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The Secret to Stopping Overwhelm in the Workplace

NonProfit Leadership Center

But, working longer, faster and harder is no longer the answer to enhance productivity or improve overall performance. Self-awareness creates more trusting and productive work environments while also ensuring leaders are better equipped to manage stress and stay calm and clear in the midst of external stressors.

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Nonprofit Storytellers Bills of Rights

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Voice of Witness Ethical Storytelling Principles As oral historians, Voice of Witness always centers the storyteller and refers to them as narrators rather than interviewees or interview subjects. It includes many great sections, including developing key messages, talking points, storytelling best practices, which phrases to use and not, etc.

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Avoiding Unethical Pay Structures: A Guide for Grant Writers + Nonprofit Professionals

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Ahhh, the age-old dilemma of commission-based compensation: it’s a common pay policy, often seen as an incentive to increase worker productivity and the organization’s bottom line. Simply put, commission- or contingency-based pay is receiving compensation based on a favorable outcome regardless of the work required to achieve it.

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Hashtags for Every Day of the Week (Nonprofit Edition)

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. For example, #palmoil, a product used in everything from food to cosmetics, is wiping out rain forest habitat that hosts #orangutans, #elephants and #tigers. #mondaynights. mondayselfie. moralmonday. moralmondays. motivationalmonday. motivationmonday.

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Dismantling Bias: Toward Ethical and Inclusive Health Innovation

NonProfit Quarterly

Yet, innovative health products have caused BIPOC and other vulnerable groups harm—such as pulse oximeters that fail to accurately detect blood oxygen levels in people with darker skin tones and AI tools that make decisions that systematically disadvantage certain groups of people.

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Would You Buy Ordinary Gum Just Because It Supports a Cause?

Selfish Giving

Will consumers buy a product or use a service just because it supports a cause? Everyone points to Newman’s Own as proof that cause products such as Project 7 can be a big success. Even Product Red may be a one-hit wonder. It’s something that comes up again and again. Brand and margin lead (e.

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Meet Your Fundraising Goals With Nonprofit Video Stories

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

However, video production can be a challenge if your team lacks the necessary experience. Consider partnering with an experienced nonprofit video production company to oversee the entire process and free up time for other important initiatives so that you can focus on what matters most: empowering positive change. He earned his B.A.