How to still be involved after your 9-5 - Fellowship in inclusion and Philanthropy

How to still be involved after your 9-5 - Fellowship in inclusion and Philanthropy: "The days where having an undergrad degree was enough, are long gone.

Everyone is so busy in their workplace with various different projects that we tend to forget what else is out there for our careers beyond our current jobs.
To become a successful young professional, you need to always be upgrading and adding more credentials to your profile to help yourself stand out. I will be sharing the three most important aspects of being a successful young professional from my own experience – how to get involved, how to put yourself out there, and the benefits of having a mentor."



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Best Senior Staff Development Idea We Have Heard in a While—Or Maybe Ever - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Best Senior Staff Development Idea We Have Heard in a While—Or Maybe Ever - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: "Taylor Strange is director of special programs at the Center for Nonprofit Advancement in Washington, and in that position she struggled with the very common problem of the mismatch of traditional development opportunities and the needs of senior-level staff.

“You see so much available for executive directors and the man or woman at the top,” Strange said. “But it gets harder and harder for those at the senior level to find something that’s a little bit different out there. I can’t tell you how many classes, conferences, and seminars that I’ve been to, but they’re more on the basic level, and I need something a little bit higher.”

Then she took notice of what a local theater company was doing in response to the problem.

“They started sending a senior staff person to another arts organization throughout the country to shadow them, and I thought ‘How interesting,’” Strange said. “I wanted to take the idea and replicate it and tweak it a little so it’s a little more appropriate for my profession at a nonprofit association.”"



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Investing in talent: How and why foundations are supporting professional development

Investing in talent: How and why foundations are supporting professional development: Anyone who knows anything about the nonprofit sector knows that nonprofits attract passionate, committed, caring people – but that those people must operate on a shoestring budget, where needs perpetually exceed resources. This “nonprofit starvation cycle” is described by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, as quoted in a sector white paper: