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#Fakecommute: A Ritual for Work-Life Balance When You #WFH

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But work from home (if we are lucky enough to have a job) will probably continue well into 2021. If we learned anything during 2020, work-life balance is much harder when working from home. Our days blend into weeks. Create a conscious shift from work to life and life to work.

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Why we’re all burned out and what to do about it  

Candid

Psychologists consider burnout to be a “psychological syndrome” that emerges as a response to chronic job stressors. To this end, the Job-Demands-Resources model offers a simple equation: burnout = demands > resources. Essentially, burnout occurs when the demands of your job (e.g., Proposing new projects?

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Delivering Happiness CEO Jenn Lim Shares Insights About Four-Day Workweeks

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Lim: It allows for more control/autonomy (freedom to create people’s best life). It allows time for people to nurture their (work/life) greenhouse as they grow others. On the flipside — it’s not the answer for all culture issues or work/life balance questions! People crave control and the freedom to create their best life.

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Ending the Cycle of Poverty With Access to Quality Education

Saleforce Nonprofit

The Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF) is changing this and giving these children hope — of an education and a better life. It started with just one child — and one man’s wish to change a life. A school dropout, at 17 he found a job at a local cinema, working his way up to managing director of distribution at 20th Century Fox (Australia).

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Book Review | Fundraising for Introverts: Harnessing Our Powers for What Matters

Pamela Grow

The book is a masterful blend of practical advice, psychological insights, and personal anecdotes that will resonate with introverts from all walks of life. With a compassionate approach, Fundraising for Introverts gently encourages you to embrace your innate qualities.

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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

Blue Avocado

Stepping away is part of the nonprofit circle of life. It is a stage of development in the nonprofit life cycle. As a founder, you may experience this as a lack of competence, dedication, or understanding, and justify the churn as a matter of finding the right people for the job. Birth is an apt metaphor for the founder years.

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Blending Old and New Tech to Make History Come to Life - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

AFP Blog

Blending Old and New Tech to Make History Come to Life - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : "The site has been in an open test for the past year and won the 2011 Webby Award for the best site for a charitable organization.