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Rest and Reset: Strategies for anti-burnout by Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

Actually, burnout has been around for a long while, recognized in the healthcare and social service industries. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes burnout as an occupational phenomenon (though it’s not recognized as a medical condition). That’s another buzzword like quiet quitting or hustle culture , right?

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Thriving Together: How Funders Can Drive Sustainable Impact Through Grantee Well-Being

Blackbaud

I had many moments when I was on the edge of burnout doing my part to move the mission forward. Across the sector, burnout and its consequences are widespread. According to the Well-being Project , changemakers experience high levels of burnout, stress, depression, chronic illness, and weak personal relationships.

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I’m very concerned about quality, burnout, and how to communicate to leadership that I need more time and commitment from the project team to plan and write proposals. What would you recommend?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Project team members also just provide me with a PPT slide, direct me to the company website, or provide some data but don’t seem to understand that a grant writer doesn’t plan and write award-winning proposals independently. What would you recommend? All the best, Chris Johnson. Have a question for our team?

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Dispelling Five Mentoring Myths

Grant Professionals Association

Myth #4: You Have No Insightful Knowledge to Offer Grant burnout is REAL. Receiving a grant award notification will make you want to do cartwheels down the hallway! No idea how many months the mentoring process will last? There’s guidance for that, too. Self-care is so important.

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Why Development and Marketing Teams Need Each Other at Nonprofits

GiveSmart

Reduce burnout: When these departments help each other out, it can reduce strain on individual team members. By supporting each other, development and marketing team members can avoid harmful, unnecessary stress that can lead to burnout.

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Why development and marketing teams need each other at nonprofits

GiveSmart

Reduce burnout: When these departments help each other out, it can reduce strain on individual team members. By supporting each other, development and marketing team members can avoid harmful, unnecessary stress that can lead to burnout.

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Stop Chasing Grant Money

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Starting with research on your potential funders and their grant programs increases your chance of a successful grant portfolio and a higher award ratio. There are only so many hours in the workday, and to keep burnout at bay, no one should work until midnight regularly to get all the grants submitted.

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