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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. And it’s true!

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Are nonprofit volunteer retention strategies vital to a thriving team?

ASU Lodestar Center

A volunteer’s significance goes far beyond just saving nonprofits money in wages; they bring experience, knowledge, and lots of passion. Assigning volunteers to work in groups is a great way to deepen relationships, and provide mentoring and mission-focused collaboration. Job titles, job descriptions and training.

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

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CA: During both my undergraduate and graduate degrees, I held a variety of part-time jobs to help defray my college expenses. These were modest jobs, many in campus offices working with university administrators and faculty members. While securing my two university degrees, I conducted in-depth research.

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How can nonprofits grow sustainable revenue by retaining fundraising professionals?

ASU Lodestar Center

Prioritizing these professionals’ development, wellness and growth increases job satisfaction; as a result, they stay with the organization and do their best work. In one study, 51% of fundraisers planned to quit their current jobs and 75% considered quitting in a given year. Internal mentoring program.

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RiseUP Update: Let’s make real industry change together

Media Cause

If you’re a rockstar individual who wants to share your wealth of knowledge as a RiseUp mentor or host a lunch-n-learn for our crew… Please give me a shout at amy@mediacause.org. Like the age-old “you need experience to get experience” conundrum.

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Let's Be Honest

Museum 2.0

Universities will be eager for tuition income. Those of us still employed will be grateful just to have jobs. What other common museum knowledge needs to be said out loud, again and again? More people want to work in museums than there are jobs that exist. I assumed this was something we were all thinking.

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What happened to the FUN in Fundraising?

ASU Lodestar Center

Sign up for the Nonprofit Finance Fund's Financial Management Webinar Series to increase your knowledge and skills - presented by the ASU Lodestar Center Nonprofit Management Institute. A mentor at my first fundraising job once told me that I was “too naïve to know what won’t work.” relationships and promote giving.

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