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How Mentorship Can Break Down Racial Divides

Saleforce Nonprofit

It was updated for National Mentoring Month in January 2023. I received a full academic scholarship to Jackson State in Mississippi, a historically black university with an accredited journalism department. A Life-Changing Relationship I made a point to find mentors — other Black reporters and anchors I still call on for advice today.

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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Managing relationships. Wiens also discovered during her research that people with burnout immunity have a special relationship with stress. After several months of recovery and spending time reflecting on my unhealthy relationship with work, I decided to enroll in a doctoral program at The University of Pennsylvania.

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When Looking to Diversify Your Development Office, Widen Your Lens

Bloomerang

But consider that with inclusion comes new relationships, new perspectives, perhaps new ways of doing things that are just as effective. Professional training and mentoring are key to diversify your development office and fundraising jobs pipeline, and retain those already in it.

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How to Become a Nonprofit Leader

The Modern Nonprofit

Find a mentor. Similarly, Cendana’s advice to those interested in pursuing executive leadership roles is to find an executive director who is willing to mentor you. Mentors can make introductions for you and give you key insights that would take you years to learn on your own. And it’s true! Earn an advanced degree.

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How you can foster sustainable innovation within your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

When nonprofit leadership takes the time to build relationships, mentor staff, elicit insights and feedback and demonstrate the ability to act on that feedback, the staff will begin to trust that they have a place and a voice within the organization. She serves as the chief strategy officer for Triumph in Yakima, Washington.

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How can nonprofits bridge the gap between race and leadership?

ASU Lodestar Center

Increasing mentoring initiatives for BIPOC staff. Recruiting staff from BIPOC peer networks and job boards, and historically black colleges and universities. Brittney Riedinger is a 2021 graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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3 Essential Questions to Assess Your Digital Transformation

Saleforce Nonprofit

For Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA), personalization for each young person (a “Little”) and their adult mentor (a “Big”) is critical to its mission. The pandemic forced BBBSA to quickly transform deep, in-person connections into virtual relationships.

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