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. . These short films, which take viewers on a journey into the specifics of your work in 90 seconds or less, have many benefits.

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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. The study called this "neural coupling" and claimed that the process is key to effective communication.

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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

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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NonProfit Hub

MAY 2, 2019

That’s certainly not true for everybody, especially natural introverts, but failing to take advantage of the chance to people like-minded professionals is a big conference no-no. A lot of conferences have structured networking sessions built in to the agenda that almost force attendees to mingle with one another.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

Breath links mind, brain, and body – and paying attention to your breath help cultivate mindfulness. Like meditation, mindful use of social media begins with noticing when your attention has wandered, and then gently bringing it back to focus on your highest priority – like training a puppy. Pay it forward.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Structural change – this include teams, departments, and job structure. 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. Technological change – new software and systems.

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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. Your site map, data structure, and server security all play an important role in how search engines index your site and assess its relevance to various search topics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Planning is about using structure and rituals to keep organized. It is important for your team to have the right amount of structure in their workflow. 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.

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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. Some of the greatest breakthroughs arrive when people who are outside the traditional structure take a look at a problem. Like-minded folks can accomplish a lot, and expertise is not to be undervalued, but sometimes they can hit roadblocks.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

We once thought the problem was simply about a lack of calories, but now we know it’s more about not having enough nutritious food to support body and brain development. Of course, nutrition insecurity is far from a new problem, and it’s gotten worse during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Research has shown that the human brain retains information more effectively when presented repeatedly. By placing the donation button on every page, you reinforce its presence in the minds of your website visitors. Maintain a consistent heading structure for easy navigation and readability, especially for screen reader users.

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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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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

"Begin with the end in mind" when implementing a new accounting system. "Begin with the end in mind" is based on the principle that all things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. 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. Then I block out 90 minute and 75 minute modules with 15 minute breaks in between.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Is our brain changing as a result? By training the brain to shift activities rapidly for multitasking, we may be decreasing the brain’s ability to focus. If one learns to put structure around technology - they will decrease the effect that technology is having on their brain. Is this ADD? What can we do?

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. This invaluable bunch works with NTEN to design core curriculum tracks, conference structure, and thematic focus. Ash Shepherd, Strategy & Process, Minds on Design Lab. Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

But I sense in conversations here at the conference that participants are clearer in their minds about the practice of evaluation than they are about the practice of learning. With that in mind, I wanted to set out six queries that might help foundations orient, anchor, and structure their learning, and better use its fruits.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Saving staffers from mind-numbing repetitive tasks and opening time to innovate are some of the best reasons to prioritize understanding AI. ANNs are inspired by the structure and function of the human brain. Buyer beware is critical. Using AI will automatically improve productivity and innovation.

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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. See below for more detail on the techniques.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

How to Structure an Infographic for Your Nonprofit. Another thing this infographic does well is it immediately draws the audience in; infographics appeal to the emotional brain, so make sure you use images that show the people, animals, or places that your nonprofit is benefiting. Ask for help. Show your purpose.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I started yoga about, you know, from a really early age, my family introduced me to mindfulness and meditation, even though you would never guess it because they don’t look like typical hippies. . And what she offers is structure and strategy to how to become a better fundraiser through doing some of your own self-reflection. .

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

Do you have to be disciplined and structured in your search methods/approach to reap benefits from Delicious or is a non-linear approach useful - or does it depend on the user? s H20 playlist allowed me to see the shape of how this process unfolded, thus bringing a whole new idea into my mind. Reading through Beth Kanter???s

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

She is the author of The Right-Brain Business Plan e-Book and the creator of the Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit. Sometimes there are other players that are in action in your head, or in your mind. They have some focus, they have an end goal in mind, and they are still getting a paycheck. Sometimes there is more than one gremlin.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2009

Whereas I'm taking the "make it as awesome as possible and they will pay attention and want to steal the ideas" approach, Peter is trying very deliberately to create a structure that supports participation from diverse museum professionals and museum venues from the very beginning. My model is the shining star. His is the virus.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

We spell poorly, and we know less grammar and sentence structure now than when we played tetherball. They may have grown up in a grade school that didn’t emphasize writ­ing, or perhaps they were simply left-brained, science and math types. We suffer writer’s block. We struggle to organize thoughts. It’s all very humbling.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Our brains are wired for visual information; people process images 60,000 times faster than words. Consistent, relevant content is key to keeping your campaign top of mind for donors. Structured as a team-based tournament, the funds raised by each team translates to certain advantages (or “power-ups”) they receive.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

How do you structure your database? Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain. So just keep that in mind. I look at how is it structured, the big internal structure. So you got to make that case. What should it look like? And they range.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

And so this car salesperson strategy always has our objective top of mind, even when we’re asking the funder questions about them. So another way I think about this is like it’s opening up so many tabs in our brain. My brain just doesn’t work that way.” We feel really inauthentic. Think about it.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

And so this car salesperson strategy always has our objective top of mind, even when we’re asking the funder questions about them. So another way I think about this is like it’s opening up so many tabs in our brain. My brain just doesn’t work that way.” We feel really inauthentic. And the funders can feel this energy.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And the way that I’m going to talk about these case studies is the purpose, the structure, and the outcome of each. It’s how my brain works. And I bet if you shoot her a quick note, she won’t mind that at all. And you read my mind on the retreats thing because I was thinking about orientation as well.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

I’d love to know, what is your role at your organization right now, and what comes to mind when you think about strategic planning? So we actually draw our strategic plans, our impact strategies, as mind maps. They are not documents, there is no fancy graphic design, they are mind maps. It’s hard.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2009

My practitioner brain went right into the weeds, or rather Twitter and I posted this question: I used the hashtag #answerbeth and lots of retreats and some responses: . "I One problem with NP's is that they took their governance structures from for-profit corporations and these are obviously not optimal for the type of work they do.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

Ben, isn’t the popcorn thing blowing your mind? So when I think about back to work as a manager, these are some of the things that comes to mind for me. Flat structures have hidden hierarchy. If you’re like me, you might also have half the conversation in your mind before you have it out loud. Absolutely.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

But there are still opportunities, and there is some changes that funders have made to be mindful of those things during COVID. So definitely, that’s been top of mind and something that I’ve seen quite frequently. . So before I go into ARPA, are there any questions, Steven, that I should be mindful of?

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

In our brains, in the back of our brain here is our instinct, that fight or flight. ” And so when we pitch ideas, people tend to go into the back of their brain and now they’re kind of poking holes at your idea. Our prefrontal cortex of our brain is where. I’m not talking about mind tricks or anything.

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