How to respond when a manager yells at you in front of staff
Perhaps this has happened to you. You’re doing your work, and suddenly your boss comes over and starts screaming at you.
Then they barge back into their office.
You wonder what just happened. Perhaps you start to cry. Perhaps you yell back. Perhaps you start to search for another job. How can you prevent verbal attacks? How can you stop the verbal attacker in their tracks? How can you make them understand that they are not going to get the rise out of you that they want?
Are you the Queen of the Neighborhood?
Have you ever heard the song Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill? It goes like this: Rebel Girl! Rebel Girl! Rebel Girl you are the queen of my world! I wanna take you home I wanna try on your clothes When she talks I hear the revolution When she walks the revolution’s coming! That girl thinks […]
What you don’t know CAN hurt you.
Jamel Debbouze in Amelie
When I saw Amelie in 2001, I loved Jamel Debbouze’s character, Lucien. He overcame the barriers presented to him, and ended up running the fruit and vegetable stall where he had previously been abused and oppressed by the owner for being disabled and for being of a different race. It nearly made me cry, when he was being slapped by the manager. My emotional reaction was a hint that I needed to do something.
Changing Your Language, Changing Your Life
Whether you’re working to rescue animals or simply to improve the world, there’s a vocabulary around what you do.
There’s a measure of educating the community in nonprofit, charity and cause related marketing. You tell people what you do, and you tell them why they should care. But have you ever thought about going further, and starting a movement, educating an entire group about the ideas behind what you do?
Isn’t it time we started to talk among ourselves about the ideas that make us get up and go to work every day?
Top ten mistakes people make in fundraising
So are you: 0. Thinking that your nonprofit is looking out for you, and will reward all of your hard work with more money or respect or job titles? Think again. 1. Thinking fundraising is begging? It’s not. It’s relationship building. 2. Thinking that you should not get paid a living wage, nor should your […]
Are YOU Fundraising in a Big Shop?
Because you’ve got so much support, you’re expected to perform miracles, even with a bad database, or a down economy. Or perhaps you feel pigeonholed into your role, with no chance to move up, or do new things.
How do you deal?