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Mindful News Consumption Tips for Nonprofit Professionals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This week I was honored to teach a Happy Healthy Nonprofit Workshop at the 1440 Multiversity Nonprofit Service Week. This past week they opened up the campus to nonprofits and I was lucky enough to be part of the faculty to teach a workshop. They also teach yoga and meditation classes in this room. The photo was my classroom.

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Should we be mission-minded, or mission mindFUL?

Media Cause

She’s talking here, of course, specifically about the practice of mindfulness (or insight) meditation. Somewhat counterintuitively, she teaches that meditation is much more effective when you practice without the intent of actually getting anywhere or achieving a specific outcome. The process is the main thing, not the fruition.” .

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This is how to rewire your brain in less than a day according to a neuroscientist

Fast Company Tech

He brings each person into his mind and heart, expresses gratitude for their work in the world, and considers how he can best support them. If we spend even as short of time as we do brushing our teeth nourishing our mind, our findings and the findings of other scientists show that this world would be a different place, he adds.

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AI advances mean we need to double down on this one skill

Fast Company Tech

It will never replace our capacity for thinking, and can, in fact, reinforce bias because it is learning what we teach it. The same goes for our mind. However, AI is only ever as good as the questions we ask it. For this reason, the top skills of the future include thinking skills.

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Engageli nabs $33M more for its collaborative video-based teaching platform

TechCrunch

Having better tools to teach remotely are critical for situations when the physical experience has to be shut down, but even when things are “back to normal”, better tech can still enhance what educators and students can do, and to whom teaching can be delivered. and a new approach to teaching by video remotely.

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Stack banks $2.7M to teach teens, parents about crypto

TechCrunch

It was designed with Gen Z in mind, a generation that will grow up with the blockchain and most likely own some kind of digital assets, Rush told TechCrunch. While at Copper, Rush led efforts to teach children about investing, but found that replacing the word “stock” with “crypto” was driving more engagement. Stack banks $2.7M

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Merlyn Mind emerges from stealth with $29M and a hardware and software solution to help teachers with tech

TechCrunch

Along with this, Merlyn Mind is announcing $29 million in initial funding to build out its vision. It comes after Merlyn Mind spent about three years quietly building its first release and more recently piloting the service in 50+ classrooms in more than 20 schools.

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