preventing burnout

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"Nonprofit Wellness brings a wealth of knowledge every time they present to our workplace wellness program! Our nonprofit has been working with Susan and Ty for many years and they’ve been so great to collaborate with. We don’t even need to share content topics…our employees will always attend any Nonprofit Wellness events!! 

 There is always such positive feedback on what Susan and Ty bring to our employees. Nonprofit Wellness delivers consistently, sharing practical information and tips on wellness with interactive and fun materials. 

For example, our staff loved the BINGO cards -- the size was perfect, the activities sparked discussion, they liked getting mail, and now the Spanish cards can be our final reminder. We can't wait for the Be Like a Tree session in September...I know our staff will want to talk about that."

Toni W, Mountain Association (KY)

Listen to episode here 

"In this episode, Tyecia discusses a bit of her 15 year background in the education sector, including the parts that she loved and the things that lead to her eventual burnout. 

She explains some of the challenges teachers are facing both pre and post COVID as well as how administrators, parents, and other teachers can offer support. 

Lastly, Tyecia touches on necessary teacher self-care and leaves wellness professionals in the educational sphere with a tangible tip on how they can help alleviate stress."

-- Host Jen Arnold of Redesigning Wellness 

TechSoup recently interviewed Susan and wrote this blog post with tips to make video meetings more engaging. Which strategies do YOU use to build teamwork virtually and keep online confabs interesting?

"This post will touch on the psychology behind video conferencing and how we can better connect with our colleagues in a distant virtual space. We had the pleasure of speaking with Susan Comfort, who is the founder of Comfort Consulting and co-director of NonprofitWellness.org "

Or, listen to Susan's interview with host Jakub Górnicki (Susan was the only American trainer at Megaphone2018, a TechSoup Europe conference in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, for Eastern European activists) on how to combine individual and team burnout prevention strategies. 

Ty and Susan talk with Kristen Rainey, the Founder and CEO of Northstar Sleep School, in this episode on "tackling burnout in teachers and nonprofit professionals"

"After Susan Comfort and Ty Powell each experienced burnout, they teamed up to start an organization called Nonprofit Wellness,  which is focused on supporting teachers and nonprofit employees, who, in their commitment to caring for others,  tend to neglect their own care."

https://susan-comfort.medium.com

Read Susan's musings on Medium, such as: 

• Re-prescription Part I: GENEROSITY
• Re-prescription Part II: INTIMACY
• Encanto, me encanta + I❤L-M.M. (Part III)
• 2022: the Lasso Way (2 weeks of steal-able content) 

After Ty and Susan's Team-Care session at the 2021 National Technology Conference, Susan was  featured on Nonprofit Radio w/ Tony Martignetti.  

Susan and Mo Abdullah (of CultureEnergized.com) talk about team-care and remote-culture building on the 2020 Nonprofit Radio program with Tony.

"The train-the-trainer program we did with Ty & Susan was a great success!  With 11 organizations, we were able to begin the culture shift to one of Team-care based on monthly, science-based Nonprofit Wellness presentation and discussion.  We found that these organizations have created time, space and a budget for team wellness activities. It has become part of their regular routine." -- Amy Elliott, former head of Nonprofits LEAD at Marietta College, OH

Nonprofit Wellness sessions have been chosen in the NTC community screening annually since the pandemic began. We love using the chatbox to model high engagement in a virtual structure. 

In March 2022, Susan Comfort & Tiffany Galvan  presented at NTC: Boosting Wellness & Brainpower on your Fundraising Team

Here is 2021's NTC session recording on YouTube

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"We’ve been talking about how our work relationships feel more transactional these days. Everyone is so worn out! Today’s blind contour drawing workshop was a real breath of fresh air! We’ve been talking about wanting to create spaces where we can be together, have fun, and see each other as humans to reconnect.  I’m so glad did this! As an employee responsible for our “Get Healthy Y’all” wellness initiative, it was easy to select this session from a menu of options and get to actually participate myself. -- Megan, Mountain Association, Kentucky

We ran a 6-month study where 60 people in 12 organizations reported on the efficacy of a variety of individual and group opportunities. We learned that team-care is more important than self-care for these busy, world-changing staff.

You can get the report (5 findings, 5 recs) here. 

The first MomBoss Summit was held online in April, 2021 to support all moms. 

It featured a "Breathe, Mom!" session led by Nonprofit Wellness (we'd been training the ALSAC fundraising and marketing teams for two years.)

Check out the MomBoss recording.