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Tips for remote interns

Candid

Outlook and Google calendars can also be useful beyond scheduling meetings. Use your calendar to block off time to tackle specific projects or priorities. Ask people for resources on subjects you’re interested in and advice on how to grow professionally. This will help you plan your workday efficiently.

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How To Be More Strategic

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Leadership Fitness : Leadership philosophy, personal performance, mental training, and ability to master time and calendar. Both flood the brain with dopamine, provide a brief high, and kill your productivity. Horwath : I define strategic as possessing insight that leads to advantage.

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How To Move From Being Tactical To Being Truly Strategic

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Leadership Fitness : Leadership philosophy, personal performance, mental training, and ability to master time and calendar. Both flood the brain with dopamine, provide a brief high, and kill your productivity. Horwath : I define strategic as possessing insight that leads to advantage.

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Top 10 Tips for a Fabulous 14NTC

NTEN

14NTC is just around the corner and the community is buzzing with tips, recommendations, and other advice on making your Washington D.C. Check out the full conference agenda and add events to your calendar. Make sure to bring your brain power to compete in Geek Bingo, a helicopter obstacle course, karaoke, and dodgeball!

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How to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit, From the Experts

Classy

Expert Advice to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit. The most common signs of employee burnout we’ve seen are: Brain fog that causes forgetfulness of something a person has done before or randomly forgetting to complete tasks. Q: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO NONPROFITS TO PREVENT BURNOUT FROM SPREADING? A: Definitely.

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Nonprofit Blog Carnival: Personal Productivity Tips for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He recommends reading The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr to better understand the impact of chronic information overload, followed by his best advice about being purposeful with your attention online. Personal Productivity in Practice. ” Staying curious keeps you going and avoid burnout.

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Mastering the Art of Work/Life Balance in a Digital World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What’s your advice to nonprofit professionals? In other words, when I look at my calendar, do I actually have enough hours in a week to accomplish the priorities I’ve identified or am I’m trying to do too much at one time? Science is showing us that the brain can really only do one thing at a time.

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