Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

This month I’ve been teaching graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. 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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Jeff Wetzler Today, Wetzler shares these insights with us: Question: Do you believe both introverted and extraverted people can be equally successful at learning and then using the skills you teach in your book? Recent research suggests that most of us now have attention spans of less than a minute. Wetzler : Absolutely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

He did this by teaching himself to be selfish and not respond. He also talked about changing his brain chemistry. Understand the Two Different Types of Attention. That balance is not a simple on and off switch - it is understanding how to integrate focused and receptive attentions into our online and offline lives.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2023

But I fear that reviewers will be less inclined to spend nearly as much time and attention if their work goes increasingly unread by the average shopper. Dishwashing, door-opening robots: Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method to teach robots to perform tasks like opening and walking through doors — and more.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Written by a master storyteller, this book shows you how to use stories to get people’s attention—and their donations. This book can teach you how to incorporate a storytelling framework into your communications that shows supporters how they are the true heroes in advancing your cause.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

usually doing the teaching ;). I liked this little tidbit on Twitter : Shana Masterson , at the National Brain Tumor Society , is looking at. Organized by Nancy Schwartz and Getting Attention, there are more categories to submit in this year, including special event taglines, campaign taglines, and any program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. Get together staff for half hour or 60 minutes, and do a “brain dump” of everything they know about their audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

I do this with every social media activity as well as whenever I teach. Chocolate activates the pleasure center of the brain, at least according to some research. After a nervous giggle, I shared with them that donating and volunteering does the same thing as chocolate to your brain. I asked the students what else does that?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

But it is a good task to schedule after blocking off time to work on a complex grant or other task that requires a lot of brain power. I can do it even when my brain feels fried. Try managing your hardest work days by plotting out what you will do when in a way that keeps your brain going for the long haul.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I was introduced to lesson planning from veteran teachers and have written “lesson plans” or now that I’m an adjunct professor a syllabus for everything I teach. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Within the modules, I break it down in 15 minute blocks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2010

Then came in social media as an effective mechanism to be able to catalyse change.Maybe the attention its got is relatively new but no denying that its become today such a strong change maker. Here's her theory of change and social media: Social Media was at one point of time just about what we read or saw in news or heard over the radio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2011

1. Deep Analysis of Your Audience: I always (try) to do a thorough participant assessment before I teach any workshop or do a presentation. Also, freely encouraging people to play with a small objective on the table might help some learners pay attention and not check out. Some reflections: Health Organizations: Social Media.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Told well, stories will grab people’s attention and compel them to take action. . Finally, after hearing a lot of nuts and bolts from them about numerous programs and processes around which I couldn’t quite wrap my brain, I said “Tell me why I should give in one sentence.” Take a look at how you’re telling your story. .

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

As we become increasingly dependent on our technology, it only makes sense that it teach us as well. However, their effectiveness is often debated in the educational software community, as not all eLearnings are made with the same attention to detail. Adaptability. Build them out completely, adhering with the offerings of your LMS.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The company totally backed me and had me flying around the US hosting these Excel training sessions because I just genuinely loved to teach Excel. He wrote, basically, “Hey, I love your teaching style. I host these different high-energy Excel parties, essentially, where I come in and I teach a ton of free content.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It will trigger questions in the recipient’s mind like “Do I believe this email is urgent and deserving of my immediate attention?” You might want to write three urgent subject lines, three intrigue subject lines, two that combine intrigue and urgency, and two that don’t fall into either category but still pop into your brain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

Day 4: Action Learning Projects, Communicating After Workshop, and Managing Our Attention. It Isn’t Enough To Tell People About Best Practices: Hands-On, Brains-On. The four-day workshop has a different theme for each day as follows: Day 1: The Power of Networks. Day 2: Integrated Social Media Strategy.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

In a February paper, scientists at Alphabet-backed DeepMind describe what they call a “data-driven” approach for teaching AI to control computers. Adept’s ostensible differentiator is a brain trust of AI researchers hailing from DeepMind, Google and OpenAI. .” Adept isn’t the only one exploring this idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

They 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. I wrote many posts on instructional design for nonprofit training , including this wrap up post from our NTEN NTC session on teaching and learning for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2006

He uses his drama background to teach. It is about justifying your attention to me." " "Have our brains changed or just our perception of time? Is their frame of reference to believe that Matrix is true. ' "The distinction between entertainment and education -- there isn't one. As an aging hippy, I like this."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

It is all about managing your attention. Attention creates action, produces quality and facilitates productivity. What you give your attention to, is what determines your experiences. What is personal productivity? It isn’t about getting a million tasks done, although checking things off a to do list is a part of it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, 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. Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool.

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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. Somewhat skeptical about the value of social media. Some may think that tweeting during a workshop may take away from learning or paying attention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2015

These skills are: self-management and attention training. ” I don’t bother with time management techniques because in a networked world, they don’t work – that is industrial age thinking. What is more important is managing your attention and energy. That translates to redesigning the way you work.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Micro and Optimized Learning The attention span of today’s workforce has decreased, but microlearning can help. Game-Based Learning / Gamification Game-based learning is a recent trend in the e Learning industry, which solves the problem of lower attention span. Through these platforms, people curate content and impart ideas.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Micro and Optimized Learning The attention span of today’s workforce has decreased, but microlearning can help. Game-Based Learning / Gamification Game-based learning is a recent trend in the e Learning industry, which solves the problem of lower attention span. Through these platforms, people curate content and impart ideas.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Micro and Optimized Learning The attention span of today’s workforce has decreased, but microlearning can help. Game-Based Learning / Gamification Game-based learning is a recent trend in the e Learning industry, which solves the problem of lower attention span. Through these platforms, people curate content and impart ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

If you don’t have clear priorities, your attention is more likely to be hijacked by your email or some other distraction. Science is showing us that the brain can really only do one thing at a time. checking and responding to email) equates to being productive. Anything else you want to share?

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2016

If you were looking to find the “best” teaching method, you would have had a hard time finding a definitive answer. In the last 15 years, researchers have gotten a much better understanding of how we learn, which has allowed people to apply new methods that help teach more effectively. Check them out and see what works for you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 7, 2021

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 6, 2020

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2020

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

So today, I’m going to teach you a bit about how to actually do that. In fact, there are two types of goals, which I’m going to teach you next. I’m going to teach you in just a minute how often we update the strategic plan in the Impact Method. . You can really imagine eight weeks well in your human brain. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2015

Rachel Calderon, Marketing and Communications Manager, Central Florida Foundation was a workshop participant and after the workshop we brainstormed a design for training her board members to be champions. She agreed to write up her process and experience – and especially grateful as I’m in London now teaching the same topic.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. And that’s not to mention the hassle that sometimes comes with trying to get young children excited about reading. Final thoughts.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 1, 2019

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his latest book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall , and released today. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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