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You’re not really out of toilet paper

You're not really out of toilet paper

Lately, my mind keeps bouncing back to the idea of scarcity. It’s probably the pandemic. Something happens to a person when they start panicking about toilet paper. But it’s also something the nonprofit sector battles – or doesn’t – every day. Financial scarcity Especially for those of us charged with running an organization or with […]

Filed Under: Blog, Caring for yourself Tagged With: nonprofit management, self care 1 Comment

Your work or a life: a painful choice no one should have to make

Your work or you life

Updated for 2020 In the United States, recent polls found that 70 percent of American workers consider their workplace a significant source of stress, whereas 51 percent report job stress reduces their productivity. (via PsychCentral) Do we have to choose? A while back, I read this article in the New York Times by Anne-Marie Slaughter […]

Filed Under: Blog, Caring for yourself Tagged With: employee wellness, Stress, work life balance 49 Comments

Why you should exercise your imagination

Every time I look at my nightstand, I feel guilty. There sits the biography I asked for, but haven’t read yet. Why? Because I’m happier bingeing on fiction. And thank goodness for libraries, because I go through books like I go through chocolate. But I feel better when I consider what I get from the […]

Filed Under: Blog, Caring for yourself Tagged With: creativity, imagination 2 Comments

6 survival tips for development directors like you

Survival tips for you, development director

Let’s face it – we all need a little help now and then. And after decades as a staff fundraiser, there are a few small things I learned that I wished I had known at the start. Maybe they’ll help you. (And please add your own tips in the comments!) 1. Keep a jacket on […]

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Wear the good socks

Go ahead... take a chance this year!

Tell me I’m not the only one with a pair of “good socks”. Or maybe for you it’s a favorite shirt. You know, the thing that fits just right, looks just right, goes with what you need it to go with? Whether to choose that favorite item is all about how soon the next laundry […]

Filed Under: Blog, Caring for yourself Tagged With: fundraising planning, self-care 2 Comments

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