Advice Authoring Brain Technique 
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 5, 2021
Rituals leverage our brains’ ability to run on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted by other things, such as potentially contracting a deadly disease. Chris Brogan’s technique is to select three words and stick with them for the coming year. I’ve shared My Three Themes below.
Bloomerang
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Today’s question comes from a major gift fundraiser who wants advice on whether it’s better to ask for too little or too much. . Daniel Kahneman, behavioral economist and author of the bestseller Thinking, Fast and Slow. This technique can be flipped for current donors by using something called “ door in the face.”
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 5, 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).
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 Since I do this every year, I also look at what I wrote the previous year.
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).
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
He recommends reading The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr to better understand the impact of chronic information overload, followed by his best advice about being purposeful with your attention online. Another excellent variation of the Pomoro Technique. Personal Productivity in Practice.
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? I particularly like the advice about “monotasking.”
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