Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

While the end of the year can be a time to relax and unwind, it’s also a season for nonprofits to ramp up fundraising. Studies have repeatedly shown that the human brain responds positively to altruism and people are hard-wired to give because it produces feel-good emotions. would work best for each. Set S.M.A.R.T.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th All of my work these days is focused on designing and delivering effective training for nonprofits -primarily on the topics of social media, strategy, networks, and measurement. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. I most often have to hack the space.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Yet many people who write nonprofit fundraising emails do not spend much time on the subject line, nor do they take the time to learn about the types of subject lines that get results. So take the time to get this right. We skim the subject line and decide whether it’s urgent or compelling enough to be worth our time.

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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.” Images are better than words for instructional aids.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Keeping nonprofit audiences engaged during training can improve your outcomes. Then we had a discussion to pull highlight and discover different practices. I used this exercise right after lunch to avoid the after lunch energy drop and use the time for instruction. Other times, I simply made them stretch like the photo above.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Last week, we had a board retreat to dive into identifying core results as part of results-based accountability work , facilitated by an excellent outside consultant. Board retreats, day long meetings, can be potentially be deadly — sitting most of the time and hearing a parade of reports. However, this was far from it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Use Learning Theory.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

There are advantages to writing both short and long-form posts: Short-form posts of around 300-500 words can be read quickly from a mobile device and they help deliver timely or urgent messages to your audience. Since longer-form posts take more time to craft, plan to publish them less frequently, such as once a month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. The research indicates that the human brain, on average, has the capacity to pay attention for about 10-12 minutes within an hour. I also used composite scenarios based on real-life nonprofits needing to apply ROI techniques to technology purchase decisions.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Wait, when is this AI going to start saving me time? However, with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), it’s time to reevaluate and update our productivity strategies. Allen’s GTD methodology is based on the idea that our brains are not designed to store information. Never, unless you adopt it in the right way.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

When building eLearnings it is necessary to consult people who teach and record their methodologies in making sure a message maintains its pertinence over time. Understanding the foundation of what makes the instructional design so effective, can go a long way in transitioning some of your organizational learnings over to a digital medium.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

Your nonprofit is growing, reaching more people and changing more lives, and it’s time to think about hiring staff for your nonprofit. Create a work environment where everyone can thrive. Think about your personal daily work routine and all the tasks and goals that fall by the wayside because one person can only do so much.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

One of our hopes for the book was that it would spark conversation about the need for self-care as part of doing the work. Erika’s organization is a small to midsize arts organization, with six full time staff members and an operating budget of less than $1 million. Then we had the whole staff brain storm together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. Help the facilitator understand how people are feeling half-way through the session so real-time tweaks to design can be made. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. Don’t run to play Mario just yet though — the game has to be specially designed to fill in lapses in brain activity from the start! In Education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. We are working very closely with V.S. Anupam Shukla and Ms. Monica Wahengbam.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. In order to do that, you have to think like an instructional designer !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

This year I took off a full two weeks during the holiday, spending time with family on the Big Island on a coffee farm and mostly offline. 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. The Sun Sets on 2014.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Is our brain changing as a result? For an adult it would mean they need symptoms at home and work and even on vacation. For someone to have ADD, they need symptoms of inattention, with at least six of the following: Often failing to give close attention to details or making careless mistakes in schoolwork, work, or other activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. I started using a Fitbit to monitor and motivate me to move, but I also sought out some ways to make walking part of work. Flickr Photo by Lynn Friedman. All that sitting is not good for your health.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

But none of this would not have been possible if not for the dedication, vision, and leadership from Andrew Means, who has passionately been working on creating a learning community of nonprofit professionals interested in data for social change called Data Analysts for Social Good. Emily C Galdeano (@EmCalGal) May 1, 2015.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

We are working very closely with Dr. Yasmeen Qazi who is the Pakistan Country Advisor and her very talented team members, Dr. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. Day 2: Certificates Awarded To Senior Staff Attendees. organizational change, and technology. Program Design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop. She said the workshop gave her the time to get started working on it and was confident that she’d be putting it into practice immediately. Design for Different Levels of Capacity and Skills: Adapt in Real Time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

But the best part was the chance to work with Ellie Schindelman , director of education, who is a dynamic trainer – on the design of the program. 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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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2014

Here’s my (working) theory: We sort of know that our personal information is being collected, but we don't think about it the same way as somebody standing next to us. According to the brains of Wikipedia , digital footprints* are simply put “the trail of data that is left behind by users on digital services.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

The inspiration was part The Lab Theater a place where you try out contemporary or experimental works before you bring them to the main stage and part peer learning program. Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2011

Waste of time , I would think to myself. While interviewing the organizers for a magazine, I heard how they worked with young women who had rarely or never felt good about their bodies and were in detention on charges related to prostitution and drug sales. As we shared our thoughts at the end of the class, they smiled.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

David Havens from Collective Capital , a company that works with business in the area of innovation through improvisation and design thinking. David comes to this work from a background in the education and educational technology field and he’s on fire! Bringing your brain to what you are doing. Flexibility. Co-Creating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2009

Many of my presentations are training, so it is also thinking through the instructional delivery. So, this is my excuse to devote some brain time to the topic. If you are working for a nonprofit and have an upcoming presentation, what do you think are the barriers to creating and delivering a fantastic presentation?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A picture is worth about 60,000 words, because studies have shown that the human brain processes images about 60,000 times faster than it does plain text. I think it’s…people process that information three or four times faster if they’re looking at both images and text. So you’re working ahead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Photo by Spike 55151 I read recently that the reason for "senior moments" - you know when you can't quite recall someone's name in an instant - is because the aging brain is simply taking in more data and trying to sift through a clutter of information.      What's going on, I wondered.  

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

These reports need to include: Information about specific activities, including the date of accredited activities, hours of instruction, type of activity, learners that completed the activity, and much more. If your LMS doesn’t make it easy for your association to keep up with this evolution, you’ll quickly fall behind the times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

I also got a chance to spend some time with Thomas Taylor , the Alliance's nonprofit technology in-house guru and social media whiz who turned me to twitpic. I also tested out a couple of instructional techniques for the first time and learned something myself. The topics covered included: ??? Why It is Important ???

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

These recurring donations can really add for education nonprofits, since monthly donors give 42% more in one year than one-time donors! For example, if you had to switch to a virtual silent auction at the last minute in 2020, review your results to see which elements worked and which didn’t.

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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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Association TV

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

It's meant to provide context, give instruction, or address what you might be thinking as you navigate a digital screen. It works, because there’s nothing else drawing your attention. Maybe, but our brains are trained to go with what we know. You worked so hard to build a successful brand, don’t stop now! Click Here."

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