Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2017

Recently, 60 Minutes did a piece on Brain Hacking or intentionally designing apps so you feel the need to to check in constantly. Rosen’s research can not yet determine what the impact is on our brains and lives as it too soon. The diagram below illustrates a Ludic Loop in checking your email. This is a Ludic Loop!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

And, it allows time for play/flow/creativity to surface (our brains need time to unplug)! Or maybe this is something they are searching for in their next job and is easily doable at your organization. It provides a sense of control/autonomy that helps people’s wellbeing/happiness so they can be more productive and perform better.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Make Your Site Discoverable Through SEO Search engines use search engine optimization (SEO) to determine which pages appear at the top of search listings. Technical SEO increases search visibility through a series of website and server optimizations. Humans tend to respond to images of fellow humans.

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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. But, individual identity and values aside, there’s one thing most human beings have in common: People are searching for meaning, purpose and a sense of belonging.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

If you forget where a document is filed, just use the search feature. But it is a good task to schedule after blocking off time to work on a complex grant or other task that requires a lot of brain power. I can do it even when my brain feels fried. Dropbox: Eliminate paperwork and the chaos and clutter that comes with it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2007

If you type in the word "Beth," my blog comes up as the first organic search engine results (unpaid search results). I'm thinking it might be a way to make some point about social media metrics for a presentation I'm working on, but I'm brain dead and my wrists hurt. How might I use this information? any ideas?

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

As you search for volunteers, put yourself in the best, most convincing position, and use your CRM and associated tools for recruiting and onboarding your volunteers. While facts and figures reach the logical side of our brains, stories appeal to the emotional side. Every successful advocacy campaign needs passionate advocates.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2012

I wasn't surprised by how much extra free time I suddenly had, but I was surprised by how often I searched for entertainment, and looked for more visual stimulation. I realized the extent to which my brain was trained to seek out stimulation, and how it wasn't so happy when it didn't get enough.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Hiring a Development Officer in-house is VERY competitive as one search on Idealist.org will reveal. Brain Lacy & Associates provide services for nonprofits including augmentation, analysis of data, prospect research, major donor information, and matching gift data. Brian Lacy & Associates. Website: [link]. Website: [link].

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

4 Steps for Selling Your Art: Interview with Alyson B.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

Maybe you’ve drafted some fundraising letters to your community, but you’re in search of new ways to spread the word. The last thing you want your viewers to do is to painstakingly search for the main topic of your flyer. 8 Top Examples of Fundraising Flyers+Tips to Make Your Own. Look no further!

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Whole Whale

MAY 20, 2021

Hiring a Development Officer in-house is VERY competitive as one search on Idealist.org will reveal. Brain Lacy & Associates provide services for nonprofits including augmentation, analysis of data, prospect research, major donor information, and matching gift data. Brian Lacy & Associates. Website: [link]. Website: [link].

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

You can do Google searches by voice. If you'd like to see what the world looks like through Google Glass, search in Google+ with the hashtag #throughglass. 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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2012

I wasn't surprised by how much extra free time I suddenly had, but I was surprised by how often I searched for entertainment, and looked for more visual stimulation. I realized the extent to which my brain was trained to seek out stimulation, and how it wasn't so happy when it didn't get enough.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2007

Last week, we had a NpTech Conference call (see Marnie's notes here and my stabb at a summary here ) During the call Nancy White mentioned "social search" and later she forwarded this note about a Yi-Tan tech community call on the topic today. Social Search is: people helping people find stuff. Some other urls here and here.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Research has shown that the human brain retains information more effectively when presented repeatedly. It’s essential to optimize your calendar for search engines to maximize the visibility of your events and increase traffic to your nonprofit website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Key skills and tools may include search on Google, social media channels, and bookmarks. I scan through my listening post (blog feeds and keyword searches) and daily email subscriptions looking for patterns. Too much serendipity and I don’t feel like I accomplish anything. This is the listening and scanning I do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

style and tolerance for change, I decided to do a seperate action learning experiment on my own dime and reflect in real time along with doing the work: What are some useful techniques social search techniques that might yield richer leads and connections? What thinking shifts are needed to make your social search more successful?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2022

And if you’re in the market for new nonprofit technology, include your cross-team collaborators in the search process to make sure whatever you pick will play nicely with their tools. But the journey from silo living is worth your time and brain power. Are there features that either of you might want to use to make life easier?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Screens can overstimulate your brain and keep you from sleeping. Finding event venues, searching for grant opportunities, and anything else where it’s simply gathering info. Here are some really simple ideas to keep you grounded and balanced: Treating yourself to 30 quiet minutes each morning before facing the challenges of your day.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 18, 2018

I found the program while searching for other sources of financial aid for college and applied late despite discouragement. To eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research: to provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.”.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 21, 2018

I found the program while searching for other sources of financial aid for college and applied late despite discouragement. To eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research: to provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.”.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Bookshare is helping Kevin— who had suffered a brain injury—to keep up with his school work. We even convinced schema.org—the standards setting body for the big search engines—to adopt a standard to make it easier to discover accessible materials online. I encourage you to read his powerful story on our website.

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Association TV

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

If your page is expertly designed then you can get away with microcopy on the subtle side, like Google has on its search page. Maybe, but our brains are trained to go with what we know. Placeholder text that provides explanations or examples within search bars. It works, because there’s nothing else drawing your attention.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

You have to go out and search for them. Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. When you get to 1,000, start working on the next 1,000. If you lose one donor, it’s not a big deal. You still have 999 people who believe in your work. Finding new donors takes work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2011

Hashtags can lead you to great communities and conversations – discover, search, monitor and participate in the ones that are relevant. My point is that movement gets blood flood to brain and people wake up if they’re in an information overload coma). Here’s more. Susan Tenby, TechSoup. JD Lasica, SocialBrite.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 28, 2014

Well, it’s true, but conTEXT is queen, and is often the case, she’s the real brains of the operation. 5) Keep it Search Engine Optimized. All is for naught if no one can find your website on search engines. Keep track of searchable terms that you want to rank and show up in search engines. 4) Keep it Content-ed.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 3, 2010

I use keyword search columns in HootSuite and lists in both Twitter and Facebook to prioritize what I look at first. Organize What You'll Need Again and Again Collect all that stuff you are constantly searching for to use yourself and to send to other people in one place on your computer. Then go do it!

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

To execute on content strategy means to consider your processes for content creation, search engine optimization (SEO), user experience, and more. One that I like was created by Kristina Halvorson and her team at Brain Traffic , called the Content Strategy Quad: A simple way to look at this is by dividing the top and bottom quadrants.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2012

I racked my brain searching for the solution, and, before I knew it, my head was spinning. Yet, in my opinion, they are working way harder than they should. Even me, at times. Yesterday, I absentmindedly scheduled two meetings for the same hour and didn't know what to do about it.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 28, 2014

Well, it’s true, but conTEXT is queen, and is often the case, she’s the real brains of the operation. 5) Keep it Search Engine Optimized. All is for naught if no one can find your website on search engines. Keep track of searchable terms that you want to rank and show up in search engines. 4) Keep it Content-ed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2005

I love ( and hate ) how blogs, rss, tags, and these other tools are so right-brained and being able to indulge in some non-linear thinking. So, I set up a little action learning project ( cambodia4kids ) to play with these tools to see how they might be useful for technology infused curriculum or nonprofit use.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The Collaboration Prize – Search Database – Wow! It is the brain-child of Ewa Wojkowska and Toshi Nakamura who have extensive experience in international development as UN staff members." Check it out! Check out this great resource – a database of collaborations! "The " Check it out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

So, the real question is - if you have both of these types of tasks to accomplish- they take different approaches, probably use different sides of your brain, etc. She goes on to say that there are other activities that really require moving a network - and social productivity. How do you organize your productivity tools effectively?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

Not only does reading exercise the brain and improve concentration, but it also helps children develop more advanced language skills and engage their imagination. If you’re searching for a way to get your young children and students involved in fundraising, a read-a-thon is the perfect way to do so. Final thoughts.

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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.     (See above). 

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