Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Orange hats” are assistant crew leaders who teach “green hats” how to do trail building and maintenance correctly. Becoming certified as an orange hat is recognition of commitment and skill–it’s a real accomplishment. She says, “I never thought I could be coaching and mentoring people.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

He was promoted to Director of Sales in 2009 and took over as President in 2011. Today, he kindly answered questions about leadership, mentors, his book, and Millennials in the workplace. Which of your leadership skills helped you most to rise through the ranks at Zane Benefits? How important have mentors been to your career?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2015

During my tenure as the Executive Director of GLAAD, I struggled with them constantly. Often, it’s Executive Directors who set this kind of tone. More than that, I’ve been that Executive Director. I’m the ED whose intensity nearly killed my own Development Director. They are complex, built into the DNA of nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2008

I was a mentor on Ore's Blog Mentoring Project in Africa as Joitske Hulsebosch also writes about. Oreoluwa Somolu is Executive Director of the Women??? Oreoluwa Somolu is Executive Director of the Women???s So, when she invited to participate as a mentor in the Networking for Success project at the the Women???s

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 7, 2013

She is currently the President of the Sigma Kappa National Housing Corporation and previously served as President & CEO of Volunteer Southern Arizona, Executive Director of the Amphitheater Public Schools Foundation, and Director of a school-based mentoring program serving 22 districts in eastern Iowa. Like this article?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

TechHire spans the corporate, nonprofit, government, and educational sectors and has the ambitious goal to "give Americans the opportunity they deserve, and the skills they need to be competitive in a global economy." Year Up doesn't stop at helping youth gain relevant job skills. Year Up's Partnership with TechHire.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Over the last decade, I've unexpectedly stumbled my way from religious studies major to accidental techie to a job I completely love as Director of Technology Strategy at a small, statewide org in Massachusetts that does health care reform work. The skills and experiences you already have under your belt have value.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The executive director of the nonprofit was quite clear when she was recruiting me for the board of directors: Fundraising would be part of my responsibilities. About six months into my tenure, when the executive director asked how I’d like to proceed with my fundraising duties, I was stunned and a little panicked.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 17, 2011

Her words to the graduates were, "You never know where your skills will take you, so learn all you can about whatever you are interested in doing." I wondered, had I done enough, given the right advice, been a successful coach and mentor? Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Along with educational opportunities, the nonprofit organization provides incarcerated individuals with a “record of their achievements that they can utilize in parole hearings or post-release to validate their skills and experience on the inside and provide steppingstones to a better life after incarceration,” Shoaf and Hicklin say.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

To get people in the mindset for brainstorming, I lead them through a couple of improvisation exercises that teach acceptance and openness to new ideas. New power and old power leaders would have opportunities to learn from and mentor each other. Participants were encouraged to focus on quantity of ideas and not to self-edit.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The more successful you are, the more you have to give back." -- Jose Corona, Inner City Advisors Jose Corona is the Executive Director of Inner City Advisors , a nonprofit that helps build sustainable and responsible inner city businesses that create quality jobs, reinvest in the community, and contribute to the local economy.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2022

What skills do you have? To gain leadership skills. To donate their professional skills. Let qualified volunteers teach professional development sessions . Offer mentor/mentee volunteer programs. List of Board of Directors and members of other important committees. Availability and scheduling.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2010

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). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

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). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

I have to admit, I hate asking people for money and I know you’re like, “Wait a minute, I’m a development director. I that’s what I do for a living or aren’t you teaching us about fundraising today, Jesse?” Is it because of their skill set, their technical know-how?

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

They can help you with more technical processes and teach you how to improve your data hygiene routine. For example, instead of simply stating that your nonprofit provides mentors for women of color who work in STEM fields, tell the story of one specific woman and where her mentoring experience has led her.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

Yesterday, I had the honor of participating in the 4th annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit that brings together women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. This is an important employment skill for them.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

The speakers were Alli Chagi-Starr, who is the Co-Founder of Art in Action ; Ilyse Hogue, the Campaign Director for MoveOn.org ; Melinda Kramer, the Founder and Director of Women's Earth Alliance ; and Reem Rahim, the Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing for Numi Tea. I am the Campaign Director at MoveOn.org. We are a 3.5

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