Beth Kanter discusses burnout in the nonprofit sector and provides strategies for self-care and creating a culture of wellbeing in the workplace. Burnout is common due to high demands, few resources, and lack of recovery time. Self-care includes consistent habits to enhance wellbeing, such as protecting sleep, going on a news diet, meditative art, scheduling quiet time, and taking real vacations. To create wellbeing in the workplace requires leadership and culture change through staff feedback, wellness programs, and small policy changes rather than quick fixes. The benefits include improved recruitment, retention, health, and performance.

1. The Happy Healthy Fundraiser:
Impact without Burnout
Beth Kanter, Master Trainer, Speaker, Author
February 14, 2018

2. @kanter
www.bethkanter.org
Beth Kanter: Master Trainer, Speaker, Author and
Nonprofit Thought Leader

3. Poll
What is your nonprofit’s
experience with wellbeing in the
workplace?
Not discussed
Employees are encouraged to do it
on their own
There are periodic activities for
wellness or wellbeing
Our nonprofit has a
strategy/plan/policy for a
comprehensive program

4. • Nonprofit Professionals
• Understanding Burnout
• Creating A Self-Care Plan
• Habit Change
• Activating a Culture of Wellbeing in the Workplace
• Examples
• Framework
Agenda
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Test Results

6. Too Much of This …

7. Too Much of That

8. A Little Bit of That

9. Way Too Much of This ….
Working nights and weekends
Sleep deprivation
No vacation or down time

10. Test Results
150

11. Where do you find
the time in your
work day?

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NYC

15. Happy Healthy Nonprofit Book
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We-
Care
Self-
Care

16. Why is burnout so common in the
nonprofit sector and especially for fundraisers?

17. Burnout is a state of emotional, mental, and physical
exhaustion that occurs when we feel overwhelmed
by too many demands, too few resources, and too
little recovery time.

18. The Symptoms of Burnout
Emotional
Exhaustion
Cynicism
Detachment
Fatigue
Loss of
enjoyment
Insomnia
Pessimism
Forgetfulness
Impaired
concentration
Isolation
Detachment
Increased illness
Loss of appetite
Lack of
Accomplishment
Anxiety
Apathy
Hopelessness
Depression
Increased irritability
Anger
Lack of productivity
Poor performance

19. BURNOUT IS SNEAKY

20. The 4 Stages of Nonprofit Burnout
Passion
Driven
Passion
Waning
Passion
Challenged
Passion
Depleted
Take Assessment: http://bit.ly/np-burnout

21. What is your stress trigger? How do you react?

22. What’s Your Personal Chaos Index?

23. Self-Care: Many Ways To Put On Oxygen Mask
Self-Care is about revitalization. It includes any deliberate and
consistent habits you create to enhance your overall well being.

24. Protect Your Sleep
What happens when you don’t get enough sleep?
How many hours of sleep per night does you need?

27. Tip: Create A Calm Bedtime Routine

28. Heart disease
Diabetes
Bad Back
Brain Fog
Strained Neck

29. Beverly Trayner-Wenger
List of Standing Desk Resources
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Stand Up At Work

32. Tip: Walk More

34. We have no downtime
52% of smartphone owners check their phones
a few times an hour or more.
Behavior Addiction

37. Take Control of Your Mobile Phone
• Turn off all notifications except from people
• Type to launch apps
• Go grayscale
• Tools on home screen
• Scramble Apps
• Remove or move work apps into folders on 3rd or 4th screens after
hours or vacation
• Gboard and Forest Apps (List: http://bit.ly/HHNP-APPS)
• More Tips (http://humanetech.com/take-control/)

38. Unplug regularly & often

39. Tip: Go On A News Diet
• Consume news for specified time and sources per day
• News meditation – be in the present moment when consuming
• Remove news notifications
• Take a break from Facebook

40. Tip: Try Meditative Art

41. TIP: Schedule Quiet Time

42. Tip: Take Real Vacations

44. Write A Self-Care Plan

45. 1 Make It
Tiny
2 Find A
Spot
3 Train the
Cycle
The Secret to Creating New Self-Habits That Stick!
BJ Fogg: Tiny Habits Framework

47. A Simple Way To Practice Mindfulness At Work
-Two Minutes of Focusing on
Breath
-Two Minutes of No Agenda

48. Creating A Mindfulness Habit Trigger

50. From Self-Care to WE-Care
● Leadership and Culture
● Employee Engagement
● Programs and Activities
● Nudges and Cues
● Policies, Strategy

51. Avoid Quick Fixes

53. The Five F’s Brainstorm
1: Functioning
Do people have what they need to do their
job?
2: Feelings
Do people feel appreciated and respected?
3: Friendship
Do people feel connected to one another?
4: Forward
Do people feel like they have opportunities
for growth?
5: Fulfillment
Do people feel like they are inspired and
working towards a higher purpose?
Source: Laura Putnum
Process
-Establish Committee
-Get feedback and generate ideas
-Pick easy wins for first project
-Keep iterating

54. Interfaith Youth Core – Bottom Up and Top Down
• Leadership supported an
employee “Giddy” committee
• Feedback on how to improve
wellbeing (health, happiness,
productivity)
• One idea: “Creativity Time” –
three hours per month to visit a
museum – employee handbook
• No one used it until Executive
Director started to use it

55. United Way in South Dakota: Moving Together
• Twice daily all staff
walk or movement
• Started with listening
and engaging with
employees
• Wellness coaching and
experiment 10 years
ago
• Now part of culture

56. Creating An Organization That Values Focus Time/Space

59. Intentional Focus on Culture Change

63. Getting Started
• Staff meeting to do
assessments, create
self-care plans, and
brainstorm ideas for
workplace
• Accountability buddies
• Make small changes
• Does not have to cost a
lot of money

64. Summary
• Self-care is not just about kale smoothies
and massages, it is part of doing the work
• Bringing well being into the workplace is all
about culture change, quick fixes don’t
work
• Benefits include recruiting top talent,
retention, reduced health costs, and more
• Start practicing self-care and start the
discussion at your nonprofit

65. Many More Tips in the Book
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