Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

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. (In This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

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. From Analysis to Evaluation: Tools, Tips, and Techniques from Trainers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2013

To provide best practices for taming the digital jungle that assaults our brains everyday at work. To practice techniques like mind-mapping, use of visualization, attention-training, technology tools, and more to stay focused and productive in our work. Visualization Techniques. Additional Resources. The Information Diet.

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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 also use it as a year in review tool. Here they are: My Three Rituals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

Collaborative overload is the burnout that results from our over reliance on e-mails, meetings and other online collaborative technology tools that have, ironically, limited our ability to get stuff done. ” Individual Techniques. Within seconds I went to enjoying time off with friends to being on work duty.”

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Media Cause

MARCH 4, 2022

But as the “the new normal” went from weeks to months, and every workday was spent at home with my kids running around screaming (AKA distance learning), I found myself falling back on techniques I knew would work—well-worn grooves, in an effort to stay sane and manage the mental and emotional load. . How are they alike?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

The session will share a wide range of free and low cost tools for implementing an organization’s content strategy as well as group and personal productivity. We will, of course, share the tools in the context of best practices. I don’t think that tools alone can do it alone. Share it below! Mindfulness'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2017

He further explains that improvisation takes technique, training, practice, thoughtfulness and intelligence. is a technique that slows the brain down. This technique is one used effectively by the best improv professionals and Kulhan believes it's essential to succeeding in business. It facilitates conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Here are six tips that will help you deliver highly successful technology training workshops by using effective evaluation techniques. 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. Use Learning Theory.

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Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

The workshop was part of the three-day program where participants were learning both strategy and how to use tools from women who work in the tech industry here in San Francisco. Get together staff for half hour or 60 minutes, and do a “brain dump” of everything they know about their audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. We are working very closely with V.S.

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India NGO Network Exercise 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

I shared this on Twitter and the conversation brought out some interesting points that I curated in “Storify,&# a story telling tool. (And, had to laugh at the geeky recursiveness of creating a story out of qualitative data from Twitter and other sources – and then adding it to my curated nonprofit measurement collection on scoop.it).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

This month’s carnival was an opportunity for nonprofit bloggers to share a post that addressed this question: What self-care techniques, rituals, or habits do you personally live and breath everyday that keep you inspired, calm, and effective at your nonprofit? as an assessment tool for growth, team building and direction setting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

That was the call for blog posts. I received a rich selection covering this topic – from changing mindsets, new tool sets, and lots of tips on how to manage your social media, email, and work flow. Another excellent variation of the Pomoro Technique. Here’s a summary. Personal Productivity Mindsets.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Use these tools to streamline your planning process. While you might be in a planning phase for your annual fundraising goals and plans, don’t forget that you could also create one of these for every campaign you run – it’s a great tool for many uses. So, let’s touch some more on these fundraising techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Using this valuable tool, you can extend the reach of your organization’s message and forge meaningful connections with existing and potential donors. Research has shown that the human brain retains information more effectively when presented repeatedly.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2016

I developed a tool to help me and my clients remain engaged regardless of whether the workday is long and repetitive, or hectic and variable. PDM incorporates the 15-minute technique of tip #1 and a simple journal system of tags for recording current tasks and managing distractions. I call it The Perfect 15-Minute Day Method (PDM).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

Would participants learn more and have greater impact if panel designers incorporated different techniques such as visual learning and if they designed for more audience engagement? Later I quizzed him about the tools. You need to engage the whole brain in learning.

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NTC Conference Learning Experiment 96

.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

However, as I caution with all tech tools, the hammer and nails are only as good as the carpenter. ANNs are inspired by the structure and function of the human brain. NLP techniques can be used to understand and generate text, translate, and perform other language-related tasks.

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Language Problem Knowledge System 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool. Creative use of technology and facilitation techniques, however, can maximize the opportunities for interactivity even in larger groups. You should have a mix of approaches in your webinar. Incorporate Different Delivery Options.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

My favorite example of this technique is the Descry Project's Obesity Epidemic visualization. In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky's claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus' - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not. What are you waiting for?

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2014

While these have helped me with a lot of great tips and suggestions, at a certain point I needed to stop reading about productivity, and start putting techniques into action. Then with a less crowded brain, I can sit down and start tackling tasks on my list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

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. First start off with who is everyone using these tools outside of the organization and is interested. Let’s start with a definition first.

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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. How do you organize your productivity tools effectively? The diagram shows the tools and on page 6 he lists the basic features for each of the tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. There was a lot of synergy and points of reciprocity.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2003

His "How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci" provides a rich source of techniques and inspiration on creative problem-solving techniques. This was one of seven books by experts in creative thinking and problem solving techniques that I scanned for ideas. Gelb does research on genuis, analyzing the way they think.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Internet of Things gives objects a brain and connects them to each other. No code options have the potential to unleash the office from IT, liberating employees to customize their tools to fit individual needs. Building blocks based on point-and-click or drag-and-drop techniques, allow anyone to become a developer.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

My favorite example of this technique is the Descry Project’s Obesity Epidemic visualization. In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky’s claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus’ - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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Data New York City Storytelling New York 68

Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

My favorite example of this technique is the Descry Project’s Obesity Epidemic visualization. In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky’s claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus’ - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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Data Story New York City New York 67

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So she’s talking about what does it look like to bring folks together about STEM education and how do we talk to donors and our volunteers and our, you know, supporters of any kind about the work that we’re doing using different techniques that ground us. This is how might we see these techniques activated?

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People Community Video Podcast 76

Forum One

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Use tools like Google Calendar to assign work and plan publishing in whatever time frame is realistic for you -- week, month, or quarter. Become an active social listener using tools like Google Alerts , HootSuite , Social Mention , or others. There's not much new brain work required, just re-packaging. Q & A Interviews.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

Last night I had a wonderful conversation with Corey Pudhorodsky who is the and brains behind 501c3Cast - Podcast for Nonprofits , a weekly podcast show of interviews and news about Nonprofit volunteers, do-gooders, and professionals. I'm on a little podcasting kick here. Corey Pudhorodsky is the Terry Gross of the nonprofit podcasting world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

That's why I incorporated a number of reflection techniques throughout the day - to help with the digestion and application. I also tested out a couple of instructional techniques for the first time and learned something myself. Right away, I introduce them to Twitter as a resource - the collaborative brain.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

Learn more about donor stewardship in the article: 3 Stewardship Techniques to Scale Your Fundraising Efforts. That connection can in turn transform from a series of responsive transactions based immediate needs to more strategic planning, with the provider playing the role of trusted advisor/innovator/peripheral brain for the client.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

As a trainer or doing shoulder-to-shoulder coaching, I'd hear people complain about information overload, anxiety, etc and started to incorporate techniques for reducing it. . He also talked about changing his brain chemistry. The new framing for this familiar issue is one of balance.

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