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What Improvisation Can Teach Social Change Leaders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people. Bringing your brain to what you are doing. Flexibility. Co-Creating. Making stuff up.

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New Years Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals: 2023

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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 Adam Grant said it well, “Having fun isn’t an enemy of efficiency.

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Get Organized and Increase Your Nonprofit Productivity

Get Fully Funded

You can create boards to manage your appeals, another one for grants, another one for donor communications, and so forth. But it is a good task to schedule after blocking off time to work on a complex grant or other task that requires a lot of brain power. I can do it even when my brain feels fried.

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How to Overcome the Fear That Success Is Selfish in Order to Better Serve Your Nonprofit and Your Community

Bloomerang

By identifying and addressing limiting beliefs that you may face, you can train your brain to approach tasks with more confidence, creativity, and enthusiasm. Stop taking your story for granted. When you start to doubt your story, remember that stories teach skills, generate passion, and help others feel understood.

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Top 2021 Fundraising Strategies: Mastering Relevant Content Marketing

Bloomerang

You can’t take your brand for granted. Finally, after hearing a lot of nuts and bolts from them about numerous programs and processes around which I couldn’t quite wrap my brain, I said “Tell me why I should give in one sentence.” Fundraisers must understand they no longer just write hard copy fundraising letters and grant proposals.

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#40BetterHours: The Art of Single Tasking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.” This week, the Poynter Institute Katie Hawkins-Gaar and Ren LaForme joined forces to host a series called #40 Better Hours , a project to improve newsroom culture by looking at things that cause stress like workflow and communication and teaching journalist skills to combat information overload, part of a technology wellness routine.

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+16 Established Fundraising Consultants

Whole Whale

Brain Lacy & Associates provide services for nonprofits including augmentation, analysis of data, prospect research, major donor information, and matching gift data. Byrne Pelofsky has served clients in various sectors for services from grant writing to campaign management. Brian Lacy & Associates. Website: [link].