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Get Organized and Increase Your Nonprofit Productivity

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My calendar and ‘To Do’ list were written in a notebook. Google Calendar has many rivals in the marketplace, but for meeting the scheduling needs of a busy nonprofit, I can’t imagine a more effective tool. When you accept invitations via email, the meeting gets automatically added to your calendar. With a pen.

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Answer these 6 questions to frame your fundraising plan structure

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If you can find 10 good grant leads — we can usually find at least 10 hot leads when we do grant research for our clients—then you can fill your grant calendar and keep your grant pipeline full all year long. Use your personal social media channels to let your friends and family know about your work. Create a calendar of Asks.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

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According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. A quick glance at your calendar shows that you spent hours in meetings, answering emails, or working on shared documents but you can’t remember why. Sound familiar?

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Connecting the dots: What Corporate Training Can Learn from Formal Education

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Organizing the Calendar. I tend to write my processes out on a piece of paper or occasionally log important or reoccurring tasks in a Google Calendar entry. Put the phone down, close the informative web tabs, and do not allow yourself to cheat on your training time with additional work. Conclusion.

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Get more done in a day (and boost your fundraising productivity!) with these 12 smart hacks

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I started allotting myself time for certain activities like posting on social media and setting a hard stop when the time is up. Plus, it’s just frustrating to constantly on the hunt for a note or a phone number. Time-block your week with an online calendar. The real benefit of using a calendar is block scheduling.

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How to Grow Your Nonprofit When You’re a Team of One

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Social media to manage. Social Media & Website As part of figuring out how to grow your nonprofit, you’ll definitely want to set up Facebook and Instagram accounts for your nonprofit, even if you’re not very active on them yet. Schedule Keep a work calendar and update it so it’s always current. Money to raise.

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

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And each day, I work on at least one important task I want to accomplish before opening my inbox or social media. Sometimes a phone call or a quick walk down the hall to speak in person is more effective. Science is showing us that the brain can really only do one thing at a time. All tech tools aren’t alike.

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