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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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Fundraisers Must Take Time Off From Work. Here’s How to Do It.

Get Fully Funded

Taking a break from work gives your brain the chance to reset and recharge, and this is essential to avoiding burnout and staying productive all year long. But mark the rest of your days on your calendar at the beginning of the year, just like you mark your campaigns and events. Put it in writing so there is no ambiguity or confusion.

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Cupcakes Won’t Pay the Bills

Center for Major Gifts

Staff burnout. This is solid as isbut with a little edge from Ringer and Dan Kennedy -style bluntness and sarcasm, we can elevate it from smart to smugly devastating. Below is your revised version with that extra bite and tone you asked forwitty, dry, and pointed, without overdoing it. Its thrilling. Its communal. It feels like success.

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4 Common Event Planning Challenges + How to Solve Them

The Fundraising Coach

Limited Staffing and Volunteer Burnout Nonprofits often operate with small teams and depend heavily on volunteers to bring their events to life. While volunteers are invaluable, relying too much on them can lead to burnout, reduced productivity, and even event-day mishaps.

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Using smart tech to reimagine nonprofit work

Candid

The warning signs included the ongoing toxic combination of low pay and overwhelming workloads endemic in nonprofit work that leads to exhaustion, mistakes, and ultimately burnout. In 2019, the World Health Organization defined workplace burnout not as an employee problem, but as an organizational culture and leadership problem.

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Setting work-life boundaries when working from home 

Candid

In fact, another trend in the nonprofit sector (and elsewhere) is burnout. Consider blocking your calendar and/or adding your work hours in your email signature as a gentle reminder of when you’re not at work. The shift to remote work is one of the most significant workplace trends we’ve seen in recent years. One study found that U.S.

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How to Thrive When Work Doesn’t Love You Back

Blackbaud

During my previous career, I was often on the edge of burnout doing my part to fulfill my organization’s vision of a world free of HIV and hepatitis. This responsibility requires us to recognize we can recover from and prevent burnout, but only when we intentionally approach well-being at all levels of our organization.

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