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

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There are sessions for professional coders, citizen developers, and nonprofit staffers who have never written a line of code in their lives. Think of automation as a tool to help your team focus on the uniquely human skills of creativity, relationship building, and critical thinking that only they can bring to their fundraising roles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Michele Martin wrote a post summarizing a paper titled How Knowledge Workers Use the Web and pulls out some the classifications referenced in the paper. Visiting personal or professional sites with no specific goal in mind other than to ???stay So, this is the information, knowledge worker part of it -- but how do you keep up ?

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Join Us at MuseumCamp 2015 to Explore Making Space for Self and Others

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illustration by Beck Tench Each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History hosts MuseumCamp , a professional development experience that is part retreat, part unconference, part summer camp. For knowledge workers. Museum of Art and History professional development' This year, our theme is SPACE. For designers.

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Aspiring, Thriving, or Struggling Changemaker? Join us for MuseumCamp 2016.

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Each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History hosts MuseumCamp , a professional development experience that is part retreat, part unconference, part adult summer camp. For knowledge workers. MuseumCamp will be August 31-September 2, 2016. This year's theme is CHANGEMAKERS. days of fun, fellowship, and active learning.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When does technology boost personal productivity for nonprofit professionals and when does it get in the way? 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.

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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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Building The Nonprofit Board of Your Dreams: A Deep Dive Into Peter Drucker’s Insights

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“Over the boardroom door, there should be an inscription: Membership on this board is not power; it is responsibility.” — Peter Drucker Action item: Clarify the board’s role Assign specific roles and tasks to board members based on their strengths and professional backgrounds. The legendary Simone P.

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