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Grow the Human Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication

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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. Welcome every proposal. Intimidation is Roundup for creativity.

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How to Thrive When Work Doesn’t Love You Back

sgEngage

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. For example, this week, you need an hour to work on a presentation for your next board meeting and two hours to write a grant proposal.

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#40BetterHours: The Art of Single Tasking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The challenge was to focus solely on listening to the video and not multi-task and reflect on the experience. The same can be said for working on different nonprofit projects – write one grant proposal at a time. “Batch Concepts” – If you are working on five different stories, don’t jump around.

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Content Curation for Nonprofits – Notes from #13ntccur8

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This blog post offers reflections and resources from the session. Will is also does a lot of work with video – so when he proposed that we incorporate video interviews as part of the session, I was thrilled. Content curation takes focus and discipline — being “brains on.” This might be mean sharing less.

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How To Incorporate More Movement Into Your Nonprofit Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I recently submitted a proposal for NTEN’s 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference with colleagues Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon and Jeanne Allen called “ Supercharge Your Technology Training ,” so please take a minute to vote for it. . I’ve done walking reflections at the end of session as well.

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GTD Meets GPT: How to Adopt The AI 2-minute Rule

Whole Whale

Allen’s GTD methodology is based on the idea that our brains are not designed to store information. Reflect : Once a week, take some time to reflect on your progress and make any necessary adjustments to your system. As we move into the age of AI, we propose an evolution of the 2-minute rule: The AI 2-minute rule.

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Fundwriter.ai 101 – Can A Robot Write Better Than You?

The Fundraising Authority

Maybe you need to create an appeal for an email campaign, a proposal, or a new set of thank you letters and you’re at your desk just wishing that coherent sentences would magically start appearing? I have used it to help me write appeals, emails, thank you letters, and draft some 1 and 2-page proposals. Fundwriter.ai Fundwriter.ai