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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

After several months of recovery and spending time reflecting on my unhealthy relationship with work, I decided to enroll in a doctoral program at The University of Pennsylvania. So, what did these resilient role models have in common? Question: The book's servant leadership teachings are particularly interesting.

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Celebrating Black history and Black futures

Candid

This blog provides a brief overview of Juneteenth and the role that HBCUs have played as guardians of Black history and Black futures. . The first HBCU was established in 1837 (the African Institute; now Cheyney University of Pennsylvania), and a few others were established in the mid-1800s.

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The Sit-Ins: A Story of Creative and Strategic Struggle

DipJar

It serves — in Tyler’s words, as a “teaching landmark” — but one that goes beyond the initial instance to explore discrimination in many other forms. These have been developed with the Center’s chief executive officer, John Swaine, and principal scholar, Will Harris of the University of Pennsylvania. . Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Training Nonprofit Staff & Volunteers Effectively in 5 Steps

Get Fully Funded

More importantly, are your staff and volunteers ready and trained to perform productively in their roles? Most importantly, with all of these changes, your team’s roles changed, too. Step 2: Person by person, redefine their role. There’s no doubt that just about everyone’s role changed in 2020. But are you ready?

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Facebook Advertising for Nonprofits. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes — Allegheny. Greensburg, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes — Westmoreland. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes — Allegheny. Monroeville, Pennsylvania: TechNow 2017 Conference.

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Guest Post: Dilenschneider on Workplace Core Values

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The people in the Beaver Valley, Pennsylvania, AES plant learned what many workers and managers know across the country: They learned who is responsible for the way things run. In my view, management now has no choice but to teach values. Bob Waterman has written a penetrating little book, Adhocracy: The Power to Change.

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5 Types of People Who Need Nonprofit Fundraising Training

Achieve

After all, our mission was all about teaching. Yet across the table was an educational leader who denied that teaching could have any impact. Let’s start with the roles that will require the most training and go outward. More than once, he was frustrated by faculty and staff’s lack of education on their role in fundraising.