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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This month I’ve been teaching graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. When I design instruction, I want to make sure that learning activities use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year I took off a full two weeks during the holiday, spending time with family on the Big Island on a coffee farm and mostly offline. 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. The Sun Sets on 2014.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

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The Brain exhibition, for example, has a table where people can work together to put together the pieces of the brain neuron by neuron. but there wasn’t an offline space for that. Within our exhibitions, we have a focus on creating very dynamic, interactive opportunities. Future Babycastles is in Williamsburg, just opened.

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In fact, Lucy has been terrific in finding new ways, like Branch , to use the social tools to facilitate a global brain around these ideas. I heard some many big picture connections to the work I do or rather improvise on the ground, that I know I’ll be mulling over and thinking about what they shared over the next few months.

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Nonprofit Blog Carnival: Personal Productivity Tips for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He recommends reading The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr to better understand the impact of chronic information overload, followed by his best advice about being purposeful with your attention online. Personal Productivity in Practice.

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Wisdom 2.0: Living Consciously In A Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He did this by teaching himself to be selfish and not respond. He also talked about changing his brain chemistry. Greg Pass, CTO/Twitter, teaching new employees something called "Twittokinetics" and advises them to pay attention to what their doing, understand & own the problem & realize learning opportunities.

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5 Essential CME LMS Features for Your Healthcare Association

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It could even lead to dangerous situations if members are completing courses teaching outdated practices that are no longer widely accepted. Offline use with automatic sync. This could lead to a situation where your association’s learning business is seen as unreliable for members who are looking for the most up-to-date guidance.