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5 ways get what you need at work without a title change

Fast Company Tech

Do you feel stuck navigating office politics, micromanagement, or being overlooked at work? Its about taking control of your own work experience. Were working in a world of hybrid teams, instant messaging, and four generations collaborating side by side. and its not going to work for long. Whats the big idea?

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This is how and when you should show vulnerability at work

Fast Company Tech

Encouraging vulnerability In my work as a facilitator of the Stanford Graduate School of Businesss popular organizational behavior elective, Interpersonal Dynamics (nicknamed touchy feely) we encourage MBA students to experiment with sharing vulnerability in small groups of peers. Avoid venting.

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5 signs you’re being talked over in meetings, and how to stop it for good

Fast Company Tech

Here are five signs youre being talked over in meetings, plus practical strategies to reclaim your voice and authority. These polite reentries signal youve been cut offand trained to work around it. What to do: Keep a strong, clear voice. When your voice is minimized, so is your influence. Start with awareness.

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How to stop shrinking yourself at work and start feeling like you belong

Fast Company Tech

Too many of us feel unseen, undervalued, and unhappy at work. But fitting in at work? Work is not familyits a professional environment where people collaborate to achieve shared goals. Belonging uncertainty is that nagging voice in your head asking, Do I really belong here? Do they see me? Do they even want me here?

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Best Fundraising Tips Ever: Experts Share Ideas That Work

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You can’t work in the social good sector without being very familiar with the concept of paying it forward. Fundraising Advice from the Voice of Experience Our go-to experts offer hard-earned pointers on everything from tweaking email blasts to using an expired credit card as a touchpoint. Volunteers serve missions that matter to them.

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3 Emerging Fundraising Trends for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

3) Google Assistant Voice Donations. Voice assistants like the one that helps you navigate your Google Home or Android phone can make it easier for you to set reminders, send hands-free text messages while you’re driving or even automate your home through the use of smart devices. Jude Play Live.

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How tech can help people with dementia stay in the workplace longer

Fast Company Tech

As researchers, we had heard many similar accounts so we decided to dig down into the research on work and dementia. We were curious about how typical Pauls experience was of the trajectories of people diagnosed while working. Almost all our working lives are now shaped by digital technologies in some form.

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