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Feb

2019

12

Can AI & Bots Help Create A More Positive Nonprofit Workplace Culture?

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Can AI & Bots Help Create A More Positive Nonprofit Workplace Culture?

 

Much of my training and facilitation work lately has been centered around the ideas in my recent book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. The nonprofit organizations I’m working with are are seeking out ways to create collective resilience in their workplaces. Much of this has to do with how people appreciate each other as well as building a sense of community, followed by activities and supporting policies in the workplace.… Read More

Sep

2018

05

The Causes and Costs of Lost Productivity in Nonprofit Workplaces and How To Avoid It

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The Causes and Costs of Lost Productivity in Nonprofit Workplaces and How To Avoid It

As part of the workshops that I deliver based on the Happy Healthy Nonprofit, one of my most popular is how to avoid collaborative overload in the nonprofit workplace. Collaborative overload results from too many pointless meetings, a tsunami of emails, and a drumbeat of constant interruptions.… Read More

Jun

2018

06

How to Design an Effective Nonprofit Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life

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How to Design an Effective Nonprofit Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life

Note from Beth:  Blocking out time for your nonprofit’s staff to do planning and work on areas like organizational culture is essential for success.  Designing the meeting so it is effective and encourages team-building can be tricky.  Here’s some terrific advice from Sarah Axelson.

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Jan

2018

24

Your Nonprofit’s Culture: By Design or by Default?

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Your Nonprofit’s Culture: By Design or by Default?

Note from Beth: In my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout, we discuss how to create a culture of wellbeing to encourage self-care.  Jay Wilkinson, CEO of Firespring, shares some thoughts on building the right culture of for your nonprofit. 

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Sep

2017

22

Stop Days: The Secret To Nonprofit Productivity

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Stop Days: The Secret To Nonprofit Productivity

The NTEN Book Club, organized by Lauren McKown and Kai Williams, hosted a video chat this week.This month they have been reading The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout and discussing it in the NTEN online community. The video chat provided a nice opportunity to have conversation in real-time about the relationship between self-care and workplace productivity.… Read More