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57. The Compassionate Instinct & Bringing Wonder Back to Work with Dacher Keltner

57. The Compassionate Instinct & Bringing Wonder Back to Work with Dacher Keltner

FromVolunteer Nation


57. The Compassionate Instinct & Bringing Wonder Back to Work with Dacher Keltner

FromVolunteer Nation

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
May 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In today's episode, Tobi features Dacher Keltner and discusses the compassionate instinct, bringing wonder and awe back into our lives, and becoming more resilient.Dacher Keltner is a professor of psychology at the University of California Berkeley and the faculty director of UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. He is a renowned expert in the science of human emotion, studying compassion and awe, how we express emotion, and how emotions guide our moral identities and search for meaning. His research interests also span the issues of power. He has written a new book on awe and has a podcast called "Science of Happiness" that offers practices for how to feel stronger, even when doing hard work like volunteering. Full show notes: 057– The Compassionate Instinct & Bringing Wonder Back to Work with Dacher KeltnerThanks for listening to this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast. If you enjoyed it, please be sure to subscribe, rate, and review so we can reach more people like you who want to improve the impact of their good cause. For more tips and notes from the show, check us out at TobiJohnson.com. For any comments or questions, email us at WeCare@VolPro.net.
Released:
May 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Nonprofit leadership author, coach, and expert Tobi Johnson shares weekly tips to help charities build, grow, and scale exceptional volunteer teams. Discover how your nonprofit can effectively coordinate volunteers who are reliable, equipped, and ready to help you bring about BIG change for the better. Rather than continuing to “do more with less,” achieve abundance for your organization by engaging community talent that helps you do more with more. Society is evolving and so, too, is volunteerism. With over 25 years of experience working in nonprofits, public sector agencies, and grassroots campaigns Tobi is known for her modern “big hat” thinking and straight talk about what it takes to achieve success in today’s world. You will learn how to coordinate volunteers, improve the volunteer experience, recruit volunteers, appreciate volunteers, and do it all more efficiently with the right volunteer management software and digital tools. It’s a mix of interviews and solo shows you’re not going to want to miss. So, if you’re ready to ditch the stress and harness the power of people to fuel your good work, you’re in exactly the right place. Hit subscribe and let’s DO this!