Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

You could do it for any number of days (I picked 40 because I was turning 40), and during any time of transition: birthday, anniversary, moving, new job, end of a job or relationship, start of a new relationship, engagement, marriage, pregnancy, birth, a change in your parenting role, etc. Do something purely for the fun of it?

Reflection 57

Reflection Fun Practice Journal 57

The Next Web

MAY 4, 2013

It is too easy to get caught up in managing everything that needs to be managed, and sometimes you need to refuel and feed the creative side of your brain too. ” Now many entrepreneurs point at Apple or Steve Jobs and say “Yes, but I want it to be perfect, just like Apple!” Would it be awkward? Interesting?

Conference 167

Conference Attention Calendar Advice 167

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

NEWS This week, Echoing Green partnered with Jobs for Change on a new Be Bold Podcast. LINK LOVE Bay Area folks, join me November 15th for Jennifer Lee's Right-Brain Business Plan Workshop in Oakland. It's been a been a busy few weeks! Early registration deadline is Nov.

Green 40

Green Gift Los Angeles Job 40

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

And if you don’t really like being on the phone, you can get those pesky calls done and out of the way, freeing up brain power for the rest of the day. But there ARE huge, daunting projects and articles I need to write that I feel stumped about, and other very challenging activities that require a lot of creativity and brain power.

Product 119

Product Fundraising Calendar Brain 119

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 1, 2018

Here at Nonprofit Hub, we have a fun, creative workspace filled with lots of food and games. Here are some ideas on how to make work more fun, which will result in a lower turnover rate and happier, more productive employees. People can also eat while they work, which allows them to have fun while being productive.

Work 64

Work Fun Brain Attitude 64

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.

Product 124

Product Organization Nonprofit Doc 124

sgEngage

JULY 24, 2024

Blackbaud does a great job of collecting your food preferences when you register. The venues often do an amazing job of fulfilling those requests. 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.

Experiment 95

Experiment Tips Blackbaud Conference 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Understand staff concerns about AI changing their jobs Jon Townsend, National Trust says that leaders should understand people’s anxiety about AI in the workplace as the very first step. It often revolves around job security, with fears of obsoletism due to “offloading” tasks to the AI.

Adopt 79

Adopt People Nonprofit Skills 79

The Verge

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Designed to have a short conversation with visitors about herself, she runs on a proprietary “digital brain” and studies my expressions via webcam. You should come and do my job!” At one point Sam asks me to smile but can’t seem to register my biggest, brightest “cheese.” I wonder if I’m just bad at emoting. Good answer!” Sam chirps.

Digital 129

Digital Companies Game Brain 129

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Like Spring Break , it’s young, libidinous and fun. They want their brains to matter. It’s a student crowd, including grad students, and it’s a first job — of the “Is this all there is?&# And like Bar Camps , people hack. They are engaged with the world on multiple levels, including the political.

Mexico 115

Mexico Cisco Registration Nevada 115

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

And making too many personal sacrifices, wanting to leave your job, and having a bad or cynical attitude about your work. Have some fun. Then the brain, ever on a quest for both equilibrium and efficiency, noted the response’s effectiveness and will turn to it again the next time stress hits. Maintain your social connections.

Build 105

Build Pennsylvania Skills Environment 105

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

But have you ever had the opportunity to pick the brains of founders who created amazingly successful startups and companies like Envato , Backblaze , Simple , or Treehouse ? Bootstrapping can be fun, you get to iterate quickly, turn on dimes, invent new features on the fly. Some things will just need to stay until 2.0

Tips 164

Tips Business Advice Build 164

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Got any fun plans for the long weekend? Most people aren’t straight-up racist, but it turns out unconscious biases sneak into our brains in all sorts of nasty, sneaky little ways. The tech jobs market might not be as shaky as it feels , writes Ron. PST, subscribe here. Okay, NOW it’s Friday. We’re okay? :

Europe 99

Europe China Singapore Report 99

NTEN

MAY 25, 2011

An earlier article posted to the NTEN blog did a great job covering data visualization generally , but what about data and places? To successfully compete for those brain cycles, we've found four characteristics of successful mapping projects, whether the products are fixed images or interactive applications: 1.

Map 80

Map Place Data San Francisco 80

Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 28, 2011

As part of your job, you will be required to send and receive e-mails and answer voicemails, and you may need to be on social networking sites like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Apparently, it takes 21 days of repetitive activity for your brain to accept new behavior as a habit.

Tips 95

Tips Management Time Nonprofit 95

The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It’s been just the most incredible, fun journey building this business. I created lines of really fun courses. I design each video and infuse it with as much creativity and fun as possible. If you’ve seen my Instagram or my TikTok, you know I have to keep it fun. Since then we have been doing six-figure months.

Course 143

Course Social Media Video YouTube 143

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Whatever the structure for your learning activities, they should use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly and identify your discussion questions. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

Instructional Design 113

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 113

TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2023

There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann. Before I dive into the news, I wanted to say that I hope you all had a restful and fun holiday. The fintech giant does not include salary ranges in its CA or NYC job posts.

South Korea 130

South Korea Raise Fund Boston 130

Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

ICA Fund Good Jobs. There are two fundamental things we love about ICA Fund Good Job’s annual report : The table of contents and the graphics. NPR (National Public Radio) does an excellent job of making their annual report relevant. This is an easy to follow “formula” that your nonprofit could use as well.

Report 85

Report Nonprofit Template Org 85

TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Feed your brain with these tasty morsels: Hug it out with linguistically progressive robots : We’re fans of startups with great names, and the now-valued-at-$2-billion Hugging Face may very well be up there as one of the best. So clever you can barely beleaf it : When machines take a closer look at plants, some fun things start to happen.

Paypal 93

Paypal Pakistan Indonesia Proposal 93

NonProfit Hub

APRIL 14, 2017

Volunteering goes beyond just being something fun to do; it decreases stress, too. When you assist others, your body releases dopamine in the brain, which has a positive effect on how you feel. If you’re looking to change things up a little, you can also try out a new job or role without having to commit to something long-term.

Volunteer 73

Volunteer Benefit Social Network Teach 73

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Screens can overstimulate your brain and keep you from sleeping. And you’ll have a lot more fun doing it. If so, it’s REALLY important for you AND for your CAUSE that you work to create more balance. Begin or increase your activity and try to fit in 30 minutes each day. Literally, take a hike! Turn your screens off. Get out of town.

Fundraising 119

Fundraising Nonprofit Volunteer Causes 119

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? And, if you are doing a 1:1 and improve relationship building, moving is helpful. Whatever you goals, it is important to frame why you think a walking meeting is a better fit for the job and frame the issue you want to address before.

Guide 98

Guide Nonprofit Group Relationship 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

I was an early adopter of using the Internet in 1992 where I had a virtual job working online for a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts called ArtsWire. I’ve found that it lights up different parts of my brain and helps think more creatively than starring at a screen or typing. Zentangle Pens and Pencils.

Digital 50

Digital Arts Mind Brain 50

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Like, let’s imagine that every product you use is a teammate, somebody who your organization is paying to do a job. Your organization is paying technology to do a job. Mary has been doing her job for 10 years in one product, and now Mary’s got to make a big change, which means she can’t do it on autopilot anymore.

Technology 122

Technology Video Nonprofit Database 122

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

If you look at the job descriptions they post, the skill of writing is usually listed toward the bottom, or it’s lumped into a general category such as “good communi­cation skills.”. The skill of writing should be toward the top of every job description you post, including those for part-time positions. That won’t cut it. Start simple.

Tips 115

Tips Nonprofit Skills Donor 115

Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

In all, there were over 30 overlapping sessions, plus breakout rooms, allowing inquisitive minds to pick the brains of developers, configurators, architects, and anyone responsible for building on Salesforce. As soon as pipelines comes out of beta, I’ll take what I’ve set up with CI jobs and implement a full pipeline.

Chicago 59

Chicago Practice Knowledge Conference 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

The conference was fun because I finally got a chance to meet Rosetta Thurman face-to-face! The first group wants to wrap their brains around it and gets overwhelmed quickly. Some key takeaways: Your nonprofit can't continue to do a good job of doing an average job of doing too many things.

Louisville 50

Louisville Conference Reflection Nonprofit 50

Tableau

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Once people see the ability to “connect data and pieces of knowledge that previously the human brain couldn’t integrate,” they understand the power of data, said Ludwig. Great job, tell me about that!’”. Elevating the discussion: We’re “not in the business of creating fun facts,” said Singhal. And knowledge is power.

Seattle 102

Seattle Culture Data Analytics 102

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Defaced , like many digital artists, got his start in graphic design, initially developing his skills making branding packages for Call of Duty streamers and eventually getting a job out of high school for a small tech company. When do you have the most fun making your work? That’s probably the most fun part.

Build 58

Build Artist Arts Design 58

Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

We’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so. Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? So negativity bias can tend to feed into fear, which is another perfectly normal function of your brain. It’s simply your brain doing its job. ” Imposter syndrome, I got that bad.

Money 98

Money Video Raise Gift 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

My indicator of success for capacity building and training projects is that I’ve put myself out of a job. Make It Fun, Celebrate. I believe strongly that professional learning can be fun and it can be more effective that way.

Pakistan 113

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 113

Tableau

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Once people see the ability to “connect data and pieces of knowledge that previously the human brain couldn’t integrate,” they understand the power of data, said Ludwig. Great job, tell me about that!’”. Elevating the discussion: We’re “not in the business of creating fun facts,” said Singhal. And knowledge is power.

Seattle 98

Seattle Culture Data Analytics 98

Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

We’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so. Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? So negativity bias can tend to feed into fear, which is another perfectly normal function of your brain. It’s simply your brain doing its job. ” Imposter syndrome, I got that bad.

Money 96

Money Video Raise Gift 96

Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

She knew the job aligned her life experience, education, and passion to learn more about trauma, grit, grief, and resilience. The most common signs of employee burnout we’ve seen are: Brain fog that causes forgetfulness of something a person has done before or randomly forgetting to complete tasks.

Nonprofit 105

Nonprofit Culture Attitude Awareness 105

Whole Whale

MAY 10, 2024

ICA Fund Good Jobs There are two fundamental things we love about ICA Fund Good Job’s annual report : The table of contents and the graphics. National Public Radio (NPR) NPR (National Public Radio) does an excellent job of making their annual report relevant. org The annual report from 350.org

Template 52

Template Report Nonprofit Org 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2015

Next, I shared with the group what I love about my job at Central Florida Foundation. I get to use my brain to think and figure things out. I also mentioned that it’s fun to connect with each other and the community through social media – there is so much to know and learn. I showed each page and its basic functions.

Training 50

Training Train Social Florida 50