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How to Become a Nonprofit Leader

The Modern Nonprofit

Find a mentor. Carving out your own career path is easier when you have an example to follow. He became the youngest and first openly gay executive director of the Asian Pacifical American Labor Alliance in 2010. Mentors can make introductions for you and give you key insights that would take you years to learn on your own.

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Research Friday: Branding in the nonprofit sector

ASU Lodestar Center

4 The American Red Cross is a great example of trust building across donor and client lines. Sign up today for NMI 112: Marketing and Social Media. 1 The original name for New Pathways for Youth is an example of how the organization looked at the symptoms of the problems with youth in Phoenix and labeled them as being “at-risk.”

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

NTEN

Emily Yu of the Case Foundation served as the emcee and interviewer as three social entrepreneurs presented quick pitches about their work and tech products. 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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Book Reviews

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

They do a good job of using examples for each of these things (like why Southwest Airlines is so successful, and why the Kidney Heist urban legend sticks so well, among other stories. It uses examples and such, but it is not anywhere near as engaging and readable as “Made to Stick.&# I’ll have to look for it.

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Getting meta: Why the #CommBuild chats have evolved for three years and counting

NTEN

In July 2010, Amy Sample Ward wrote a blog post called Monthly Chats About Community Building: Are You With Me? But CommBuild''s practitioners, focused as I am on social benefit, are the ones that I identify with. One thing that has remained consistent, though, is #CommBuild’s bent toward the nonprofit sector. “I''ve

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Getting meta: Why the #CommBuild chats have evolved for three years and counting

NTEN

In July 2010, Amy Sample Ward wrote a blog post called Monthly Chats About Community Building: Are You With Me? But CommBuild''s practitioners, focused as I am on social benefit, are the ones that I identify with. One thing that has remained consistent, though, is #CommBuild’s bent toward the nonprofit sector. "I''ve

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Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011.