.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Summit makes short work of analyzing plenty of tough problems. Applying reflection, reasoning, and individual experience to problem-solving is not part of the Summit supercomputer program, but it is an approach that is invaluable in making advantageous business decisions. Don’t waste valuable brain power.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

The problem might be something you’ve never considered. The World Café Format To maximize the brain power of our.orgCommunity professionals and to allow for a robust exchange of ideas, Sharon facilitated this conversation in a World Café format. Maybe stale programming is stopping the love? What if the usual suspects are not to blame?

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Try taking a short walk during your lunch break to give your eyes a break from staring at a screen, get the blood pumping, and give your brain time to reset. When confronted with a problem, try setting a time limit. This way, you won’t get stuck on a problem for too long and can continue making progress on other work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 27, 2023

Are they facing similar problems? Burstall also recommends that when a crisis hits, that you gather your sharp brains around you and listen carefully. “Be How are your peers responding? Is there something your industry or the government can do to help?

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Another familiar voice is that of Dan Pallotta whose keynote address at the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference earlier this year spawned passionate discussions amongst the nptech community, including a recent insightful post by Peter Campbell on his blog Techcafeteria, The Pallotta Problem.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2023

In fact, our brains are hardwired to respond to stories. Craft a compelling story by including these four key elements: a problem, solution, impact, and ask. 3. The reason storytelling is so effective at capturing people’s attention is simple. It’s human. Bring your story to life using different types of video content (e.g.,

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Your brain doesn't have to work hard to be successful. You're spending a lot of time trying to fix other people's problems. Take a look at this list from Wiseman of the 10 signs that indicate you are ready for a new challenge : Things are running smoothly. You are consistently getting positive feedback. You are busy but bored.

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Learning Brain Teach Skills 90

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

Cooking a meal shouldn’t be fatal: clean-burning stoves, as well as clean fuels and energy all help combat this problem. Since I’m a software guy, I asked about what software could do to help with these two real-world problems. Improving childhood nutrition. The lifelong impact of significant malnutrition on a child can be devastating.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Pick one specific problem to solve and start with a very targeted approach. Pick the Bot’s Brain AI powered chatbots learn from user interactions. If you’ve been looking for an initiative to spark interdepartmental collaboration, a chatbot would be a good test case. Integration with member data gives the bot real clout.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 20, 2021

Separate the people from the problem. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Realize that people can tell more about you by the depth of your questions than by the quality of your statements. Always provide two solutions for each question you ask or suggestion you raise.

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Kindful

MAY 26, 2021

Sometimes without even noticing it, our brain is activated in a unique and engaged way when a story is being shared. It’s brain science. Science tells us that when someone is sharing or listening to a story, their brain produces several chemicals and hormones. Once upon a time…. That’s the power that story holds.

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Storytelling Story Share Build 57

Global Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

Kiva’s team of data scientists and software engineers partnered with the DataRobot AI for Good program to help solve this problem by improving the way loans are promoted to lenders. The UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center improves treatment guidelines using insights from machine learning.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For example, you’re working to solve a problem. You need to find a creative way to get your supporters to feel like they really understand the problem you’re trying to solve from the perspective of the people struggling with that problem. . Present a struggle and a solution. . Your mission likely addresses a certain struggle.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

For example when watching a video, audio and visual channels activate separate parts of the brain , and when these two elements combine, it helps supporters better understand and engage with your mission. . Explain how your organization’s mission is a solution for addressing the problem at hand. That’s one in every eight kids.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As Albert Einstein espoused: “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.” Both flood the brain with dopamine, provide a brief high, and kill your productivity.

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Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

Bloomerang

JUNE 29, 2021

It’s far easier for our brains to put ourselves in the shoes of ONE person and connect with their story than it is for us to do that with a group of people. . You need a clear problem. Another aspect of a great story is that it clearly states a problem; this is the problem your donors will help solve by giving to your cause. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2019

Anne Grady, in an HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally.

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Tips Exercise Brain Facilitation 73

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 27, 2021

Your brain doesn't have to work hard to be successful. You're spending a lot of time trying to fix other people's problems. Take a look at this list from Wiseman of the 10 signs that indicate you are ready for a new challenge : Things are running smoothly. You are consistently getting positive feedback. You are busy but bored.

Learning 52

Learning Brain Teach Skills 52

NonProfit Hub

APRIL 24, 2020

Thanks to neuromarketing, organizations can promote their brands based on the way their target audiences’ brains work. People learn from their experiences and our brain quickly calculates the ratio between reward and risk. Neuromarketing helps solve this problem, and its effectiveness is based on using “hot triggers.”

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Instead, find the people closest to the problem you’re trying to solve and go deep in organizing among those communities. Their diversity in experiences, skillsets, passions, and viewpoints ensures that good missions get the brains and heart they deserve. Don’t spread yourself thin playing where you can’t win.

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Advocacy Nonprofit Training Train 207

Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2023

We’ll explore a new solution to an existing problem by leveraging the power of your own volunteer base. That’s because when people engage in a positive physical experience, our brains release neurotransmitters like dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins that create a strong emotional connection and sense of happiness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It helps them cultivate essential human skills like adaptability, creativity, and problem-solving, which are invaluable in a world increasingly shaped by AI. Applying AI to basic collaboration workflows can offer a dividend of time (and brain space). Experimentation should feel like playful, be fun and create a sense of wonder.

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Adopt People Nonprofit Skills 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

Anne Grady, in a recent HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally.

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

At its core, Design Thinking is about creative problem-solving in an effort to improve products, services, and experiences. We were prompted to choose a problem to solve and then use this creative problem-solving to come up with a better solution. . David Carson is more right brain, more intuitive, more imaginative.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 6, 2019

Separate the people from the problem. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Realize that people can tell more about you by the depth of your questions than by the quality of your statements. Always provide two solutions for each question you ask or suggestion you raise.

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Brain Advice Relationship 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2017

We had great hopes (and still do) about the potential for “social media for social good,” how networks, connected society, and movements can be catalyzed to solve complex social change problems, for good causes and for philanthropy. How is brain hacking of social platforms impacted you personally or other nonprofit professionals?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Commons lets us spend our brain-cycles creating and sustaining the right conversations, cultivating participation, and moving the real work of NGOs forward - not just writing the code to support them. That’s why we love Drupal Commons. read more.

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Problem Drupal Community Online 57

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 15, 2018

Separate the people from the problem. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Realize that people can tell more about you by the depth of your questions than by the quality of your statements. Always provide two solutions for each question you ask or suggestion you raise.

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Brain Advice Relationship 40

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The story above is about how your brain works. Your brain has a part called the Prefrontal Cortex, or “PFC” (remember “Paula Front-and-Center”?). It directs our attention, is responsible for moral decision-making, allows us to empathize with others, and helps coordinate the thousands of signals rushing around your brain.

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Brain Americorp Hunger Nonprofit 96

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

When you write all of your content at one time, it helps your brain switch into that gear. They’ll also create a sense of urgency and motivate them to help your nonprofit address the problem at hand. . Take everything you’ve gathered and create the content in one sitting. As I mentioned above, multitasking can be counterproductive.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Commons lets us spend our brain-cycles creating and sustaining the right conversations, cultivating participation, and moving the real work of NGOs forward - not just writing the code to support them. That’s why we love Drupal Commons. read more.

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Drupal Problem Community Online 49

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 24, 2017

Separate the people from the problem. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Realize that people can tell more about you by the depth of your questions than by the quality of your statements. Always provide two solutions for each question you ask or suggestion you raise.

Mentoring 41

Mentoring Brain Advice Relationship 41

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

I have incorporated mini-breaks to walk in the middle of the day help me think and digest when I am writing or thinking through a problem for a client. The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique. Also, if I’m on calls I do them while walking around.

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Work Brain Exercise Conference 135

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible. We’re honored to be included in this elite group of nonprofits known for their innovative approaches to tackling social problems.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2022

The problem, as she told the story, was Alan. The secret is identifying the problem without making it feel personal. Instead of blaming Alan, it’s time for Barbara to direct her energy into collaborative problem-solving. First, you need to admit that you have a problem. Alan is the VP of Philanthropy.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

And how you should never feel bad about asking someone for a philanthropic gift, because it delivers a shot of dopamine that lights up the pleasure center of their brains. This transactional approach to philanthropy facilitation won’t move the needle on solving your overarching problem or achieving your ultimate vision.

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People Community Facilitation Philanthropy 114

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 12, 2017

Separate the people from the problem. Employ right-brain imagination, artistry, and intuition plus left-brain logic and planning. Realize that people can tell more about you by the depth of your questions than by the quality of your statements. Always provide two solutions for each question you ask or suggestion you raise.

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Brain Advice Relationship 40