Becoming the Best Possible Philanthropist | Tactical Philanthropy
The opportunity here is huge. Foundation giving makes up just 13% if US charitable giving. If you believe, as I would assume most foundations do, that their philanthropic knowledge is their key value rather than their raw capital, than the best way to leverage that value is by sharing it as a way of influencing … Read more
What do you think? The End of the Middle Manager – Harvard Business Review
What does this mean for you? If you’re a middle manager now, you aren’t doomed to early retirement. But you must be prepared to make two crucial investments. The first is in acquiring and building knowledge or competencies that are valuable and rare—what I would call your “signature.” Without it you will become invisible, no … Read more
Are you sold on you?
Yesterday at the YNPN of Greater Grand Rapids educational event, Personal Branding, Danny Beckett (CEO of Spearia) mentioned something that resonated with me. He said, one of the most important aspects of establishing a strong personal brand is ensuring that YOU ARE SOLD ON YOU. Everything you present to the world, whether through social … Read more
Reclaim your Email Step 3: Color-coding and Action-labeling
Over the past few weeks, if you are following the reclaim your email steps, you should have deleted and archived all that email you aren’t really going to read again, and set up a good sorting system that will work for you. The next step to reclaiming your email is to set up color-coding. … Read more
Paper vs. Computer Note Taking Update
A few weeks have passed and Evernote and I have had our ups and downs. When I first started using Evernote I knew there would be a struggle of whether or not I could give up paper, today I can tell you I still haven’t decided. What I am using now I consider a happy medium, although … Read more
It’s Official! The Nonprofit Millennials Blogger Alliance
Over the past few months 10 nonprofit millennial bloggers have been blogging on different themes. Now it’s official, we have a website! The Nonprofit Millennial Blogger Alliance is an alliance of just what the name says, nonprofit millennial bloggers, looking to spike conversations about the nonprofit sector and the millennials working within it. The … Read more
The day I almost said “we’ve always done it this way”.
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2618/3680511919_15bdc8220a.jpg" alt="from http://www.flickr.com/photos/flydime/3680511919” width=”400px” style=”display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;” /> There have been many articles recently focused on Millennials growth into the professional sector. Just out of college it’s easy to have a skewed sense of what the work force is really like, and many Millennials have been touted as idealists and ungrateful … Read more
Represent your Mission in Pictures
There infographics tell strong stories through symbols, pictures, text, and numbers. In the nonprofit sector some of our greatest strengths is stories. Infographics are a strong way to depict these stories and the images of our organization. What images could you portray about your work? *Job seekers, what about a resume addition made … Read more
Reclaim your Email Step 2: Set up a Sorting System
Now that you have deleted and archived all your old emails, the next step to reclaiming your email is to set up a sorting system. If you use GMail sorting might not be an issue. The search function is now comprehensive enough that finding old emails is rather simple. I use GMail too, but I … Read more
Confession.
I’m a Millennial and I Like talking on the phone and think that sometimes making a call is easier then email. Use full sentences and grammar when texting and participating in social media. It’s true!
