Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

According to a recent New York Times article , several Silicon Valley insiders, early employees at tech giants Facebook and Google, have come together to form a coalition of concerned experts called the Center for Humane Technology. But technology addiction is only the tip of the iceberg, it is part of something much bigger.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It gave me space to give social media use some mindful attention. The product-driven learning is mindful, mostly linear, and focused. To much product-driven learning, and I don’t discover new ideas. One is left-brained and the other right-brained.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

How much will it cost for you to accomplish what you have in mind? Some fundraisers swear by project management tools like Trello , but Google Calendar works great for many people as well. Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. That will have an impact on your goal. No one wants to do it.

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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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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. Rituals To Build Mindfulness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Popular sharing platforms are low cost and include Box, Google Drive, Dropbox and others. Your team can do a simple mindfulness exercise by starting a meeting with a deep breath and going around the table to share how you are feeling in the moment. Clearly define workflow for online collaboration platforms and training.

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Candid

APRIL 27, 2021

The same principle lies at the heart of a mind map. Mind maps help us stay organized in the world of content shock, informational chaos, and short attention span. Psychologists revealed the power of this instrument for the human brain a long time ago. They say mind mapping makes people more creative and retentive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2011

Makes me wonder what type of economy Google Plus will be once get beyond the early adopter beta stage ? My point is that movement gets blood flood to brain and people wake up if they’re in an information overload coma). Here they are: Guy Kawaski: Facebook is picture economy, while Twitter is a link economy.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Build a Website That Can Grow With You Like any good investment, a nonprofit website should be built with longevity in mind. Studies have shown that the top-ranking page in Google gets 33% of all search traffic , and from there, the percentages dip significantly. Humans tend to respond to images of fellow humans.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Keeping a task list can save you time and clear your mind. Using an online calendar like Google Calendar can be great for planning out your time because you can see your day, week, or month at a glance, and access it from either your desktop or mobile device. Start with the free version to see if you like it.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Jeff Yin, Founder & Google Grant Ad Strategist, Sustainable Clicks. Ash Shepherd, Strategy & Process, Minds on Design Lab. Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Annie Lynsen, Marketing Director, Small Act.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Formally, your mind begins organizing, “Study for this long on these dates, write paper one at this time and on this date, and so on and so on.” I tend to write my processes out on a piece of paper or occasionally log important or reoccurring tasks in a Google Calendar entry. This may seem entirely second nature.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2016

If you Google the word “psychologist,” the image that pops up is almost exactly that. What comes to mind when you think of “ nonprofit psychology?”). One interesting finding is that the human brain actually learns best in relaxed concentration. When you’re developing marketing materials, keep this principle in mind.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 7, 2013

While they may question suggestions, most of the time, they have an open mind, and this characteristic often leads to long-term success. Post to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+ that you’re looking for a mentor. In the words of John Crosby: “Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.”

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2012

While they may question suggestions, most of the time, they have an open mind, and this characteristic often leads to long-term success. Post to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+ that you’re looking for a mentor. In the words of John Crosby: “Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.”

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Lastly, being able to use our bodies and minds in new ways stimulates innovation. Google just released its own AR developer kit called ARCore. Fundraising, at its root, is about connecting with people and inspiring them to care about your cause (as most of you know). The Future of Augmented Reality is Vast and Immeasurable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

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. I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review. My Theme for the Year: Learning.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Google Ad Tactics Ideas to make the best use of your $10k Google Ad Grant based on your goals. Likely Questions Anticipate questions that will come up in people’s minds. January 2016 Anthony visited LACC for the first time where brain cancer was confirmed and he met with Dr. Marootian.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

Automatically save the responses (including name and contact info) somewhere you can easily access, like in your donor database or a Google Sheet. We like Google Calendar since you can see it on your computer or phone, and once you start building your team, you can share calendars. Below are a few ways you can do all of that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

Did I discover resources that I would not have discovered if I did a google search on COP or communities of practice experts and all the combinations there of? s H20 playlist allowed me to see the shape of how this process unfolded, thus bringing a whole new idea into my mind. Reading through Beth Kanter???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Given my right brained, non-linear and visual way of presenting ideas, I thought it might be helpful to write up a few notes about the above talk. His tweets reveal him as a renaissance thinker, not just a narrow-minded tech geek. . You can listen with google alerts, technorati, Twitter search, and RSS readers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Wiki: Collective brain of humanity. Keep in mind that the big one eats the little one. Keywords are important, particularly in titles - if you want to show up in google. The key is the interconnectivity of users - and what can happen when you get connected with people with similar goals. Requires sustained effort.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Keep in mind that you can (and should) revise your plan in accordance with the other steps listed below. Keep in mind that you can also leverage social media tools for your fundraising campaigns. When people read stories , chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin are released in their brains. Social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

At that point, even a nicely formatted " tag cloud " would only serve up quantity, not quality of links - and from there I'd have to sift through perhaps tens or thousands of links in a much less efficient way than by just using Google from the start. Doesn't tagging create information overload?

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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. Google Analytics. Feedburner.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Explore the available fundraising platform options using Google and software reviews. Keep in mind that you can also leverage social media tools for your fundraising campaigns. With a Google Ad campaign, your organization can bid on relevant keywords to earn ad spots at the top of search results pages. Social media.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

Mikey O'Connor of ICANN provided one of the pithiest warnings: "The Internet will be used as the most effective force of mind control the planet has ever seen, leaving the Madison Avenue revolution as a piddling, small thing by comparison." People are comparing this venture to Google’s Project Loon. The Big Picture.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

I’d love to know, what is your role at your organization right now, and what comes to mind when you think about strategic planning? Because it’s scary for me to say, because there is a whole world of articles you can Google right now that say, “The board’s responsible for making strategic decisions.”

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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 We use google docs, chat, spreadsheets etc. I think there's a portion of ppl in our org who are "cloud" people, but upper mgmt still resists it, hence a clash.".

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. And, hey, here’s a Google doc parking lot that we set up that we want anybody who’s got issues or ideas about our technology, you can put them in here. You read my mind exactly, Jennifer. We don’t mind. Be nice to your people. Maureen: Hi.

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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 just keep that in mind. So go online, Google, how many of you have googled the Postal Service processing requirements and know what they are? No googling. Why do we need it? And they range.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

April 7, 2007 I had heard about this new journal a while ago, and it was sitting in some small corner of my brain, waiting for me to pay attention. I am the one who, with the interests of the sustainability of my own small organization in mind, refused. I’m in an absurd position, personally. 4 Sonia Lyris 04.09.07

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2008

One winds along a google map. It's about training our minds to go down unfamiliar paths--to put ourselves in new, weird, snug boxes and see what comes out. What sneaky boxes do you put yourself in to move your brain in new directions? Penguin commissioned authors to create stories in unique, often interactive forms.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

The advice in this post is a compilation of suggestions offered up by social media professionals involved in Ryan’s Google+ community. Speak to the part of the brain that controls action-taking. Steve Maclaughlin’s 10th episode of npVoices rallies some of the nonprofit sector’s brightest minds.

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