Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

One nonprofit leader shared six lessons learned from a bad board experience organizational policies to help your nonprofit set expectations, prevent dysfunction, and avoid a laundry list of problems. How can nonprofit leaders prevent burnout when theyre expected to perform minor miracles on a regular basis?

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Candid

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Develop an AI policy The first step is to create a policy that guides, rather than restricts, AI use. But keep in mind, as AI evolves and its capabilities improve, you’ll need to update the policy regularly and communicate the changes to staff. So, how can you foster this organization-wide, inclusive approach to AI adoption?

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Blue Avocado

JULY 5, 2022

All too often burnout leads to poor performance and high staff turnover. Nonprofit organizations are givers: we recruit like-minded staff and volunteers who give and give until they are spent. However, reframing self-care as self-defense can help us to prioritize our people and protect our organizations. What’s the best self-defense move?

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Blackbaud

APRIL 2, 2024

You and your grantees are driven by a passion for your mission that sometimes leads to burnout. Record that institutional knowledge in an accessible Policies and Procedures manual. And be sure to update your Policies and Procedures guide annually to ensure information is up to date for current and future staff members.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

These signs could include but are not limited to indications of burnout, miscommunication issues, poor engagement, underperformance, or misalignment with workplace policies. Let’s say a new hire is not performing to the level expected but is still early on in their role. You could address this in a few ways.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

These signs could include but are not limited to indications of burnout, miscommunication issues, poor engagement, underperformance, or misalignment with workplace policies. Let’s say a new hire is not performing to the level expected but is still early on in their role. You could address this in a few ways.

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Blackbaud

AUGUST 14, 2024

In addition to your code of conduct, the handbook should include your mission statement, school calendar, policies, and procedures. As a former Head of School, I know that parents can be complicated and time consuming to manage, and that management can lead to burnout.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

In fact, this is a common reason for burnout. And if a nonprofit lacks funding and resources for HR functions, then policy manuals and forms, performance reviews, and regular training can all become desperately out of date or be nonexistent.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 8, 2024

And you need the right practices and policies in place to ensure those employees are prepared to do their jobs well and have a positive employment experience at your organization. These include the Fair Labor Standards Act, OSHA requirements, social security policies, and all state and local regulations. Recruitment and retention.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2024

If your nonprofit’s team is facing fundraising burnout , you’re likely looking for low-lift fundraising opportunities that don’t require as much time or effort to secure necessary funding. A qualified nonprofit investment advisor, on the other hand, will have years of both financial and nonprofit industry experience under their belt.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Brooklyn, New York: The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout. Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Los Angeles, California: WordPress for Nonprofits — Learn from an Expert! Thursday, February 9, 2017.

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Blue Avocado

APRIL 23, 2024

I have witnessed firsthand in our community the high turnover rates, burnout, and complete undervaluing of nonprofit employees. Rethink personnel policies and practices. So why isn’t equitable compensation the norm? Our sector needs to shift from a paradigm of scarcity and fear to one of worth and value.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here’s what you should cover: Your organization’s mission and values Training procedures Program policies Current and upcoming opportunities (both in-person and remote) Information on volunteer grants How to sign up. Be sensitive to pandemic burnout.

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Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

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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Candid

MARCH 12, 2025

Policy advocacy: There are myriads of nonprofit associations, vertical-specific organizations like NTEN and Network for Good, and professional membership organizations. A mutual aid alliance could fill that gap by focusing on policy making and electoral interests. A new nonprofit mutual aid and defense strategy?

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 19, 2024

. * Because crisis is often the norm in the sector, trauma-informed staff and support resources and policies are critical to caring for staff in this new reality. Recognize that burnout is real. Yet burnout in the form of chronic stress and energy depletion hit the sector long before coronavirus.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 24, 2024

Going beyond compliance, however, consider convening a cross-functional team to proactively identify and implement AI-related organizational principles and policies to guide the organization’s practices going forward, taking into account regulatory requirements, business needs, and employee and customer sentiments.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 9, 2025

However, the people who do the day-to-day work of keeping the sector moving often do so against the backdrop of chronic stress and burnout, primary and secondary trauma, and insufficient staffing and resources to meet the overwhelming demand for their services. Here are a few ways funders can help address nonprofit burnout and well-being.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 8, 2025

Finally, staff burnout and unrealistic expectations remain persistent issues. They also bear the brunt of executing poorly planned ideas, further intensifying stress and burnout within already stretched teams. Additionally, diverse forms of expertise, particularly from staff and community members, are often undervalued.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Prevent burnout by scheduling volunteers in shifts of two or four hours. Mitigate Risks Before deploying spontaneous volunteers to a disaster zone, check your insurance policy. It is best to expect zero cell reception in a disaster zone. Schedule Shift Work Disaster work is complex and intense.

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