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Success and wellness tips for Black fundraisers

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Unrestricted funding can offer the flexibility to focus on sustainability and growth, alleviating the pressure on fundraisers to reach funding goals. Advocating from a position of exhaustion and stress will only exacerbate those feelings, leading to burnout.

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Bridging gaps and weaving networks: The vital work of place-based intermediaries

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Leadership development: PBIs help train local leaders, build resilient organizations, and prevent burnout. Here are the primary functions of PBIs: Capacity building: PBIs provide support for grassroots organizations that may lack the infrastructure or resources to scale their impact.

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

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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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The most read Candid insights articles in 2024: Fundraising, AI, and diversity 

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According to the authors of The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Age of AI, the human risks of over-reliance on AI tools for time and cost efficiency include exacerbating the burnout crisis and eroding internal collaboration and communication.

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Why we’re all burned out and what to do about it  

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Unfortunately, an undisputable trend these days is burnout. So, in this blog, I’m leveraging my PhD in Psychology to share a bit about what burnout is, why it seems to be everywhere in the nonprofit world, and what organizations, leaders, and individuals can do about it. workers reported experiencing burnout symptoms this year.

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Grant application and review practices for more equitable and inclusive funding 

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If the goal is to ensure that funds are distributed to individuals and nonprofits fairly and without the influence of reputation, prestige, or privilege, these five steps can make a meaningful difference: Simplify the grant application. Diversify and train the reviewer pool. Provide feedback for unsuccessful applications.

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Inclusive AI adoption to drive nonprofit missions

Candid

To enhance organizational effectiveness and advance mission-driven goals using this technology, however, nonprofits need to ensure inclusive AI adoption. Invest in organization-wide AI training Comprehensive training for all staff is essential for truly inclusive AI adoption. What would that mean? What is inclusive AI adoption?

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