.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Don’t waste valuable brain power. Einstein said, “Creativity is intelligence having fun.” Help your people to develop interpersonal skills by encouraging networking and relationship building. Set the example by modeling the behavior you would like to see. Give spontaneity a spot on every agenda.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2011

The third guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is by Jen Louden. Jen Louden, Savor and Serve: How I Have Fun, Do Good After reading my friend Keri Smith's book The Guerilla Art Kit , my 16-year-old daughter Lillian decided it would be delish to write little-bitty love notes and plaster them all over our tiny town.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 3, 2012

My second guest blogger in this run of the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series is the warm and wonderful Jocelyn Harmon. As Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Network for Good , she is privileged to lead the team to help over 5,000 nonprofits raise more friends and funds online.

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AccelEvents

JULY 22, 2021

It’s easy to sometimes feel lost in a big virtual room, and this smaller-scale interaction provides the intimacy needed for genuine connections that can lead to all kinds of networking and learning opportunities. . So how do event organizers generate this boiled-down interconnectivity? It also helps with the dreaded task of recalling names.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2012

I'm starting the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series up again! From there, the fun begins! My first guest blogger is the lovely Amy Kessel. Amy is a certified life coach devoted to helping women unfurl into their authentic selves. The interviews all contain the same five questions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2011

The seventh guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Jamie Ridler. Jamie Ridler, Creative Living: How I Have Fun, Do Good I’ve always been kind of like Mary Poppins. As someone who used to sing at her day job, I discovered that when you have fun, people think you’re not taking your work terribly seriously.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2011

The second guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Wendy Harman. You can connect with her on Twitter at @wharman Wendy Harman, Social Media Maven, How I Have Fun, Do Good I am the luckiest. I get to have fun and do good for a living. What an interesting, passionate, smart, and fun-loving group you all are.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 3, 2011

The third guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is by Tara Sophia Mohr. You can connect with Tara on her blog, Wise Living , and on Twitter at @tarasophia Tara Sophia Mohr, Wise Living: How I Have Fun, Do Good Every woman has a unique brilliance, an important message to share with the world, a set of gifts the world needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2011

The fifth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Emily Goligoski. Emily is a w riter and digital strategist who blogs as TheSanFranista. She produces tech entrepreneurship content for the organization Women 2.0 and teaches yoga in San Francisco. You can follow her on Twitter at @emgollie.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 8, 2011

The sixth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Desiree Adaway. Desiree Adaway, Global Service and Leadership: How I Have Fun, Do Good How do I have fun and do “good”? It’s a great combination of all the things I love and adore—good food, good people-community-culture-travel – and fun! Egypt I volunteer!

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Happy Monday, Have Fun, Do Gooders! T he fourth guest post in my have fun, do good blogger series is by Amy Sample Ward. I have two rules of thumb I use almost always: #1 Make it interesting Because there are so many ways to "have fun and do good" I can fall victim to the option paralysis syndrome.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2012

I realized the extent to which my brain was trained to seek out stimulation, and how it wasn't so happy when it didn't get enough. And I know that from now on, I'll be delving much more into why I want to watch something, or play something, or spend time on social networks. Am I simply in a space to have fun? Spirituality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Rituals can also be 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. (In Joyful: If I were to continue with another “F” word, it would be fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

.” I’ll co-teaching the session with colleagues Andrea Berry, John Kenyon, and Cindy Leonard. The session will cover what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training and provide lots of practical tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Rituals can also be 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. (In Joyful: If I were to continue with another “F” word, it would be fun.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 2, 2019

Networking. Frequent conference-goers will often tell you that networking opportunities are more valuable than the conference’s content. A lot of conferences have structured networking sessions built in to the agenda that almost force attendees to mingle with one another. And, if you’re able, it’s best to write notes by hand.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2012

I realized the extent to which my brain was trained to seek out stimulation, and how it wasn't so happy when it didn't get enough. And I know that from now on, I'll be delving much more into why I want to watch something, or play something, or spend time on social networks. Am I simply in a space to have fun? Spirituality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Next week, I headed to Seattle for a couple of days of events around my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine. I planned for this by incorporating an after-lunch energizer that used movement to get people’s brains going. And to make it more fun, I awarded prizes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

Instead, Rheingold is telling us that networks and social media aren’t a fad that will go away, and that we need to put into practice intelligent ways of using it in our lives and work. Breath links mind, brain, and body – and paying attention to your breath help cultivate mindfulness.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. 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. Here’s a few tips on how to deal with it: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Support a fun icebreake r. This summer I was lucky enough to do a network training with June Holley. She had a network leadership assessment that asks participants to agree or disagree with statements related to network leadership qualities. Help participants unpack a lot of potential topics to address.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

Not only can live chat be used to boost networking opportunities between attendees, but it can be a way for attendees to interact with presenters and speakers. By injecting fun and a little competitiveness into the mix, you can be sure that event attendees will remain engaged with your content. Create Networking Opportunities.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Jennifer Lee , Kimberly Wilson , Lisa Sonora Beam and I were on a call the other day talking about how fun it would be to put together an event for creative women entrepreneurs to connect, create, and learn together. entrepreneur creativity women conference retreat network. Click here to take the survey by November 16.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

Not only does reading exercise the brain and improve concentration, but it also helps children develop more advanced language skills and engage their imagination. Unlike a fun run or a 5K fundraiser, you don’t need to map out a racecourse or organize volunteers to man your event. Engage corporate sponsors.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

Not only can live chat be used to boost networking opportunities between attendees, but it can be a way for attendees to interact with presenters and speakers. By injecting fun and a little competitiveness into the mix, you can be sure that event attendees will remain engaged with your content. Create Networking Opportunities.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

LINK LOVE Bay Area folks, join me November 15th for Jennifer Lee's Right-Brain Business Plan Workshop in Oakland. In the first edition of this partnership, I interviewed Erin O'Connor Jones , the Director of Candidate Services and Managing Associate at Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group. It's been a been a busy few weeks!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

It can be hard trying to get people in your network and community to donate or get involved in fundraising activities. Make it fun and easy. Make your fundraising event unusual or fun. Back to the actual fundraising event, don't wrack your brain for ideas, but put your own twist on your fundraising.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 14, 2017

You connect to others through volunteering, and if you do it regularly, you can maintain those valuable social networks into the future. With a larger social network, you’ll have more resources at your fingertips, which leads to better physical, mental and emotional health. Combats stress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

We used a Harry Potter theme to give the session a fun feel. Adults tend to interpret information received in a training based on existing knowledge in their brains and then integrate it with previous experiences. Andrea Berry had moved onto another job by then, and so Jeanne Allen took her place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

I look forward to the NTEN NTC (Nonprofit Technology Network's conference) every year. Much more fun to have the time to plan. 11NTCSocialCRM) Tech Track: Keeping it Real (Secure) – Security in Your Network Neighborhood (10:30 am-12 pm Saturday) - The tech track sessions differ in both content and structure. I love it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

It will be a gamechanger in the US, with 10,000 of the smartest, most motivated young hackers and other young technoids being exposed to the best of web development, artificial intelligence, robotics, social networking, gaming and social engagement. Like Spring Break , it’s young, libidinous and fun. billion to date.

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NTEN

MAY 25, 2011

By Larry Orman, Executive Director, GreenInfo Network. GreenInfo Network helps 80-100 public interest groups a year work with computer based maps using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related technology. It's also fun to manipulate, looking at how crime changes with times of day and other features.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I've been having a lot of fun researching some metaphors for the future and of course, I went straight to the Jetsons. The fun part is figuring out how to effectively deliver a 3D presentation in a 3D space. Last year , I heard Jerry Michalski use the metaphor of the global brain in talk about the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting down meetings? Professional Networking Meetings: Meetings with people for coffee or lunch or visiting their office (or vice a versa) for professional relationship building. Meetings can not only be a waste of time but also zap our energy. Planning and Preparation.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

I look forward to the NTEN NTC (Nonprofit Technology Network's conference) every year. Much more fun to have the time to plan. Tech Track: Keeping it Real (Secure) – Security in Your Network Neighborhood (10:30 am-12 pm Saturday) – The tech track sessions differ in both content and structure. 11NTCSocialCRM).

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