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New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits To Improve Resilience in 2021

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Many successful nonprofit professionals use rituals, either for personal productivity or team productivity. Start A New Professional Journal: For as long as I can remember, I have kept a professional journal. The five-year journal helps you look back as you look ahead. I’ve shared My Three Themes below.

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5 Methods for Avoiding Procrastination for Nonprofits

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I tend to be a lister, cleaner, or distractor, but in my 35 years working in the nonprofit sector, I’ve probably used all of these at one time or another, plus others not on the list. Pomodoro : The pomodoro technique is a time management methodology created by Francesco Cirillo. .” We all do it.

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Why Self-Interested Volunteers are the Best for Nonprofits

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Authored by Capulet’s Julie Szabo and Darren Barefoot, this report is based on in-depth interviews with leading practitioners and a literature review. Why Self-Interested Volunteers are the Best for Nonprofits – Guest Post. Six key lessons surfaced from our interviews with more than 35 global nonprofits.

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Curiosity Kills Bad Work Habits

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The topic of habit change is something that Aliza Sherman and I researched and experimented with as we wrote “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout ” over the last year. It is a simple technique: 1) notice the habit; 2) Ask yourself what you are getting out of it in the moment. Wendy Harman, Daily Questions.

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How to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit, From the Experts

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but mental health in the nonprofit workplace is a topic that calls for an honest conversation all year long. We’re bringing that honest conversation right to you with some new voices with a passion for nonprofit culture and employee wellness. . Expert Advice to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit.

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The Unanticipated Benefit of Content Curation

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I was honored to write a feature article in the recent issue of the NTEN journal called “ The Unanticipated Benefits of Content Curation: Reducing Information Overload.” ” I’ll be doing a FREE webinar on Thursday, July 12 at 11 am PST to walk you through the idea and practices described in the area.

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Giving 2.0 ProjectU

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At the time, I was working on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” with co-author KD Paine. Her ideas resonated and connected really well with the a lot of my work. After the book launch, I asked her if she would consider writing the foreword to our book and she said yes!

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