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Want a successful year? Create strong career goals
Each month, Eleanor Whitney will share tips and ideas in her column: Navigating your next step: advice for mid-career professionals. Photo credit: Blogspot Have you made your career goals for 2013?...
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Your professional development opportunities for March
Ready to take your career to the next level? Here is a list of conferences, webinars, and other events happening in March. Photo credit: Mark Brannan, Creative Commons/Flickr Job Search and Leadership...
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Are you keeping track of your accomplishments at work?
Photo credit:seeveeaar, Creative Commons/Flickr All too rare is the employee who keeps a sufficient tally of her accomplishments at work. While we might be great at our jobs—setting and reaching...
View ArticleWant a successful career? Think two jobs ahead
A report released earlier this year shared that turnover among fundraising professionals is high, with many staying at their jobs for two years before moving on. But Andrew Watt, president of the...
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Your professional development opportunities for April
Ready to take your career to the next level? Here is a list of conferences, webinars, and other events happening in April. Photo credit: Creative Commons/Pixabay Free Online Resources: Watch as Career...
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Resource Spotlight: Generocity
Generocity, a platform for social good in Philadelphia, is offering additional online resources for nonprofit organizations and leaders. While linking to content from sites like The Chronicle of...
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Former NPR CEO offers suggestions for nonprofit improvement
With Charity for All, by Ken Stern Continuing in this conversation around the challenges facing nonprofits, the Los Angeles Review of Books takes a look at With Charity for All, the recently-published...
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Your professional development opportunities for May
Ready to take your career to the next level? Here is a list of conferences, webinars, and other events happening in May. Photo credit: Falconia, Shutterstock Conferences: The Social Media for...
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6 ways to make the most of a conference when you’re attending alone
Photo credit: Pavel L Photo and Video, Shutterstock Guys. Seriously, I have attended so many conferences alone. I’ve been to Las Vegas, Dallas, Salt Lake City, and even the Bahamas. Not to mention the...
View ArticleThe impact of keeping a career journal [Video]
I’m an on-again-off-again journaler; it’s one of those things that could be beneficial but is so easy to forget about. However, this video from the 99U conference on creativity, researcher Teresa...
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Are you afraid of being successful?
Photo credit: Anson0618, Shutterstock We often talk about getting over the fear of failure in order to move forward, but is the fear of success holding you back? What does it mean to be afraid of...
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Job seeker success story: “I don’t think I would be where I am today without...
Sara Struckman We’ve turned our attention to Colorado this month, and have already shared ways senior volunteers are giving back to their community and how organizations in the state are making a...
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Want to grow as a leader? 3 tips to keep in mind
We’ve turned our attention to Colorado this month, and have already shared ways senior volunteers are giving back to their community and how organizations in the state are making a difference. Below is...
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Your professional development opportunities for June
Ready to take your career to the next level? Here is a list of conferences, webinars, and other events happening in June. Image Credit: Nomad_Soul, Shutterstock Online webinars: Join Charity How To for...
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7 tips for first-time nonprofit managers
Photo credit: Raywoo, Shutterstock by Michael V. Paul Being in a management role for the first time can be challenging. As a young professional who scored his first job out of college at a small...
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How to get started with pro bono work and advance your career
Photo credit: YuryZap, Shutterstock We all know how important volunteering is, to organizations, to us individually, and to our careers. I am also a strong advocate for volunteering, but recently...
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5 ways to recharge your career this summer
Photo credit: Sandra Cunningham, Shutterstock It can be really tempting to slack off at work during the summer, if even just a little. And a little is probably okay—after all, ‘tis the season for...
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Jumpstart your summer with these professional development opportunities
Happy July! Though the arrival of summer usually prompts us to take it easy, there are still a ton of great opportunities to help you find a job and thrive in the job you have. Photo credit: robert_s,...
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So you’ve started a pro bono project…now what?
Photo credit: Ragma Images, Shutterstock A while ago I wrote about the benefits of doing pro bono work and some tips on how to get started. Whether you are looking to switch sectors or are new to a...
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4 ways being a nonprofit board member can help your career
Photo credit: hxdbzxy, Shutterstock For many people, being a board member conjures up images of wealthy people writing checks and hosting fundraisers. While supporting the financial well being of a...
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