Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

You have to: Find people with the right skills and a commitment to your organization’s mission. It might be hard to look at these figures and to wrap your brain around how much money you need to raise to employ the staff you need. Start with a phone screen. Set up a time to speak with candidates by phone. 20% a year?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2017

"It is a driving passion of mine to get people to understand that improv skills can be effectively translated into the business world with powerful results," says Bob Kulhan , veteran improv performer, university professor, and author of the fascinating new book, Getting To "Yes And": The Art of Business Improv. and "Yes, but." "Yes,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

It's part of helping people to easily adopt RSS readers as an information coping skill. In my younger years, I could easily remember phone numbers, urls, addresses, people names, or what I ate for lunch. I hate it when I can't instantly pull facts out of my brain. About those memory lapses. I find myself stumbling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I couldn’t help but think about how important content curation skills, information literacy, and encouraging a movement around this as Clay Johnson suggests in his book, the Information Diet. 15% of adult SNS users said they had an experience on the site that ended their friendship with someone. Healthy Mind Platter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Help participants self-assess their skills or attitudes by seeing aggregate data on the screen together and have it be catalyst for reflection. see above) It is designed to be used in face-to-face workshops and conferences. It does close-ended questions and displays a bar chart or can also create a word cloud.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 17, 2016

Social learning, relied solely on what one could obtain in a classroom setting, working with direct peers, or what could be conveyed back in forth on a phone. Bloggers just like myself are sitting there tormenting their brains in an effort to say things that impact you more than the person before them. .”

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Organization skills are key to developing the ideal training and development program. Put the phone down, close the informative web tabs, and do not allow yourself to cheat on your training time with additional work. I hope you have enjoyed my take on the application of life skills in the workforce. Assigning Priority.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This is your go-to dashboard for all the latest conference details with easy access from your laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. Brush up on your speaking skills. Make sure to bring your brain power to compete in Geek Bingo, a helicopter obstacle course, karaoke, and dodgeball! Find your flock. Let the games begin!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Being online or living a connected lifestyle is something many of us do - and as smart phones, Facebook, ipads, and other technology tools become part of lives, we have to examine our relationship with them and find balance. He also talked about changing his brain chemistry. Tags: Information Coping Skills streamline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. Flickr Photo by Lynn Friedman. hours a day, which is more than we’re sleeping, at 7.7

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Design for Different Levels of Capacity and Skills: Adapt in Real Time. And, as the facilitator, you have to be good at improvising and skilled at coaching some participants to adapt exercise so it meets their need. I also noticed participants using their mobile phones to capture the strategy posters and network maps.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Plus, it’s just frustrating to constantly on the hunt for a note or a phone number. And if you don’t really like being on the phone, you can get those pesky calls done and out of the way, freeing up brain power for the rest of the day. It’s less overwhelming and gives us a chance to reward our brains with a dopamine snack.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. Here are a few new things we could be doing with our phones and tablets in 2016. a-month phone service or home broadband — their choice. One is hiring. Another is surveys. Peter Campbell Sums It Up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Photo by Spike 55151 I read recently that the reason for "senior moments" - you know when you can't quite recall someone's name in an instant - is because the aging brain is simply taking in more data and trying to sift through a clutter of information.      What's going on, I wondered.  

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

Flickr Photo by JTLowery The title of this post is play on the famous PSA " Brain on Drugs " from 1987 to raise attention to the harmful effects of drugs. The memorable tagline : This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Does growing up digital evolve young people's brains? Any questions? That's impressive.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

It’s one of the best ways you can spend your time, and truly, it doesn’t take a ton of time for a short phone call with a contact. Having both of these elements saves on the number of emails you need to respond to, phone calls to answer, or voicemails to return. You may ask. Below are a few ways you can do all of that. Eat properly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

For this project, participants were carefully vetted, avoiding organizations that were in a leadership transition, had other organizational priorities to address or did not have the capacity to apply the skills or knowledge. I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

Picking up the 500-pound phone and calling donors was a big struggle for me. So I consider myself an introvert, and as an introvert, there are a lot of things that I really dislike about the phone, right? Phone calls can feel a bit intrusive to me. So I’m still not in love with the phone, right? I hate phones.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2012

He also taught me the importance of client service (aka, customer service), and the importance of returning phone calls and emails as soon as possible. In the words of John Crosby: “Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.” This site offers a variety of mentorship connections.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Here is one of the complete drafts it generated for our example… What writing models/skills does Fundwriter.ai is the growing library of writing models(skills) specific to nonprofits and fundraising. January 2016 Anthony visited LACC for the first time where brain cancer was confirmed and he met with Dr. Marootian.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

Neuroscientists would tell you that the brain processes facts and stories differently. Your brain naturally becomes more skeptical when you hear facts first. Your brain gets absorbed in the story and it drops its guard. Typically, that’s a phone call. But stories have the opposite effect.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

Picking up the 500-pound phone and calling donors was a big struggle for me. So I consider myself an introvert, and as an introvert, there are a lot of things that I really dislike about the phone, right? Phone calls can feel a bit intrusive to me. So I’m still not in love with the phone, right? I hate phones.”

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

We live in a world of smart phones, emails, text messages, Zoom, and LinkedIn. Writing is a skill learned early in life, and most of us disliked writing and grammar classes as much as we disliked eating vegetables. During the hiring process, make the skill of writing a top requirement for all positions. That won’t cut it.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

They bring a diverse set of experiences, skills, talents, perspectives. So could each of our board members over the course of the year thank 25 people, make five phone calls, write five thank you notes, write five emails. It’s how my brain works. And can you have your board make phone calls?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I want the best for you, this is a little bit more interpersonal skills, of course. ” And then using those deep listening skills to understand what is coming up here and what’s the motivation for that discouragement? ” Brains start aligning, “Oh, we’re connected.” How can I help?

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

Now that I’ve had a bit to get my brain together I thought I’d share a few key takeaways (for me) from the conference. There was also a session on creating email campaigns that increase donations and optimizing emails for mobile phones , which leads into the next takeaway. The conference was amazing! 6 Takeaways from #12NTC.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

But the governor became a friend and then I took my skills to the nonprofit sector, and I’ve been executive director, development director, board member, you name it. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . And I equate a lot of that to the phone calls that I made. We are thrilled.”

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Supporters can hop on their computer or phone and give immediately at any time of the day. You choose a keyword related to your campaign and receive a dedicated phone number. You promote your keyword and your platform’s dedicated phone number to supporters. Online fundraising allows your supporters to: Give at any time.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

Her confidence and engagement methods and authentic relationship buildings get 10 donors on the phone fast, and they all participate in the challenge. Some examples of assets are things like thought leadership on your board of directors, the skills that your staff have, your newsletter and distribution, volunteer workdays.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

Her confidence and engagement methods and authentic relationship buildings get 10 donors on the phone fast, and they all participate in the challenge. Some examples of assets are things like thought leadership on your board of directors, the skills that your staff have, your newsletter and distribution, volunteer workdays.

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Care2

MARCH 20, 2015

investing in soft skills. QLI [a healthcare company that we profile in the book] provides rehabilitation services to people with brain and spinal cord injuries, so its high-level success drivers revolve around providing high-quality medical care to patients. In that sense, it doesn’t need to be fluid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Instructional design is knowing how to organize your content and shape exercises based on brain and learning research. In the self-care workshops curriculum that I’ve developed, I cover a number of workplace skills beyond creating a self-care plan. So, how do you account for that? Two important tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. What’s making our human brains like those of gold fish? Photo by BirgerKing. Take a guess.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Adding social media and a powerful personal brand can be powerful networked leadership skill, but there is the huge challenge of making it a habit, putting it into daily practice. Working online can contribute to the state of overwhelmed and distracted – so having attention skills is also a leadership competency. Take a guess.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

According to the Washington Post article, If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Only Be Natural , another study found that when, "volunteers placed the interests of others before their own, the generosity activated a primitive part of the brain that usually lights up in response to food or sex. I'm a big fan of Kiva too.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

International phone lines were jammed & I couldn’t reach my husband where he was working in France, to let him know I’d flown to LA, and I’d made it. Back then, he took comfort when he saw a small charge at a RadioShack in Phoenix, and rightly guessed we’d stopped to pick up cell-phone chargers.

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