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How to Become a Nonprofit Leader

The Modern Nonprofit

Find a mentor. You’ll hear this advice over and over again from successful people with diverse backgrounds, from the likes of Oprah Winfrey to Steve Jobs. Similarly, Cendana’s advice to those interested in pursuing executive leadership roles is to find an executive director who is willing to mentor you.

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

Qgiv

Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser. These were modest jobs, many in campus offices working with university administrators and faculty members. What classes are best?

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What happened to the FUN in Fundraising?

ASU Lodestar Center

The report explains how frustrations within a development position can commonly lead to myriad hurdles for an entire organization and offers tangible advice on how the sector as a whole can dramatically reshape the field of fundraising. A mentor at my first fundraising job once told me that I was “too naïve to know what won’t work.”

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Foundation Supported Social Enterprises (FOSE): Expanding the Use of Program Related Investments

ASU Lodestar Center

We have also been able to piggyback on the foundation’s existing hard infrastructure (such as office space and technology) and soft infrastructure (such as tacit knowledge and mentors)”. She also holds a certificate in nonprofit management from the ASU Lodestar Center on Philanthropy & Nonprofit Innovation.

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Salesforce Employees & Tsofen Prepare Israel’s Arab Students for Jobs in Tech

Saleforce Nonprofit

Salesforce employees in Israel volunteer their time to mentor local Arab Israeli youth for successful careers in the tech industry. Educational and career exposure activities for high school, college, and university students , and graduates pursuing STEM studies. My mentor Karim Fanadka was very invested in guiding me.

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[VIDEO] Major Donor Stewardship – Strategies That Build Lasting Relationships With Your Most Significant Givers

Bloomerang

Like I said, as the senior director of stewardship and communications at the University of Pennsylvania. Has also shared a lot of her knowledge, not just on this webinar series, but she’s been really gracious with her time in contributing to our blog. She’s written a lot about managing teams and being a mentor.

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[VIDEO] You’ve Been Let Go From Your Nonprofit Job – Now What?

Bloomerang

You’ll get expert advice and tips from them based on how they’ve gone through certain journeys in their lives. So I was at a university and in the early part of the pandemic, the university was hit hard by just the economic changes that were happening in the country and in our state. Sarah: Sure. Ephraim: Okay.

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