Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

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. Try managing your hardest work days by plotting out what you will do when in a way that keeps your brain going for the long haul.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

In all, there were over 30 overlapping sessions, plus breakout rooms, allowing inquisitive minds to pick the brains of developers, configurators, architects, and anyone responsible for building on Salesforce. As soon as pipelines comes out of beta, I’ll take what I’ve set up with CI jobs and implement a full pipeline.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

It’s commendable, but after four years of recession and the likelihood that you generously added social media to your already packed job description without compensation, it’s not sustainable and being overworked and underpaid will only lead to burnout and resentment. In 2013, keep these two words at the forefront of your mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

I was an early adopter of using the Internet in 1992 where I had a virtual job working online for a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts called ArtsWire. I’ve found that it lights up different parts of my brain and helps think more creatively than starring at a screen or typing. Zentangle Pens and Pencils.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

When nonprofit staff are constantly monitoring their email after work hours — whether this is due to a fear of missing something from their executive director or out of habit — they are missing out on essential down time that brains need. Time away from work and being online produces new ideas and fresh insights.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Allen’s GTD methodology is based on the idea that our brains are not designed to store information. This allows us to clear our minds and focus on the present moment. GTD is a five-step process: Capture : Capture everything that comes into your mind, whether it’s a task, an idea, or a thought. So why wait?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 1, 2018

Games=Brain food. Playing a game every once in a while is a great way to reset and activate parts of your brain you wouldn’t normally use at work. When everyone sits back down at their desks, they’re guaranteed to have an improved attitude and a clear mind. Make your nonprofit one of them, and watch your turnover rate decline.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

It’s a natural response to an emotionally draining job, and the best cure is a temporary abstinence from mobile and social media. The brain needs a break from the barrage and needs to reset itself to normal operating mode. The will to engage and interact is drained, and procrastination sets in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Meet my colleague, Meico Marquette Whitlock, who is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Techie. I had an opportunity to interview Meico about being a Mindful Techie. I landed my first “real” job in the sector when I graduated from college. However, now I’m bringing a new tool to my work in the form of mindfulness.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

There are two parts to thanking donors: Connecting with the donor’s brain by providing a gift receipt and more importantly, touching the donor’s heart by letting them know they are heroes for giving to your organization’s cause. You make the brain connection when you give them the data they need for their records.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

” I don’t have an answer, but I think it has to do with modeling conscious information and consumption and being mindful about how you connect with people, cultivate relationships, and share information. In our panel discussion, Laura was asked about being mindful in our philanthropy and giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2011

Distractions can be internal and come from our brains , our thoughts. But for many, those tasks are not necessarily the whole job even if your organization culture is streamlined and simple. Brain Fitness. There is the mind-body connection which boils down to taking care of yourself. Or maybe it is negative thoughts.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Eventually, I realized that if development professionals really want to make a difference in their organization’s ability to raise money, they not only need to think about their donors, they need to understand how the donor brain works. Our brain, meanwhile, is telling us that it feels good to. help others.

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OneCause

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This doesn’t mean that you should talk down to your donors or that they’re unintelligent: it just means that they’re probably using their brain power for other things and quickly skimming emails and mailers. Through donating to a nonprofit, your supporters get to connect with other like-minded people all striving towards a shared cause.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Your fundraising email subject line has ONE job: to entice the recipient to open the email. It will trigger questions in the recipient’s mind like “Do I believe this email is urgent and deserving of my immediate attention?” Creating a sense of urgency helps your donor’s brain prioritize your email as something that needs to be opened.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Storytelling makes it personal and transforms the heart and mind of your target audience by showing them why something is important, instead of just telling them. When a good story is shared, scientific research shows our brains connect to storytelling can have on us: Stories are remembered 22x more easily than data, facts, and stats.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Structural change – this include teams, departments, and job structure. How will this change make their job or lives easier or more rewarding? Being adaptable will also require a lot of emotional intelligence, keeping an open mind, and dropping personal ego. Strategic Change – this involves changes to the policies and processes.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

After all, this is their idea, their brain-child, their life. It’s a question on the minds of thousands of small businesses, startup tech companies and—yes—nonprofits. Tell your supporters about a child who benefited from your services, or a formerly homeless person who was able to find a job through your work placement program.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

Changing marketing tactics to keep up with shifting trends and attitudes can be a full-time job, which is where crash courses like this article can help. Postcards don’t take up much space, and an attention-grabbing photo can convince supporters to hold onto it and keep your nonprofit in the back of their minds. . ?. .

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

"Begin with the end in mind" when implementing a new accounting system. "Begin with the end in mind" is based on the principle that all things are created twice. Any other "stakeholder" who uses or needs financial information to perform her/his job in the nonprofit. Development Director.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

When evaluating the effectiveness of eLearnings it is vital that we keep in mind exactly what we are trying to accomplish; then craft exceedingly mindful learning experiences to ensure the highest possible return on our investment. Also, please try not to make them boring. Adaptability.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2016

When you landed your current job, you were so excited to get started. Simply writing down what you want to work on helps quiet your mind to focus on the task; setting the timer solidifies your intention to work on that task. Clear Your Environment to Clear Your Mind. Take a Mindful Moment. Eventually, that passion fades.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

That’s what’s been on my mind lately. I have disruptive approaches to social innovation in mind, with an increasingly connected society where the cost of prototyping and deploying new products is extremely low, and where innovation is no longer the sole purview of well-funded for-profit corporations. 10X: ten times the impact.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

We once thought the problem was simply about a lack of calories, but now we know it’s more about not having enough nutritious food to support body and brain development. The kind of food that nourishes the mind and body, and is foundational to growth and many other critical human needs, like education, housing, jobs, and transportation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

The basic premise remained the same: to give training tips, model them, and to provide “meta” data that gave a glimpse into the minds of the session designers. Andrea Berry had moved onto another job by then, and so Jeanne Allen took her place. We used a Harry Potter theme to give the session a fun feel.

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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. Images are an important part of keeping online visitors on your website— 91% of consumers prefer visual content to written content, and the human brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text!

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Achieve

APRIL 30, 2014

But with a little attention and creativity, large organizations that can afford to think strategically should be able to identify quality volunteer experiences, develop position descriptions, and match volunteers to the right job to more efficiently achieve their missions. I’ve heard countless organizations urge constituents to “get involved.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

If you’re like most nonprofit folks, you’ve probably made a few New Year’s resolutions, including being more effective at your job. Mindfulness' The first Nonprofit Blog Carnival of 2015 is on the theme is personal productivity. But maintaining productivity, especially online, can be challenging.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 20, 2015

when he lost his wife to a brain tumor. He quickly changed gears and founded the Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation and now serves as the president and CEO of the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA). Setting up best practices, job descriptions and term limits are key components to stable leadership.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Is our brain changing as a result? By training the brain to shift activities rapidly for multitasking, we may be decreasing the brain’s ability to focus. If one learns to put structure around technology - they will decrease the effect that technology is having on their brain. Is this ADD? What can we do?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Keeping a task list can save you time and clear your mind. By batching calls or writing, you can actually be more productive since your mind is already in the mode for getting that kind of task done. The problem is that “Update the website” is too big of a project and your mind doesn’t know where to start.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

He will seriously blow your mind. Somebody find him a spokespinner job, quick! Regular readers of this space will know there's a growing consensus that technology is physically changing the ways our brains work. Them's fightin' words to a lot of commenters. But we have to wonder what his parents think.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

She knew the job aligned her life experience, education, and passion to learn more about trauma, grit, grief, and resilience. The most common signs of employee burnout we’ve seen are: Brain fog that causes forgetfulness of something a person has done before or randomly forgetting to complete tasks.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2011

Shana Masterson from the National Brain Tumor Society was the moderator and led the large session by breaking the group up for open dialogue. Listening to our customers is job #1 as CEO. I can’t think of a better use of my time than to hear what is on the mind of our clients as they use Convio to drive their missions forward.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2016

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. If you Google the word “psychologist,” the image that pops up is almost exactly that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I also keep in mind dips in the circadian rhythms for humans that have impact on their ability to pay attention and learn – and I design different types of activities accordingly. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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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. He demonstrated an amazing work ethic, and that dedication has been part of my professional life since my first job. Mentees have no agenda and no time for unnecessary drama.

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