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Your Organization Needs a New Development Officer – Now What?

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By Jim Armstrong Whether your organization is in the market for a chief fundraising executive or other key fundraising officer, experience shows there are pitfalls your organization must avoid in order to conduct a successful search and bring increasing success to your fund-development program. In addition to avoiding potholes that can derail your search, I’ve [...]

Which One to Accept: a New Job Offer or a Counter Offer

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By Mauri Schwartz Congratulations on your new job offer. I assume that you followed the advice in my previous article Not a Time to Vent: How to Resign Gracefully, and now you have a counter offer. What should you do? You should plan ahead for this situation from as early as at the beginning of [...]

Starting Your Professional Profile: Resumes, Cover Letters, and the Elevator Pitch

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By Emerald Templeton I often tell clients that having a professional profile is a major key to the job search. When applying for jobs, seeking advancement, or even maintaining your professional self it is advantageous to take a moment and review the items you’ve created to represent you. When starting, consider adding the following to [...]

5 Tips for Nonprofit Consultants To Leverage Their Expertise Online

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By Betsy Baker As a consultant to nonprofits you’re probably most comfortable and familiar delivering your service one-on-one. For example, “Nonprofit A” contracts with you to produce a tangible service that is done for them, such as writing a grant application or bringing in major donors for a capital campaign. In essence, they are paying [...]

AmeriCorps VISTA—An Opportunity to Work and Change Lives

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By Casey Bruce 832 mayors across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the District of Columbia, recognized the benefits and contributions of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps members on April 9, designating this as the official Mayor’s Day of Recognition of National Service. Collectively, these mayors represent nearly 100 million citizens, or one-third of all [...]

OK Online Training – The Art of Delegation: Letting Go and Letting Others Lead

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(you must login to your employer account to purchase) (you must login to your job seeker account to purchase) OK Online Training – The Art of Delegation: Letting Go and Letting Others Lead Presenter: Becky Lunders Duration: 1 hr. 30 min Date: May 30, 2013 Time: 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT Price: $99.99 [...]

It’s Almost Earth Day: Create Work That Makes a Difference

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By Tarra Christoff “Our calling is where our deepest gladness and the world’s hunger meets.” -Theologian Frederick Buechner Do you feel a calling to create meaningful work that feeds your soul and feeds the planet? There is no greater legacy than sharing your gifts in service of what you know to be your unique contribution [...]

Avoid These Mistakes When Pursuing a New Position: Part 2

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By Bill Hoffman Congratulations! You’ve been contacted by the organization or search firm regarding the position you applied for, they liked your resume and cover letter and they want to talk. You avoided getting screened out and are now in the pool of candidates who will be scrutinized much more carefully and evaluated for the [...]

Build Your Nonprofit Network

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By Trista Harris You’ve heard this many times before. The key to getting your dream nonprofit job or even being effective in your current position is to network, network, and network some more. You’ve heard it so many times because it’s true. Back in the day, before Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, nonprofit leaders actually made [...]

It’s Okay To Work For Free: How Volunteer Opportunities can Help Shape your Skills and Experience

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By Alnierys Venegas Do you dislike your job? Are you considering a career change? Do you need to build your resume? Or, do you want to apply your skills to make a difference? Have you thought about volunteering? Yes, I said volunteering. You may be wondering how you’ll find time to volunteer when you already [...]