sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

This theory explains that our brains are designed to think in two ways: System 1, which is instinctual, and System 2, which is rational. Embracing Modernity: The Path to Frictionless Giving How can contemporary strategies and technological advancements redefine the donor experience for your organization? Want to know more?

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

Tear down walls (literally and figuratively)​ Embrace a continuous process​ The Erosion of Confidence Sharon Rice,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is our resident trend watcher. The World Café is a strategy designed to deeply explore a series of topical questions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

With Horwath’s guidance, leaders will master the four dimensions of strategic fitness that contribute to executive performance: Strategy Fitness : Ability to understand and develop strategy, set direction, allocate resources, make decisions, and create competitive advantage.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It’s clear that a strong digital strategy is key for today’s end-of-year fundraising campaigns. Build a mobile strategy now with the help of this book. Social Change Anytime Everywhere: How to Implement Online Multichannel Strategies to Spark Advocacy, Raise Money, and Engage your Community by Allyson Kapin and Amy Sample Ward.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2023

In fact, our brains are hardwired to respond to stories. Create a comprehensive digital strategy that sets your organization apart from the competition and inspires your audience with compelling content and storytelling. The reason storytelling is so effective at capturing people’s attention is simple. It’s human.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

requires a solid content strategy. Learn more about higher ed marketing strategy in the free white paper: Your Online Marketing Plan for Higher Education. So, how do you define your content strategy? What is Content Strategy? Content strategy is a guide. There are a few accepted models for content strategy.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

The third and latest episode of npVOICES has come out featuring Mark Rovner and Alia McKee of Sea Change Strategies, and NTEN''s new CEO, Amy Sample Ward. In his blog, John Haydon discusses Six Ways to Influence Donors with Brain Science , pulling in findings from studies to help you boost your fundraising results.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Here are some quick tips: Explain why and have a plan: Plan your strategy first , and make sure you have thought through your strategy and resources before you dive into tactics. Lesley Molecke is the founder of Cornershop Creative, a web strategy agency dedicated to helping nonprofits make the most of the web.

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VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

With two lead volunteers, Deborah had a team (not to mention an opportunity to put into practice all the strategies that VQ Volunteer Strategies and the Center had shared with four different cohorts of participants in our High Impact Volunteer Engagement Initiative ). These strategy volunteers add brainpower to the planning process.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Science says: We’re wired for negative Sadly, our brains are wired to respond to negative messages. Negative events impact our brains more than positive events. This is especially true for mass marketing messages and broad fundraising appeals for monumental events like hurricanes or earthquakes.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

March = Adolescent Self-Injury Awareness Month, National Athletic Training Month, International Black Women In Jazz & The Arts Month, Brain Injury Awareness Month, Irish-American Heritage Month, National Music in Our Schools Month, National Nutrition Month, National Social Work Month, Women’s History Month, Youth Art Month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I had an exciting and busy week of teaching public workshops, facilitating informal staff workshops, and meetings at the Embassy mostly on the topic of Networked Nonprofit, digital strategy, and leading on social media. Before I left for Finland, I read Timothy Walker’s Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. The sitting brain is really disengaged. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

With Horwath’s guidance, leaders will master the four dimensions of strategic fitness that contribute to executive performance: Strategy Fitness : Ability to understand and develop strategy, set direction, allocate resources, make decisions, and create competitive advantage.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Don’t waste valuable brain power. If your team is remote, find strategies to bring people together online. Set the example by modeling the behavior you would like to see. Ask probing questions, consider a variety of opinions, including ideas that may be unpopular, and insist on objective analysis.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

The mesolimbic part of the brain assigns values to the sensory stimuli, helping us classify what we feel. The rational part of a donor’s brain still mediates the action evoked or prompted by the emotional part through values and learnings. When a donor responds to emotions, the brain releases volatile power chemicals. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2017

If you’re having trouble focusing, you may be suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting at work. Instead, incorporate a brain-replenishing walk into your lunch hour. What we eat and drink can impact how our bodies and brains work. There’s a reason why healthy food is called “brain food.”

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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. Effective Neuromarketing Strategies. Time limits: Another way to trigger the brain is to set time limits.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Dear Charity Clairity, I’m wondering if you have a data point readily available in your brilliant brain? Direct mail acquisition is the most expensive fundraising strategy, costing $1 – $1.25 Acquisition strategy and retention strategy go hand-in-hand. I know about donor retention rates, goals, etc.,

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2014

Brain Traffic. You have to get your content right, and that requires content strategy. Communications content marketing content strategy mobile Mobile responsive Strategy Communications' Kristina Halvorson. Mobile is simply one more way to connect to your audiences through content. Mobile doesn’t matter. Mobile first!”

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

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. Try managing your hardest work days by plotting out what you will do when in a way that keeps your brain going for the long haul. And that’s it.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2021

Above all else, consistency, a positive mindset, and smart strategy are the only true “secret ingredients” to sustainable fundraising efforts and success. But there are a few strategies you can use to make a major impact in terms of dollars raised with a small investment of your time. So, there you have it.

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M+R

MAY 17, 2022

Donald was a deeply committed colleague, a lifelong and tireless advocate, the brains behind many movements that exist today, and an inspiration and friend to many of us in the social change universe. Read time: 3 min. Donald Ross, the “R” in M+R, passed away a few days ago. . And, yes, also the reason M+R exists. .

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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 there’s another strategy, or perhaps it’s a cultural shift , that gets overlooked. Alas, this feeling is short-lived. So, you need to do more.

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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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Bloomerang

APRIL 27, 2021

This may seem overwhelming, but having a strategy can help you feel more in control of your communications. If you want to reach more people and help promote your brand recognition while positively shaping the public’s perception of you – learning a few key strategies and skills around external nonprofit communication is vital. .

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

Studies have repeatedly shown that the human brain responds positively to altruism and people are hard-wired to give because it produces feel-good emotions. Create Your Strategy Early Donors start vetting the organizations they’ll support around the month of September. It’s their last chance to make tax-deductible donations.

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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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Neon CRM

JULY 13, 2023

The #GivingTuesday hashtag gets billions of impressions each year, which tells us that nonprofits participating in GivingTuesday need a social media strategy to maximize fundraising. The massive generosity movement is largely driven by an active online community. How Does Social Media Benefit Nonprofits on GivingTuesday?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

He suggests a number of heuristic decision-making principles that apply directly to fundraising strategy. ” Essentially, it says the human brain compares subsequent options with one that came first and uses this as a means to make judgements. For going big, a useful Kahneman principle is called “ anchoring.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Moving around at work helps get our brains to re-engage. Even small movements cause improved brain processing speed, learning, and short-term memory. Our brains begin to slow down when we are not moving. Being active in meetings can bring our brains out of “hibernation mode.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Using rituals as part of our professional work is one strategy that can help. Rituals leverage our brains’ ability to run on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted by other things, such as potentially contracting a deadly disease. Rituals are routine and intentional activities that carry meaning.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

This guide will explore best practices for creating a blogging and content strategy that drives audience engagement, encourages donations, and makes readers feel like part of your nonprofit’s community. One of the most important steps in building a productive blogging strategy is creating content that engages and appeals to your audience.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

A bit of pressure can help keep the brain alert and support you in getting focused. This might mean using a productivity strategy like the pomodoro method which alternates work sprints with short breaks and/or shaving 5-10 minutes off the default length of any meetings you schedule (e.g.

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NTEN

APRIL 2, 2014

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Brain Lacy & Associates provide services for nonprofits including augmentation, analysis of data, prospect research, major donor information, and matching gift data. For example, the firm prioritizes stewardship, prospective donor development, and strategy implementation. Brian Lacy & Associates. Website: [link]. Graham-Pelton.

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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 will continue to write about and teach workshops on digital strategy.

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