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 This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. The next exercise was a small group exercise that modeled the first step a small nonprofit might do to build an audience persona.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Rituals leverage our brains’ ability to run on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted by other things, such as potentially contracting a deadly disease. My Three Themes: Resilience: This theme relates to all the curriculum, writing, and teaching I do around The Happy Healthy Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand how the feng shui of a classroom impacts learning. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion. Having a large enough space so people can move around and self-organize into small groups also promotes learning. What to do? Have you ever had to do a room hack?

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This group is a go-to for many fundraisers looking to learn and improve their skills. Brain Lacy & Associates provide services for nonprofits including augmentation, analysis of data, prospect research, major donor information, and matching gift data. Aspire Research Group. The Munshine Group. The Covenant Group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

If I can’t process what I hear by asking questions of the expert or checking in with another participate or sitting quietly and just thinking about what was shared, there is a point that I reach after about 15 minutes – it’s call “My Brain Is Full Up.” I’ve really taken to heart the movement principle.

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Whole Whale

MAY 20, 2021

This group is a go-to for many fundraisers looking to learn and improve their skills. Brain Lacy & Associates provide services for nonprofits including augmentation, analysis of data, prospect research, major donor information, and matching gift data. Aspire Research Group. The Munshine Group. The Covenant Group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. This month I’ve been teaching graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

Across two days full of interactive sessions, workshops, and hands-on training, I had the chance to meet members of my Chicago Ohana Salesforce group and connect with new people with similar passions, challenges, and solutions to share. It was also the first in-person event I’ve had a chance to attend in two years. DevOps Sessions + Speakers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Erika Atkins, Director of Operations at Opening Act , a theatre program that teaches theatre skills to students from New York City’s most underserved schools to help them succeed in life. Their program includes about teaching artists. Then had a group conversation about what people were open to sharing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

Teach for both the color-in-the-lines people (ie: guidelines, next steps) and the runs-with-scissors people. Given that this was two and half hour workshop at the end of a long day at SXSW, I put to use all the interactive training techniques that I have been teaching nonprofit trainers around the world. Movement helps wake them up.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

For example, I’m on the board of a local theater group, and the executive director’s most recent emailed newsletter was titled “ Theater Nurtures Democracy.” He connected the values of the theater with those of people living in today’s world. Answer: “ If the ocean dies, we all die. ” . Take a look at where you’re telling your story. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2017

Kulhan, who was trained in improv by notables including Amy Poehler and Tina Fey , also teaches you in his book the powerful difference between "Yes, and." is a technique that slows the brain down. Cultivate a culture of acceptance to collaborate the way improv groups do. and "Yes, but." "Yes, Yes, and."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool. It is important to think about different delivery options – individual, small group, and large group activities. Tailor the Interaction to the Size of the Group. Think Beyond Presenters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I was introduced to lesson planning from veteran teachers and have written “lesson plans” or now that I’m an adjunct professor a syllabus for everything I teach. I planned for this by incorporating an after-lunch energizer that used movement to get people’s brains going. This is evaluation.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

The NTEN Editorial Committee is a group of committed professionals that meet monthly to discuss content and strategy for the NTEN: Change Journal , our quarterly digital publication for nonprofit leaders. Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Sue Ann Reed, Project/Production Manager, The Engage Group.

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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 wrote many posts on instructional design for nonprofit training , including this wrap up post from our NTEN NTC session on teaching and learning for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Peer Synergy is also important — and for the next six months we will have two tracks for the peer groups. In addition, we will be using a wiki to showcase learning and a private Facebook group for daily contact and “just in time” support. 3. Create A World Fusion Curriculum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This was the launch of 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. It Isn’t Enough To Tell People About Best Practices: Hands-On, Brains-On.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

Deep Analysis of Your Audience: I always (try) to do a thorough participant assessment before I teach any workshop or do a presentation. I had a fairly large group and an excellent space to work in. Participants worked in groups to identify the benefits, tangible/intangible value, and financial analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2010

Today i am a part of a small group like this, but we are people who are in a younger age bracket and have been using social media for sometime. Getting the practitioners all across connected via social media tools ensures that this network is able to deliver services for the masses who donot have enough means for access to justice.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2012

Focusing in on one or two types of groups can be effective. I spoke with him afterwards to pick his brain on how he got involved with such an ambitious global project. was to make contacts, learn what people are doing differently in various parts of the world and to do the best to bring the teachings back to North America.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

So much of the project was really about convening social groups and we see it continuing. The Brain exhibition, for example, has a table where people can work together to put together the pieces of the brain neuron by neuron. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Questions and Discussion.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 17, 2016

In a classroom setting, this is most clearly present in projects in which group work is assigned. Bloggers just like myself are sitting there tormenting their brains in an effort to say things that impact you more than the person before them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2015

I try to schedule time blocks that require high level concentration tasks (like writing) in the morning when my brain is better able to concentrate. 6) Make It A Team Effort: Many of us how to work with other groups or teams of people. I have also let go of beating myself up because I can’t get more stuff done.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

There is an excellent section on Information Overload , but my brain is too full at the moment to read it. Our peer-group influences the manner in which we use technology for socialization I think that is true - given that my technology use profile indicates I should half my age. The corporate/business perspective on this here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

He did this by teaching himself to be selfish and not respond. He also talked about changing his brain chemistry. Greg Pass, CTO/Twitter, teaching new employees something called "Twittokinetics" and advises them to pay attention to what their doing, understand & own the problem & realize learning opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

In fact, Lucy has been terrific in finding new ways, like Branch , to use the social tools to facilitate a global brain around these ideas. I heard some many big picture connections to the work I do or rather improvise on the ground, that I know I’ll be mulling over and thinking about what they shared over the next few months.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

James pulled together a group of funding partners and Clay Lord from Theatre Bay Area. The space was large enough so we could have small group tables, space for food, and space to do full group and small group moving around exercises. I do a lot of small group and share pair exercises. I said yes.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

Beck is the brain behind the risk-taker/space-maker paradigm I''ve shared here in the past. We worked with a social scientist studying the power of being able to walk away from an uncooperative environment to develop Experimonth: Freeloader , a public-goods game where players decide whether to invest in their group or freeload.

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

Our brains share a lot of similarities, except for the center that controls compassion, empathy, perception, motor control, self-awareness, and interpersonal experience — that’s way more developed in orcas. Different orca groups communicate in different dialects. But it’s more than that.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Having worked in the technology department for a diverse and rapidly expanding nonprofit focused on the inclusion of people with disabilities, Jeff has been a part of his share of poor decisions and “teaching moments.” American teens still send more SMS than any other type of message, and send more SMS than any other age group.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Evans teaches readers of her new book, THE RESILIENCY rEVOLUTION: Your Stress Solution For Life 60 Seconds at a Time , how to become resilient to stress. I mentioned some nutrition optimal defaults earlier, and here are some for getting more exercise: Join a social group that’s centered around exercise.

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

Our brains share a lot of similarities, except for the center that controls compassion, empathy, perception, motor control, self-awareness, and interpersonal experience — that’s way more developed in orcas. Different orca groups communicate in different dialects. But it’s more than that.

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

Our brains share a lot of similarities, except for the center that controls compassion, empathy, perception, motor control, self-awareness, and interpersonal experience — that’s way more developed in orcas. Different orca groups communicate in different dialects. But it’s more than that.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

So much of the project was really about convening social groups and we see it continuing. The Brain exhibition, for example, has a table where people can work together to put together the pieces of the brain neuron by neuron. Within our exhibitions, we have a focus on creating very dynamic, interactive opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

I will also be teaching this workshop for nonprofits in a number of other locations in the coming months. Sink or Swim, Managing RSS Feeds with Better Groups by 43 folders. Your tools are social bookmarking and the excel spreadsheet and, of course, your brain. (tags: listening socialmedia ). This requires stepping back.

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