Candid

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Leverage collective advocacy Join with like-minded Black fundraisers and philanthropists to advocate for systemic change. Seek restorative spaces Prioritize time for wellness activities that help restoration—spending time in nature, meditating, exercising, or engaging in creative outlets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Introduction to the series from Computer and Text Neck Stretching Exercises by Desk Yogi. This video by Dr. Baxter Bell offers some exercises to help relieve and prevent neck pain. If that wasn’t enough, the stretches have entertaining names and movements, including the chicken neck and self Vulcan mind meld.

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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. You can practice these exercises alone or with your team. This can reduce body aches and pains.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

” TRIPP’s vision for a mindful metaverse is already a (virtual) reality: Its wellness-centered experience can be accessed through multiple platforms and devices. This includes AR smartglasses and VR headsets, but also smartphone apps — collectively referred to as XR , or extended reality.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2022

In many cases, you’ll have to employ a bit of “institutional psychology” to probe the hearts and minds that shape your organization. Along with the questionnaire, send a Branding Word Exercise that will help your design or marketing firm to understand the desired feelings to associate with the new brand.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Context matters Building technology solutions for the social sector isn’t purely an armchair exercise, based on the thrill of empowering people in principle. As technologists with a focus on creating social good, we need to keep in mind principles of safety and ethics. Let me explain further.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

To find it, keep your unique goals in mind as you explore this guide to determine what’s possible. Be sure to keep the length of setup in mind as you plan so your transition is a smooth one. Gaining alignment across multiple groups is an exercise in communication. How long is the onboarding process?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

Walking as exercise has documented mental and physical benefits. Your mind and body need these boundaries. Keep moving and practice mindfulness. If you had an exercise routine before, during lunch, or after work, maintain it. Here are some additional articles with tips on fake commutes and walking mindfulness activities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 23, 2021

“By understanding how their own mind works and training it for the most essential qualities, leaders can lead themselves effectively first, in order to better lead their people and tap into their human need for meaning, fulfillment and human connectedness,” explain Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter , authors of the book, The Mind Of The Leader.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Creating consistent daily habits is one of the most manageable ways to exercise your influence and build resilience against future-related anxiety. When anxiety and indecision cloud your mind, setting overarching goals can be intimidating. Developing a morning and evening routine can help you feel more confident.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2018

” Given our mutual interests, we had a lot to share about mindfulness and well being. A writer, consultant, and coach, Maia Duerr draws on her decades of Zen practice and training in anthropology to create powerful tools for integrating mindfulness into the workplace and in the everyday lives of the people she works with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2015

We started with mindfulness from Chris Block, improvisation from David Havens , and Heather and I co-facilitated a session on networks. Expect a few blog posts from me on these topics, but in this post I’d like to reflect on what I learned about mindfulness lead by Chris Block , CEO of American Leadership Forum in Silicon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Internal: These theories take into account our minds and bodies. That’s when you can add a brief stretch break, energizer , or incorporate an exercise that requires getting up and moving around. I’ve done this as a reflection exercise towards the end of a multiple day training or full day training.

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The Verge

APRIL 12, 2021

The latter example comes from the talented, imaginative, p**s-focused YouTuber Michael Reeves, who managed to get his hands on a unit before using his tech expertise and dirty mind to turn Spot into the ultimate drinking buddy. This includes non-jokey military uses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2017

But there was also another sign on the wall that described their Quarter 3 theme word “Mindfulness” and a reflective question, “What behaviors and processes can we establish to engender more mindfulness and presence in our interactions.” Is mindfulness a theme that is important to your nonprofit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Who is the lead singer, guitarist, bass, and drums. Here’s how that translates to team facilitation: Facilitator Lead: The person who is facilitating the discussion or exercise. In some exercises, such as the closing circle, the notes might be taken by hand so they ideas are captured. Then we opened up for discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Meico Whitlock (Mindful Techie) leads the NTEN Board in a meditation meeting opener. CCC: This stands for the “Covid-Chat-Check-In” and is based on an exercise from Liberating Structures Playbook. I’ve been working in my pajamas since the early 1990s, during the early years of the Web. Or the last photo in their phone.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

Headspace is making its premium mindfulness and meditation app free for all people who are now unemployed in the US. It also created a landing page for New Yorkers with specific exercises for them to try. The deal is available through headspace.com/unemployed and relies on the honor system for verification.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” While a participant survey is an important piece of your evaluation, it is critical to incorporate a holistic reflection of your workshop. This includes documenting your session, reviewing your decks and exercises, analyzing your instructional design, and figuring out how to improve it. Formative Evaluation.

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2021

The dancing videos also help to show off the fun, playful side of the Spot robots, cementing them in the public mind as cute dancing machines, rather than the more controversial real-world uses in which the robots have been deployed.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Many people think a digital transformation project is solely an exercise in modernizing technologies at your organization. 7 key components of successful nonprofit digital transformation Digital transformation looks different for every organization, but the process for getting there doesn’t.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Since were are on the Mediterranean Sea, I did the final reflective exercise as a walk on the beach. I got to perfect it when I taught master classes and workshops for NGOs and activists in New Zealand and Australia. Housekeeping Mindfulness Self-Directed Learning' Photo by Gary Clark. 2014 will be the year of learning for me.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

In the new book, The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance , Dr. Nate Zinsser , Director of West Point’s influential Performance-Psychology Program, shares his secrets of mental toughness and how to build and master confidence. In addition to training the minds of the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

On the steps out of TED, I was chatting with one of the attendees about what to do to help Gabby and other people recovering from brain injuries, and of course my mind went to software to help recover cognitive function. Like the previous idea, this one was an expansion of something that is already percolating in Benetech Labs.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Exercise not only benefits your body physically but mentally as well, improving memory and overall brain function. Who says you need to have an in-office gym to exercise during the day? Taking an hour out the day to be active will only make your team more effective in mind and body while at work.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

As a nonprofit director, you probably already have your organization on your heart and mind 24/7. If you feel mired in stress and anxiety, you might have a tough time with this exercise. Gratitude is a muscle that needs exercise. Block off five minutes a day for gratitude mindfulness. That’s okay.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 25, 2021

Pro tip: “Draw” a box with your finger to stay mindfully aware of each step in the exercise. You are now equipped with a powerful mind-body tool — that’s exciting! It can go a long way to be more mindful of how we use these words. Step 2: Hold for 4 seconds. Step 3: Breathe out for 4 seconds. Step 4: Hold for 4 seconds.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 17, 2013

We’ve already discovered negative occurrences tend to stick in the mind longer and stronger than positive outcomes. Here are a few simple ways to improve your positivity ratio: Set your mind on success. When your career, your business, or life gets you down, you can return to these visualization exercises to imagine a brighter future.

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 8, 2025

and fourth) impression Invites additional ways to experience the brand Communicates impact Nurtures the highly involved donors Recently, Intermountain Health undertook a two-day Donor Journey Mapping Exercise to create a strategy to engage new donors with the capacity to become mid-level donors. Need help understanding your donors?

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This tension is exactly why mindful leadership, grounded in principles like self-awareness, right intention, and resilience, is more important than ever. This erosion of skills is why leaders must maintain mindfulness in how they integrate AI into their workflows.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Ideally, mental wellness should be considered part of a healthy daily routine, like exercise. But even exercise is difficult to turn into a regular habit. Meditation and mindfulness apps continue their surge amid pandemic. Now a new startup, MindLabs , is taking a similar approach to mental wellness.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

It’s not simply what you say, it’s how that information is arranged in a customer’s mind. It’s a stake you plant in the minds of your prospective customers about what your brand can uniquely claim and defend. Exercise: Write down the top five brands in your category. Essentially, where does it land? If you’re not No.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Engagement scoring – when executed with a proactive, data informed and results-focused mind and practice – can unlock a wealth of value for an association. Doing an engagement scoring exercise that’s holistic and looks beyond just the big things, beyond just the data in the AMS even, can be a valuable effort for any association.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Group Idea Generation: After laying out the ground rules and a simple warm up exercise, participants are encouraged to share their ideas verbally. Brainstorming Warm Up Exercise. To get everyone into a brainstorming mindset, you can facilitate a simple icebreaker called “Yes And” based on improvisation exercises. “Yes,

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Keep in mind, there may be additional considerations to take into account, like contributing patents, sourcing investors or other value to the startup. It’s also worth mentioning that splitting up the pie is only half of the exercise. So, make sure to take a holistic view of what a founder is bringing to the table, across the board.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It seems that leaving California has been on Musk’s mind for a while now. The billionaire CEO is slated to earn more than $50 billion in stock options, and he would have to pay income taxes on the profits when he exercises them if he remained in California. On May 1st, he tweeted, “I will own no home.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

While many people track their nutrition and exercise with apps like MyFitnessPal or Noom, Mighty Health was developed specifically for people over 50 years old. Mighty Health created a wellness app with older adults top of mind. It connects users with a health coach and features nutrition and workout plans created for older adults.

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