NonProfit Hub

MARCH 20, 2018

But even when the stories we love aren’t rooted in fact or based on history, we connect to them on a real, human level. And to tell a story that is interesting or compelling to someone else is to know what stories are already in their brains. Some of our favorite stories are fiction, and some of them are nonfiction.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. Army Traumatic Brain Injury Program, developing the Army’s brain injury prevention and treatment strategies for soldiers . Academic Institutions. Alnoor Ebrahim. Professor of Management. Previously served as deputy director of the U.S. Bernard Mauricia.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2012

I spoke with him afterwards to pick his brain on how he got involved with such an ambitious global project. My mom suffered from polio and has dealt with her disability her whole life, so my personal history with polio made me even more passionate about the cause. Impressive is an understatement.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 22, 2010

When anyone asks me who's doing great work blending online and onsite experiences in museums, I send them to Beck Tench at the Museum of Life and Science. But it's worth it for the opportunity to get inside the brain of a phenomenally creative person. Want something a little geekier? you get the idea. The Museum of the Future.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Examples of the impact of digital evolution on behavior and life are plentiful. The Internet of Things gives objects a brain and connects them to each other. These are a few of the most obvious: The rise of e-commerce is closing shopping malls and permanently altering consumer habits. Business is no exception to this metamorphosis.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2011

Research has shown, however, that the average person's brain can only manage about 150 quality relationships. Danielle says: Tagging and organizing your social contacts is incredibly helpful when it comes to relationship management because it gives you context, tracks your history, and keeps track of different audiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2006

I've been attending the weekly Friday TechSoup meetings in Second Life and you run into the most fascinating people. Prior to joining GlobalGiving, he completed his Masters in International Relations at the London School of Economics and his Bachelors in Economics/History at Northwestern University. Details will be available soon!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Her post was based off of the Brains of Fire Manifesto, “ 10 Lessons Learned in Igniting Word of Mouth Movements.” See, a movement compels someone to make your cause a part of their life, not just their Facebook profile. I began our talk today with my personal nonprofit history. Both posts influenced this speech.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

because this tool has transformed my life as a nonprofit fundraiser, and I believe it will do the same for you… Have you ever been faced with writing something and wished that you had an assistant to do the work for you? January 2016 Anthony visited LACC for the first time where brain cancer was confirmed and he met with Dr. Marootian.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

First up is Beck Tench, a "simplifier, illustrator, story teller, and technologist" working at the Museum of Life & Science in Durham, NC. Beck is the brain behind the risk-taker/space-maker paradigm I''ve shared here in the past. One of the greatest gifts of my babymoon is the opportunity to share the Museum 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2006

I don't really have commercial aims for my blog so it is more a playground and archive for my brain, which I hope will be useful to whoever happens by. Robert Newman: On the History of Oil (Robert if you are listening - I want to adopt ten babies to help run our idyllic post apocalyptic farmstead. A girl can dream can't she?)

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Will you give now to deliver life-saving aid to puppies in need? Research has found that emotion-based storytelling in communications can trigger positive reactions through the release of brain chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin. Consider donating to support our mission. Stray dogs in your community need help right now.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

A Community-Based Approach to Collecting and Cataloging CUL is a replicable model for community archives that accepts every piece of print media from a certain area without making quality or importance judgments, going back as far in history as possible. One lives a double life as a soul music collector and DJ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

" In the book, he makes an argument for why playing digital games is good for their brains. Ontological, formal, math, history, gegography, biographic). You won't be able to imagine that better way of life or different culture if you actually go there. Sometimes you need a history book to tell you what happened.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2014

In fact, according to Scientific American, maintaining unbroken focus for several hours drains your energy levels and leaves your brain feeling drainedso maybe those baby videos that surface daily offer just the break we need to boost productivity. Im not here to preach about needing to block the internet or outlaw cat memes at work.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2007

Okay, they don't eat people's brains. Sure, it’s great to learn museum theory and history. This may sound reasonable; any life choice is a personal decision. Heck, many of them are intelligent, sincere, interesting people. But someone needs to raise the red flag before it takes an MA to work the register at the admissions desk.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

Telling engaging stories about your nonprofit requires more than just broadcasting an overview of your mission and history to the world. This is because our brains process them almost instantly. It means tailoring your messages and narratives to resonate deeply with specific groups. Consider the following donor data points: Age.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

The way that it all made my brain team with information like surfing the web manually for text information never could made it obvious to me that I needed to tell as many other people about it as possible. A huge part of being a good blog coach in contexts outside the corporate world is, I believe, taking peoples' life experiences seriously.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

This guest post was written by Ruben Huele and describes the scenario-based strategic process used at the Dutch Natural History Museum, Naturalis , to innovate the redevelopment of their permanent collection. The new building of Naturalis, the Dutch National Natural History Museum, opened in 1998.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2014

In The Obstacle is the Way , Holiday pulls from stories throughout history, illustrating how icons such as John D. Since then it’s been seared into my brain regardless of what I’ve done and I’ve always tried to think about my problems and opportunities in life through that frame. Don’t feel harmed—and you haven’t been.”

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Green discussed the philosophy of life in three acts; act one focused on growth, act two focused on achievement and act three, focused largely on introspection. He went on to identify, unsurprisingly, that 86% of legacy givers are within the final act, around age 60+. We have a ton of Canadians for whom their legacies will be charity”.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

Note: You don’t have to go deep into your life history, but you have to address 'who am I' to be telling this story.]. W hen telling a story from a personal lens, the framing is critical. Help your audience understand where you are in your story and what choices you made.

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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. You may want to know things like their volunteer interest, their history. They’re so like history”? I mean, do I have to stress why do we need this case for consistent, clean data? Accidents happen.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Dang, she’s done a lot of Bloomerang webinars over our 10-year history and is just one of my favorite people. I’ve lived here most of my life. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . They’re world-changers and history makers, and you’re going to fit right in.”

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Try grouping your new donors by one of the following: Gender or age Contact method preference Average donation size Event attendance or volunteering history. Share your organization’s history and leadership information. Pictures and videos bring your cause to life. You can use your donor database to do this. Use visuals.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

It has since become the most powerful communication medium and some say, economic engine in history, now reaching over two and a half billion people now. To go even further out on the technology frontier there is ‘brain computer interface’ or thought controlled computing. Who says that modern life isn’t entertaining?

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Bloomerang also provides peer-to-peer features that make it easy for supporters to get involved in your next campaign, event management capabilities for your in-person or virtual events, and a donor portal that supporters can use to see their donation history and update their credit card information.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you. David Dunlop, who many of you will know as from Cornell University, spent his life there, took 13 years to get a $100 million-plus gift.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

" Our brains naturally migrate to scoreboards, report cards, and stock market returns For nonprofits, it isn't about making money. Here's a brain dump of some key points. A Two-Minute History of Web Metrics: Tim Berners-Lee , a long time ago, invented the world wide web. Life was good. Am I missing anything?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

Kathleen McLean (Independent Exhibitions), Dan Spock (Minnesota History Center), and Kris Morrissey (University of Washington) all shared thought-provoking and useful insights on visitor participation in museums, but Mark Allen and Emily Lacy brought down the house with their bluegrass rendering of the Machine Project and its engaging, quirky work.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2015

It was faster and greater than any such social fundraising campaign in the number of donors, from all walks of life—from President Bush, Bill Gates, media personalities and CEOs to teachers, students and more. More than any other event in the history, this campaign gave food for thought to many who were critics of slacktivism and clicktivism.

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