Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Leaving for my first in-person event in 2022 after two years of pandemic shut down. Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The amount of hours per night varies from person to person and is different based on age. I logged my sleep hours, but I also kept a journal to record my mood, ability to concentrate and personal productivity. Identify a goal, track your progress, and reflect on how to improve your results. Is there a magic number?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. (In I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. (In I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

And making too many personal sacrifices, wanting to leave your job, and having a bad or cynical attitude about your work. After several months of recovery and spending time reflecting on my unhealthy relationship with work, I decided to enroll in a doctoral program at The University of Pennsylvania.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It gave me some reflection time away from the daily fast-paced, always moving forward world of social media. It gave me space to give social media use some mindful attention. Personally, I need both kinds of learning and the challenge is balancing it. Too much serendipity and I don’t feel like I accomplish anything.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  If your training is in-person, provide childcare. Check out our last installment here !

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

They demand the online giving experience to be nearly instantaneous, easy, secure, personalized, mobile-friendly, and reflective of your brand and mission. This theory explains that our brains are designed to think in two ways: System 1, which is instinctual, and System 2, which is rational.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

These can help you predict whether participants will act on the training after the workshop: More than one person from an organization should participate so the ideas can be transferred to the whole organization. Participants should be encouraged to bring more than one person. Reflection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

One of the science-based findings identified that online meetings get the same results as in-person meetings when everyone turns on their video cameras. In person, we are able to use our peripheral vision to glance out the window or look at others in the room. “Not And it may have implications for our health. “In

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This is why it is important for leaders to encourage staff to reflect on their workflow processes and to encourage experimentation as described below. When they applied it to their actual work task, they realized they could design personalized gift baskets in minutes, not hours.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

She reached out to me at least quarterly, we had phone calls, Zoom calls, and even met in person for coffee. And for many donors, giving is a reflection of who they want to be. You, because you’re human, are driven to want to light up the pleasure center of your brain with “feel good” shots of dopamine. So far so good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. I pretended to be the skeptical executive director of the Salt Lake County and had called a meeting with staff person implementing social media to ask why they were spending so much time using social media when I thought it was clearly a waste of time. Next, we did a role-play.

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The MatrixFiles

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Who wants to go back to in person meetings? My confidence in attending in person meetings has dipped and I’m wondering about the rest of the world. My hunch is that C-suite and salespeople want to go back in person but the rest of the world, less so. What would it take to make 2022 amazing for you personally?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

One of the science-based findings identified that online meetings get the same results as in-person meetings when everyone turns on their video cameras. In person, we are able to use our peripheral vision to glance out the window or look at others in the room. “Not And it may have implications for our health. “In

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

Take for example, Fulbright Finland where I did a workshop with their staff about personal branding and professional networking. The space creates a calm and reflective environment. In Finland, classroom time incorporates “brain breaks” after 50 minutes when one’s natural focus and energy begins to wane.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Taking time to reflect on what makes you successful as a leader can be an important exercise in helping you grow. Many believe self-reflection and constructive criticism is the best way for us to grow as individuals. The classic “Type-A” personality shines through in this style. Command and Control. Interested in learning more?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote a reflection on a CNET article called "Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0," musing about the solution. After working with charity: water on Twestival, I now have a personal vested interest in seeing them meet their goals financial and otherwise. . This much I know for sure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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 call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

You also know you must make time to rest, reflect, plan, and recharge. But generating space for rest, reflecting, planning, and recharging is essential for working sustainably as a changemaker. What if you could do the same for the amount and length of meetings you participate in, whether they are virtual, hybrid, or in-person?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Rituals are also used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. Rituals to Promote Growth and Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

on personal and organizational resilience based on the ideas in my new book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. It also provided a nice transition between sections, giving people a little brain break to digest the information. You can build your resilience by listening to a lecture! Have you ever had to do a room hack?

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

It was also the first in-person event I’ve had a chance to attend in two years. This reflects my own journey, and many also in attendance at the event, as my experience with DevOps has slowly matured alongside the emerging technology. Compared to traditional software development, Salesforce DevOps is still in its infancy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Here are some reflections on the instructional design: 1. I don't believe in the expert as one person, but more as a network. It is important to vary your instructional delivery because the human brain -on average - can only concentrate for 12 minutes. Put Your Learners on the Stage and Hand Them the Mic!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

The session will share a wide range of free and low cost tools for implementing an organization’s content strategy as well as group and personal productivity. My presentation will focus on personal productivity in an age of distraction, tools, skills, and best practices that staff members of nonprofits – large and small need.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Nonprofit storytelling refers to a specific way of communication that organizations use to personalize their mission. Storytelling makes it personal and transforms the heart and mind of your target audience by showing them why something is important, instead of just telling them. I call these “common denominators.”. Meet Dewey: Part 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

My panel was about how nonprofits can work effectively free agents, individuals interested in social change but not a traditional nonprofit staff person or volunteer. It struck me that it was all about relationships. You need to engage the whole brain in learning.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2014

Michael was an active member of the NTEN community, NTC speaker, colleague, friend, and an all-around great person to know. I only met him in person twice, both times at NTC, and wish I''d had the opportunity to know him better. In addition to his work in the nonprofit tech arena, he was actively involved with local arts organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. Help participants digest and reflect on some content shared during the session.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

Plugged in from early morning to late afternoon and early evening, many new media managers struggle to find balance at the end of day when they need to shift their mental focus to personal and family responsibilities. Mobile and social media stimulates mental chatter and can sometimes even affect a person’s ability to sleep.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Different brains – visual vs words. Step 3: Reflection – where the greatest learning is. Step 4: Leaders experience personal use. Reflection. This session will take a look about these trends and how nonprofits can equipment themselves to be networked nonprofits. —— [link]. represent us well.

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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. It is the same title of Raine’s recent book.

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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. This post shares some reflections from yesterday and a few nuggets that I learned from the presentations. Then the person is welcomed back into the tribe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. Whatever the structure for your learning activities, they should use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly and identify your discussion questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Trainer Reflection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

I also was honored to facilitate a reflection exercise as part of the closing plenary session with data for good rock stars Bob Filbin, Jeffrey Blandt, and Jake Porway. Here’s a round up closing plenary and a brief reflection about the plenary session and some great learning moments below. Closing Keynote Plenary Session.

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