Byte Technology

JANUARY 27, 2016

For many non-profit social media directors, much of their time is spent crafting stellar content, posting engaging photos, distilling compelling video and much more for the organization’s Facebook page. That said, what are the best ways to use some psychological tidbits to tap into emotional and subconscious urges of the human brain?

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A unique element to this report that we don’t see very often: video. org integrated videos throughout the report so readers can get more information about two of their campaigns — Exxon Knew and Break Free — all while keeping the word count down. Sometimes, you just need some good photos to take your report from good to great.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

You could create blog posts that incorporate social media posts and TikTok videos to appeal to younger audiences’ interests. Add authenticity by using unposed images of real community members rather than stock photos. Create emotional ties to your content by including images, audio clips, and videos that bring your stories to life.

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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

JULY 19, 2016

Photo: Americans for the Arts. Good instructional design and delivery engages people’s brains, eyes, ears, and bodies. People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. Here’s the video if you want to see it in action).

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

Some of these features include: Live Video. Live video streaming allows your virtual audience to experience and interact with the event more immediately and naturally. If you are using live video, and you should be, assign a moderator to watch the chat. Competing requires investment, and investment requires engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2011

Photo by hmcotterill. Distractions can be internal and come from our brains , our thoughts. Photo by TBN98. In this video , Chris Brogan talks about how he manages his time. Brain Fitness. In the nonprofit sector, time is our most valuable resource. It can’t be recycled if we squander it. Schedule Legos.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

So, to help myself narrow down the options, I look for the ones that aren’t just fun and enjoyable but are also interesting, will use my brain, keep me engaged and even help me learn something new. Because there are so many ways to “have fun and do goo&# I can fall victim to the option paralysis syndrome. 2 Make it shareable.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 20, 2021

Some of these features include: Live Video. Live video streaming allows your virtual audience to experience and interact with the event more immediately and naturally. If you are using live video, and you should be, assign a moderator to watch the chat. Competing requires investment, and investment requires engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

One of the ideas I've been exploring is the whole notion of video blogging from Cambodia by Cambodians. I'm going to bring over video blogging kits - inexpensive cameras, rechargeable batteries, SD cards, and Ryanne's book. But, the brain fog has started to fade. What video hosting platforms support cell phones?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Flickr Photo by Jason A. I overheard comments like: “my brain is in overdrive,” “I can’t wait to try this in my work,” and “I wish the conference were longer.” Guest post by Kate Wing. We’ve all been in a meeting where someone new to the field sits down at the table and says, “Wow – why don’t you all do it this way?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

That shift is easier when you have some good techniques for actually get those tasks done. Here’s five ways to avoid procrastination and be more productive: Flickr Photo by TBN97. In this video , Chris Brogan talks about how he manages his time. Still, you have to get stuff done.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

Here are some of the things it currently does: It takes photos and videos by voice command and can upload them to the web. It also makes phone and video calls. He is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience field of ‘brain computer interface’ or thought controlled computing. You can speak to send text messages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2010

Photo by Geoff Livingston. I really think that it is much more effective for learning than talking heads or expert brain dump. I really think that it is much more effective for learning than talking heads or expert brain dump. Thank you!) Also, a huge thanks to Geoff Livingston who took fabulous photos !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Twitter Photo by Jennifer Barr @rjenbarr. Watch live streaming video from wisdom2conf at livestream.com. Dr. Dan Siegel , a brain researcher, gave a riveting talk about interpersonal neurobiology – and what goes on in our brains and how it impacts our offline researches when we spend too much time connecting online.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account. Photo credit: Katy Steinmetz, TIME Magazine. Bookshare is helping Kevin— who had suffered a brain injury—to keep up with his school work.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

There are all kinds of great videos, case studies you can dive into and kind of get to know us a little bit more. . I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . They have someone that goes out to take photos, learn stories. This is a stock photo. We’re a donor database.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

Visit our website, there’s all kinds of free resources, videos there you can watch. Steven: All right, I’m going to turn our video off. It lights up the pleasure centers of their brains, it gives them what is called a warm-glow feeling. And you can learn more about us. Steven: Looks like it’s working.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

Members, who are incentivized to share for a chance to win prizes, can share their stories via video, photo, or text. Submissions for the exhibit included nearly 3,000 videos, photos, paintings, poems, stories, and essays. Asking for What You Want.

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Achieve

AUGUST 6, 2021

Our brains tell us, “Wow! I’ve even added a nice photo! Suggest talking points, share some tips, and give them access to images, videos. , They’ll want a return on that investment! This is due to a really cool psychological pattern called the “Benjamin Franklin Effect.” We just did a favor for that person. willing to donate.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

NTCwinning 1: The Community Photo by Trav Williams You. NTCwinning 3: Napkins Photo by Trav Williams We were sure glad that Max Ward made an extra trip to replace the napkins lost in the mail for Dan Roam’s keynote. that panel on innovation really got the brain juice flowing. The community showed up for the 2012 NTC.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

There’s lots of videos, lots of things you can look at to get a sense of what we offer. You can send a custom thank-you video. Just get on your phone, do a little video and send it to them, I can tell you that will make a ginormous difference. And in this folder, we have the names of everyone and we collect the photos.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 25, 2010

So, to help myself narrow down the options, I look for the ones that aren't just fun and enjoyable but are also interesting, will use my brain, keep me engaged and even help me learn something new. Those are the things that are most fun to me, anyway! I like to find ways either in real-time, or after a project, to share.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2009

When you start to write in the "write something" you get options to add links, photos, videos - post things that are beyond promotion content. Add Apps Strategically To Your Fan Page - at minimum you want video, photos, Causes, and a few others. This is very powerful viral marketing. Incorporate events into your page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

Shawn Ahmed showed a powerful video of people in his network who donated to the organizations he was working with because he was brokering the relationship. Photo by Devon Smith. You need to engage the whole brain in learning. These were telling: Trust — Transparency — Empathy – Enthusiasm.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Take the opportunity to ask your followers to share their own stories and experiences – in words, photos or videos. Have a Brain-Dumping Session. We love having “brain dumps” in our office. Here are three tips to help your organization create more donor-driven content: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2009

flickr photo courtesy of racoles Note from Beth: This week I've been researching and thinking about the topic of creating movements with others and invited guest blog posts on this topic. 10 Lessons Learned in Igniting Word of Mouth Movements by Brains on Fire (pdf). Movements are part of the evangelist vocabulary.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

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. But there ARE huge, daunting projects and articles I need to write that I feel stumped about, and other very challenging activities that require a lot of creativity and brain power.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A picture is worth about 60,000 words, because studies have shown that the human brain processes images about 60,000 times faster than it does plain text. Ira: So everybody knows that old adage that a picture’s worth a thousand words. That’s actually wrong, though. Ira: Those cats and dogs do a lot. And so you can do it.

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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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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Research has found that emotion-based storytelling in communications can trigger positive reactions through the release of brain chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin. Make your storytelling more emotional by using the following techniques: Include direct quotes or video interviews of your story’s protagonists. Tell compelling stories.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 31, 2007

For too long, we have ceded this power to the brains, who have done a lousy job. So begins the latest online video campaign, The Mouth Revolution , by Free Range Studios in partnership with Annie's Homegrown (you probably know them from their mac n' cheese). To watch the video go to mouthrevolution.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

photo of Lucy Bernholz live blogging during the Northern California Grantmakers Briefing. Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. Virtual Worlds and Video Games Ian Bogost takes some of the fun out of video games -- and replaces it with opinion with his "playable editorial cartoons."

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The folks at Fundwriter have a quick walkthrough video. Photo Caption Generate sharable photo captions for your next post or publication. January 2016 Anthony visited LACC for the first time where brain cancer was confirmed and he met with Dr. Marootian. Step 1: Choose a Fundwriter model. Fundwriter.ai

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

During the last several years, TechSoup's Storymakers project has been focused on highlighting the most compelling nonprofit videos. In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet. If we want to get our story out there in a form that will get attention, videos are the ticket.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

Photo by Neatonjr. I stumbled upon this engaging YouTube video that Steppenwolf.    It helped me wrap my brain around the potential value of something like FourSquare. .  As part of the preparation, we surveyed participants for their burning questions and that's how I created the content.

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