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Impact (private Skill-shops)
Investment (Train-the-Trainer)
Impact (private Skill-shops)
Try a Skill-Shop or two during your next retreat or as a mid-afternoon work break (online or in-person). Single sessions start at $350 and can usually be recorded.
Size is unlimited though interaction tactics vary based on the group. Check out the Skill-shop menu above, and descriptions/trainers, below.
Intervention (Tools Talks)
Investment (Train-the-Trainer)
Impact (private Skill-shops)
We like to focus on your wellness committee and/or HR head or leadership team. This usually involves training on our "Tools" like the Prescription and Scorecard.
We suggest adding inclusive (online and in-person) small group activities to build your team culture, health, and camaraderie.
Tool talks start at $500, and Coaching packages begin at $1,000. All are designed to achieve specific outcomes for your specific organization.
Investment (Train-the-Trainer)
Investment (Train-the-Trainer)
Investment (Train-the-Trainer)
We designed a Train-the-Trainer curriculum on Team-Care, with the goal of building an effective Wellness Team at your school or nonprofit.
We have led this four-part curriculum at nonprofit organizations (like Nonprofits LEAD, in OH) and schools (like Mundo Verde PCS, in DC). These sessions are best with cross-functional teams (10-20 people).
Train-the-Trainer curriculum comes with sets of all 16 of our postcards and all 52 of our bilingual Immune Boosting & Breathing posters -- one for every week of the year!
it's more than team-building. it's team-care.
Our activities are fun and engaging in the moment, while building the foundation for a culture of WE
Leaders at nonprofits and schools are trying to build back better as the fog of the pandemic finally lifts.
The team has been giving it their all and then some, from home or behind a mask, and there’s a real concern that they’re burning out. (It’s ok to admit it if you’re there too!) You know that shared, fun experiences help build the team, but after the trauma and exhaustion of the past year-plus, you’re looking for something more constructive than mini-golf and happy hour.
Nonprofit Wellness combines energy, experience, science, art, and a sense of humor through Team-Care activities that are equal parts fun, engaging, and instructive, both virtual and in person. (We're based in DC, FYI.) From an hour at a retreat to a multi-week series culminating in a lasting Wellness Committee, our programs are custom-made to meet your big-hearted and exhausted employees where they are, build camaraderie through vulnerability, and establish a space and priority for discussing and supporting well-being at work.
According to McKinsey, 96 percent of companies globally provided additional mental-health resources to employees, but only one in six employees reported feeling supported. Even if you have an EAP program and decent coverage for therapy in your healthcare, most of your employees probably aren’t taking proper advantage of it. Nonprofit and school employees in particular struggle with making the time to take care of themselves, so employers need to be more proactive in creating the space and expectation. That's where team-care comes in.
Education director Ty Powell and nonprofit director Susan Comfort (Co-founders)
Skill-shops: putting the "WE" in wellness
Mindfulness in Stressful Times
Mindfulness in Stressful Times
ABOUT OUR SKILL-SHOPS
Our skill-shops are single sessions for teams to practice wellness activities together.
Because it's fun for people to learn a new skill or have a new experience (together).
Want to schedule a session or series for your team? susan@nonprofitwellness.org
Mindfulness in Stressful Times
Mindfulness in Stressful Times
Mindfulness in Stressful Times
Mindfulness is "nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment." Harder than it sounds, and worthy of a lifetime (or at least a few minutes a day) of practice. This session is designed as an introductory experience.
We go over brain science and the current stressful world we inhabit, but most of this session is spent practicing several methods of mindfulness (mantra) o 5-4-3-2-1 (sensory awareness). Here's Maria-Jose's story highlighting Headspace (the above links are in Spanish, led by bilingual trainers).
Latin Dance
Mindfulness in Stressful Times
Grief with Grace
Sometimes dance is the best solution to unstick your body or mind. These skill-shops are family-friendly, and zero dance experience is expected.
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Learn Latin dance while exercising and having fun. This class will go over the basics of popular styles like salsa, merengue, and bachata, led by Latin dance instructors like Ricardo Loiaza, above.
Grief with Grace
Juggling Challenges (& bags)
Grief with Grace
Leslie Gray Streeter, columnist for the Baltimore Banner and author of Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like "Journey" in the Title, presents this "Grief with Grace" skill-shop that is mostly safe for work.
She shares practical steps, based on experience and science and the pandemic, to navigate the grieving process with positivity and YEP! a sense of humor. Participants will come away with a plan of action that includes talking about and acknowledging grief, a topic most avoid but everyone experiences.
Juggling Challenges (& bags)
Juggling Challenges (& bags)
Juggling Challenges (& bags)
Think you can’t juggle? We beg to differ. Using simple plastic bags or maybe scarves, we’ll teach you juggling basics in less than an hour.
Here's a 5-min taster of Kevin's session with kids. These movements sharpen the reflexes, increase focus, and improve coordination.
Learn from expert circus yogi Kevin O'Keefe of Circus Minimus. Circus arts are inherently family-friendly, so do this session from home office(s) and invite the kids.
Qi Gong: Meditative Movements
Juggling Challenges (& bags)
Juggling Challenges (& bags)
Qi Gong is a gentle, ancient, Chinese healing practice that cultivates our vital life energy (qi or “chi”) and fosters balance in both our bodies and minds.
In this beginner practice, Joann and Pat of QiCircles teach a mindful flow of simple and profoundly effective movements.
This session is accessible to all ages (Joann is 80 years young!) and physical ability levels.
When a team does something (anything) new together, the experience builds camaraderie as well as skill.
Mindful Art: Upcycling
How to have Less Zoom Stress
How to have Less Zoom Stress
Our Mindful Art sessions focus on paper "upcycling" (making new stuff from otherwise discarded magazines, calendars, maps, etc) for cards, envelopes, and other human connection tools.
These activities engage the right hemisphere of our brain, and help us stay present. They also help us view the "waste" economy with a new viewpoint.
How to have Less Zoom Stress
How to have Less Zoom Stress
How to have Less Zoom Stress
In this session, we take a fun approach to looking into why "Zoom fatigue" exists, best practices for engagement -- on any online platform -- and tips/tricks to make Zoom work better for you. This skill-shop models interactive practices that you can then replicate with your team.
Some of the content from this training was covered by TechSoup in their June 2021 blog post.
Improv for Teamwork
How to have Less Zoom Stress
Improv for Teamwork
Come learn some new online games to bring to your next meeting. You'll also experience the links between improv and empathy and mental health.
We team up with Lynne Childress of Building Better People Productions to present this session, which is appropriate for a variety of ages and seniority levels. Participants will get a list of check-in questions to try.
Mental Health & team-Building: TOOL TALKS
Personal Stress Prescription
Stressor & Resilience Scorecard
Stressor & Resilience Scorecard
- Goal of Training: Understand neuroscience and health impacts of (unprecedented) stress & identify science-backed self-care solutions.
- What You'll Learn: In this training, participants will learn the neuroscience of what stress does to the body and mind. Then, participants will reflect on their "roots" of self-care. They will self-prescribe their own stress solutions
- Trainers in training will learn ways to facilitate this tool in small group discussions, to build trust.
Stressor & Resilience Scorecard
Stressor & Resilience Scorecard
Stressor & Resilience Scorecard
- Goal of Training: Understand your sources of (non-work) stress and learn ways to reframe these challenges to build personal resilience.
- What You'll Learn: This session shares new tools that are needed to manage the chronic stress of 2022, especially in nonprofits and schools. Participants will complete a "Stressor & Resilience Scorecard," our revised tool which measures the impact of one's identity and personal circumstances.
- Trainers in training will practice reducing and re-framing, two key strategies for personal resilience.
A Forest of Team-Care
Stressor & Resilience Scorecard
A Forest of Team-Care
- Goal of Training: Cultivate a healthy forest -- that is, a culture of team-care that supports everyone at work.
- What You'll Learn: How to assess your team's wellness needs to plan a post-pandemic culture of retention. Participants will share ideas on wellness planning and receive our "Big List" of 30 (cheap!) cultural and leadership wellness practices to inspire staff year-round.
- Trainers are available for additional coaching and customized plans.
12 Immune Boosters
Brain Boost BINGO (Take 5)
A Forest of Team-Care
In a pandemic and entering flu season, everyone can do a few more things to bolster their immune systems. This skill-shop goes over 12 science-backed solutions for naturally boosting your resistance to sickness. The summary sheet is available on the "resources" tab, in English and Spanish.
Brain Boost BINGO (Take 5)
Brain Boost BINGO (Take 5)
Brain Boost BINGO (Take 5)
The "Take Five" tool talk uses Dave Brubeck's best-selling jazz single to encourage 5-minute brain boosts throughout the day.
3 recommendations: challenge your neural networks, choose a mindfulness practice (including listening to music), and recall playful memories from childhood.
This session comes with Brain Boost BINGO cards for all participants. This session was developed for the Pentagon in 2015 and has been in demand ever since.