Synchronistically, later in the week I listened to a free call with Jennifer Louden , Bridget Piloud, Marianne Elliott , Tara Gentile, and Tara Sophia Mohr , about Self-Care, Mindfulness and Social Media. My number one mindfulness tip is to be aware of social media envy. MORE
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” I don’t have an answer, but I think it has to do with modeling conscious information and consumption and being mindful about how you connect with people, cultivate relationships, and share information. Healthy Mind Platter. Mindfulness MORE
This blog post serves as a resource page for a session on mindfulness with Rob Cottingham and Jana Byington-Smith. This session teaches you some techniques including the use of visualization, graphic facilitation, mind-mapping, attention training, and technology tips and tools that you can immediately put into practice to help you and your staff work more efficiently and effectively, enabling you to achieve more in less time and ultimately increase the return of your efforts. MORE
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Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Register Now ! MORE
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Never in a million years did I ever think I would use data and mindfulness in the same sentence. For the past two months, I’ve been wearing a rock in a bra, a device called Spire. Do you bring mindfulness to your work and workplace? Mindfulness
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As we enter the EOY fundraising season, especially for any issue advocacy organization that will see stark changes as the result of the election, one thing that should be top of mind is your sustainer program.
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JULY 26, 2012
My talk is a call to action to nonprofits to be more intentional and mindful in how they curate and consume content from social networks. I’ll be talking about the art and practice of good curation and also share some techniques for staying focused while doing working on social media for practitioners. Mindfulness
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 7, 2015
We started with mindfulness from Chris Block, improvisation from David Havens , and Heather and I co-facilitated a session on networks. He started the session on mindfulness sharing a story about an encounter with a taxi driver in Nashville who answered the “how are you are today?”
NetWits
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Register Now !
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There’s nothing wrong with having a like-minded staff; keeping your staff on the same page with values and goals is incredibly important. The post Key Culture Tip: Great Minds Don’t Always Think Alike appeared first on Nonprofit Hub. I was having lunch with a friend recently, and she commented on the diversity of people who have been on Nonprofit Hub’s staff over the years.
Beaconfire Wire
MAY 8, 2015
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Clean Swell , a new Ocean Conservancy mobile app that helps volunteers record, categorize and track trash they pick up along beaches and waterways. This app increases volunteer engagement, streamlines data collection, and extends data gathering year-round.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 24, 2015
Those around-the-clock meetings were the mind food for me: completely inspirational for my work in the coming year. My favorite conference of the year is the Skoll World Forum in Oxford. That’s still the case even after attending the Forum for eleven straight years as of last week!
John Haydon
JUNE 16, 2010
This should not be a complicated process (hence “simple minds&# ). I use a template with folks I call the “ The Killer Blog Strategy Mind-Map For Simple Minds &# (pdf). The Killer Blog Strategy Mind-Map.
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JUNE 20, 2017
” Happy Healthy Nonprofit Leadership MindfulnessLast week I facilitated a workshop on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Linking Nonprofit High Performance to Wellbeing in Santa Cruz hosted by the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 22, 2017
Happy Healthy Nonprofit Leadership Mindfulness ReflectionFlickr Photo by Brittney Bush.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 9, 2017
Capacity Happy Healthy Nonprofit MindfulnessSarah Cooper – 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings. I’ve been enjoying The Cooper Review , the satirical blog of Sarah Cooper that features weekly original articles, videos and cartoons on workplace humor.
Mobile Commons
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Mobile technology has lent a big hand in changing the healthcare industry’s landscape. SMS chat, specifically, allows more and more individuals to making informed and proactive decisions about their health with instantaneous, private, and direct communication. How Does it Work?
SocialFish
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Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions – Guy Kawasaki.
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Research also shows that taking time for silence restores the nervous system, helps sustain energy, and conditions our minds to be more adaptive. Happy Healthy Nonprofit Mindfulness
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 20, 2017
This post, “ Five Ways To Organize Your Phone To Unhijack Your Mind ” by Tristan Harris, the former Google employer mentioned above, was particularly useful. Mindfulness Mobile
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 21, 2017
Your team can do a simple mindfulness exercise by starting a meeting with a deep breath and going around the table to share how you are feeling in the moment. ” Conferences Happy Healthy Nonprofit Mindfulness Resilience Tips
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 17, 2017
Bots Happy Healthy Nonprofit MindfulnessAs we enter the age of automation, more and more nonprofits are using bots. If bots are designed well, they can have impact.
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OCTOBER 20, 2016
Happy Healthy Nonprofit Mindfulness ReflectionMike Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director. Yesterday, I honored to fill in as MC and interviewer for Darian Rodriguez Heyman at the Nonprofit Fundraising Masters event. (Darian was welcoming his first child, a boy, into the world!).
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. Mindfulness Photo by BirgerKing. Take a guess.
Have Fun - Do Good
MARCH 12, 2011
Synchronistically, later in the week I listened to a free call with Jennifer Louden , Bridget Piloud, Marianne Elliott , Tara Gentile, and Tara Sophia Mohr , about Self-Care, Mindfulness and Social Media. My number one mindfulness tip is to be aware of social media envy.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 6, 2015
Stillness is different from mindfulness, a coping technique that teaches people to live in the moment and meditate to reduce stress. Leadership Mindfulness Reflection The new year is always a popular time for all of us to take stock and see the big picture.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 4, 2016
Over the years, I have experienced the ill effects of staring at screen or sitting in a chair and pounding the keyboard for hours and hours. I’ve learned to take screen less breaks to calibrate my mind and body. Happy Healthy Nonprofit Mindfulness
NTEN
APRIL 13, 2013
Sketchnotes: Mindful or mind-full Since a big part of this session was on visual note-taking as a way of focusing attention, here are my notes (1.5
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 14, 2015
Leadership MindfulnessFlickr Photo by udithawix. I’m facilitating a peer learning project on practical networked leadership skills for emerging nonprofit leaders. As we all know, living in a networked world creates opportunities for abundance.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
Mindfulness The first Nonprofit Blog Carnival of 2015 is on the theme is personal productivity. If you’re like most nonprofit folks, you’ve probably made a few New Year’s resolutions, including being more effective at your job.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 18, 2014
” But what if there was a way to use online tools, mobile apps, and software that helped lengthen our attention spans and replace information overload with a sense of mindfulness? Mindfulness
John Haydon
MAY 21, 2013
Here are five mind-shifts to keep in mind: 1. Keep in mind that bloggers are in it for the long haul like you are. Technology has blessed your community with more sharing power than ever before.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 24, 2013
Two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be in New Zealand, leading a workshop on social media and I facilitated a module on mindful social media. It is a simple, elegant way to train your attention while working online to keep mindful how you are spending your time. Mindfulness
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
What are your tips to help you focus in an age of distraction? Are there tips not on the mind map? Content Housekeeping Mindfulness Organizational CultureMindmap by Jane Genovese.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
” I don’t have an answer, but I think it has to do with modeling conscious information and consumption and being mindful about how you connect with people, cultivate relationships, and share information. Healthy Mind Platter. Mindfulness
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 23, 2012
MindfulnessI’ve been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 27, 2016
Mindfulness MobileART X SMART by Kim Dong-kyu. Last week was the first day of summer and it got me thinking about doing a digital detox.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 7, 2015
Mindfulness I’m honored to be hosting the January, 2015 Nonprofit Blog Carnival and theme is personal productivity online.
Byte Technology
DECEMBER 22, 2015
By leveraging the innate processes of the human mind, it’s possible to greatly increase the odds that a recipient will click on your message and show interest in your group’s potential, whether it’s changing the world or just making a small piece of it a little better.
Frogloop
AUGUST 17, 2011
After months of wandering you’ve made it to the (nonprofit blogging) promised land! You convinced the bigwigs to let you start a blog for your organization, you recruited peers to join you as staff bloggers, you’ve set clear guidelines , and shared some creative blog post ideas for your staff to draw from. You’ve thought about how else you can help your blogging staff to succeed, been their biggest cheerleader, and held your breath. Finally something amazing happens.
John Haydon
JULY 13, 2011
Mind-mapping – This approach allows me to bounce freely between unrelated ideas, but anchor them together in a way that’s extremely organized. The blogs I read are informative and inspiring, and often lead to me firing up a mind-map or post soon after.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 18, 2015
Conferences Mindfulness
Connection Cafe
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
That it would be impossible to observe this kind of "mind-meld" between two individuals communicating online. Regardless of what you think, it's worth the challenge to consider how you can better mind meld with your constituents in every communication with them.
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