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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. I also gave a plenary talk at AFP in San Antonio, Texas. Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. Year in Review.

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

NTEN

Magazine YMCA of Greater San Antonio YMCA of Snohomish County YWCA Hartford Region. Check out the 124 NTEN Members participating in Giving Tuesday below. Find them all at GivingTuesday.org 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares, Inc. 2013 nten challenge Fundraising givingtuesday'

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Sen. Ed Markey on the politics of technology

The Verge

And my mother used to say that she was going to donate my brain to Harvard Medical School as a completely unused human organ. Maybe you can tell me a little bit about those shoes. Well, when I was growing up, I really, really, wanted to be a Boston Celtic. This is something I’ve done a lot of reporting on recently.