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Fundraiser Burnout? Try Automation to Boost Both Efficiency and Employee Morale

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Automation can turn minutes, hours, or days of busy work into a second or two, freeing up a fundraiser’s head space and calendar space for truly creative work. Being bogged down with busy work creates an obstacle to collaboration, making it harder to brainstorm the next big idea for a fundraising event, a campaign, or a partnership.

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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. It is good to include white space or free time that be used for creative thinking or restorative activities or learning. Create Device Free Zones.

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Reduce Travel by Telecommuting

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Statistics compiled by the Telework Coalition show that more than 44 million Americans are commuting less by working at home at least one day per week, and it is the same in most countries with a growing number of "knowledge workers." They also do free telecommunications audit for US nonprofits and libraries.

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Social Media and Nonprofits: The Line Between NGTD and ROI

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Stephen Downes points to a post by Tony Karrer with disagreeing with some points in about the value of blogging in Thomas Davenport's book Thinking for a Living: How to Get Better Performances And Results from Knowledge Workers. If you're enjoying this post, consider subscribing for free to my blog. t need to measure, it???s

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Is Your Nonprofit Using Data to Boost Productivity?

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Highlights from that report: Most workers toggle between apps 10 times an hour , costing organizations 32 days per worker, per year of workplace productivity Staff spends 25% of their time looking for information they need to do their jobs Knowledge workers spend 40% of their time on work about work.

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What Does Big Data Have to Do With Me and My Organization?

Tech Soup

Grameen has a team of community knowledge workers who go out in the fields of Uganda and collect agricultural information on their mobile devices. Microsoft enables charities to use Bing Maps free of charge.

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