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Mentoring Staff New to Nonprofit Work

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Sheryl Keeme , Executive Director, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Teach or model a succinct delivery of the cause’s elevator speech. Have you ever been asked what you do for a living and when you responded, the person reacted as though you were Mother Teresa? Not everything translates from for-profit to nonprofit.

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Michelle’s RiseUP Fellowship Experience: RiseUP Fellow to Full Time Employee

Media Cause

The hope in sharing part of my story is to give program insight to applicants, share the immense value to supporters of the program, and give thanks to my incredibly supportive team. . That is a loaded question so I’ll opt out for something with a little more structure—what did the RiseUP Fellowship teach me? The Value of Mentorship.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What To Do When Lead Development Staff Won’t Leave Their Desk

Bloomerang

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to encourage their Development Director to take meetings with major donors. . Teach your staff to fish: People aren’t born knowing how to build a major donor pipeline and expertly move folks through this pipeline. Is there a story behind that? ”).

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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Question: The book's servant leadership teachings are particularly interesting. They are highly effective mentors and coaches. Wiens is a senior fellow at The University of Pennsylvania, and the director of the Penn Master’s in Medical Education Program. Why did you decide to include that material in the book?

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Why Self-Interested Volunteers are the Best for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Orange hats” are assistant crew leaders who teach “green hats” how to do trail building and maintenance correctly. Dr. Dietmar Kress puts his PhD in Sociology to work as Director of Actions and Volunteering at Greenpeace Germany. She says, “I never thought I could be coaching and mentoring people.

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Bridging the Opportunity Divide – Empowering Youth to Imagine and Realize their Futures

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Bridging the Opportunity Divide – Empowering Youth to Imagine and Realize their Futures – guest post by Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship at Microsoft. Mary Mwende told us about her journey from Mombasa, Kenya, to being one of ten girls chosen for the Global Give Back Circle , a mentoring and empowerment program.

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11 Nonprofit Thought Leaders You Should Be Following

NonProfit Hub

Her blog teaches fundraising strategy, donor retention practices, motivational stories and so much more. . ” He’s also a best-selling author, international speaker and the executive director of the fundraising training program “The Nonprofit Academy.” Kishshana Palmer ( @funddiva ). Marc knows his stuff! .