Never underestimate the power of the ask.
That thought went through my head when I read that a recent Gallup survey revealed that a "a third of young Americans would give a ‘great deal of consideration’ to entering government service if asked by their parents, a teacher or … the next president of the United States […]
Attention, development directors: Your corporate partners may not have as much scratch to donate these days as in more robust years past, but that doesn’t mean they can’t help you. The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating piece on the increasing use of another type of resource — the human kind — by for-profit firms […]
Writing yesterday in the Tallahassee Democrat, Kelly Otte, the executive director of United Partners for Human Services, strongly advised nonprofit employees and board members to take proactive steps to manage stress and avoid burnout. Otte’s counsel was generally sound:
Keep reminding yourself that your job is not your entire life. … You won’t be able to […]
Sure, the pay is a bit lower than in the for-profit sector, and the hours can be long. But working for nonprofits can be tremendously energizing — where else can you get paid to contribute to something that you believe in? But how to get that foot in the door? How to take advantage once […]
Talk about damned if you do, damned if you don’t: The nonprofit leadership crisis exists, in part, because the next generation of leaders sees a bleak future in terms of personal compensation and is leaving the sector for greener pastures. Meanwhile, salaries for nonprofit hospital executives are so high that a Massachusetts legislator has proposed […]
Volunteering skills instead of sweat. | Boston Globe
Want to work for a nonprofit but aren’t sure doing what? Consider these jobs. | CareerBuilder.com/CNN.com
How to use YouTube to promote your cause. | Wild Apricot Blog
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Yesterday the Chronicle of Philanthropy hosted an online discussion about how nonprofit employees can reduce and cope with stress. Lynne Cripe, the senior technical adviser of staff support for CARE in Atlanta, and Lisa McKay, director of training and education services for the Headington Institute in Pasadena, California, offered a lot great tips. What caught […]
The "Career Couch" column in yesterday’s New York Times Business section offered a Q&A for for-profit employees considering a switch to the nonprofit sector. There was some terrific advice in there, which I’m adapting here and to which I’m adding my thoughts as well as a suggestion of my own:
Be clear about your motivations. Working […]
Two big findings — one surprising, one not — come out of a "recent survey of 1,750 nonprofit jobseekers [that] finds people seeking positions in the sector believe that nonprofit employers are not doing enough to address the obstacles that they face."
The survey, by the Boston headhunter Commongood Careers, showed that many nonprofit wannabes have […]
With talk of a pending leadership crisis and much hand wringing over the sector’s troubles holding onto talented employees, nonprofit work life has gotten a lot of attention lately. Pimp Your Work, this week’s b5media Business Channel blog of the week, takes a look at how to make that work life better. Blogger Celine Roque […]
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