Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2011

The third guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is by Jen Louden. Jen Louden, Savor and Serve: How I Have Fun, Do Good After reading my friend Keri Smith's book The Guerilla Art Kit , my 16-year-old daughter Lillian decided it would be delish to write little-bitty love notes and plaster them all over our tiny town.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2012

I'm starting the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series up again! From there, the fun begins! My first guest blogger is the lovely Amy Kessel. Amy is a certified life coach devoted to helping women unfurl into their authentic selves. The interviews all contain the same five questions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2011

The seventh guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Jamie Ridler. Jamie Ridler, Creative Living: How I Have Fun, Do Good I’ve always been kind of like Mary Poppins. As someone who used to sing at her day job, I discovered that when you have fun, people think you’re not taking your work terribly seriously.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2024

Participate in the challenges that the Blackbaud Community and Blackbaud Champions folks set up. You’ll be walking a lot and your brain will be burning calories too. It is a great way to really get to try out products, learn about new products, and have a lot of fun. Be curious. Sit at a table with complete strangers at lunch.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2011

The second guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Wendy Harman. Wendy is a listener, innovator, online community member, information synthesizer, big picture thinker, and Director of Social Media for the American Red Cross. I get to have fun and do good for a living. Thank you for letting me be part of this community.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 3, 2012

My second guest blogger in this run of the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series is the warm and wonderful Jocelyn Harmon. Finally, telling the truth or living an authentic life, keeps me having fun and doing good. Jocelyn is passionate about helping nonprofits to succeed online so that they can change the world!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 3, 2011

The third guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is by Tara Sophia Mohr. You can connect with Tara on her blog, Wise Living , and on Twitter at @tarasophia Tara Sophia Mohr, Wise Living: How I Have Fun, Do Good Every woman has a unique brilliance, an important message to share with the world, a set of gifts the world needs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 8, 2011

The sixth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Desiree Adaway. She uses her superpowers-her voice, sense of adventure and belief in the transformative power of community-to help organizations design programs that create unrestricted revenue, volunteers and advocates. Community is powerful. Egypt I volunteer!

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

NEWS Below is a roundup of blog posts and podcast interviews I've published since my last Have Fun Do Good Link Love (where did the month go?): 77 ways to build community in your neighborhood from Our Blocks. 4 Steps for Selling Your Art: Interview with Alyson B.

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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 I continue to serve on the advisory board of Leadership Learning Community and Wake.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2011

The fifth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Emily Goligoski. Emily is a w riter and digital strategist who blogs as TheSanFranista. She produces tech entrepreneurship content for the organization Women 2.0 and teaches yoga in San Francisco. You can follow her on Twitter at @emgollie.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 2, 2024

Whether you’re sending heartfelt thank yous or launching an awareness campaign, eCards can enhance the way your nonprofit connects with its community. The Gift of Enrichment funded activities like toys and puzzles to support animals’ brain development. The Gift of Senior Care provided quality medical care to senior pets.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

Manage Your Time Ok, tools are great, but the discipline of using your time wisely is where your nonprofit productivity will skyrocket, lowering your stress and making work more fun. It’s not fun. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

This includes behaviorism and social learning or peer learning, communities of practice, and connectivism. There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory.

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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 Joyful: If I were to continue with another “F” word, it would be fun.

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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 Joyful: If I were to continue with another “F” word, it would be fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

Before I get to the topic of using posters to make your workshops or meeting more interactive (and fun), I want to wish you a Happy International Women’s Day! These amazing activists work every day on the front lines of communities across the U.S., This was much more fun than writing it down on a worksheet!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Rituals are also 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. Name this event something fun such as, Taco Tuesdays or Pizza Fridays.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 22, 2021

There are so many communication tools these days, but our favorite is Slack. We even have fun channels like “Travel” and “Music” where employees can post non-work related content. This will do wonders for your mind and will get your brain out of relaxing mode and into work mode (even if your desk is within arm’s reach of your bed).

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Whole Whale

MAY 10, 2024

Moreover, the image is focused on an individual which allows the reader to empathize with the child and imagine her succeeding — and the key stats about the DREAM community suggest she will! Donate Life’s 2019 Annual Report uses fun design elements to highlight their work in a style that resembles the accessibility of a magazine.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Do something purely for the fun of it? Inspired by a Speaking of Faith interview with Stuart Brown , the author of Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul , I committed to playing every day, which took many forms. Playing: This was actually the hardest thing for me to do. No larger purpose?

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Moreover, the image is focused on an individual which allows the reader to empathize with the child and imagine her succeeding — and the key stats about the DREAM community suggest she will! Donate Life’s 2019 Annual Report uses fun design elements to highlight their work in a style that resembles the accessibility of a magazine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2013

You’ll hear a lot of F words flailing in this highly interactive plenary session – fearless, frameworks, fundamentals, forgiveness, forward-looking, and most importantly FUN! This session will be brains on and hands on and cover the best practices of content curation for nonprofit. April 12, 2013 – 1:30-3:00 PM.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

Gearset’s DevOps Dreamin’ Chicago 2022 was a brand-new opportunity for the Salesforce DevOps community to connect and share expertise at a designated conference. Session topics ranged from high-level process breakdown and product features to hands-on pipeline setups and experiential community experiences. DevOps Sessions + Speakers.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 14, 2009

She even crowdsourced some of the responses via Twitter - a fun way to get a bit more brain power out of the process of blogging! Debra Askanase has turned a recent experience dealing with many social media obvjections into a list to help you nail your comeback lines for any objectors in your organization or office.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

You won’t get every grant you apply for, but applying, building relationships, and understanding the grant landscape in your field and your community will keep the grant money flowing. Cold calling doesn’t work well in fundraising, and it’s no fun. Set up a table at community events, your local farmer’s market, and festivals.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 14, 2017

The impact of volunteerism can be felt in communities of all shapes and sizes. No matter the size of the community, though, the impact of volunteerism is always huge. With those strong social ties, you’re always surrounded by a community that’s willing to help you out when times get tough. Sponsored by Reward Volunteers.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

It can be hard trying to get people in your network and community to donate or get involved in fundraising activities. Make it fun and easy. Make your fundraising event unusual or fun. Back to the actual fundraising event, don't wrack your brain for ideas, but put your own twist on your fundraising.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

14NTC is just around the corner and the community is buzzing with tips, recommendations, and other advice on making your Washington D.C. NTEN Community Member Jason Shim recommends taking notes, and allocate some post-conference time to follow up on all the resources and topics you learned about to start applying these to your work.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

We’ll be hosting social media surgeries for local nonprofits and community activists. Social media surgeries are informal drop-in sessions where anyone from the voluntary and community sector can come and pick the brains of our ‘surgeons’ (helpful volunteers who understand the world of Twitter, Facebook, and the rest).

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NTEN

OCTOBER 30, 2009

In the spirit of fun and Halloween -- and because we're NTEN -- we, with a little help from our terrific community, have zombified 12 of the winning taglines: "Big Sky. So, as a bonus, here are two more: "Brains: they're what's for dinner." " "Brains: the other white matter." Big Graveyard."

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

We ate BBQ by the pound , celebrated inspiring campaigns and community members , rode around on Segways , and did a lot of photoshopping. ChangeON Trendspotting: 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference , Debra Askanase, Community Organizer 2.0 This much fun , Deborah Elizabeth Finn #15NTC = Amazing , Liza J.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

Family fun days are another creative fundraising that we see. Crossroads School had so much success with taking their 5K and Family Fun Day virtual event that they’re doing it again this year … and they’ve increased their fundraising goal by $20,000 because it went so well last time. Press releases. Final Thoughts.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

Not only does reading exercise the brain and improve concentration, but it also helps children develop more advanced language skills and engage their imagination. Unlike a fun run or a 5K fundraiser, you don’t need to map out a racecourse or organize volunteers to man your event. Engage corporate sponsors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

One of the participants mentioned that they were going to start regular walking meetings with staff, to ensure they keep moving but also build community. Is everyone suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting down meetings? Meetings can not only be a waste of time but also zap our energy. Planning and Preparation.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 16, 2017

I wanted to share some of the hope a community of change-makers felt. Instead, my brain is misfiring. After all, action is so much more fun. Monday morning, after such wonderful experiences with people from around the world in the cossetted kooky culture of Santa Cruz, I had hoped to create a blog post from my MuseumCamp notes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

My brain was completely fried and those around me were getting pretty fed up with the fact that I was never present, only connected… online, all the time. Pick one social networking profile and keep it entirely for fun and your personal life. This is community building. This an important one. And yeah, de-friend your boss.

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