Last week, I was honored to do the keynote workshop at the Peel Leadership Center's TimeOut Conference in Toronto, Canada. This conference is an opportunity for executive directors to build skills in resilience as part of a day-long seminar. (They gave out a special blend of tea as a Giveaway, something I have never seen before.) I was invited to teach an interactive workshop based on The Happy Healthy Nonprofit on how to link self-care with well being in the workplace. Bringing Movement Into … [Read more...]
Step-by-Step Guide: Nonprofit Strolling Meetings
Meetings can not only be a waste of time but also zap our energy. Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? Is everyone suffering from “foggy brain” caused by too much sitting down meetings? Walking meetings can help shakes things up. One recent study at Stanford University determined staff were more creative when they were walking versus sitting and encouraged walking meetings for more … [Read more...]
ETR Steps Forward for Weekly #WorkplaceWellness
Note from Beth: I recently facilitated a Happy Healthy Nonprofit workshop on bringing a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace. We discussed the importance of leadership modeling and supporting a culture of wellbeing. My colleague, Laura Norvig, who works for ETR, a behavioral health non-profit devoted to providing science-based programs and services for youth and families, shared some great examples about how their nonprofit's CEO, Vignetta Charles, PHd, has helped shift the … [Read more...]
The Happy Healthy Data Nerd: Using Your Personal Health Data to Support Your Wellbeing
The passion that many nonprofit data nerds feel for our work is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, that fervor helps us to keep going in the face of difficult challenges, like analyzing a huge data set. On the other hand, we can be so driven running data visualizations at the keyboard for hours that we don’t stop to refuel or even notice we are experiencing symptoms of burnout. In my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout, co-authored with Aliza Sherman, … [Read more...]
Let's Step It Up: Join Me for a Walking Challenge
The Surgeon General in partnership with Fitbit has issued the Step It Up! Challenge open to all Americans, running from October 13, 2016 at 12:01 AM PDT and ends on October 26, 2016 at 11:59 PM PDT. The idea is to encourage people to walk more to improve health and raise awareness about making cities more walkable. You can sign up here and join my team, Happy Healthy Nonprofit. Part of the inspiration for the Happy Healthy Nonprofit c0-authored with Aliza Sherman came several ago when I … [Read more...]
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