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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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Research Friday: Government contracting part II: Adapting in an era of less

ASU Lodestar Center

Fundamentally overhauling a business model can be risky and expensive. Systems-level collaboration. States including Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Maine, and many others have developed task forces on government contracting. In the basic PFS model, private. But there are major hurdles in this race toward diversified funding.

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What can we learn from movement builders who built movements before there was Facebook?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our organization, which Quentin founded in 1981 with John McKnight, used to write long policy papers,  really meaty 50 page documents that were read by no more than 50 of our collaborative partners. There is a new movement building model emerging.   Free standing birth centers are a good example of what I mean.