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8 Long-Term Health Benefits of Volunteering

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There’s a threshold to reaping the full benefits of volunteering, though. Volunteers who commit at least one or two hours every week reap the fullest benefits from their service. When you assist others, your body releases dopamine in the brain, which has a positive effect on how you feel. Teaches new skills.

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Five New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals

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Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. (In This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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Five New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. (In This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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#13NTC Session: Mindful or Mindfull Social Media?

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To provide best practices for taming the digital jungle that assaults our brains everyday at work. He will teach us some drawing techniques for those of us who are not Picassos. The Unantipcated Benefits of Content Curation – article in NTEN Journal and other resources. Information Coping Skills on Scoop.It.

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

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But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Get Organized and Increase Your Nonprofit Productivity

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Another benefit to Dropbox is being able to restrict access if necessary. Let them know your goal is to increase nonprofit productivity, which benefits everyone. But it is a good task to schedule after blocking off time to work on a complex grant or other task that requires a lot of brain power.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

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Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. They capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. Teach: This is my passion, my calling, and my professional work. Year in Review.

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