Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

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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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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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. Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media. 1. Deep Analysis of Your Audience: I always (try) to do a thorough participant assessment before I teach any workshop or do a presentation. I got to learn a few new tricks and continued to polish approaches already in my toolbox. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

And for many donors, giving is a reflection of who they want to be. The Maimonides “Golden Ladder” of Giving says capacity giving (teach a person to fish), and anonymous (no credit needed) gifts, are the “highest,” but I’ve never really held to that. You want to be your best self , and live up to your potential.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Last week, I was in London teaching social media strategy workshops for London NGOs organized by Social Media Misfits and keynoted Institute of Fundraising’s Future of Fundraising Conference. As many nonprofit professionals know too well, a hard-working but “tired” brain needs a few moments to “recharge.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

To assess and reflect on how we use information effectively to make decisions or own patterns of distraction online. To provide best practices for taming the digital jungle that assaults our brains everyday at work. He will teach us some drawing techniques for those of us who are not Picassos. Takeaways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

” This post shares my notes from that session along with a reflection about my session and some resources. In fact, Lucy has been terrific in finding new ways, like Branch , to use the social tools to facilitate a global brain around these ideas. The New Social Economy. Let’s start with a definition first.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces. I had designed the leadership workshop on resilience to include a lot of solo and peer reflection time and small group work and some small amounts of presentation and context to do the exercises. What to do? Have you ever had to do a room hack?

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

While we were busy catching up on sleep, we also spent a lot of time reflecting on the experience. NTCwinning 2: Learning Everywhere So much teaching and learning happens at the NTC and that makes us proud. that panel on innovation really got the brain juice flowing. It’s hard to believe that the 2012 NTC is a wrap.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

.” This week, the Poynter Institute Katie Hawkins-Gaar and Ren LaForme joined forces to host a series called #40 Better Hours , a project to improve newsroom culture by looking at things that cause stress like workflow and communication and teaching journalist skills to combat information overload, part of a technology wellness routine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

This blog post offers reflections and resources from the session. I connected Harold’s framework to content curation because it was useful for teaching the trade craft of content curation. Content curation takes focus and discipline — being “brains on.” This might be mean sharing less.

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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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APRIL 14, 2022

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. Success Story: Creating An Omnichannel Marketing Experience With Teach For America And Marketing Cloud Personalization Powered By Interaction Studio. DevOps Sessions + Speakers.

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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. My teaching style has been influenced by constructivism in short - less "sage on the stage" and "more guide on the side" and that learners should be actively involved in their learning process. Somewhat skeptical about the value of social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially technology related. This month I’ve been teaching graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

They 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. Teach: This is my passion, my calling, and my professional work. Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2013

The presentations ended with a reflective practice question that participants could discuss with someone in the room, think about quietly, or tweet using the hashtag #npsmpeer. Teach for both the color-in-the-lines people (ie: guidelines, next steps) and the runs-with-scissors people. Read Danielle’s blog post ).

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

As we become increasingly dependent on our technology, it only makes sense that it teach us as well. When building eLearnings it is necessary to consult people who teach and record their methodologies in making sure a message maintains its pertinence over time. Successful E-Learning – A Roadmap. Adaptability.

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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

JANUARY 2, 2015

They 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. It is about making it possible for participants to capture, share, and reflect on what they have learned. Year in Review. My Three Words.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2016

If you were looking to find the “best” teaching method, you would have had a hard time finding a definitive answer. In the last 15 years, researchers have gotten a much better understanding of how we learn, which has allowed people to apply new methods that help teach more effectively. Check them out and see what works for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Integrate Practical Use of the Tools for Reflection, Network Weaving, Getting Ideas, Follow Up Work. organizational change, and technology.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

usually doing the teaching ;). For some Zen time, read Michelle Murrain 's reflections on coding -- why coding today is so different. I liked this little tidbit on Twitter : Shana Masterson , at the National Brain Tumor Society , is looking at. It's a helpful compilation about online tools for. Read her summary and takeaways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. It Isn’t Enough To Tell People About Best Practices: Hands-On, Brains-On. We are working very closely with V.S. Monica Wahengbam.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 31, 2009

I’m pausing today to reflect on 2009 and I realize how blessed I’ve been this year. Being in Moscow in October and participating in a brain storming session for a Russian professional fundraising organization. Many wonderful things have happened and many incredible people have come into my life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

He did this by teaching himself to be selfish and not respond. He also talked about changing his brain chemistry. Greg Pass, CTO/Twitter, teaching new employees something called "Twittokinetics" and advises them to pay attention to what their doing, understand & own the problem & realize learning opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2015

That’s the focus of one of the sessions – so I have been reflecting a lot on this topic to come up with some useful exercises, discussion questions, and session content. I try to schedule time blocks that require high level concentration tasks (like writing) in the morning when my brain is better able to concentrate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Science is showing us that the brain can really only do one thing at a time. When we are engaged in what we think is multitasking, what we’re really doing is we’re forcing the brain to switch back and forth really rapidly and creating feelings of anxiety and stress in our physical body. Anything else you want to share?

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In fact, I am planning to post a how-to article to teach you how I go about writing a typical appeal with Fundwriter. Mission Statement Craft a mission statement for your organization that reflects your vision and work. January 2016 Anthony visited LACC for the first time where brain cancer was confirmed and he met with Dr. Marootian.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 20, 2009

I was thrilled by Max’s talk and looked forward to seeing how the physical site reflected the transparency and engagement he spoke about. You tag your brains out on the Powerhouse online collection database. I’m teaching a graduate course at University of Washington right now on social technology and museums. Impersonal guards.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2007

Okay, they don't eat people's brains. The more we teach and judge based on laws, the less students and graduates will try to break them. She reflected and said that she would always prefer someone with interesting, diverse real-world experience over someone who just has a graduate degree. Summer's coming to D.C.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

The key to success in social media is to leave room for reflection at the end of a project. Reflection gives you a chance to understand what worked and what didn't. I do this with every social media activity as well as whenever I teach. Chocolate activates the pleasure center of the brain, at least according to some research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

The reason I think this is a classic Internet story is that 90% of the ongoing cost of publishing that blog is my own cost of staying informed and reflecting on what I learn. As I see it, staying informed and reflection are part of my job. Most importantly, it remains a tool for staying informed and for reflection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Brain science and the science of learning are dynamic fields with constant advances being made. Learn from others (we love the Teaching Transgender Toolkit by Luca Maurer and Eli Green). If you’re going to “go beyond” in getting to know your participants, you’ll need to make room for discussion and put some reflective listening to use.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

While conversations around digital storytelling often focus on images and video, Will Coley of Aquifer Media reminded us that sound is essential in his session What Public Radio Can Teach Nonprofits about Effective Storytelling. Emotions, not logic, motivate people. Effective stories tap into emotions to inspire action.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you. So fundamentally, I think for major donor conversations what you want to be doing is asking questions, then you reflect back what they’ve said.

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