Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re looking to brush up on best practices for annual appeals, boost your fundraising game on social media this GivingTuesday , or build expert storytelling skills to win over supporters this giving season and beyond, we’ve got you covered with this list of 12 free nonprofit books.

Free 119

Free Help Fundraising Storytelling 119

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

Beyond debating the stimulating topics of major talks—such as Edward Snowden’s appearance by telepresence robot and t he response to it by Rick Ledgett , the Deputy Director of the NSA—I spent much of my time speaking about my favorite topic: technology for social good. Of course, that included getting new ideas for software for social good!

Ideas 223

Ideas Kenya Brain Software 223

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. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones.

Network 110

Network Work System Teen 110

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

It’s the Value You Offer The opportunity to make the world a better place is the promise all social benefit organizations offer to deliver. They want to do this together , with you and with others, working toward a common purpose to achieve social change. Alas, this feeling is short-lived. So, you need to do more.

People 112

People Community Facilitation Philanthropy 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

For me, it is valuable as a ritual that helps me shut off my work brain and creates a boundary between me and overworking. . Your mind and body need these boundaries. Keep moving and practice mindfulness. Here are some additional articles with tips on fake commutes and walking mindfulness activities.

Life 126

Life Work Exercise Mind 126

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

Nonprofit new media managers often battle mobile and social media burnout. Mobile and social media stimulates mental chatter and can sometimes even affect a person’s ability to sleep. Good new media managers enjoy creating quality content and then monitoring the response to the content on their mobile and social networks.

Social Media 100

Social Media Mobile Management Media 100

NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Organization: Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. How would you compare your organization with other nonprofits, in general, when it comes to using technology effectively (from databases to social media) to achieve your mission? If you’d like to share your stories, click here.]. Website: [link]. How old is the organization?

Brain 52

Brain Canada NTEN Technology 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2017

The book is about our behavioral addictions to our smartphones, video games, social media, and email and how to break them. Like slot machines, people check their emails and social networks repeatedly because they have a Ludic Loop embedded. The diagram below illustrates a Ludic Loop in checking your email. This is a Ludic Loop!

Phone 108

Phone Mobile Brain Interview 108

M+R

AUGUST 23, 2023

You open TikTok to recharge your brain and treat yourself to some bite-sized videos. We know that hopping on a social media trend can increase engagement no matter the platform. Get Ready With Me (GRWM)/A Day in the Life TikTok is the social media platform of choice for influencers showing their day-to-day life.

Team 82

Team Meme Sound Trend 82

.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Don’t waste valuable brain power. Open-minded humanists, interested in a broad spectrum of topics and issues. Some employees miss the social aspects of the workplace. Set the example by modeling the behavior you would like to see. These are qualities to look for: Confident thinkers who are comfortable with ambiguity.

Skills 221

Skills Collaboration Communication Classroom 221

Classy

MAY 5, 2021

For instance, fear now influences social interactions. Recent movements for social good could conclude that today’s generations of donors are more generous and charitable. The mesolimbic part of the brain assigns values to the sensory stimuli, helping us classify what we feel. Become the Answer to Negative Emotions.

Donor 105

Donor Help Brain Nonprofit 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2011

Or if you’ve developed the bad habit of mindless checking of your social sites or other social media bad habits. Distractions can be internal and come from our brains , our thoughts. How do you balance your to do list of discrete projects with your daily social media activities that are open-ended?

Social Media 108

Social Media Professional Time Management 108

NetWits

JULY 14, 2011

This is a follow-up post to yesterday’s “ 10 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Use Twitter ,&# in which we talked about some of the many ways nonprofit can use social media networks, such as Twitter , as a communications vehicle to support their organization’s larger goals. 1 – Chris Tuttle. 9 – Kerri Karvetski.

San Diego 259

San Diego Twitter Tips Kansas City 259

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

This includes behaviorism and social learning or peer learning, communities of practice, and connectivism. Internal: These theories take into account our minds and bodies. There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. The sitting brain is really disengaged.

Learning Theory 138

Learning Theory Learning Brain Exercise 138

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2017

When you’re overworked and over stressed, it affects your concentration—your mind wanders, you forget things easily, you can’t focus. Self-care solution: Add more movement into your workday—stand up and walk around to clear your mind. Instead, incorporate a brain-replenishing walk into your lunch hour.

Brain 124

Brain Fundraising Nonprofit Product 124

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 11, 2021

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.

Rate 108

Rate Donor Retention Mail 108

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Last week, I was in London teaching social media strategy workshops for London NGOs organized by Social Media Misfits and keynoted Institute of Fundraising’s Future of Fundraising Conference. As many nonprofit professionals know too well, a hard-working but “tired” brain needs a few moments to “recharge.”

Brain 50

Brain Work Guidelines Nonprofit 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2021

In addition to the mental health benefits of improving your mood, moving your body also brings blood to the brain that helps you think more clearly and boosts personal productivity. It really helps reset my mind and body – and fight virtual fatigue.

Exercise 124

Exercise Classes New York Brain 124

Bloomerang

APRIL 13, 2021

The brain dump. Just write whatever comes to mind. Shorter works serve better on social media. . Whenever you are writing your stories, whether it be for a newsletter, for a speech, for an appeal letter, or for a Facebook post, considering going through the following 5 steps. . Pre-writing. . Drafting. .

Process 132

Process Content Storytelling Indianapolis 132

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. . Leverage your website, newsletter, social media channels, and email campaigns to reach as many supporters as possible.

Video 105

Video Support Tips Audio 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2018

Our use of digital devices, apps, email , and social media (even for work purposes) has crossed the line into an unhealthy relationship. Worst, there is trouble at the top: brain fog. For some, it has become a behavioral addiction. Bring these benefits into a nonprofit workplace, and perhaps some of the stress levels will go down.

Product 89

Product Digital Tips Phone 89

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

It’s important to showcase how what you do relates to what’s top of mind for folks. Take a look at your social media to see what posts are getting clicked and shared. Here are some ideas for useful content that connects your mission to what may be top of mind for your supporters right now: Human services.

Content 126

Content Marketing Strategy Fundraising 126

Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

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. Try managing your hardest work days by plotting out what you will do when in a way that keeps your brain going for the long haul.

Product 124

Product Organization Doc Calendar 124

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?

Community 96

Community Story Life Brain 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks. I call it slow social media. In our panel discussion, Laura was asked about being mindful in our philanthropy and giving.

Brain 104

Brain Mind Offline South Africa 104

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.

Digital 50

Digital Brain Mind Arts 50

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?

Life 74

Life Arts Digital Work 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

Train Your Attention: Maybe you have no intention of “working” when you aren’t in the office, but you have become so accustomed to constant distractions, that regardless of you are doing, you are mindlessly tapping on your emails, texts, and social media icons on your phone. It can also improve your memory.

email 119

email France Guidelines Virginia 119

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. Create a Start-and-Stop Routine Too many of us check emails, respond to text messages, scroll through social media, and go through our mental checklists before even rolling out of bed.

Work 91

Work Calendar Life Proposal 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

The retreat curriculum is built around the a framework called “I-WE-IT” that covers mindsets and practical skills that today’s social change leaders of all generations need as we move towards more collective approaches. It can help apply improv to our work in social change by practicing what it means to have a networked mindset.

Teach 50

Teach Change Exercise Social 50

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. I taught social media integration and “ Train the Trainers ” workshops for trainers who would be delivering the curriculum throughout Tunisia.

Tunisia 124

Tunisia Facilitation New Zealand Technique 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

NetSmart is Howard Rheingold’s latest book. It synthesizes his 30 years of experience if being a model digital citizen and what he has learned from asking other this simple question: How to use social media intelligently and mindfully? If you are going to purchase one book about using social media , this is the one to read.

Online 128

Online Social Media Attention Chapter 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

Anne Grady, in a recent HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally. .”

Professional 113

Professional Management Journal Reflection 113

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.

Brain 96

Brain Americorp Hunger Nonprofit 96

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. I can enlighten my mind, enliven my spirit, and experience what I couldn’t before. Here’s Benetech’s outlook: we advocate for a human-centered approach to data in the social sector.

Data 168

Data Classroom Measure Accessibility 168

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2015

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. Even small movements cause improved brain processing speed, learning, and short-term memory. Our brains begin to slow down when we are not moving.

Tips 50

Tips Brain Facilitation Chart 50

Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Social media icons According to Charity Net USA, incorporating social media buttons into your nonprofit website is essential for effective marketing. If your organization maintains an active presence on social media platforms , include social media links on your website.

Websites 52

Websites Calendar Registration Nonprofit 52