The NonProfit Times

JULY 9, 2024

Chances are that you interact in your personal or professional life somewhat regularly with the disability community. It’s how you move through the world: these unconscious responses allow your brain to process vast amounts of information about people you encounter at lightning speed. How comfortable are you with that interaction?

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Pick the Bot’s Brain AI powered chatbots learn from user interactions. Her savvy, quick-witted, and inspiring messages reflect the distinct allure of the resort. Before the conversation was over, Bing had confessed its unhappiness with life as a machine and had tried to convince Roose to leave his wife.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

I love connecting with nonprofit technology colleagues who are also promoting work/life balance and how to avoid digital distractions. Simultaneously, I was struggling with burnout related to work-life imbalance and feeling overwhelmed by all the digital technology in my personal life and professional work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

After several months of recovery and spending time reflecting on my unhealthy relationship with work, I decided to enroll in a doctoral program at The University of Pennsylvania. 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.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

But given the realities of today’s 24/7 world, you’re grappling with how to keep up, make a meaningful impact, and live a fulfilling life with so many things competing for your limited time, attention, and energy. It took me nearly coming face-to-face with a life-threatening health crisis to have this realization.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 14, 2023

We all do this in some facet of our life almost every day. By thinking freely, I had no problem considering outrageous ideas to help, but my leadership brain applied the necessary guardrails to make practical and cost-effective decisions. Recognizing the need for change is easy. All of this is change.

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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. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2019

When I facilitate staff retreats or workshop on wellbeing in the workplace based on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit , we do some reflective exercises, including taking the nonprofit burnout assessment , identifying stress triggers and reactions before creating a self-care plan and addressing cultural norms. … Read More.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

The space creates a calm and reflective environment. In Finland, classroom time incorporates “brain breaks” after 50 minutes when one’s natural focus and energy begins to wane. Taking brain breaks is an important work skill as well. There are couches and comfortable chairs.

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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. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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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. Recently, my best friend Alyson (www.alysonwoloshyn.com) was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Twestival Tweet Report reviewed by Tweetag.com.

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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. Rituals to Promote Growth and Learning. Rituals to Build Creativity, Gratitude, and Joy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Reflect & Reconnect : How to take the right action based on what you’ve learned. Regardless of where one falls on the introversion-extroversion spectrum, they can learn the skills in ASK and experience the benefits of using them in their own life. Listen to Learn : How can you hear what someone is really trying to tell you.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

because this tool has transformed my life as a nonprofit fundraiser, and I believe it will do the same for you… Have you ever been faced with writing something and wished that you had an assistant to do the work for you? Mission Statement Craft a mission statement for your organization that reflects your vision and work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being “hyperconnected” or “over connected” to the web, mobile technologies and social media. It is the same title of Raine’s recent book. What will the future 2020 be like?

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Or, worse, you feel like what you look like on the outside no longer reflects who you really are on the inside. . A brand is a living, breathing reflection of who you are, brought to life by every interaction between your staff, donors and volunteers. Does your brand strategy reflect who your organization is now?

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

Quarterly progress reports showing their life-saving gift in action. LoveYourBrain is on a mission to improve the quality of life of people affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI) through programs that build community and foster resilience. For a monthly gift of $25, donors receive: . Recognition on the program page .

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Is your fundraising goal tied to a real-life outcome, like a new building or new equipment? They want to know that others are getting involved, too—seeing other donations reflected on your thermometer signals to them that you’re a worthy cause that others have already supported. Can $50 cover a doctor’s appointment at your clinic?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2016

So, where can you start to make a noticeable change in the way you work and life to become more healthy? In terms of fitness, simply adding any type of movement in your day can invigorate you and could save your life. Identify a goal, track your progress, and reflect on how to improve your results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

Howard Gardner has dedicated his life work to this Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Yet, many conference panels are designed to accommodate only one or two styles of learning and go shallow instead of going deep. You need to engage the whole brain in learning.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

For the 40 days leading up to my birthday I created a 4-part daily practice of moving, reflecting, playing and connecting. For the 40 days leading up to my birthday, I picked one thing to do each day that engaged my body, mind, heart and soul: moving, reflecting, playing and connecting. No connection to my lengthy to-do list?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks. This post shares some reflections from yesterday and a few nuggets that I learned from the presentations. I use pen and a note book to take notes!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

The brain needs a break from the barrage and needs to reset itself to normal operating mode. Your evenings and weekends should be reserved for your personal life. Separating your personal life from work responsibilities is critical to maintaining a healthy balance.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Neuroscientists can now show that the dopamine that floods your brain when you are happy also turns on all of your higher level executive functions—problem solving, task flexibility, reasoning, decision making, to name a few, as well as planning and execution. Cultivate good in your life.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Add specific details that bring your personas to life. For more complex content needs, it’s recommended to work with a professional developer or designer to bring your ideas to life. Create emotional ties to your content by including images, audio clips, and videos that bring your stories to life. Spotlight your supporters.

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

Now that I’ve had a bit to get my brain together I thought I’d share a few key takeaways (for me) from the conference. According to a report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project nearly half (46%) of U.S. Reflections from NTC Plenary Panel on Innovation by Beth Kanter. The conference was amazing! 1) Email is Hot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers, 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. If you use a survey ahead time, you can do more fine-tuning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2016

During my walk, I reflected on my participation last March in the annual National Day of Unplugging , a 24-hour digital detox when you don’t use technology, Internet, or mobile phone in order to reduce stress. It was like a reboot for my brain, but I found it really difficult to do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Research has found that after hours emails contributes to the blurring of work/life boundaries. Team members reflect on their own remote working experiences and use that insight to create a shared charter for your nonprofit. Reflect on the past six months or the past year as a team. Adopt Good Practices Around Team Emails.

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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.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 4, 2016

It’s a new year, so that must mean it’s time for reflection. My work and life are intertwined, driven by a core belief that “good is for everyone”—and that good (in all its forms) DOES make a difference in a world filled with hardship. For me, I’ve resolved to help people I am grateful are in my life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

His reflections remind me that I wish I could have immerse myself in the entire content (which was enormous) for the entire month, but those exercises and discussion that I managed to swoop into provided me with significant learning. It also reminded me that I haven't posted my own reflection. online worksho p - which was fantastic.

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Gyrus

JUNE 21, 2016

With this outlook, I have undertaken the task of trying to make the Gyrus name more entrenched in your everyday life. When you think of brands like Coca-Cola or Walmart, there is a clearly defined color palette that tends to circle around in your brain. Your LMS should reflect your brand language and how you refer to well, stuff.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

Crowd favorites included thinglink , which helps you create and discover rich images and bring them to life with music, video, and text; and Vine, which we covered recently on the TechSoup blog. And brain scans now show that when you tell a story that taps into your audience's emotions, their brains actually reflect your own.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

Beyond that, in the organizational environment, effective learnings must be applicable to daily life and reflect experiences that could be faced every day on the job. ELearnings offer the flexibility to start a training whenever a student would like, as well as awards the opportunity to pace the information in which one is digesting.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2012

Amy is a certified life coach devoted to helping women unfurl into their authentic selves. As a life coach, I welcome what my clients want to expose to the light, and together we explore the learning that comes out of it. I reflect back what I’m hearing. Lucky for me, I turned this into a career. It’s what I love most.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

The key to success in social media is to leave room for reflection at the end of a project. Reflection gives you a chance to understand what worked and what didn't. The exercise is intended to help you slow down, be in the moment, and shift you into a reflective mindset or at least feel what it is like. So is creativity.

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