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 […]
The Center for Companies That Care has released its 2008 honor roll, and a handful of nonprofits are sprinkled throughout the list. To make the honor roll, an organization must demonstrate 10 characteristics in its work environment:
Sustain a work environment founded on dignity and respect for all employees
Make employees feel their jobs are important
Cultivate the […]
Eighty-six the boring note from your executive director and use your newsletter to tell the organization’s story instead.
Why should Baby Boomers have all the fun? Advice on starting your career in the nonprofit sector.
Fundraising: so far, so good, crappy economy and all.
"Giving is the new getting." In other words: Philanthropy — not just for the […]
Wake up, America: Running an effective nonprofit takes more scratch than you think.
Size does matter: Even the most wee nonprofits now have to check in with the IRS.
Nonprofit hospitals get a reason — albeit a small one — to breathe a little bit easier.
Even more on the talent-retention challenge/crisis/fill in your favorite synonym here.
A novel proposal […]
We’ve just entered the Chinese Year of the Rat, and if you think the filthy little plague-carriers are as far removed from nonprofits as quarterly dividends, think again.
In Chinese philosophy, the rodent’s ambition, strong will, and self-interest lead to an accumulation of wealth and power. Hey, development staffs, are you listening? Sounds like someone you […]
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