Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

We all know that with so much content out there, it is eating our brains and memory , relying more on “google it.” One of my favorites is Ommwriter which turns your laptop into an old fashion word processor. However, if you have to do “work” on Facebook, here’s some work flow tips for avoiding distraction.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining. Refurbishers in emerging markets will start to see a higher supply of laptops for refurbishment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. When I design instruction, I want to make sure that learning activities use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I decided to have a different experience than live tweeting and even taking notes on my laptop. Dr. Dan Siegel , a brain researcher, gave a riveting talk about interpersonal neurobiology – and what goes on in our brains and how it impacts our offline researches when we spend too much time connecting online.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This is your go-to dashboard for all the latest conference details with easy access from your laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. Make sure to bring your brain power to compete in Geek Bingo, a helicopter obstacle course, karaoke, and dodgeball! Top 10 Tips for a Fabulous 14NTC. Let the games begin! Start tweeting.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

By "post-PC," Jobs meant essentially that computing and Internet use for both work and pleasure will no longer be dominated by PCs, but that there will be an array of smart devices including smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs, laptops, and even sensing devices in our clothes and cars and other every day items.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? Is everyone suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting down meetings? Meetings can not only be a waste of time but also zap our energy. Walking meetings can help shakes things up.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 12, 2006

As we pulled into the outsourcing zone, my laptop was registered at the gate. So, I left for my return drive to my hotel with a brain buzzing with possibilities. Mumbai's traffic is such that it could easily take 90 minutes during rush hour to get to the zone where much of the outsourcing work occurs.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2014

When I’ve forced myself to close my laptop and take a self-care activity, the work is still there when I get back, but I feel far more focused and get more done in less time than I would if I’d stayed glued to my computer screen. Then with a less crowded brain, I can sit down and start tackling tasks on my list.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2013

In a perfect world, your nonprofit would have the resources to equip every worker and volunteer with a secure laptop. Donate your brain and join the TechSoup forums to talk about BYOD policies at your organization. That’s not a bad thing. More Resources.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

The Interaxon Headband is a brain-wave detector that sends real time information on your brain activity to your phone, supposedly so you can improve concentration and composure. It was by most accounts a good show with lots of weird stuff on display. Sensoria makes a smart fitness bra that allows wearers to track their heart rate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. The walking at work trend is being more broadly adopted by senior managers, in part because leaders want to get some distance from their always on work styles, with all of the demands of smartphones and laptops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

He also talked about changing his brain chemistry. Chris Sacca quipped that he usually attends technology conference where most people in the audience are buried in their smart phones or laptops and that this conference was the one where felt the mostly everyone was paying attention to him.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

But, the brain fog has started to fade. After the lunch on the second day, I sat down with Marshall Kirkpatrick to pick his brain on mobile video blogging and camera phones. Some Cambodians may have more than one phone as Borin explains here Borin also writes about how he uses his mobile phone with his laptop to get online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

When I'm asked questions that I don't know the answer to, I admit it and use it as opportunity to demonstrate the value of the social brain or having a good network on Twitter. Unfortunately, I did not have my laptop accessible in that moment. I got hit with a question that I could not answer on the spot - a very good question.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

It is being developed at the University of Southern California to help victims of stroke and traumatic brain injury. "Mobile computing has boomed, and usability has improved to the point where tablets will start replacing laptops as the mobile computing device of choice. This thing restores and enhances memory function.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

It is important to vary your instructional delivery because the human brain -on average - can only concentrate for 12 minutes. We arranged for wifi in the room and asked participants to bring their laptops). Somewhat skeptical about the value of social media. After hearing a story from a peer. Varying the delivery improves retention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

We had wifi in the room and participants brought their laptops – this give us the opportunity for open lab time or what I call “shoulder to shoulder” learning. One participant told me that she never learned so much about social media in so short a time. The power of peer knowledge at work!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Her brain is constantly at work dreaming up new campaigns, and rather than shying away from being different and taking risks, she embraces it. Creativity is what makes exceptional social media campaigns stand out from the rest. Whether we like it or not, the news cycle is now 24/7, and as a journalist for your cause, you need to be, too.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 20, 2016

And keeping in mind that smartphone, tablet, laptop and desktop screens are getting more hi-tech all the time—and that Internet speed are getting faster and more efficient—don’t be afraid to begin utilizing high-definition imagery in your website design.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2007

Similarly, the enormously successful casual Brain Game, which is essentially a repetitive IQ test experience, isn't popular solely because it's fun. Supposedly it improves your brain function. The goal isn't to have fun as much as to pass the time--and games can fill that role as easily as books, ipods, or dropped cell calls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. They wanted to implement a laptop program for the 40 attornies on staff - they knew it would be more efficient for those who working outside of the office. Identify pilot(s) to identify cost/benefit (Listen, Learn, Adapt).

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. Do you have a laptop that will work for you to do heavy technology tasks? So if you’re in transition, people are changing responsibilities, or you’re making a big switch in a system, you want to know that this is coming, and calibrate your expectations accordingly.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

You get yourself some kind of together and you kind of meander and find your way to your laptop. And then laptop because, you know, work, right? What do you want to pick my brain about, how do y’all want to dig in a little bit more with me while we have our time together? Even though you used to love your a.m.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Studies show that the human brain retains information more accurately and longer when a visual element reinforces a verbal presentation. Be sure to test for legibility on screens of different sizes — laptops, desktops, and tablets — to make sure your content can easily and quickly be read in all situations.

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