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Meet The Speaker: Donor Engagement with Eman Osagie

Achieve

Eman Osagie: Two of my sisters founded a charter school in New Jersey. My family is very important to me and it's great to end the year and start the year with them; it really keeps everything in perspective in what's important in life. What was your first experience working with Nonprofits? . What’s a fun fact about you? .

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Providing education for incarcerated students

M+R

Our campaign garnered bipartisan support for lifting the ban and spurred policy shifts in states including New Jersey, Michigan, Tennessee and North Carolina. Two years in, we expanded our focus to the U.S. Congress and efforts to lift the federal ban on Pell Grants. .

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Americans' Urge to Help Overcomes Lock Down Limitations

VisionLink

Together we can maximize the willingness of Americans to volunteer and the generosity of corporations donating life-saving goods and services.” Douglas Zimmerman, CEO of Visionlink, stated, “We simply couldn’t stand by and not support the nationwide challenge of this pandemic.

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How can nonprofits improve staff well-being to achieve desired results?

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofits need to invest in practices that enhance and develop skills, create career paths and take work-life balance into consideration. She lives, works and volunteers in the community of West Milford, New Jersey, with her husband and two daughters. Human resource practices play a vital role in making employees feel valuable.

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Seven Principles To Keep You Present, Grounded And Thriving

Eric Jacobsen Blog

O’Neil is the CEO of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, a global sports and entertainment company that includes the Philadelphia 76errs (NBA) and the New Jersey Devils (NHL). The book is a timely guide for not only how to achieve a better life, but also how to become a better leader. It is life. It is messy.

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Measuring the Networked Nonprofit” is 2013 Terry McAdam Book Award Finalist

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The award committee is now in process of reviewing the finalist selections to identify the 2013 winner of the award, which will be announced and presented at “Grown Locally, Practiced Nationally: A Conference That Builds Research-Based Practice,” the Alliance annual conference in Newark, New Jersey, August 7-9, 2013.

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Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Wins Terry McAdam Nonprofit Book Award

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The award was presented at the annual conference of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management, in Newark, New Jersey last night and I was going to attend, but opted to stay longer with my mom who is recovering from an illness in a rehab hospital. As many readers of this blog know, my Dad, Earl Kanter , passed away in June.

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