Kindful

MAY 26, 2021

Sometimes without even noticing it, our brain is activated in a unique and engaged way when a story is being shared. A good story allows organizations to build those relationships, win hearts, change minds, and prompt action. It’s brain science. Moment” and answer any questions that were raised throughout the story.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It will trigger questions in the recipient’s mind like “Do I believe this email is urgent and deserving of my immediate attention?” You might want to write three urgent subject lines, three intrigue subject lines, two that combine intrigue and urgency, and two that don’t fall into either category but still pop into your brain.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

It’s important to showcase how what you do relates to what’s top of mind for folks. Talk to your team to see what questions people are asking. . To give you an example of how to do this, a recent client was having problems telling the story of the marine conservation program they were building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

This year, I was honored to be speaking on a conversational panel about Wisdom and Social Good, Giving, and Technology along with Laura Arrillaga-Adreeessen, author of Giving 2.0 Soren welcomed everyone and asked to be totally present and give full attention – which is becoming rarer and rarer at conferences.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 22, 2021

This doesn’t mean you need to be talking to your coworkers all day long, but knowing that everyone has a common tool to brainstorm, ask questions, and post notes is crucial. Developing a daily route can be helpful in terms of productivity and getting your mind in the GTD (getting things done) zone. Work in Sprints. Don’t go there.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

Rest is a necessary and important productivity tool—and an important part of doing the inner AND outer work of being a mindful changemaker. I give myself the grace to choose what makes sense for the day. Likewise, if my day gets off to a rocky start, I give myself permission to restart at a different time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Meet my colleague, Meico Marquette Whitlock, who is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Techie. I had an opportunity to interview Meico about being a Mindful Techie. You have now moved into the area of “Mindfulness and Technology,” what inspired the move from nonprofit techie into mindfulness?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The story above is about how your brain works. Your brain has a part called the Prefrontal Cortex, or “PFC” (remember “Paula Front-and-Center”?). It directs our attention, is responsible for moral decision-making, allows us to empathize with others, and helps coordinate the thousands of signals rushing around your brain.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” We had Giving Tuesday this week, but it’s awesome to see a full room. . So monthly giving if you’re interested in that, please, get that book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. Avoid any discussion of ideas or questions, as these stop the flow of ideas. It also improves overall staff engagement because it gives everyone a voice. You can brainstorm questions to kick off your session.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

After all, this is their idea, their brain-child, their life. At the center of Shark Tank is a pretty simple question: How can entrepreneurs convince the panel to believe in their idea? It’s a question on the minds of thousands of small businesses, startup tech companies and—yes—nonprofits.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2021

Question : Lies is a strong, loaded word. Question : The revelations in the book are grounded in a wealth of data. Could you give us a sense of the research behind your book? Marcus Buckingham Question : What’s fundamentally wrong with our current emphasis on workplace culture? If the answer is generic or fuzzy, move on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It gave me some reflection time away from the daily fast-paced, always moving forward world of social media. It gave me space to give social media use some mindful attention. Debra has posed a very good question frame in the comments: Does the blog offer consistent insight and education about an area I want to learn about?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Question : Lies is a strong, loaded word. Question : The revelations in the book are grounded in a wealth of data. Could you give us a sense of the research behind your book? Marcus Buckingham Question : What’s fundamentally wrong with our current emphasis on workplace culture? If the answer is generic or fuzzy, move on.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Used in the wrong way, AI toys will suck people into productivity holes of asking never-ending ‘what if’ questions. Allen’s GTD methodology is based on the idea that our brains are not designed to store information. This allows us to clear our minds and focus on the present moment. So why wait?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 6, 2020

Question : Lies is a strong, loaded word. Question : The revelations in the book are grounded in a wealth of data. Could you give us a sense of the research behind your book? Marcus Buckingham Question : What’s fundamentally wrong with our current emphasis on workplace culture? If the answer is generic or fuzzy, move on.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2020

Question : Lies is a strong, loaded word. Question : The revelations in the book are grounded in a wealth of data. Could you give us a sense of the research behind your book? Marcus Buckingham Question : What’s fundamentally wrong with our current emphasis on workplace culture? If the answer is generic or fuzzy, move on.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 30, 2013

I was recently asked the question, “What do you see as the future of planned giving?” Because the answer would have taken much more time than allotted, I promised to give the query some thought and respond through my blog. While considering the question, it occurred to me that there are many ways to answer it.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

But as any fundraiser worth their salt will tell you – planning is something you need to do, without question. If you start working on something in the year that doesn’t feed into this goal, then you need to question whether it’s worth doing. Be mindful of remaining “strategic” (have we used this word enough?),

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OneCause

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Your donors are the fuel that keeps the mechanism of your nonprofit moving, from fundraising events to peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns to giving days. If you learn that a donor also frequently gives to political organizations, for instance, send a personal invitation to be more involved in your next advocacy campaign!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

CFRE will explain how fundraisers can persuade ‘powers that be’ that they should actively promote legacy giving, even (especially) now. It might be a little tight because we’ve got a lot of good stuff to share with you, but ask questions anyway because we might be able to get to your question offline as well. Here we go.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The glaring light off the tiny screen zaps your brain of sound ZZZs. ” Good Night iPhone: Perhaps we should take some advice from this updated children’s classic, “ Good Night iPad ” Give your electronic devices a bedtime curfew. I don’t.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

The one question: How do I convince my boss and co-workers to get on the train with us? Everyone will pledge will change one mind in their organization. It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

If you’re not attending and curious what funders are learning, you’ll have an opportunity to read some of the ideas and questions being discussed right here on this blog. He spoke about creativity and what psychologists and brain scientists are learning about it. Seek outsider knowledge. Learn to relax.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to send in any chats or questions or comments along the way. We’ve got an awesome expert here that’ll answer as many questions as we can before the 2:00 hour. And I’ll give you about 30 seconds or so to activate. We’ll give it another 10 or so seconds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

The session is designed to answer three questions: Why does collaborative technology overload lead to loss of nonprofit workplace productivity and what are the best practices to avoid it? Give yourself a time out and then shift to a more positive action. ” If you are attending the NTC, please join us. Work to your energy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

It is tempting to think of this step as only doing a survey to answer the questions, “Did the workshop accomplish its objectives? Bear in mind that the model isn’t practical in all situations. If you ask open-ended questions, you typically only get criticism. Can participants apply the skills?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

The one question: How do I convince my boss and co-workers to get on the train with us? Everyone will pledge will change one mind in their organization. It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Don’t set your team up for failure by not giving them the resources they need to be successful. What questions does your team have that need to be answered? Being adaptable will also require a lot of emotional intelligence, keeping an open mind, and dropping personal ego. What resources will be provided? Repeat if needed.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 1, 2019

Question : Lies is a strong, loaded word. Question : The revelations in the book are grounded in a wealth of data. Could you give us a sense of the research behind your book? Marcus Buckingham Question : What’s fundamentally wrong with our current emphasis on workplace culture? If the answer is generic or fuzzy, move on.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Is our brain changing as a result? Here are her answers: Question: Just to cover the basics, could you briefly define for us ADD and ADHD? Blurting answers before question completed. Question: In your book ( Is it ADHD or My iPhone? ) Dr. Maher: This refers to the first question. Is this ADD? What can we do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Designing and delivering a training to a nonprofit audience is not about extreme content delivery or putting together a PowerPoint and answering questions. If you want to get results, you need to think about instructional design and learning theory. And, there is no shortage of learning theories and research.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 20, 2018

I don’t claim to have the clinical, psychological answer to a question like this, but I do know that human beings use stories to craft the world around them. And to tell a story that is interesting or compelling to someone else is to know what stories are already in their brains. How did the characters change? How did the world change?

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Achieve

APRIL 30, 2014

Let’s give volunteers rewarding work so they feel inspired to step up as stakeholders! 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.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

The one question: How do I convince my boss and co-workers to get on the train with us? Everyone will pledge will change one mind in their organization. It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Read the full interview with our experts to get answers to questions nonprofit leaders may ask about employee burnout, such as: How has COVID-19 impacted employee burnout and individual stress management? Give yourself a break by simply committing to logging off and shutting the computer at the same time every day. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

“Too often, we don’t find out what’s truly on others’ hearts and minds because we don’t know how to ask the right questions in the right ways,” explains Jeff Wetzler , author of the new book, ASK. Wetzler explains that the only thing that allows you to understand what’s on another person’s mind better is just asking them.

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