Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This is why you need to look at your goals, measure your results, and tweak your stories based on that data. By opening up the audience to a new idea or way of thinking, you can open their hearts and minds to the work you’re doing and get them further invested in your cause. . Incorporate humor into your story. .

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 13, 2021

There’s reputable neuroscience research showing that people’s brains light up when they hear their own name. So our brains are actually hard-wired to respond to appeals that speak to us directly. Our brains are always looking for shortcuts, and the word because triggers us to comply.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

When Kevin was in kindergarten he had an organic brain injury, which forced him to have to relearn everything from walking to using the bathroom. I can enlighten my mind, enliven my spirit, and experience what I couldn’t before. But do they measure the real impact we’re making in the lives of our beneficiaries?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

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. Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Wins 2013 Terry McAdam Nonprofit Book Award. Housekeeping Mindfulness Self-Directed Learning' Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

Anne Grady, in a recent HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

While it is hard to measure actual attention spans, there is research that people pay closest attention during the first 10-18 minutes of lecture – and then their minds wander. I hope that participants took away from our session, if nothing else, that content curation requires the human brain, as Robin Good points out.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

It is important to get your team on the same page, create a strategy for execution, and monitor/measure the progress, outcomes, and result of the change. Measure Your Progress. As you measure progress, make sure the request is reasonable. Keep in mind that even small changes can add up and lead to change fatigue.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

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. It’s basically typing with the mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

After Day 2 at the GEO conference my mind is abuzz! Grit is a long-term metric, and though difficult to measure, it is a truer indicator than IQ or SAT scores and other static quantitative measures on the potential to achieve ultimate success. Synapses Ablaze at GEO 2012 – guest post by Victoria Dunning. Does our staff?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2013

Mindful or Mindfull Social Media? This session will be brains on and hands on and cover the best practices of content curation for nonprofit. Using Data to Measure Your Mission – Laura Quinn. April 12, 2013 – 1:30-3:00 PM. Visual Strategies for Focus In Age of Distraction. The Benefits of Content Curation.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Your fundraising goals, or “micro-goals,” should be SMART goals – specific, measurable, actionable, realistic and time bound. We have found that the process of listing your resources in a clear, organized manner can help you wrap your brain around how you can go about raising the funds needed. Fundraising Goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2011

“Always Be Cropping&# – a very practical point for being enchanting with photos that stand out in social streams – and to mindful of good composition – which requires cropping. Here’s some other suggestions and tips for enchanting photos. Charles Porch, Facebook.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2021

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I have written a lot about how it is important to understand how the brain works, how people learn by using learning theories to guide the design of your workshops. It defines the outcomes of training in four different areas that you can measure. Bear in mind that the model isn’t practical in all situations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

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. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Within the modules, I break it down in 15 minute blocks.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 6, 2020

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Starting with the 14NTC, the committee helps to plan and take action on our sustainability measures. Ash Shepherd, Strategy & Process, Minds on Design Lab. Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2020

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2012

Ray Kurzweil calls that year “the singularity,” because, like the physics of singularity in a black hole, change will become so rapid that it can’t be meaningfully measured. It just blows my mind that someone born into such an unfairly disadvantageous life set about creating such wild abundance for herself and others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

With a conference so packed with powerful learning, there is the danger of arriving at the closing session with a brain too full to take in any more content and with no time and space to reflection and capture some highlights for learning – it’s all lost.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 1, 2019

Very few organizations can measure knowledge-worker performance, for example, and so pronouncements about what leads to it are invariably wrong-headed. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Scarcity captures the mind. The mind orients automatically, powerfully, toward unfulfilled needs. It would have a measurement component that would link self-care to results and provide a springboard for culture change in the organization. Scarcity is more than just the displeasure of having very little.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

In this article, I’ll define each of these measurements, review what impacts them, and share some easy math tips that are guaranteed to make you smarter than most of the people around you who might be sticking their noses into your email performance data. When analyzing your email data, be sure to keep the ask in mind. . That’s right.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

Boards are the brain trusts of nonprofit organizations, responsible for providing leadership, oversight, expertise, guidance, accountability, vision, fundraising and an invaluable connection to community. posted by Joseph Garcia Director of Communication, ASU Morrison Institute Director, ASU Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center.

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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. And, it also includes measurement - not just qualitative information. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. Wall Street views it as the only legitimate means of measuring business performance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2018

With this in mind, try and show that other people are supporting and/or donating to your cause. Our brains are built to follow stories , so highlighting individual stories is a powerful way to tap into emotions. This shows exactly how powerful a tool “keeping up with the Joneses” can be. However, this is not necessarily true.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you’ve got event fundraising on the brain, you’ve come to the right post. If you don’t have a metric for success going in, you won’t be able to measure how well you did or improve your strategies going forward. Keep holidays in mind as well as national or local events, from award shows to sports games.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

This one is wayyyy more important than it seems because your brain and body don’t function well if they aren’t rested. Staying hydrated helps combat fatigue, grumpiness, and sluggish brain syndrome. Using a reusable water bottle makes this easy to measure how much you’ve had! YOU decide what happens (or doesn’t happen) each day.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Organizations that invest in PCI-compliant online fundraising solutions can take proper cybersecurity measures to ensure that their online donation process is secure. Keep in mind that you can (and should) revise your plan in accordance with the other steps listed below. Make secure donations. Social media.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Our brains are wired for visual information; people process images 60,000 times faster than words. Consistent, relevant content is key to keeping your campaign top of mind for donors. This is the true measure of success that ties tangible impact back to individual donations. Keep in mind that each company sets their own policy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Given my right brained, non-linear and visual way of presenting ideas, I thought it might be helpful to write up a few notes about the above talk. His tweets reveal him as a renaissance thinker, not just a narrow-minded tech geek. . I will be co-presenting with Emily Riley , a senior analyst from Jupiter Research.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2018

The common thread of all of these big hairy audacious goals is that they are measurable – and they involve ecosystems of dozens, hundreds, or thousands of organizations businesses and government agencies. Disabilities like dyslexia, vision loss, or a brain injury or physical disability that gets in the way of using a printed book.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That’s why you have to plan ahead: A robust content plan will save you time—and brain space—and help you produce great nonprofit content while also tackling the rest of your mile-long to-do list. Metrics How will you measure the impact and effectiveness of your content?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

I’d love to know, what is your role at your organization right now, and what comes to mind when you think about strategic planning? So we actually draw our strategic plans, our impact strategies, as mind maps. They are not documents, there is no fancy graphic design, they are mind maps. It’s hard.”

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Organizations that invest in PCI-compliant online fundraising solutions can take proper cybersecurity measures to ensure that their online donation process is secure. Keep in mind that you can also leverage social media tools for your fundraising campaigns. You can track this by measuring the page’s conversion rate.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

And let’s see if we can get your slides going here, if you don’t mind sharing again. And again, this idea that death is as natural as birth, it’s inevitable sooner or later, we’re all hoping for later, of course, but, at times in life, it’s more top of mind. So, Claire, I will pipe down here. Here we go.

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