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12 Ways to Get “Unstuck” When You’re Struggling to Be Productive

Self-Care
It’s not just you! Feeling “stuck” while you are trying to get your work done is something everyone faces at some time or another. Here are some ways you can deal with that feeling and get back to that sense…
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Book Review: Improve Your Fundraising by Tackling Your Own Issues First

Self-Care
Book review: Get That Money, Honey! By Rhea Wong There’s fundraising, and there are fundraisers. Fundraising doesn’t happen without fundraisers. As much as fundraising might seem like a big playbook of strategies that generate a mass of tactics, that’s not…
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4 Ways to Reclaim Your Productivity from Negative Emotions

Productivity, Self-Care
Remember that old thought experiment where you imagine you have a choice: A job where the work is fulfilling and the pay is great, but all your work is destroyed every day. You make no impact on the world. A…
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I’ve Had the Same Fundraising Job for 20 Years — Here’s Why

Self-Care, Workplace
Guest post by Jill Perry, Manager of Annual Giving at Providence Hospice of Seattle and member of The Fundraisingology Lab by Moceanic. It was 2003, and I was finishing up a Master’s degree in public administration. I began graduate school…
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Check out These Productivity Boosters of the Fundraising Pros

Productivity, Self-Care
What keeps you productive? We asked our community of fundraisers in The Fundraisingology Lab that question and got a ton of great ideas. These hardworking professionals have a lot of ways of getting more done than they’re already doing. Here…
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How to Transform Your Perfectionism from a Problem to a Superpower

Self-Care
You’ve heard the saying, “The good is the enemy of the great.” The person saying it is often some kind of creative director with interesting hair and cutting-edge glasses. And they’re saying it to remind us that just about anything…
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Year-End Self Care to Help You Stay at Your Best

Self-Care
You’ve heard the old joke about being a professional fundraiser: It’s like being in a pie-eating contest where the prize for winning is more pie. It can feel a bit out of control at times. Especially this time of year,…
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5 Proven Ways to Make Your Fundraising Life Easier

5 Proven Ways to Make Your Fundraising Life Easier

Productivity, Self-Care
Call me lazy. I prefer to call myself busy. Either way, I’m always looking for ways to make life easier. And you and I are in the same boat: We create fundraising messages, and it’s hard work.  Especially this time…
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How to Protect Yourself from Fundraising Emotional Burnout

Self-Care, Workplace
I was meeting with some experts in global relief work, working on a flexible fundraising plan that would allow their organization to mobilize donors and respond quickly to be as effective as possible. I asked the “disaster expert” how many…
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It’s Not Just You: 3 Barriers to Success in Fundraising

Productivity, Self-Care, Writing
Some of the most common reasons fundraising can be difficult are in your own mind. Barriers to success built by you, for you. But don’t beat yourself up. It’s not just you. I know this because I do it too.…
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