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Healthy Nonprofit Work Culture: Shouldn’t That 2 Hour Conference Call Have Been An Email?

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We all have too many meetings and many organizations have a meeting culture that spawns more meetings, and the cycle of wasted time continues, stealing our creativity, energy, and getting in the way of getting results! That is a slogan on a t-shirt, and while meant as a joke, it is all too familiar for many nonprofits.

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Reflections from Arts Leaders Workshop: Resilient Leaders from the Inside/Out

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Participants reflected on their style strength and how it has helped them be successful in different situations. We had some fun doing role plays with a partner to figure out their style and some reflection on how we needed to adapt. Reflection questions : “Why did this work?”. ask, “How have sales been going?”.

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How Nonprofit Professionals Can Manage Workplace Stress Triggers

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1: Make Time Everyday for Reflection: Keep a Journal. The first step is self-awareness and that happens through tracking and observing yourself in work situations that trigger stress. One way to do this is to build in some reflection time into your day and maintain a journal. There are also many other benefits to writing a journal.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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The ideas can be captured on a flip chart or participants can write them down on sticky notes and post them on a wall. Then you reflect on the difference in creative energy – typically yes and has more of it. Write them on a flip chart, white board, or slide so everyone can see it. Say the ground rules for brainstorming.

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7 Tips To Help You Focus In Age of Distraction: Are You Content Fried!

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I decided to spend a little bit time reflecting on the diagram and pull out some tips for re-learning focus: 1.) Manage Your Attention, Not Just Your Time: Don’t just create a to do list, lay it out on daily and weekly schedule, breaking down key tasks of the project to chunks. Even if it is just to get up and walk around my desk.

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Taking Action: Fundraising Trends And Best Practices From Bloomerang’s ‘Fundraising Planning and Climate Report’

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The Fundraising Planning and Climate Report ’s findings show the following: Adjust fundraising strategies : Based on the report’s predictions, consider adjusting your fundraising strategies to align with the current socioeconomic and cultural climate, and donor preferences. It’s important to determine the real amount of revenue needed.

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The Happy Healthy Social Change Activist: Passion for a Cause without Burnout

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We filled 8 flip chart pages with close to hundred ideas. This is more a mind shift than anything else. Several participants reflected on how it is easy to fall into that trap and looked at beginning to schedule more time with people to build relationships that give them inspiration and energy. People voted by clapping.

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