Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being “hyperconnected” or “over connected” to the web, mobile technologies and social media. Being strategically future-minded. It is the same title of Raine’s recent book.

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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

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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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

The emails would keep rolling in and the projects would keep moving ahead—this time without me. Rest is a necessary and important productivity tool—and an important part of doing the inner AND outer work of being a mindful changemaker. These breaks allow our brains and bodies to recover from the stress of being constantly connected.

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

Exclusive early access to events, campaigns, programs, and projects. LoveYourBrain: Building Resilience Project. 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. Recognition on the program page .

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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. Most of work projects are capacity building and training other trainers. Housekeeping Mindfulness Self-Directed Learning' Year in Review.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This is the part where, as a team, you determine which project (i.e. Once in the panic zone, changes become very hard to navigate as our body goes into a maximum stress mode, our emotions get elevated, and our brains shut down and become closed off to solutions and suggestions. Make a list of all the various projects going on.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

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. 3 Key Takeaways from DevOps Dreamin’.

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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. I jot down projects on the list just to get it out of my head and to figure out how to break them down into smaller chunks. How do you balance your to do list of discrete projects with your daily social media activities that are open-ended? Brain Fitness.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The story above is about how your brain works. Your brain has a part called the Prefrontal Cortex, or “PFC” (remember “Paula Front-and-Center”?). It directs our attention, is responsible for moral decision-making, allows us to empathize with others, and helps coordinate the thousands of signals rushing around your brain.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

How much will it cost for you to accomplish what you have in mind? Some fundraisers swear by project management tools like Trello , but Google Calendar works great for many people as well. Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. That will have an impact on your goal. No one wants to do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Rituals are also used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. Rituals To Build Mindfulness. Here are some examples: Rituals to Celebrate Success.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

a nonprofit project), Golden-i , SixthSense. It was developed at Singularity University and uses technology from the NASA Mars Rover project. He is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience field of ‘brain computer interface’ or thought controlled computing. It’s basically typing with the mind.

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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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OneCause

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This doesn’t mean that you should talk down to your donors or that they’re unintelligent: it just means that they’re probably using their brain power for other things and quickly skimming emails and mailers. Donors also want to be informed about your current projects and the impact their donations allow your nonprofit to make.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

As your team’s projects get bigger or more complex or you are trying to accomplish more with less resources, it gets harder without more intentional planning. Most of this information could be better captured in a dashboard, project document or an email update. Establish Look Ahead Team Rituals . Work to your energy.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2016

Not even your second cup of coffee can give you enough motivation to start the long-term project that you were so pumped about just a few months ago! First, break your project down into small, discrete tasks. Clear Your Environment to Clear Your Mind. Metaphorically declutter your mind by clearing your desk and computer screen.

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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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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

Everyone will pledge will change one mind in their organization. It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant. Why do obsess about projects that fail and not those that work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

He spoke about creativity and what psychologists and brain scientists are learning about it. Like-minded folks can accomplish a lot, and expertise is not to be undervalued, but sometimes they can hit roadblocks. They each have discrete projects in the own fields, but they work within a cohort of fellows from a variety of fields.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Michaela Hackner, Project Director & Content Strategist, Forum One Communications. Norman Reiss, Project Manager, Technology, Center for Court Innovation. Sue Ann Reed, Project/Production Manager, The Engage Group. NTEN Research Committee.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

Everyone will pledge will change one mind in their organization. It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant. Why do obsess about projects that fail and not those that work?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Keeping a task list can save you time and clear your mind. Our team at Get Fully Funded uses Trello to manage our individual to do lists plus all our team projects. By batching calls or writing, you can actually be more productive since your mind is already in the mode for getting that kind of task done.

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Achieve

APRIL 30, 2014

Over the past few weeks, I spent significant time on three diverse volunteer projects: I chaired an inter-synagogue planning committee for a community-wide Special Needs Inclusion Weekend and served on an administrative search committee for my children’s school. A friend recently told me she took on a large project at her child’s school.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

Everyone will pledge will change one mind in their organization. It has to be with a split of our brain. There are two parts of our brain, the rational and the emotional. The emotional part of our brains is like an elephant. Why do obsess about projects that fail and not those that work? It is the way we're wired.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Build a Website That Can Grow With You Like any good investment, a nonprofit website should be built with longevity in mind. Images are an important part of keeping online visitors on your website— 91% of consumers prefer visual content to written content, and the human brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

He recommends reading The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr to better understand the impact of chronic information overload, followed by his best advice about being purposeful with your attention online. Mindfulness' Personal Productivity in Practice.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Can I pick your brain?”. I’m not interested in making the ask at this point; I simply want people to buy into the co-working concept and determine who might be interested in supporting this project. Here are five key thoughts in the forefront of my mind as I engage with these potential supporters. That’s okay.

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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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BoardAssist

JULY 22, 2014

Just say you want to pick their brain. They tell you where her mind is taking her. They tell you the level of interest and enthusiasm she has for your project. What do you think about this project we are working on? I wait anxiously for the donor to start using the word “we” when she’s talking about us and our project.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

The most common signs of employee burnout we’ve seen are: Brain fog that causes forgetfulness of something a person has done before or randomly forgetting to complete tasks. You could say, “That project sounds great, but my calendar is full and I don’t have the ability to commit to that right now.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

You also need to consider the learning environment, any constraints, the delivery options, and the timeline for the project. I also keep in mind dips in the circadian rhythms for humans that have impact on their ability to pay attention and learn – and I design different types of activities accordingly.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Then two hours later, you’re sitting there looking through past writing projects and online templates hoping to find inspiration without a single word written… Sound familiar? Dawn needed fresh eyes on the project to give it that last power wash before sending this out. Step 2: Enter Your Project Details. Fundwriter.ai

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. To create a word storm, you share one word that might be the answer to the key question at hand, and then the group generates a slew of words that come to mind from that first word. during the meeting. WORD STORM.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2011

I had gone to classes on and off before coming to California but regularly left before savasana, the rest period at the end of class where the mind is invited to be still. Soon after, I had the opportunity to write about a Bay Area non-profit, the Art of Yoga Project , that brings yoga, writing, and arts to girls in juvenile hall.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 16, 2012

She is also a registered yoga teacher and plans to have a finished memoir project by the end of this year. That we don’t have to be chained to the singular story of suffering looping around in our mind. Learning how to tell a personal story is a powerful tool for healing. Or more accurately, learning that we can tell our own story.

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