Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

I love connecting with nonprofit technology colleagues who are also promoting work/life balance and how to avoid digital distractions. Simultaneously, I was struggling with burnout related to work-life imbalance and feeling overwhelmed by all the digital technology in my personal life and professional work.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

The event, which was exclusive to.orgCommunity VIP members , took place on March 2 at the Rolling Green Country Club in Arlington Heights. ENA’s commitment to bring culture to life is even expressed in the organization’s physical environment. Our goal was to provide a great forum for networking and meaningful conversations.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

So if you’re feeling tired, exhausted, or worn out by recent change and disruption in your life and work, you’re not alone. In fact, stress is a natural part of our life and work. In fact, stress is a natural part of our life and work. A bit of pressure can help keep the brain alert and support you in getting focused.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

But given the realities of today’s 24/7 world, you’re grappling with how to keep up, make a meaningful impact, and live a fulfilling life with so many things competing for your limited time, attention, and energy. It took me nearly coming face-to-face with a life-threatening health crisis to have this realization.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

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. Storytelling engages our sensory cortex in the brain , allowing the listener to feel, hear, taste, and even smell the story. Step 5: Call readers to action.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

But it shouldn’t consume your life to the point that you have no life. How to Avoid Fundraising Burnout The best way to stay clear of fundraising burnout and compassion fatigue is to maintain balance in your life so you can stay in front of them and prevent them from occurring in the first place. But bear with me here.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

You can communicate through Trello, which reduces email correspondence and keeps conversations in a central place. With Dropbox you create a folder system that keeps every document in its place. Microsoft Teams: Email has its place, but using email for every communication with Board members, volunteers, and staff is inefficient.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2019

In this article, you’ll learn six ways to strengthen your nonprofit’s WordPress website to keep attacks like this from happening in the first place. Let’s dive into the six ways you can strengthen your website so you can protect your site from a breach in the first place. Why Strong Security Matters for Your Website.

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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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Qgiv

JULY 3, 2023

Disability Pride Month is a great awareness month dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments and the importance of people with disabilities in our communities, promoting the visibility of people with disabilities, and honoring the inherent right to a better quality of life for people with disabilities. Donate to support their mission here.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

You might want to write three urgent subject lines, three intrigue subject lines, two that combine intrigue and urgency, and two that don’t fall into either category but still pop into your brain. Creating a sense of urgency helps your donor’s brain prioritize your email as something that needs to be opened. Give a gift, change a life.

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

Inspiration came from two very different places. . I was prompted to choose an area of work-life I find unpleasurable—I chose time-tracking. A reminder of why I had pursued design in the first place. On a macro level, Design Thinking is more left brain, more logical, more linear. How are they alike? Carson is not mindful.

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Kindful

MAY 1, 2021

Mission: Under the Laughs for the Troops umbrella, you will find many other great programs to help our veterans, increase awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), raise funds, and recruit volunteers. Impacting: Mental health. Headquarters in: Riverview, FL. How To Support Laughs for the Troops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being “hyperconnected” or “over connected” to the web, mobile technologies and social media. It is the same title of Raine’s recent book. What will the future 2020 be like?

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2020

But brains aren’t the most stable place to keep important information. But this is real life, and that rarely happens. Not having your plan in writing. Most fundraisers go into the planning process with an idea for what they want to do. Having a starting point is essential. This is why it’s so important to write out your plan.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2022

Alan wasn’t trying to make life terrible for Barbara. Breaking down silos in your nonprofit and building bridges in their place increases efficiency and employee wellbeing while also creating a foundation for a stronger organization. Are there features that either of you might want to use to make life easier?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Throughout countless different phases and stages of life as a human being, we know that things will always be changing. In many cases, changes help you get closer to the life and organization you want for yourself. The dictionary defines a comfort zone as: a place or situation where one feels safe or at ease and without stress.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

A brand is a living, breathing reflection of who you are, brought to life by every interaction between your staff, donors and volunteers. A visual identity designed in 2010 may have been cutting-edge at the time, but will look completely out of place on a website designed for mobile responsiveness and accessibility. See what I mean?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2021

Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it. Ashley Goodall Question : Why do you take issue with placing a priority on “work-life” balance? We argue that this is because we’ve got the categories wrong.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 18, 2018

I graduated from high school in 2016 and had little notion of what I wanted to do with my life until I joined Public Allies. Because of this program, I have been given the opportunity and guidance to achieve my life mission to create meaningful, positive and lasting change. “To

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 21, 2018

I graduated from high school in 2016 and had little notion of what I wanted to do with my life until I joined Public Allies. Because of this program, I have been given the opportunity and guidance to achieve my life mission to create meaningful, positive and lasting change. “To

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it. Ashley Goodall Question : Why do you take issue with placing a priority on “work-life” balance? We argue that this is because we’ve got the categories wrong.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

And while illness isn’t the most energizing start of a new year, I kept replaying the words from the ballon song in the new Mary Poppins movie, “ there is no place to go but up.” I also include my list of work/life habits that I want to maintain or modify. Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 6, 2020

Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it. Ashley Goodall Question : Why do you take issue with placing a priority on “work-life” balance? We argue that this is because we’ve got the categories wrong.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 22, 2021

This will do wonders for your mind and will get your brain out of relaxing mode and into work mode (even if your desk is within arm’s reach of your bed). If your company uses a project management tool to track work and review that work every X number of weeks or month (our favorite is Asana ), there is no place to hide.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2020

Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it. Ashley Goodall Question : Why do you take issue with placing a priority on “work-life” balance? We argue that this is because we’ve got the categories wrong.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2011

For a long time now (since 2003) protest in its traditional form hasn't felt like the right thing for me, even though I had spent all of my adult life as an activist in a number of causes, including anti-nuclear, environmental, pro-choice, health issues, anti-death penalty, and others.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2011

For a long time now (since 2003) protest in its traditional form hasn't felt like the right thing for me, even though I had spent all of my adult life as an activist in a number of causes, including anti-nuclear, environmental, pro-choice, health issues, anti-death penalty, and others.

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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. Then we had the whole staff brain storm together. She knows self-care is important to avoiding burn out and keeping a high staff retention. “.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 6, 2016

This is mainly because life in the office-place is very different and entirely more demanding, or at least in terms of outward appearances significantly more time intensive (No disrespect to the all-nighters I used to pull). I hope you have enjoyed my take on the application of life skills in the workforce.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

Here are some of the critical details you should include on your fundraising flyer: Location and time the event will take place. The positioning and size of the text immediately draw the viewer’s focus to the call to action, planting the seed in their brain for taking action and helping your cause. How the proceeds will be used.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Is our brain changing as a result? Also, the symptoms have to have been causing significant difficulty in life for at least 6 month stresses. By training the brain to shift activities rapidly for multitasking, we may be decreasing the brain’s ability to focus. Is this ADD? Is this permanent or reversible?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofits that struggle live this life every day of the year. Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. Once you have sent the thank-you note, make sure you have mechanisms in place to keep the donor informed and engaged throughout the year. I bet you know what this feels like!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 1, 2019

Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it. Ashley Goodall Question : Why do you take issue with placing a priority on “work-life” balance? We argue that this is because we’ve got the categories wrong.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

" Welcome to Kopernik – "Kopernik — www.thekopernik.org — a new non-profit venture that provides life-changing technology to the poor, launches today. It is the brain-child of Ewa Wojkowska and Toshi Nakamura who have extensive experience in international development as UN staff members."

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2011

Through coaching, workshops and a variety of online events, Jamie helps women find the confidence and courage to discover and express their creative spirit, whether that means exploring their artistic self, or bringing more of their creative capacity to their life and business. Look for ways of squeaking them into the unlikeliest of places.

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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 . Her career has been dedicated to connecting people and places through performing arts . Academic Institutions. Alnoor Ebrahim.

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