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7 Totally Surprising Brain Tricks to Sell Your Cause

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Yet we spend a lot of time trying to persuade people by focusing on the 5% rational brain with statistics, rational arguments and feature lists. Yet we spend a lot of time trying to persuade people by focusing on the 5% rational brain with statistics, rational arguments and feature lists. Go Higher : Fasten your seat belts.

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Wearable Computing: Sussing Out the Frontiers of Nonprofit Technology

Tech Soup

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. Their Muse brain sensing headband looks a bit like a set of headphones and is available on pre-order for $300.

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Things We Like (June 2010)

NTEN

We have so many data-themed links this month, you should probably take a moment to consider what all this information may be doing to your brain. Oh, and you might want to check out the longest tennis match in the history of the Universe -- at Wimbledon, no less). Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. Yes, they can !

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Nonprofit Online eNewsletters I Can’t Live Without

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After three months, it’s been a cleansing experience (for my Inbox and my brain). Alertbox: Jakob Nielsen’s column on Web usability: Not for nonprofits only, his lessons on Web (and email) usability are universal. There’s still room in my Inbox for something new… Tags: Nonprofits Web Tech nptech resources.

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Meet Budley Omegamu/Sombit Mishra

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Prior to joining GlobalGiving, he completed his Masters in International Relations at the London School of Economics and his Bachelors in Economics/History at Northwestern University. If you're curious, skeptical, or trying to wrap your brain around the possibilities of nonprofits in Second Life, put July 18th 6:00 PM PST on your calendar.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

For 2014, our NPTech experts made strong predictions about charities doing more multi-channel marketing or going beyond email and direct mail into social media. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in June to expand the Universal Lifeline program to include broadband, following a public comment period.

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Feeling Inspired Thanks to NTEN and the ConnectingUp! Conference

NTEN

I spoke with him afterwards to pick his brain on how he got involved with such an ambitious global project. She has worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Department of National Defence, Make-A-Wish Canada, Oxford University Press Canada and is now spearheading the digital media efforts at Ontario 211. 211Ontario.ca

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