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How Nonprofit Professionals Can Manage Workplace Stress Triggers

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Anne Grady, in a recent HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally.

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The Happy Healthy Data Nerd: Using Your Personal Health Data to Support Your Wellbeing

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While there are a variety of different gadgets that you can use to track your sleep, I use the Fitbit Charge 2. I realized that I was in front of my computer monitor, trying to squeeze out one more email or just one more bar chart. I started with tracking my baseline activity level: about 2,000 steps a day.

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How to Host a Read-a-thon Fundraiser

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Not only does reading exercise the brain and improve concentration, but it also helps children develop more advanced language skills and engage their imagination. With individual fundraising pages, they can track the donations they’ve personally brought in. Reading boasts a wide range of benefits for both children and adults alike.

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Navigate Change Management: Set Your Nonprofit Up For Success

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In this phase, you will plan, act, track, and adapt. Sometimes they are huge, like switching CRM systems or restructuring your organizational chart. This will help to keep your team on track, and keep them from getting overwhelmed. Phase 1: Prepare your Approach. Phase 2: Manage Change. Phase 3: Sustain Outcomes.

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Conscious Computing: 7 Apps and Tips That Help You Focus, Reduce Stress, and Get Work Done

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We all know that with so much content out there, it is eating our brains and memory , relying more on “google it.” If you want to be sure you are incorporating movement into your day, use a fitbit or other device to track. Here’s a guide to this useful productivity habit. Read more here ). I set a Fi.tt

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10 Tips for Mastering Your Grantmaking Dashboards

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Are your programs on track? Your dashboard is made up of different visualization options, including charts, links lists, tables, and notes that put the information you need front and center when you log in. This includes dashboards that give you data to easily track trends and understand how your community is changing.

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Nonprofit Blog Carnival: Personal Productivity Tips for Nonprofits

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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. I particularly like the “Heat Chart” where you color code priority tasks.

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