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What We Can Learn from Finnish NGOS About Resilience

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In Finland, classroom time incorporates “brain breaks” after 50 minutes when one’s natural focus and energy begins to wane. And, it pays off as students perform better on educational tests than their peers in other European countries. Taking brain breaks is an important work skill as well.

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Nonprofit Technology Training: Book List

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This useful handbook summarizes and explains the brain science of how people learn and provides easy to use frameworks to help you design and deliver training where people learn. Brain-Based Learning: The New Science of Teaching and Training. The Accelerated Learning Handbook. By Dave Meier. by Eric Jensen. by Jane Bozarth.

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Creating A Culture of Well-being in Your Nonprofit Workplace: The First Step

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last June, I facilitated a leadership workshop at the Americans for the Arts Conference where I tested some of the assessments and checklist tools in our book. Then we had the whole staff brain storm together. These were organized into different categories: Organizational Wide, Self-Care Group, Individual.

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But, if you use reflection, documentation,pilot tests, and iteration, it is like tasting your soup while there’s still time to make adjustments. I use both. I have written a lot about how it is important to understand how the brain works, how people learn by using learning theories to guide the design of your workshops.

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

The Fundraising Authority

Generate multiple options for testing, or find the perfect subject line for your next 1:1 email. Test them out to see what works. January 2016 Anthony visited LACC for the first time where brain cancer was confirmed and he met with Dr. Marootian. He didn't know he'd be diagnosed with brain cancer just five months later.

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Six New Games for Change: Check Out the Future of Gaming for Good

NTEN

Ludwig is a game aimed at educators and students alike. This style of game play connects the brain and body to the game’s experience. While some press on with the increased difficulty, in Simon’s play testing, some quit playing the game altogether. JURY FEEDBACK. JURY FEEDBACK.

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[VIDEO] How to Raise 25% More from the Right Funders in 2022 and Beyond

Bloomerang

All of my students did too, all of my clients did too. And again, remember, if you are relating to one or all of these things, you are exactly like I was and exactly like all of my students were and basically, 99% of the fundraisers that I see. So another way I think about this is like it’s opening up so many tabs in our brain.

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