Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Internal: These theories take into account our minds and bodies. 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. The sitting brain is really disengaged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2019

We will be doing early morning sessions to engage participants in some mindful moment and movement exercises. I’m going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. It helps center and refocus our brains which is important for learning.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2018

With this in mind, try and show that other people are supporting and/or donating to your cause. Our brains are built to follow stories , so highlighting individual stories is a powerful way to tap into emotions. This shows exactly how powerful a tool “keeping up with the Joneses” can be. However, this is not necessarily true.

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Association TV

JANUARY 25, 2022

Our brains share a lot of similarities, except for the center that controls compassion, empathy, perception, motor control, self-awareness, and interpersonal experience — that’s way more developed in orcas. The orca is alive today because it communicates, eats and socializes with other orcas, just like us. But it’s more than that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2017

When you’re overworked and over stressed, it affects your concentration—your mind wanders, you forget things easily, you can’t focus. Self-care solution: Add more movement into your workday—stand up and walk around to clear your mind. Instead, incorporate a brain-replenishing walk into your lunch hour.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2011

Distractions can be internal and come from our brains , our thoughts. Brain Fitness. Concentration is part of our brain’s function and if your brain isn’t fit – you won’t concentrate or perform well. There is the mind-body connection which boils down to taking care of yourself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

” I don’t have an answer, but I think it has to do with modeling conscious information and consumption and being mindful about how you connect with people, cultivate relationships, and share information. In our panel discussion, Laura was asked about being mindful in our philanthropy and giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The presentation looks at how younger generations are always connected and are multi-taskers who count on the Internet as their external brain and approach problems in a different way from older generations. It raises the question (unanswered) whether this is a good or bad thing. Being strategically future-minded.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

For me, it is valuable as a ritual that helps me shut off my work brain and creates a boundary between me and overworking. . Your mind and body need these boundaries. Keep moving and practice mindfulness. Here are some additional articles with tips on fake commutes and walking mindfulness activities.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The story above is about how your brain works. Your brain has a part called the Prefrontal Cortex, or “PFC” (remember “Paula Front-and-Center”?). It directs our attention, is responsible for moral decision-making, allows us to empathize with others, and helps coordinate the thousands of signals rushing around your brain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

Breath links mind, brain, and body – and paying attention to your breath help cultivate mindfulness. Like meditation, mindful use of social media begins with noticing when your attention has wandered, and then gently bringing it back to focus on your highest priority – like training a puppy.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The ability to read minds. What if I told you that you can enter the minds of your donors without even meeting them? But what’s more is that stories actually cause more neuron firings and stimulation in the brain , as opposed to statistics and data. It’s sort of the ultimate power, isn’t it? Tell stories.

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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.” ” But what if there was a way to use online tools, mobile apps, and software that helped lengthen our attention spans and replace information overload with a sense of mindfulness? Mindfulness'

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Keeping a task list can save you time and clear your mind. By batching calls or writing, you can actually be more productive since your mind is already in the mode for getting that kind of task done. The problem is that “Update the website” is too big of a project and your mind doesn’t know where to start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

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. Housekeeping Mindfulness Self-Directed Learning' Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. Year in Review.

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OneCause

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This doesn’t mean that you should talk down to your donors or that they’re unintelligent: it just means that they’re probably using their brain power for other things and quickly skimming emails and mailers. Through donating to a nonprofit, your supporters get to connect with other like-minded people all striving towards a shared cause.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 20, 2016

Here are some tips to keep in mind and implement whenever possible. • And keeping in mind that smartphone, tablet, laptop and desktop screens are getting more hi-tech all the time—and that Internet speed are getting faster and more efficient—don’t be afraid to begin utilizing high-definition imagery in your website design.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

This week brings the new book, The Mindfulness Edge , a fascinating manual that teaches you how through mindfulness training you can become a better leader. Mindfulness training also helps leaders to make decisions that have better impacts on gross margins and expenses," explains the book's author Tenney.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2011

Taking a break from online this week to stare at the ocean, visit family, and air out the brain. As someone who spends a lot of time online, breaks like this can be good for the heart, soul, and brain. Someone referred me to this excellent post by Danah Boyd about how to take an email sabbatical.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It gave me space to give social media use some mindful attention. The product-driven learning is mindful, mostly linear, and focused. To much product-driven learning, and I don’t discover new ideas. One is left-brained and the other right-brained.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Saving staffers from mind-numbing repetitive tasks and opening time to innovate are some of the best reasons to prioritize understanding AI. ANNs are inspired by the structure and function of the human brain. Buyer beware is critical. Using AI will automatically improve productivity and innovation.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Don’t waste valuable brain power. Open-minded humanists, interested in a broad spectrum of topics and issues. Set the example by modeling the behavior you would like to see. Ask probing questions, consider a variety of opinions, including ideas that may be unpopular, and insist on objective analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2021

In addition to the mental health benefits of improving your mood, moving your body also brings blood to the brain that helps you think more clearly and boosts personal productivity. It really helps reset my mind and body – and fight virtual fatigue.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 9, 2015

Mann is quick to point out that his approach isn’t directed so much towards the number of messages that plague our inboxes, bur rather the amount of time our brains spend dwelling there. After all, anyone can zip through their messages and take an “out of sight, out of mind” tact towards email management. That ‘zero?’ That’s it.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

While it is hard to measure actual attention spans, there is research that people pay closest attention during the first 10-18 minutes of lecture – and then their minds wander. I hope that participants took away from our session, if nothing else, that content curation requires the human brain, as Robin Good points out.

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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. I can enlighten my mind, enliven my spirit, and experience what I couldn’t before. Meet Kevin and “Sophia” (who anonymously shared her story with my team).

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

Blog | design mind – "Openness is the mega-trend for innovation in the 21st century, and it remains the topic du jour for businesses of all kinds. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2013

Many times I take notes in a visual format like mind mapping that helps me better understand the conversation as it unfolds. I have practiced using my iPad with drawing apps, but I’m not quite fluent enough in it. I also wonder if there is an impact on being creative?

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

The mesolimbic part of the brain assigns values to the sensory stimuli, helping us classify what we feel. The rational part of a donor’s brain still mediates the action evoked or prompted by the emotional part through values and learnings. When a donor responds to emotions, the brain releases volatile power chemicals. .

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Bloomerang

APRIL 13, 2021

The brain dump. Just write whatever comes to mind. Whenever you are writing your stories, whether it be for a newsletter, for a speech, for an appeal letter, or for a Facebook post, considering going through the following 5 steps. . Pre-writing. . Set a timer and just start writing down ideas – no need for complete sentences here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Soren is the author of the book, " Wisdom 2.0 " and writes about mindfulness and technology use for Huffington Post and on Mashable. Soren is the author of the book, " Wisdom 2.0 " and writes about mindfulness and technology use for Huffington Post and on Mashable. He also talked about changing his brain chemistry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2018

The benefits of taking control of your digital life in and outside the office are immense: greater presence and mindful attention, enhanced productivity and creativity, better relationships, improved sleep and less risk of anxiety. Worst, there is trouble at the top: brain fog. Moving reboots your concentration and replenishes energy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

When nonprofit staff are constantly monitoring their email after work hours — whether this is due to a fear of missing something from their executive director or out of habit — they are missing out on essential down time that brains need. Time away from work and being online produces new ideas and fresh insights.

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Global Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

Have you exchanged data with like-minded organizations to grow your impact? The UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center improves treatment guidelines using insights from machine learning. Have you used your data to be more accountable to your community? To improve equity in your programs?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

Anne Grady, in a recent HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 27, 2023

Burstall also recommends that when a crisis hits, that you gather your sharp brains around you and listen carefully. “Be At a time of crisis, you are going to need the hive mind of your top team.” Some of their ideas will be better than yours—that is why you hired them in the first place.

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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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