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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Workers with specific EI skills know how to successfully cope with stressful work environments and experiences. The five EI skills are: Build self-awareness to identify what makes you vulnerable to burnout. Was it an acquired skill? Managing yourself. Understanding others. Managing relationships.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. They provide education tailored to girls’ needs. State Street Foundation.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Grant writing tip: While the task of writing a proposal often falls on the shoulders of a project manager or grant writer, anyone—even an outside consultant—with the proper skills could write the proposal. Brown Rudnick Center for Public Interest. Mazda Foundation. The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Awesome Foundation. Areas served: Worldwide.

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From boring to brilliant: Using data for maximum impact

ASU Lodestar Center

For example, I recently wrote a grant that addressed childhood obesity. In my example, it has been well established that childhood obesity is a problem; there isn’t a need to belabor that point or include a bunch of data to support that. Are childhood obesity rates higher? effect on childhood obesity. Again, using my.

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How can nonprofits leverage digital technology to increase giving?

ASU Lodestar Center

For example, a nonprofit raising funds for childhood cancer research may see that the majority of its donors are mothers under 40 years old. Digital fundraising is a specialized skill that encompasses fundraising, marketing and public affairs. Nonprofits benefit from data collection to sort and track donors and personalize messaging.

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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

Get Fully Funded

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. There are some universal elements to any compelling story, whether they’re in books, the news, articles, blogs, or movies. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell!

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Things We Like (February 2015)

NTEN

How do we, as nonprofit managers, nptechies, and/or community managers relate to this side of Community Management, recognizing that, “Ignominy is universally acknowledged to be a worse punishment than death?” Looks like it might be enjoying a second childhood. How about spending childhood furthering social change?