TechImpact

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Or the people you’ve empowered through your charity. In a previous blog , we discussed the effect good storytelling has on the brain. Think of all the people you’ve helped in your community. THere is without a doubt countless people who’ve benefited from your nonprofit, and there’s no story more compelling than the human one.

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NTEN

JULY 26, 2012

Clear, intuitive navigation that is organized according to the brain of the people who come to your website and NOT your org chart. A third-party endorsement (such as ratings from Charity Navigator, or a testimonial from someone). A quick case or link to a case for why you’re THE organization to support and where the money goes.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

When Kevin was in kindergarten he had an organic brain injury, which forced him to have to relearn everything from walking to using the bathroom. Meet Kevin and “Sophia” (who anonymously shared her story with my team).

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 24, 2020

Thanks to neuromarketing, organizations can promote their brands based on the way their target audiences’ brains work. People learn from their experiences and our brain quickly calculates the ratio between reward and risk. Time limits: Another way to trigger the brain is to set time limits. This is not a bad thing.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Why do they choose to associate with you, rather than another charity? Mostly, the donor gives money or volunteers time; the charity gives back an intangible “feel good.” Let’s focus, head-on, on the impact you have on the philanthropists who choose to commune with you. Fundamentally, all of philanthropy is a value-for-value exchange.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 9, 2024

For example, our brains are hardwired to involuntarily respond to seeing or hearing our own names. puts your open rate at 0.28% above the charity industrys average given 10,000 subscribers. Emphasize Charity Giving is the reason for the season, which makes the end of the year the most popular time for charitable donations.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Will you one day say “Screw our shareholders, we are going to donate the whole company to charity now!” Doing two things means your end goals become unclear. What if you have to choose? ” I hope not. ” It is easy to agree with her, except that I don’t.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2014

He taught me how to listen for the pulse and passions of charities and libraries over social media. He was an understated quiet man with a keen intellect and fine sense of humor. We mourn him and remember him well. May his gentle soul rest in peace.".

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

4 Steps for Selling Your Art: Interview with Alyson B. The Case Foundation, Causes, and PARADE are joining together to present the 2009 America’s Giving Challenge , a national competition launching on October 7. 77 ways to build community in your neighborhood from Our Blocks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote a reflection on a CNET article called "Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0," musing about the solution. You wouldn’t know it, but charity: water had very little Twitter presence before Twestival, compared to the way they use it now. View more presentations from Olaf Witkowski.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Our 5-year-anniversary video from charity: water on Vimeo. charity: water is a nimble and fast moving organization and our approach to measurement reflects this. Identify the key metrics that matter for you and remember: the greatest analytics engine of all is the human brain! The 2011 September Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Says Newhouse, these donors are younger and want to engage with us differently.

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Charity Village

MAY 27, 2022

The post Anonymous $11M gift to support and expand Neurofibromatosis research at the Krembil Brain Institute appeared first on CharityVillage. The Elisabeth Raab Neurofibromatosis Clinic was established in 2015 at Toronto General and Toronto Western Hospitals, part of the University Health Network (UHN) and is […].

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Meet some of the people who help connect nonprofits, charities, libraries, and foundations with technology education and donated technology products and services. This video was produced by Left Brain Right Brain Productions , a video production firm that specializes in supporting social enterprises. Already know us?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

We all know that with so much content out there, it is eating our brains and memory , relying more on “google it.” Finally, if you want to walk and earn money for a good cause, download Charity Miles. If you want to get everyone in your office on board, use the app Fi.tt I set a Fi.tt challenge for the NTC Conference!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2023

That’s because when people engage in a positive physical experience, our brains release neurotransmitters like dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins that create a strong emotional connection and sense of happiness. In fact, volunteers donate an average of 10 times more money to charities compared to non-volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

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. This year we hiked by Pacific Ocean near Moss Bay.(Pictured Pictured above).

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2022

Sharla Donohue , database manager, American Brain Foundation. Heather Butler , special events coordinator at Ronald McDonald House Charities NL. It’s a refreshing break in the work week that allows me to focus on my well-being. Leave work at work! Make time to simplify things! Optimize Your Time .

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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! This nonprofit social arm of the juggernaut game developer has helped to raise more than $7 million for charities through FarmVille 24 million users alone.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Once you’ve racked your brain and come up with a couple of potentially perfect ideas, you then have to figure out if the domain name is actually available. “In is a UK-based startup that has just launched globally , making its social fundraising platform available to charities to the US, Canada, Ireland and Australia. Believe.in.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2013

So when the latest version of Microsoft Office became available for eligible nonprofits, charities, libraries, and foundations through the Microsoft Software Donation Program , we teamed up with our friends at Microsoft Citizenship and Doug Thomas, content producer for Office.com, to host a tweet chat. Give your brain downtime to create.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 3, 2011

I especially liked her show about The Connection Between Groupon and Charity. Happy to do shout outs for two creative wonder women's creative classes: Jennifer Lee's Right Brain Business Plan e-Course is coming up June 13-August 5. You can order if from her Etsy Store , thisismyhopefulworld. You can watch back episodes on Hulu.

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to give everyday people the chance to fight back against cancer by training for, and competing in charity boxing events to raise money and awareness. Early access to charity races. Download the Ultimate Guide to Recurring Giving. Haymakers for Hope: Haymakers Harriers. Training plans .

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 14, 2023

When we contribute to charity or extend a helping hand, our brains respond with a burst of positivity. The mid-brain actually lights up, releasing endorphins that interact with opiate receptors. You already know that giving FEELS good. You know that the science behind giving reveals this fascinating truth.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky's claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus' - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

As the founder of the largest library for people who are blind or who have other significant disabilities that prevent them from reading printed texts (such as dyslexia or brain injuries), I think this is a terrible idea. The Practical Case Charity provision is done on a shoestring.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Mentorcoin can be exchanged for giftcards from outlets like Amazon and Target (or donated to charities like Clean Water Fund) — but the plan is to expand monetization features for mentors so they can build out an advice-giving business on the platform in the future.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2014

Use guest bloggers as an extension of your brain. Are you a community manager for your nonprofit or charity? What are other community members asking for? Empower your community's biggest advocates to be guest bloggers. All you have to do is ask! I really like this one. Let your guest bloggers be inspired.

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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 Writing : I’ve been writing Beth’s blog since 2004.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Citing the research of Dr. Russell James of Texas Tech University, Green explained that when the human brain was studied in relation to legacy gifts, subjects showed activity not in the empathetic part of the brain, but rather in the autobiographical part. We have a ton of Canadians for whom their legacies will be charity”.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2012

Since there are no 211-type phone/internet services in Australia (that I know of), I was lucky enough to speak about our unique service (provided in the US and Canada) with many nonprofits and charities in Australia. I spoke with him afterwards to pick his brain on how he got involved with such an ambitious global project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

In fact, Lucy has been terrific in finding new ways, like Branch , to use the social tools to facilitate a global brain around these ideas. I heard some many big picture connections to the work I do or rather improvise on the ground, that I know I’ll be mulling over and thinking about what they shared over the next few months.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Army Traumatic Brain Injury Program, developing the Army’s brain injury prevention and treatment strategies for soldiers . Charity Navigator. The organization works to provide donors and the charities they love with tools, ratings, and information needed for informed decisions and investments . Bernard Mauricia.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In short, scammers think that a number matching your area code (and maybe even the first digits of your own number) will trick your brain and make you more likely to answer. Charities, political groups, debt collectors, and surveys are still allowed to call you once you’ve signed up. What if it’s a family emergency?

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

The human brain is the best analytics tool. Note, I borrowed this from Paull Young who heads up digital at charity: water). Are you developing strong enough relationships where you can cultivate these people and turn them into donors down the road? What are the Best Tools for Collecting Data?

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Graham Reid, Information Technology Manager, Catholic Charities Society. Debra Askanase, Director of Outreach, National Brain Tumor Society. Annie Lynsen, Marketing Director, Small Act. Carolyn Appleton, Director, Carolyn Appleton Inc.

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