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4 Signs You Are A Burned Out Nonprofit Fundraiser

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You’ve smiled through back-to-back-to-back-to-back meetings with donors and your best donor prospect just cancelled on you, and now you’ve got to finish that grant report before you can go home. Self-care solution: Add more movement into your workday—stand up and walk around to clear your mind.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What’s A Good New Donor Acquisition Rate?

Bloomerang

Dear Charity Clairity, I’m wondering if you have a data point readily available in your brilliant brain? or something like that? Whatever your mission, the better you tailor your message to what’s top of mind for people, the more likely you’ll be able to inspire them to make a gift to you now.

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People Want To Belong To Your Nonprofit’s Community

Bloomerang

They, in turn, may “return the favor” (which is a huge reason donor retention, per the Fundraising Effectiveness Project reports , remains at under 20% for new donors and just 46% for all donors). This is the joy of doing meaningful work together with like-minded people, with your friends.” But it’s much more than that.

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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Internal: These theories take into account our minds and bodies. There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. The sitting brain is really disengaged.

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Mind-Melding Online

Connection Cafe

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. Really, I thought? So must these types be excluded from consideration?

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Walking During Board Retreats: A Few Tips

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Board retreats, day long meetings, can be potentially be deadly — sitting most of the time and hearing a parade of reports. There are serious health risks to a sedentary work style, but it also impacts our minds as well. Moving around at work helps get our brains to re-engage. However, this was far from it.

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9 Tips for Working Remotely

Whole Whale

At Whole Whale, every manager and direct report has a weekly check-in. Developing a daily route can be helpful in terms of productivity and getting your mind in the GTD (getting things done) zone. This will get your mind ready to work and help you to stay focused on work — similar to changing out of your pajamas in the morning.

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