Tackling Burnout: Could Supporting Working Parents Be the Secret?
Do the words "parental leave" take your anxiety levels up a notch? We get it. Whether you're a nonprofit leader faced with filling a vacancy, or a parent growing your family and your fundraising career, the journey can be overwhelming. With the continued rise of burnout, turnover, and recruitment challenges in our sector, how can we better support working parents to advance your organizational mission and create workplaces we love? Join Lacey Kempinski, CFRE (Founder, Balanced Good) as she discusses the benefits of supporting working parents and provides tangible examples and takeaways. Whether you are a working parent or a non-profit leader, this is a session you do not want to miss. Learning Objectives: • Identifying the benefits of supporting working parents.• Highlight and share real-life examples of how you can support working parents.• Tips for working parents on how to communicate what they need to excel in the workplace.• Strategies for advancing work-life balance from both an organizational and individual perspective. Parental Leave Planning Workbook Non-Profits + Parents Mastermind Learn more about Balanced Good here. Every act of generosity starts here.
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Lacey Kempinski, CFRE, the founder and owner of Balanced Good. She is a graduate of McMaster University and Georgian College's Fundraising and Resource Development Program. She is a mission-driven fundraiser, with nearly 15 years of experience, fueled by a passion to make an impact for the cause she is championing.After 10 years of working in-house as a major gift fundraiser, she jumped into consulting - quickly realizing she couldn't be the mom and professional she wanted to be in a traditional workforce.As an entrepreneur and business owner, she is now focused on changing the way our sector supports parental leaves and working parents. She believes this is one important key to improving the social profit sector's burnout and turnover dilemma.Most importantly, Lacey is a Mom to three children - 7, 5, and 3. When she's not working or playing LEGO you can find her hiking trails around her family's off-grid home near Parry Sound, Ontario.


