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7 Tips To Help You Focus In Age of Distraction: Are You Content Fried!

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This morning I learned a new word for information overload – “content fried” from a colleague at the Packard Foundation. It resonated. We have so much content in our professional lives. Reading, reviewing, commenting, writing, and editing content. Mindmap by Jane Genovese.

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Tips for Content Curators from Beth Kanter: How To Avoid Getting "Content Fried"

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Read the rest of article, and the complete issue on "Content Curation" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ]. Becoming "content fried" is a potential hazard for content curators, and that can get in the way of being efficient. I've charted those – so I know when they occur). By Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog.

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How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Map the data. ” Understanding this, I can adjust and customize the curriculum level and content. I use survey monkey and grab the visual chart for each question and dumping each chart into its own Powerpoint slide. You have to slow down to create the charts and you really how to think about the “show step.”

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Markets for Good Post: Design A Better Dashboard

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A focus on the bar charts without taking the time to understand the challenges and open up creative thinking will not inspire organizational buy-in which is so important. Here are two stories about two very different nonprofits and how they approached designing their dashboards with human-centered design techniques.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

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For example, long-form storytelling may still convert better than short snippets – the current long-form podcasts that top business charts are showing this. Immediacy and response are key, even as short-form content proliferates. Use surveys and donor journey mapping to understand how people engage initially and over time.

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Playing the Social Media Game with 100 Bay Area Nonprofits

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Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. I don't get an opportunity to do this workshop with a large group, so this was fabulous learning experience to work out some techniques to make it scale. Ant Trails As Learning Opportunities. Photo by Nelson Layag.

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

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Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you enjoy and are great at doing? Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on? These could done by one person or could be shared if mapped out in advance. I’ve written about these techniques here ). Do you have a preferred method?