Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Yes, this means a prompt, personal, powerful thank you. 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. But what really brings the meaning home, and makes it personal, is when it’s shared with others.

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Kindful

MAY 26, 2021

Sometimes without even noticing it, our brain is activated in a unique and engaged way when a story is being shared. A good story allows organizations to build those relationships, win hearts, change minds, and prompt action. It’s brain science. Try to think of your nonprofit’s brand as a person. Once upon a time….

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 15, 2020

Video calls are a lot more straining on the brain than any face-to-face conversation. Our minds are together when our bodies feel we’re not. We all feel stuck in quarantine, and the fact that we would much rather be meeting in person takes a toll on how we view video meetings. Give yourself brain breaks.

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AccelEvents

JULY 22, 2021

We love putting like-minded individuals together in a brainstorming space! Getting to know everyone: The best kind of personal connection is specialized, and writing a list of questions for each breakout room will help foster that conversation! That is the primary vibe of our breakout room option.

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

One in particular that piqued my interest was Mindful Design , a new framework that supports the intentions of people using our products and services instead of pushing our own agendas—making purposeful design decisions that actually help people. The best way to make it personal is to use your intuition and make it your own.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

The mesolimbic part of the brain assigns values to the sensory stimuli, helping us classify what we feel. The rational part of a donor’s brain still mediates the action evoked or prompted by the emotional part through values and learnings. When a donor responds to emotions, the brain releases volatile power chemicals. .

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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. Invite questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2017

Recently, 60 Minutes did a piece on Brain Hacking or intentionally designing apps so you feel the need to to check in constantly. Rosen’s research has found that the average person checks their phone every 15 minutes or less and that approximately 50% of the time there isn’t a notification beckoning them to do so.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

Work Smarter with Digital Tools to Increase Your Nonprofit Productivity I used to be an old school pen-and-paper person. 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. With a pen.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Author: One of my favorite science/interests stories in the news recently was a report published in late July by Science Magazine about how researchers have found that the brain of speakers and listeners become synchronized as they talk. How can your stories allow listeners to adopt them as their own and relate them to personal experiences?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

If certain stories aren’t effective at motivating your supporters to take action, you may need to change elements in order to get them to further empathize with the person at the center of the story. . This is why you need to look at your goals, measure your results, and tweak your stories based on that data.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 13, 2021

You can deploy you to make a deeper, more personal connection with your supporters. Using you effectively might mean breaking some of your die-hard writing habits, like never writing in the second person. This powerful word is all about personalization. Forget what you learned in your composition classes!

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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. And by getting comfortable with our stories and sharing them, we can make a great deal of difference both personally and professionally. . How did their story impact your life?

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M+R

AUGUST 23, 2023

You open TikTok to recharge your brain and treat yourself to some bite-sized videos. The “Get Ready With Me” trend shows the start of the influencer’s day while they talk about their goals for that day or whatever may be on their mind. “A Read Time: 4 minutes It’s lunchtime.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

For example when watching a video, audio and visual channels activate separate parts of the brain , and when these two elements combine, it helps supporters better understand and engage with your mission. . Show a person or group of people impacted by your organization, such as a beneficiary or donor, to share their connection to your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2018

The benefits of taking control of your digital life in and outside the office are immense: greater presence and mindful attention, enhanced productivity and creativity, better relationships, improved sleep and less risk of anxiety. Worst, there is trouble at the top: brain fog. Moving reboots your concentration and replenishes energy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

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. My mind wanders after a couple of paragraphs even when reading New York Times Bestsellers. In 2013, keep these two words at the forefront of your mind.

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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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Byte Technology

APRIL 9, 2015

Mann is quick to point out that his approach isn’t directed so much towards the number of messages that plague our inboxes, bur rather the amount of time our brains spend dwelling there. After all, anyone can zip through their messages and take an “out of sight, out of mind” tact towards email management. That ‘zero?’ That’s it.”.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

It was also the first in-person event I’ve had a chance to attend in two years. In all, there were over 30 overlapping sessions, plus breakout rooms, allowing inquisitive minds to pick the brains of developers, configurators, architects, and anyone responsible for building on Salesforce. DevOps Sessions + Speakers.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. It’s important to showcase how what you do relates to what’s top of mind for folks. In part one of this series, I outlined my top six fundraising strategies for 2021: .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 22, 2023

Rationally examine your personal fears and gain mastery over them. Shed the discomfort of uncertainty, which is the only way to open your mind to all possibilities. It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. Put these lessons to use immediately. It’s protective in nature.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

Over the years, I have experienced the ill effects of staring at screen or sitting in a chair and pounding the keyboard for hours and hours. I’ve learned to take screen less breaks to calibrate my mind and body. Otherwise, what do you do to take a break from technology to revitalize your mind and body? Artist Tiles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

The session will share a wide range of free and low cost tools for implementing an organization’s content strategy as well as group and personal productivity. My presentation will focus on personal productivity in an age of distraction, tools, skills, and best practices that staff members of nonprofits – large and small need.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Rationally examine your personal fears and gain mastery over them. Shed the discomfort of uncertainty, which is the only way to open your mind to all possibilities. It’s our brain signaling that if we try something and fail, we’ll be embarrassed or judged. Put these lessons to use immediately. It’s protective in nature.

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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. So, the point is that there is intention and mindfulness when you choose to explore. I call it slow social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

Email is a depersonalized channel of communications because you don’t see the effect you’re having on the person receiving the email. The research study found that the expectation of assumed availability is what exhausts people and the anticipation of work creates stress that can lead to burnout. It can also improve your memory.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

How much will it cost for you to accomplish what you have in mind? What if that person or organization does not come through this year? If the person you are talking to seems interested, ask if they think any of their friends would be interested. Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain.

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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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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

Rest is a necessary and important productivity tool—and an important part of doing the inner AND outer work of being a mindful changemaker. What if you could do the same for the amount and length of meetings you participate in, whether they are virtual, hybrid, or in-person? According to Daron K. Of course, there are exceptions.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

While it can’t compete with virtual marketing’s speed and efficiency, direct mail’s personalization, tangibility, and ability to create multiple touchpoints continue to be valuable benefits. Personalization. Another aspect of personalization is segmentation. Personalization. Guides like. Segmentation. is meaningful.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 30, 2022

A virtual, in-person, and hybrid event can all be used in generating leads. For example, an in-person event may have less data if the participants only provide information to the event at the time of registration. . Opt-in for collecting data on just the person purchasing the tickets, each attendee, and each add-on. .

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OneCause

OCTOBER 31, 2023

To help you foster these connections, we’ve compiled a list of our best tips for strengthening your donor communications: Segment your lists to improve personalization. Segment your lists to improve personalization. Ensure your messages are clear. Plan for ongoing communications. Connect with donors’ values and experiences.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Eventually, I realized that if development professionals really want to make a difference in their organization’s ability to raise money, they not only need to think about their donors, they need to understand how the donor brain works. Our brain, meanwhile, is telling us that it feels good to. help others.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

Another example is the Philips Lifeline gadget from late night TV commercial fame in which an elderly person wears a monitor that calls 911 if they fall down. He sees the major hurdles to wearables to be the same as cloud: privacy of data collected, and security of personal data getting hacked or stolen. century Italy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

Plugged in from early morning to late afternoon and early evening, many new media managers struggle to find balance at the end of day when they need to shift their mental focus to personal and family responsibilities. Mobile and social media stimulates mental chatter and can sometimes even affect a person’s ability to sleep.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. 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. Housekeeping Mindfulness Self-Directed Learning' Year in Review.

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