NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Consider incorporating interactive content into your blog, such as: Quizzes Polls Image galleries or slideshows Interactive maps Interactive videos Your nonprofit’s content management system (CMS) may offer built-in tools or add-ons that make it easier to create interactive content. Spotlight your supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Some tip include mapping out a good process for work flow and using collaborative technology effectively. Amy Su Jen offers up a great framework for individuals. Get to know your Ultradian Rhythms , the natural rhythms of your body and brain that repeat throughout the day. Look ahead rituals can build space into your schedule.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2012

Map the data. These are a great set of questions to ask as you look over your data. The steps are: Collect your data. Lay it out where you can really look at it. Establish the underlying coordinates. Draw a conclusion.

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Candid

APRIL 27, 2021

The same principle lies at the heart of a mind map. Mind maps help us stay organized in the world of content shock, informational chaos, and short attention span. Psychologists revealed the power of this instrument for the human brain a long time ago. They say mind mapping makes people more creative and retentive.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

That’s why we created this 2021 fundraising calendar worksheet and template to help you map out the best possible plan. So, after you’ve mapped out your goals, the next step we recommend taking involves “looking backwards” to critically evaluate the fundraising activities of your previous year.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

It also can map turn-by-turn directions for you. He is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience field of ‘brain computer interface’ or thought controlled computing. When the letter flashes that the user wants to type, the software registers the jump in brain activity and types the corresponding letter.

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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. I also noticed participants using their mobile phones to capture the strategy posters and network maps. I asked a few why they were doing that — expecting a response about wanting to be able to share the map or poster in a powerpoint back at the office.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

After we create a shared network based on individual’s knowledge and skills, we move to the organizational network maps. Participants create a poster of their networks, view other the network maps of others, and then do a debrief. It Isn’t Enough To Tell People About Best Practices: Hands-On, Brains-On.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

We love how Girls Who Code built an interactive map of the U.S. NPR emphasizes how its “Muslims in America: A New Generation” series explores the multifaceted experiences of muslims living in a post-9/11 America, while its Hidden Brain episode “Why Now?” offers a profound analysis of #MeToo.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. From there, you can go bucket by bucket—individual donors, major donors, events, foundations, nonprofit partners, faith partners, business partners—and map out exactly how much you plan to raise and how you plan to do it.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2014

According to the brains of Wikipedia , digital footprints* are simply put “the trail of data that is left behind by users on digital services.” Lightbeam for Mozilla* Firefox users, is an add-on that maps out what first and third-party sites you visit on the web.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

Social media surgeries are informal drop-in sessions where anyone from the voluntary and community sector can come and pick the brains of our ‘surgeons’ (helpful volunteers who understand the world of Twitter, Facebook, and the rest). Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. August’s NetSquared Events.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Your site map, data structure, and server security all play an important role in how search engines index your site and assess its relevance to various search topics. You can use a number of on-page SEO strategies to boost your site’s rankings , but any technical issues on your site will make it hard for you to reach the top.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

It might be hard to look at these figures and to wrap your brain around how much money you need to raise to employ the staff you need. The important thing is that you map out a plan and get Board buy-in. By mapping out the employees you need for your organization to grow and thrive, you can calculate how much money you need to raise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2016

It was like a reboot for my brain, but I found it really difficult to do. Take for example, when was the last time you consulted a paper map for driving directions? Last March, I tucked my mobile phone into a sleeping bag (see above) and turned off the screens.

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2015

Whether their vocal ability is limited due to illness, genetic factors, or brain injury, these individuals have the right to communicate using a unique voice, a vocalization they can identify with as they interact in the world. Millions of individuals worldwide rely on a limited set of generic, synthetic voices as their primary vocalization.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Regular readers of this space will know there's a growing consensus that technology is physically changing the ways our brains work. Here's a map to help you find your way. Fortunately, there's an easy way to reboot: get outside. There are so many social media options these days, you may be feeling a little lost.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

Not only does reading exercise the brain and improve concentration, but it also helps children develop more advanced language skills and engage their imagination. Unlike a fun run or a 5K fundraiser, you don’t need to map out a racecourse or organize volunteers to man your event. How to host a read-a-thon fundraiser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2010

We don’t have the time or brain cells for that. It’s about finding people who are connected to different social circles and following them. Mention Map helps you visualize who is interacting with you around which hashtags. It isn’t about following thousands and thousands of friends on Twitter.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

People see where a Pokémon is hidden on a map and have to travel to the location to find it. This form of AR will soon be ubiquitous and has tons of applications–especially for mapping. Most of us learned about augmented reality about a year ago when the Pokémon Go craze swept the nation for the summer. Seriously loco.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2011

Get a map of the park. Scheduling your day will save your brain from the oh-so-common “what was I just tweeting about?” Thanks to Net2 Think Tank , folks all over the web this month are sharing their best practices for effectively monitoring online feedback. Here are a few of the things I’ve learned along the way: 1.

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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. smart socks generate heat maps of how a runner’s foot strikes the ground and sends the info to a phone app.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

Ideally, the conversation with map the various services to the segments or groups who already/could benefit. Part of our conversation about who the community was and how it was broken down into groups also included some dedicated brain time about some of the words we were using. What services already exist? What’s the sweet spot?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

A Google maps, Twitter and Foursquare mashup that show’s where your event participants are checking in on a map and what they’re  talking about).    It helped me wrap my brain around the potential value of something like FourSquare. Build an application using the Foursquare  API. A 3 day walk).

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky's claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus' - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not. Their Envisioning Development project helps people understand “What is Affordable Housing” in New York City.

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2010

It benefits the organization to have it written down in one place, where everyone on staff can see our plan, as opposed to storing it in the collective NTEN brain. We can also see what turns us into the anti-social kid in the corner and avoid doing that again. What I AM advocating for is for you to step away from your fears.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I spent the last two days at the TechSoup Global Summit getting inspiration overload about social media, networks, social network mapping, networks of networks, global peer learning, building a sector, nonprofit technology, and many other ideas I’m passionate about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Having this network map on the wall during the whole training, let us as the trainers acknowledge the expertise and knowledge in the room. This exercise is very useful because after participants create their maps, they’re taped on the wall, and participants give feedback using sticky notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2009

The article includes a link to a google map where you can look at the economic impact in each state. With unemployment and cutback, for many a trip to the art museum can appear to be a luxury. In response, arts organizations are cutting staff, trimming budgets, canceling shows, shortening seasons or closing their doors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I also pointed out that it uses a different part of your brain and there is a need to shift mindsets to get other types of work done. I tend to map my "working the clouds" work in short, time boxed bursts. A big part of the network weaver's job is pattern recognition and that requires a sort of scanning and watching - that takes time.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2009

In a post on his blog, Logic + Emotion , David Armano mentions that 60 to 65% of people are visual thinkers , meaning that they do their “thinking through visual processing using the part of the brain that is emotional and creative to organize information in an intuitive and simultaneous way.”

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky’s claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus’ - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky’s claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus’ - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Taking a break from work gives your brain the chance to reset and recharge, and this is essential to avoiding burnout and staying productive all year long. Map out your days off for the year, knowing you can make changes but standing firm in your commitment to take time off. It takes time and thought to draft a plan. Sleep a lot.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

Then we use my signature asset mapping system that helps you identify both what your partners are looking for and what your assets are beyond your programming. And the thing I want to say is that this strategy, this whole strategy is called funder mapping. And the funder map is what leads you to figure out, “Okay.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

Then we use my signature asset mapping system that helps you identify both what your partners are looking for and what your assets are beyond your programming. And the thing I want to say is that this strategy, this whole strategy is called funder mapping. And the funder map is what leads you to figure out, “Okay.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

For example, someone could mash-up a feed containing requests made to DC’s Department of Public Works with a map as done by Everyblock.com. Fortunately for DC, an entire team was devoted to the data warehouse and scoured paper files, databases, and people’s brains to set up the catalog. It also allowed the U.K.

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