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NTEN Celebrates National Volunteer Week: Honoring NTEN Committee Members

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Today we''re giving a big thank-you to the dedicated members of NTEN''s committees. NTEN committee members are the volunteers who work behind the scenes, contributing their expertise, time, and advice to help shape NTEN programming. Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Membership Committee.

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7 Totally Surprising Brain Tricks to Sell Your Cause

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Appeal to the massive subconscious mind to help sell your cause. Yet we spend a lot of time trying to persuade people by focusing on the 5% rational brain with statistics, rational arguments and feature lists. A University of North Carolina study found people were more helpful at the top rather than bottom of stairs and escalators.

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How to Be a Wizard at Tech Training Design and Delivery

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As I am planning for workshops in the fall in Cleveland and North Carolina (with Jeanne Allen), looking back always help you create a good lesson plan and incorporate improvements. Adults tend to interpret information received in a training based on existing knowledge in their brains and then integrate it with previous experiences.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. In the US, I keynoted and gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Pittsburgh , North Carolina , Buffalo , and Omaha. Year in Review.