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New Years Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals: 2023

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Leaving for my first in-person event in 2022 after two years of pandemic shut down. Rituals are intentional small, tangible acts done routinely and carry meaning. Our family has several New Year’s rituals, including a nature hike. Unfortunately, the atmospheric river dumping a lot of much needed rain prevented us from enjoying a hike. Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, al

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The Top 3 Benefits of AI for Fundraisers

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Allison Fine and I originally published this blog post on the Candid Blog here. Please join us on January 13, 2021, for a free webinar on AI & generosity to explore these issues further. Register for the webinar. We are often asked, “What’s the next big thing?” The answer right now is easy: artificial intelligence (AI). AI is a uniquely powerful set of technology tools for making sense of enormous amounts of data.

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The Secret To Successful Work/Life Balance When You Work From Home

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?. This morning I facilitated a virtual mini-workshop for the Resource Alliance as part of its Plan C Online Discussions. The workshop, Work/Life Balance: Tips Fundraisers During A Pandemic included fundraisers from many different countries. The interactive workshop focused on personal resilience tips based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. (The recording and resources can be found here ).

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9 Tips for Nonprofits To Boost Resilience During A Pandemic

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Our family with adopted senior rescue dog, “Tigger.” Greetings from shelter in place California! I have not left my house much in the last few weeks due to being in a higher risk category for COVID-19. If that wasn’t enough stress, I’m either living at work or working from home, along with my entire family. I realized after the first week, that I needed to gather every tool from my Happy Healthy Nonprofit toolkit to try to keep calm, focused, and positive.

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RIP John Haydon

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The nonprofit tech & marketing world has lost one of its legends, John Haydon, from cancer. If you do any work on digital strategy for nonprofits, you most likely knew John’s work and influenced by it. I had the honor of knowing John for more than 12 years and working with him – he also did the graphics design for my first Facebook Page.

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How WhatsApp Is Being Used by Nonprofits in India

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Recently, Social Misfits Media’s Community Manager, Angharad Francis, interviewed the brilliant Pushpa Aman Singh, Founder of GuideStar India. In this interview, Pushpa discusses her journey prior to founding GuideStar India, her role in helping NGOs and how WhatsApp is driving strong communication among stakeholders. Please can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your career prior to GuideStar?

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Four Tips To Boost Your Personal Resilience While Doing Nonprofit Work

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Photo by Amanda/Flicker. I am thrilled to be presenting with my colleague, Ananda Leeke in Boston next week at the Resilience at Work Conference. 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.

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