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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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 also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review. Photo by Gary Clark.

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Join a Nonprofit Tech User Group This August

Tech Soup

Social media surgeries are informal drop-in sessions where anyone from the voluntary and community sector can come and pick the brains of our ‘surgeons’ (helpful volunteers who understand the world of Twitter, Facebook, and the rest). Wellington, New Zealand: Is CRM software right for yr.org? Wednesday, August 21.

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have written a lot about how it is important to understand how the brain works, how people learn by using learning theories to guide the design of your workshops. Closing Circle at Workshop in New Zealand. Use Learning Theory. to define the four levels of training evaluation. Learner Culmination and Celebration. Group Photo.

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[VIDEO] Why You Should Ditch The Way You’ve Been Doing Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

The Aussies and the New Zealanders are always competing in a really tough fashion for the America’s Cup. . But three months is a little too long for that human brain to imagine. You can really imagine eight weeks well in your human brain. . In fact, they threw out a lot of the rules around boat design. Yes, right?

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

Bloomerang

” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you. In New Zealand there’s a woman, Kristin Castle worked for a women’s shelter. Third question, “Do I respect you?”

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