NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Organization: Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. We aim to reach the the 55,000 Canadians affected by a brain tumour with a variety of tools and technology such as our website and social media communities play a large part in this reach. We’ll share what they told us in this series of blog posts. Website: [link].

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

And how you should never feel bad about asking someone for a philanthropic gift, because it delivers a shot of dopamine that lights up the pleasure center of their brains. This is the joy of doing meaningful work together with like-minded people, with your friends.” Note: All of these community-builders can be hosted on-site or online.]

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

are now integral parts of our online communications and fundraising campaigns and like any tools of value, they requite a minimal level of financial investment. One of the biggest downsides for me personally from being connected to the Social Web 50-70 hours a week is that my brain has a hard time reading for extended periods of time.

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NetWits

JULY 14, 2011

With that in mind, I asked some of my favorite people on Twitter to join me in sharing their favorite tips and resources, and with that, I share with you: 20 Tips for Nonprofits Using Twitter. Lead Manager, Online Campaigns – National Brain Tumor Society | Follow @npshana. 1 – Chris Tuttle. 9 – Kerri Karvetski.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Mastering online user experience and messaging. It’s important to showcase how what you do relates to what’s top of mind for folks. Finally, after hearing a lot of nuts and bolts from them about numerous programs and processes around which I couldn’t quite wrap my brain, I said “Tell me why I should give in one sentence.”

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 12, 2021

By identifying and addressing limiting beliefs that you may face, you can train your brain to approach tasks with more confidence, creativity, and enthusiasm. Whether in the workplace, online, or at a social gathering, it’s important to start getting comfortable taking up space. How did their story impact your life?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

Whatever you choose, there are probably tutorial videos online that will help you learn to use them efficiently, raising your nonprofit productivity. But it is a good task to schedule after blocking off time to work on a complex grant or other task that requires a lot of brain power. I can do it even when my brain feels fried.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Let’s say you’ve been tasked with researching potential nonprofits to partner with on an upcoming funding initiative by doing some online research, using Google, Candid’s nonprofit profiles , or the like. Picture yourself in a donor’s shoes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The presentation looks at how younger generations are always connected and are multi-taskers who count on the Internet as their external brain and approach problems in a different way from older generations. It raises the question (unanswered) whether this is a good or bad thing. Being strategically future-minded.

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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.” ” But what if there was a way to use online tools, mobile apps, and software that helped lengthen our attention spans and replace information overload with a sense of mindfulness? Mindfulness'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

” I don’t have an answer, but I think it has to do with modeling conscious information and consumption and being mindful about how you connect with people, cultivate relationships, and share information. In our panel discussion, Laura was asked about being mindful in our philanthropy and giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

I was an early adopter of using the Internet in 1992 where I had a virtual job working online for a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts called ArtsWire. I’ve found that it lights up different parts of my brain and helps think more creatively than starring at a screen or typing. Zentangle Pens and Pencils.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

Collaborative overload is the burnout that results from our over reliance on e-mails, meetings and other online collaborative technology tools that have, ironically, limited our ability to get stuff done. Time away from work and being online produces new ideas and fresh insights. It can also improve your memory.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Meet my colleague, Meico Marquette Whitlock, who is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Techie. I had an opportunity to interview Meico about being a Mindful Techie. You have now moved into the area of “Mindfulness and Technology,” what inspired the move from nonprofit techie into mindfulness?

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Whole Whale

JUNE 22, 2021

Developing a daily route can be helpful in terms of productivity and getting your mind in the GTD (getting things done) zone. 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). Online training for nonprofits.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 30, 2022

You should collect valuable event attendee data through the online ticketing and registration process. . Moreover, always host your event with online ticketing and registration, an online event app, and email reminders. Lead generation is far easier when your attendees interact with an online format. Gamification: .

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

An online website isn’t just an advertisement for your organization. Furthermore, it is equally essential to establish a seamless connection between your social media posts and your online donation page. When sharing content or announcements on social media, include a link redirecting your followers to your online donation page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2011

Taking a break from online this week to stare at the ocean, visit family, and air out the brain. As someone who spends a lot of time online, breaks like this can be good for the heart, soul, and brain. Someone referred me to this excellent post by Danah Boyd about how to take an email sabbatical.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

As a group, I have participants take an online poll, answering the questions, “What are your workplace stress triggers?” 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

JANUARY 5, 2011

Distractions can be internal and come from our brains , our thoughts. Most of our work as social media nonprofit professionals is to be present on our online communities, listen, engage, and manage content. Brain Fitness. There is the mind-body connection which boils down to taking care of yourself.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

How much will it cost for you to accomplish what you have in mind? Include fundraising fees, the subscription costs for your donor management system and other online tools, insurance, postage for appeals … everything! Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. No one wants to do it.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

However, growing up with technology and the internet has also led millennials to have certain expectations about marketing, especially in online spaces. Digital marketing has long since become the new normal for nonprofits of all sizes, but the rise of online outreach doesn’t negate the inherent benefits of direct mail.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As more and more of our lives move online, nonprofits need an optimized, well-designed website in order to stand out and engage donors—and to justify the expense of maintaining one! In today’s ever-expanding online world, that’s important. A Better Website is Worth the Money Your website serves as a digital hub for your organization.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

As luck would have it, I got to chatting right away with Ned Malik, CTO of Vision Online , a DC-based company that provides cutting-edge information technology to government. It is integrated with nearly all of Google’s online services and probably Google’s upcoming smartwatch. It’s basically typing with the mind.

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

Holistic management online course. LoveYourBrain is on a mission to improve the quality of life of people affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI) through programs that build community and foster resilience. Savory offers different perks for different giving levels to incentivize and thank donors accordingly. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2013

I tend to use both. For example, I like digital note taking tools when I’m capturing the “to dos” from meetings to make decisions and when I’m doing research online for a blog post or prepare curriculum. I also wonder if there is an impact on being creative?

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Allen’s GTD methodology is based on the idea that our brains are not designed to store information. This allows us to clear our minds and focus on the present moment. GTD is a five-step process: Capture : Capture everything that comes into your mind, whether it’s a task, an idea, or a thought. So why wait?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It gave me space to give social media use some mindful attention. The product-driven learning is mindful, mostly linear, and focused. To much product-driven learning, and I don’t discover new ideas. One is left-brained and the other right-brained.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

The brain needs a break from the barrage and needs to reset itself to normal operating mode. Overworked new media managers often find it challenging to connect face to face, or they cannot quiet their mind long enough to read a book on the beach or watch a sunset. The will to engage and interact is drained, and procrastination sets in.

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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. This reality changed when both Kevin and Sophia learned about the accessible online library Bookshare , an initiative of Silicon Valley technology nonprofit Benetech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Clearly define workflow for online collaboration platforms and training. Your team can do a simple mindfulness exercise by starting a meeting with a deep breath and going around the table to share how you are feeling in the moment. But this can be hard to do in a workplace that is always online. Work to your energy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2013

This conference will be my 13th one – and every year it is a like a family reunion. Registration is still available, but you can’t make it register for the online NTC and catch a few sessions. Mindful or Mindfull Social Media? How To Implement Multichannel Online Campaigns - Amy Sample Ward and Allyson Kapin.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

This exhaustive list should include: All individual donations (including major gifts) procured by Direct mail Online fundraising Special/in-person fundraisers Phone solicitations Membership fees Corporate sponsorships Company matches Grants Sale of items/services. Be mindful of remaining “strategic” (have we used this word enough?),

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

That’s what’s been on my mind lately. I have disruptive approaches to social innovation in mind, with an increasingly connected society where the cost of prototyping and deploying new products is extremely low, and where innovation is no longer the sole purview of well-funded for-profit corporations. 10X: ten times the impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

But maintaining productivity, especially online, can be challenging. We are living and working in a world that is connected and where sacred space and deep thinking, essential ingredients to online personal productivity and well-being, is almost becoming extinct. Mindfulness' What is personal productivity?

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