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. Rituals have been performed for centuries and are an important part of human history.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

The ability to “shift” delivery formats – from say an interactive lecture to small group activities helps students pay more attention. When I design instruction, I want to make sure that learning activities use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Kevin Leong was in kindergarten when he experienced an organic brain injury that forced him to relearn everything from walking to using the bathroom. For several years, he struggled in school because his vision was blurry and reading normal size print was grueling. He could no longer keep up with his peers in the classroom.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

But problems within the brain are more difficult to treat, and for stroke victims rehabilitation is largely left to the body’s own repair mechanisms. But medical science has no method for directly rebuilding those networks — the brain must do so on its own, in its own time. If you lose a leg, prostheses are available.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

It helps center and refocus our brains which is important for learning. Above all, silence facilitates clear and creative thinking and quiets negative thoughts. Alternately, you can imagine yourself doing an activity that energizes you. The busier you are during your workday, the more your nervous system needs quiet time.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Use ChatGPT as a virtual event host to welcome attendees, guide them through the schedule, answer queries, and facilitate networking during virtual conferences. Pick the Bot’s Brain AI powered chatbots learn from user interactions. When you’re ready to launch, be prepared to monitor, track, and analyze the chat’s activity.

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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. This can be handled by telling participants the facilitator will be checking in the group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

For the networked nonprofit workshops I facilitate, I’ve developed a maturity of practice assessment called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” which gives me a detailed understanding of where the organization is in its practice. It is also important to target the right level of authority. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

In Finland, classroom time incorporates “brain breaks” after 50 minutes when one’s natural focus and energy begins to wane. Taking brain breaks is an important work skill as well. And, it pays off as students perform better on educational tests than their peers in other European countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I love all aspects instructional design and facilitation , but being a good trainer also means being a good content curator and resource librarian. 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.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Fortunately, the very make up of the human brain offers some potential avenues for increasing engagement in a digital environment and producing a far more satisfying experience overall. When we are engaged in stimulating activities, the brain releases dopamine , a neurotransmitter that leaves us feeling positive and happy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

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

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Without the visual breaks we need to refocus, our brains grow fatigued.”. Looking at the Zoom grid of people’s heads elicits the flight or fight response (activation of the sympathetic nervous system that triggers an acute stress response that prepares the body to fight or flee).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Don’t run to play Mario just yet though — the game has to be specially designed to fill in lapses in brain activity from the start! In 2013 alone, the organization ran over 100 hours of programming in New York City. Social Impact Through Digital Games.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

Breath links mind, brain, and body – and paying attention to your breath help cultivate mindfulness. To say that social media facilitates distraction is not to say that social media has to control your awareness – you can take control back and through repeated conscious efforts.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Without the visual breaks we need to refocus, our brains grow fatigued.”. Looking at the Zoom grid of people’s heads elicits the flight or fight response (activation of the sympathetic nerbethvous system that triggers an acute stress response that prepares the body to fight or flee).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Last week was a busy week, after keynoting the Nonprofit Solutions Conference in Kansas City , I facilitated a one-day workshop for the Center for Nonprofits on developing and measuring a sustainable integrated social media strategy. Participants from a nonprofit work on their network map during the workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Designing and facilitating training (not matter the topic) is one of my passions and why I blog about it on a regular basis. As a facilitator, you have to watch the participants body language and look for the “slump,” and if you notice people getting tired, interject some movement. Photo: Americans for the Arts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

But when he gets excited about activity that could benefit the nonprofit technology sector, I listen. What do you think of the Campus Party model? They want their brains to matter. Note from Beth: My colleague, Daniel Ben-Horin, from TechSoup Global has been in the nonprofit technology for decades. He has seen it all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting down meetings? Wondering how to organize and facilitate a meeting where everyone is on their feet instead of their devices? Socialize and build team spirit ; relationships are developed while walking and team building occurs while involved in informal activities.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

From Sabrina Walker Hernandez, Founder of Supporting World Hope and consultant, coach, facilitator, and bestselling author. When a donor reads your year-end appeal, their brain is working fast to answer this question: “Is this for me?” Use these best practices to get a jumpstart on your year-end planning.

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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. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

Active Learning Through Play: Another trick that I learned from Ellie was having toys on the tables for participants to play with. My last deep dive into social media and health care was when I delivered this keynote for a health care organization so this was an opportunity to see how the field has progressed. Ellie taught a great trick.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

In comparison, 10 years ago, these managers spent “only” 60 to 65 per cent of their time engaged in those activities. . Get to know your Ultradian Rhythms , the natural rhythms of your body and brain that repeat throughout the day. Having too many platforms and tools for collaboration can confuse and annoy your team and partners.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

.” If all goes according to plan, the DNA-Diffusion project will produce a diffusion model that can generate regulatory DNA sequences from text instructions like “A sequence that will activate a gene to its maximum expression level in cell type X” and “A sequence that activates a gene in liver and heart, but not in brain.”

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 7, 2020

Fortunately, the very makeup of the human brain offers some potential avenues for increasing engagement in a digital environment and producing a far more satisfying experience overall. When we are engaged in stimulating activities, the brain releases dopamine , a neurotransmitter that leaves us feeling positive and happy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2006

He wanted to work for an organization that facilitates bottom-up approaches to sustainable development and after seeing an ad in the Idealist he jumped at the opportunity to GlobalGiving's team. (I We are actively looking for designers that would be williing to create virtual property on our behalf and market it to the SL community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

I’m very honored to be giving the ending keynote and facilitating a design lab on self-care and avoiding burnout at the National Arts Marketing Project Conference. Because I started my career in the arts field and wanted to do some active listening to the audience before speaking, I came in for the whole conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

My teaching style has been influenced by constructivism in short - less "sage on the stage" and "more guide on the side" and that learners should be actively involved in their learning process. Most importantly, I need a good facilitator for each table. Put Your Learners on the Stage and Hand Them the Mic! Somethings to improve.

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JULY 17, 2009

In her review of Brown's book, Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul , Liz Massey of Creative Liberty relays an anecdote from Brown's book about the connection between play and innovation " Play juices our problem-solving abilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

.” It isn’t about making the time or thinking about physical activity or movement as a separate exercise time, but something that is integrated into your life — including work time. The benefits of walking to “clear your brain” or build relationships is not a new leadership technique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Last June, I facilitated a leadership workshop at the Americans for the Arts Conference where I tested some of the assessments and checklist tools in our book. Then we had the whole staff brain storm together. These were organized into different categories: Organizational Wide, Self-Care Group, Individual.

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JUNE 18, 2018

“To eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research: to provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.”. Above is the mission of the Alzheimer's Association, but in what capacity do I serve that supports this mission?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 21, 2018

“To eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research: to provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.”. Above is the mission of the Alzheimer's Association, but in what capacity do I serve that supports this mission?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Recently, I had the opportunity to facilitate two design labs with nonprofit professionals. ” Some larger nonprofits do have wellness programs that provide education about self-care activities and incentives – for example if they attend a training, they get a discount on their health care policy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people. Bringing your brain to what you are doing. Some words and phrases that came up: Responding.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The early-stage companies are able to get funding from the Lithuanian Business Angel Network (LitBAN), which unites over 150 active private investors. Then there are two active accelerators — 70V (Revenue Accelerator) and Startup Wise Guys providing funding in the pre-seed/seed stages.

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