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How to Become a Nonprofit Leader

The Modern Nonprofit

Find a mentor. He became the youngest and first openly gay executive director of the Asian Pacifical American Labor Alliance in 2010. Similarly, Cendana’s advice to those interested in pursuing executive leadership roles is to find an executive director who is willing to mentor you. And it’s true!

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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

Eric Jacobsen Blog

October 14 brings a powerful new book full of leadership lessons for " how to be a first responder in business." A few surgeries later I found my role relegated to that of a back up and mentor to a rising star. In your encounters with business and organizations where do many of them often fall short and why might that be?

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How to Conduct a Quick Tech Plan

Tech Soup

You may well have pressing needs to budget for like upgrading from Windows XP and Office 2003 before April 2014 and getting newer IT equipment, for instance from TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative , that already has Windows 7 and Office 2010 installed. SCORE is a very useful resource for workshops and free mentoring.

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Research Friday: Branding in the nonprofit sector

ASU Lodestar Center

In a recent study published in the Journal of Business Research , a brand is defined as “a name, term, sign, drawing, or any combinations of these, that serve to identify a firm’s goods and services and differentiate them from those of competitors.” Journal of Business Research , 65(5), 701-707. [3] 3] Venable, B. & Gilbert, F.

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Millennial Innovators: Meet Ecoviate, GiveMob, and Scholarships Expanding Education (SEE)

NTEN

. • Products include Greenshields, ecotube, and ecotank • One tree is planted for every item purchased or downloaded • Param met his business partners at the Forbes 30 Under 30 party. They''ve also launched the Ecoviate Mentorship Program - so far it''s very informal, they''re mentoring other youth around the world.

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How can leadership development strategies improve retention in nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Through a session on organizational effectiveness at Bank of America’s Neighborhood Excellence Initiative, Kramer (2010) identified 52 on-the-job leadership development opportunities nonprofits can employ at no cost to the organization. 2010, October). Most of this learning takes place within the organization. 2016, September 08).

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Book Reviews

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

They fall into that category of “business&# books that I basically never read. Although in most cases, these books are designed for people who want to get more business (the first book not so much – they have some good nonprofit examples.) A great many people in my Mentor Program consult with non-profits.

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