I am thrilled to be presenting with my colleague, Ananda Leeke in Boston next week at the Resilience at Work Conference. We will be doing early morning sessions to engage participants in some mindful moment and movement exercises. I'm going to share different techniques for weaving mindful moment and exercises into your workday. You can practice these exercises alone or with your team. These exercises can calm you and have the added benefit of restoring focus and productivity. I also use them a … [Read more...]
5 Common Nonprofit Workplace Stress Triggers and Tips for Addressing Them
It is coming up on three years since I first published the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout and thrilled to see more people and publications talking about well-being in the nonprofit sector. As I travel around and facilitate retreats with nonprofit organizations or master classes at nonprofit conferences as well as webinars on the topic, I've noticed some common themes related to stress trigger in the nonprofit workplace. Here is they are and some tips for addressing … [Read more...]
Single Most Important Way That Nonprofit Leaders Make Personal Resilience A Habit
This week I was honored to facilitate a mini-workshop, "The Happy Healthy Woman Leader, at the Women Funded 2019 conference in San Francisco. The session was based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit and covered the topics of recognizing burnout and stress, creating a self-care plan, and implementing new personal resilience habits. The participants represented a wide range including activists, funders, and nonprofits. As a trainer, I know the importance of ensuring that people take concrete … [Read more...]
A Meeting Ritual To Get Rid of Unnecessary Meetings That Waste Time
The Meeting Escape Hatch: Ritual Design Lab for Org Change from Margaret Hagan on Vimeo. I've been interested in organizational rituals that build resilience. Being in a meeting that is a waste of your time can suck your energy. How many meetings are you invited to that you where it isn't mission critical that you attend? What if you reclaim that wasted time? What if every meeting in your organization was optional? This is small, fun ritual for the start of meetings, … [Read more...]
What fundraisers Need To Know About Next Era of Digital Technology
Yes, I walked onto the stage for the closing plenary at the Festival del Fundraising wearing an astronaut suit (that included a GivingTuesday sticker), to the theme of 2001 Space Odyssey, speaking Italian (poorly), with Marcelo Iniarra (creative concept was his idea) and shared some insights about the new ecosystem for fundraisers. I am very grateful to Valerio Melandri who is the director of the festival for inviting me to participate as well as facilitate a maser class on modern wellbeing … [Read more...]
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