What is Collaborative Overload? The potential for being overwhelmed by technology is magnified in the workplace by something called “Collaborative Overload” Rob Cross and Adam Grant in a recent Harvard Business Review article. Collaborative overload is defined as the burnout that results from our over reliance on e-mails, meetings and other collaborative technology tools that have, ironically, limited our ability to get stuff done. As nonprofits become networked and different departments work … [Read more...]
Trainer's Notebook: Tips for Good Openings
I've just returned from a two-week trip to Guatemala hosted by Wake. Wake's Tech2Empower program organizes delegations of volunteer Technology Advisors, women who work for Silicon Valley companies like Google, Salesforce, Mozilla, YouTube, GE Digital and IRC, to provide training for women's rights and girls empowerment NGOs in developing countries and here in the United States. We worked with a network of women's rights NGOs located throughout Latin America and Guatemala who traveled to Antigua … [Read more...]
Book Review: Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership
I'm a huge fan of Joan Garry's blog and podcast. I consider the "Dear Abby" of the nonprofit world, dispensing practical and brilliant advice to nonprofits with her wonderful sense of humor. Joan has been an executive director, board member, donor, and volunteer - so she brings to her consulting and educator practice so much perspective and wisdom. She has packed all that into her new book, "Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership." I was honored to write a book blurb after reading an … [Read more...]
A Simple Tip for A Good Night's Sleep: Use An Alarm Clock
During our book tour for the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout, we routinely got asked the question, what one self-care habit should we focus on to get started? We respond with: Get enough sleep. As Arianna Huffington points out in her book, Sleep Revolution, and in this recent interview, getting enough sleep and less stress leads to better workplace performance. This healthy habit sets the stage for you to incorporate other self-care routines that we … [Read more...]
One Simple Tip To Shift Your Nonprofit's Workplace Culture from Outrage to Well Being
We've just finished two weeks on the road of book events for my new book, Happy Healthy Nonprofit, co-authored with Aliza Sherman. During many of the Q/A sessions, we heard from many nonprofit professionals who were feeling impact of a perpetual cycle of outrage. The thing is it has only been a few weeks and the environment nonprofits find themselves operating in is going to last for a while. Nonprofits have carefully think about how best to channel their energy while working and living in … [Read more...]
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