools these days, but our favorite is Slack.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 1, 2018

Here at Nonprofit Hub, we have a fun, creative workspace filled with lots of food and games. Here are some ideas on how to make work more fun, which will result in a lower turnover rate and happier, more productive employees. People can also eat while they work, which allows them to have fun while being productive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2018

The benefits of taking control of your digital life in and outside the office are immense: greater presence and mindful attention, enhanced productivity and creativity, better relationships, improved sleep and less risk of anxiety. You can make it fun to put down your phone using the Forest app (better than locking it in a closet.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2010

Below is my 5th annual list of favorite do-good books that I read in 2009, but this year I'm calling it my Have Fun Do Good Book list. I haven't made up my mind for sure about anything yet, but I appreciated his exploration of the issues. I realized that I needed to make having fun a priority. Read the book. Yum, yum, yum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

Over the years, I have experienced the ill effects of staring at screen or sitting in a chair and pounding the keyboard for hours and hours. I’ve learned to take screen less breaks to calibrate my mind and body. Otherwise, what do you do to take a break from technology to revitalize your mind and body? Artist Tiles.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

In all, there were over 30 overlapping sessions, plus breakout rooms, allowing inquisitive minds to pick the brains of developers, configurators, architects, and anyone responsible for building on Salesforce. DevOps Sessions + Speakers. For an additional recap of DevOps Dreamin’ 2022, visit Gearset’s post-event wrap-up blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Rituals are also used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. Name this event something fun such as, Taco Tuesdays or Pizza Fridays.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

For the 40 days leading up to my birthday, I picked one thing to do each day that engaged my body, mind, heart and soul: moving, reflecting, playing and connecting. Do something purely for the fun of it? Playing: This was actually the hardest thing for me to do. No larger purpose? No connection to my lengthy to-do list?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

There’s an app that can help you break your mobile phone addiction and it makes it fun. It is a little bit more fun locking your phone in your desk drawer or closet. 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2013

You’ll hear a lot of F words flailing in this highly interactive plenary session – fearless, frameworks, fundamentals, forgiveness, forward-looking, and most importantly FUN! Mindful or Mindfull Social Media? This session will be brains on and hands on and cover the best practices of content curation for nonprofit.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 2, 2019

That’s certainly not true for everybody, especially natural introverts, but failing to take advantage of the chance to people like-minded professionals is a big conference no-no. Other times it’s just fun stuff: parties, cocktail hours, yoga (yeah, we actually do this at Cause Camp).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

Breath links mind, brain, and body – and paying attention to your breath help cultivate mindfulness. Like meditation, mindful use of social media begins with noticing when your attention has wandered, and then gently bringing it back to focus on your highest priority – like training a puppy.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

How much will it cost for you to accomplish what you have in mind? Cold calling doesn’t work well in fundraising, and it’s no fun. Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. That will have an impact on your goal. Make that your goal, at least for now. We all hate it, so don’t go there.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2012

And surfing is fun—not easy fun that gets boring quickly, like tic-tac-to, but the kind of “deep play” that requires total attention in the present moment, and makes every moment feel incredibly full and rich. How does having fun and doing good fit into our Wild New World? Why is that important? We should listen.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2016

Here are five tips to make work bearable and even fun and to keep you engaged and productive in the face of distraction or boredom. Games are inherently fun and engaging. Simply writing down what you want to work on helps quiet your mind to focus on the task; setting the timer solidifies your intention to work on that task.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 30, 2009

In the spirit of fun and Halloween -- and because we're NTEN -- we, with a little help from our terrific community, have zombified 12 of the winning taglines: "Big Sky. " "A mind is a terrible thing to taste." Open minds. So, as a bonus, here are two more: "Brains: they're what's for dinner."

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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. We used a Harry Potter theme to give the session a fun feel. Andrea Berry had moved onto another job by then, and so Jeanne Allen took her place.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 24, 2011

Creating a Juicy Blogging Vision Board is a fun and effective way to help you figure out why you're blogging, who you're trying to reach, and what to write about. Keep your answers in mind as you look through your magazines. What would success look like? Who am I trying to reach with my blog? Who are my ideal readers?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Never mind the Olympics; the NTC Geek Games are a true test of your geek strength. Come join us for fun and games at our second annual Geek Games. Make sure to bring your brain power to compete in Geek Bingo, a helicopter obstacle course, karaoke, and dodgeball! Learn more about the Progressive Parties on myNTC.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Keeping a task list can save you time and clear your mind. By batching calls or writing, you can actually be more productive since your mind is already in the mode for getting that kind of task done. The problem is that “Update the website” is too big of a project and your mind doesn’t know where to start.

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Achieve

APRIL 30, 2014

Why do we expect volunteers to become donors or to up their gifts if their involvement has not been exciting, mind-expanding, and fun? Volunteer activities may demand creativity, brains, elbow grease, or a combination of all three. Let’s give volunteers rewarding work so they feel inspired to step up as stakeholders!

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 4, 2008

I'm supposed to share the five things I do each day that keep my mind healthy (kinda like how five servings of fruits and veggies keep your body healthy), and then tag 5 more bloggers to share their 5-A-Day. More of a brain dumper. Right now I'm having fun trying recipes from Nigella Express 'cause they are yummy, but quick.

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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).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

Okay, I admit the improvisation work is a lot of fun, but there is a lot of learning embedded in the reflection and debriefs. Bringing your brain to what you are doing. More importantly, this experiential learning — not just discussion. Collective Capital (@cocapimprov) April 6, 2015. Flexibility. Co-Creating. Making stuff up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Like Spring Break , it’s young, libidinous and fun. For more and more of the best young technical minds, it’s no longer enough to line up their talents behind selling toothpaste on the web. They want their brains to matter. And like Bar Camps , people hack.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

This’ll be a fun one. . This is kind of fun for you, I imagine, Lindsay, because you’re usually in my shoes listening to a guest speaker, but … – [Lindsay] I am. . That’s just a quick fun fact for you. Thanks for being here. I’m Steven. I’m, like, almost cheering on. And how do you do that?

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

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. To take it a step further, bring some fun into the workplace with an employee-driven break activity that happens at the same time each day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Photo by Spike 55151 I read recently that the reason for "senior moments" - you know when you can't quite recall someone's name in an instant - is because the aging brain is simply taking in more data and trying to sift through a clutter of information.  

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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. This concept was acted out by artists that brought the game to life in a very funny way and it prompted some fun (non-scarcity mindset) thinking. Scarcity is more than just the displeasure of having very little.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Discover how the power of social sharing can shine a light on a serious issue and poke fun at the inanity of discrimination. How to Be a Mindful Techie Speaker Speaker: Meico Whitlock, Senior Manager, Communications, NASTAD. Take a deep breath and come into the present moment to learn how to become a mindful techie.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

[Event-ebook-top] There are plenty of ways to raise money, but one of the most popular (and let’s face it: fun!) If you’ve got event fundraising on the brain, you’ve come to the right post. Keep in mind that the type of event you choose to host will also influence the kind of venue you select.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2011

Her husband made fun of her. 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. And if you want that old ED’s brain back, ask yourself if you are a hungry zombie?). Years passed. Evil red asterisk.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

She is the author of The Right-Brain Business Plan e-Book and the creator of the Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit. Sometimes there are other players that are in action in your head, or in your mind. They have some focus, they have an end goal in mind, and they are still getting a paycheck. Sometimes there is more than one gremlin.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 30, 2013

You’ve mentored some people new to the industry along the way and enjoy your status as a community brain trust on all-things-planned giving. In the back of your mind you’re sure that you’re supposed to out of the office, posting messages and engaging your loyalist constituents no matter what their age. Fundraising Planned Giving'

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

We’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so. 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. ” Imposter syndrome, I got that bad. I’m Steven.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 6, 2007

I planted in their brains the possibility that this might not be easy, might not be hygienic, that they might lose. According to Niklas Rajav from MIND Labs, players get more pleasure and excitement out of “active failure” than success. However, failure isn’t always fun. * you lose ? Originally uploaded by dr_loplop.

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