Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

According to a recent Pew Internet survey , most respondents say they have been able to get work done. For me, it is valuable as a ritual that helps me shut off my work brain and creates a boundary between me and overworking. . Weekdays and weekends feel the same. My walking ritual was featured in this Wall Street Journal article.

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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)! Lim: If it’s possible for your industry/organization (for some it is not), then I’d suggest starting with a survey to see if this is something your employees even want (and how they would want it). data : Microsoft Japan increased sales by 40%).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

83% of executives we surveyed said that their meetings were an unproductive use of time. Both flood the brain with dopamine, provide a brief high, and kill your productivity. Horwath : Killing meetings. If your car or television worked less than 20% of the time, would you keep them?

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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. Perhaps survey your supporters to find out what types of communal events they might enjoy. Alas, this feeling is short-lived. So, you need to do more.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2009

In the fall, Jennifer Lee , Lisa Sonora Beam , Kimberly Wilson , and I asked you to tell us what your ideal creative women entrepreneur gathering would look like by completing a survey. Jan, who won a copy of the Right Brain Business Plan e-Book by Jennifer. We were thrilled that 300+ of you shared your ideas with us!

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

For example when watching a video, audio and visual channels activate separate parts of the brain , and when these two elements combine, it helps supporters better understand and engage with your mission. . These short films, which take viewers on a journey into the specifics of your work in 90 seconds or less, have many benefits.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

Forms can be used to survey volunteers and program participants about their experiences with your organization, gather opinions from donors about an upcoming strategic plan, and about 100 other things. 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.

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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. The study and presentation begins with some context.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Finally, after hearing a lot of nuts and bolts from them about numerous programs and processes around which I couldn’t quite wrap my brain, I said “Tell me why I should give in one sentence.” Do this with a simple free survey or ask the question on your donation thank you landing page or in your thank you email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

It is tempting to think of this step as only doing a survey to answer the questions, “Did the workshop accomplish its objectives? If you think of your training as making a soup, your participant survey is like the food critic’s review of the soup. Too often, our participant surveys only focus on the first level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2012

I have a survey that allows me to understand the composition of the group in aggregate as well as the maturity of practice levels for each individual participant according to “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly.” ” When you use automated excel or survey monkey charts, it encourages you to skip that important step.

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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. There are many reasons people choose to donate to certain causes, and these motivations can be heightened during the giving season: Donating makes them feel good.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

In all, there were over 30 overlapping sessions, plus breakout rooms, allowing inquisitive minds to pick the brains of developers, configurators, architects, and anyone responsible for building on Salesforce. DevOps Sessions + Speakers. 3 Key Takeaways from DevOps Dreamin’. Camaraderie is one of the best learning opportunities.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 2, 2019

We survey all of our attendees each year, and it’s taught us a lot. Yes, most conferences will make their presentations available after they’re over, but taking notes puts the info in your brain without having to rewatch or relisten to content. Nonprofit Hub hosts Cause Camp , a national nonprofit conference, every spring.

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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. Donorly provides a powerful team of fundraising professionals with experience across sectors to get results. Brian Lacy & Associates. Website: [link]. Website: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

It takes several iterations of your survey to develop one that works, but you really gain a good understanding of the level of your audience. Sometimes you don’t have the ability to do a survey before, especially if it is an online webinar or a conference session. There are alternative ways to do research.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

However, answering this question is always tricky as survey data is inconsistent. Initially, we act in small ways to satisfy the brain’s desire to take the path of least resistance. The brain is an economic model that is always trying to gain the largest return on investment. This tells the brain that others believe like you do.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

We recommend that you conduct regular brand checkups, either internally or with a wider stakeholder survey. The rebrand] helped uncover the heart, soul and brain of Turnaround by connecting with people inside of our organization, outside of it, our champions and even our hesitant champions.’”. See what I mean?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2009

We put together a six-question survey to find out what your ideal creative women entrepreneur event would look like. Click here to take the survey by November 16. We came up with our own description of what an event like that would look like, but we want to hear your thoughts and opinions, too. Thanks so much for your input!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Would you analyze surveys after tossing several shots of Tequilas? I have this notification not to be a distraction but as a useful reboot of my brain to refocus my concentration – and I am avoiding potential health problems. When you don’t get enough sleep, it is like showing up to work drunk. Is there a magic number?

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Whole Whale

MAY 20, 2021

Brain Lacy & Associates provide services for nonprofits including augmentation, analysis of data, prospect research, major donor information, and matching gift data. Donorly provides a powerful team of fundraising professionals with experience across sectors to get results. Brian Lacy & Associates. Website: [link]. Website: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers, 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. If you use a survey ahead time, you can do more fine-tuning.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

The most common signs of employee burnout we’ve seen are: Brain fog that causes forgetfulness of something a person has done before or randomly forgetting to complete tasks. Devereux Adult Resilience Survey (DARS). Devereux Resilient Leadership Survey (DERLS). A: We see very similar signs when we work with organizations.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Millennials will benefit and suffer due to their hyperconnected lives | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project : Overview Teens and young adults brought up from childhood with a continuous connection to each other and to information will be nimble, quick-acting multitaskers who count on the Internet as their external brain and who (..)

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Members of the NTEN Research Committee serve by sharing ideas for new projects, providing feedback on existing research and analysis, and support outreach for surveys, report launches, and research partners. Annie Lynsen, Marketing Director, Small Act.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2009

Becky notices that NPower and Accenture are giving away iPod Shuffles to people who participate in a survey. Donate Your Brain. Elliot wonders what the end of Encarta means for libraries and education nonprofits. Elliot points out a new guide from Public Citizen about avoiding libel in your writing.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The project budget wouldn’t permit a nationwide research project replete with surveys, focus groups, user interviews, and so on. Going to this site and seeing the way they presented important information in the same format as those fast fashion sites really messed with my brain and woke me up a little.

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See3

MAY 29, 2018

Our brains are wired for story. Conduct a survey. Communicators have to understand the moment in your audience’s own journeys when they’re going to lean on that message, and design for that experience. Like, for instance, my kid wiggling around like a maniac and claiming he doesn’t have to go to the potty triggers the potty song.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

These triggers spark your brain’s attention response by appealing to basic aspects of what makes us human. She asked 121 students to fill out a short survey in exchange for five dollars. The triggers are: Automaticity: Uses specific sensory cues like colors, symbols, or sounds to get attention.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Survey target audiences using SurveyMonkey or some other survey tool to find out what content they want. There's not much new brain work required, just re-packaging. Generate ideas from outside your current frame of reference. Use aggregators like alltop.com to stay on top of the latest news in your field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

I conduct a survey that collects information that I can analyze against a maturity of practice model I’ve created called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly.&#. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I had a fairly large group and an excellent space to work in. That’s why you need energizers.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

While it’s not as complicated as brain surgery, there is a healthy dose of “rocket science” involved in creating a written content strategy, but nothing that should stop any good nonprofit marketer or communications professional from soldiering ahead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2007

My brain is tired. Wiki seems to be a theme for me today, starting off with an email from colleague asking me and several others about the best method to collect quick feedback for a draft of a survey. It has been a long day of pondering inbetween rapid attention shifting tasks, dipping into email, pinging IMs, and browsing feeds.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Another is surveys. The nonprofit Feedback Labs maintains that mobile phone surveys are 100 times cheaper and much, much times faster than conventional online surveys. It is being developed at the University of Southern California to help victims of stroke and traumatic brain injury. This is an international trend.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

While it’s not as complicated as brain surgery, there is a healthy dose of “rocket science” involved in creating a written content strategy, but nothing that should stop any good nonprofit marketer or communications professional from soldiering ahead.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Research has found that emotion-based storytelling in communications can trigger positive reactions through the release of brain chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin. Gather insights through surveys. Surveys allow you to hear directly from your supporters about what motivates them to give. Tell compelling stories.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Polls and surveys indicate that people are more likely to donate to a cause that they know is making a difference, but the question is: How do you let people know, without a doubt, that your nonprofit is succeeding in its mission? There is no excessive text, and the text that is present is short, concise, and well-written. Ask for help.

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