Shine While Your Light’s On: 16 Personal Branding Tips for Young Nonprofit Professionals

by rosettathurman on December 6, 2009 · 1 comment

in Next Generation Leadership, Now Generation Leadership, Personal Branding, Professional Development, Shine While Your Light's On

For the past six months,  I’ve provided career advice for young professionals as a professional blogger on Jobs for Change. I am no longer writing for that project, but I will continue to focus my energies on sharing those resources here on my own blog. As I went through the almost 100 Jobs for Change articles I’ve written, I noticed a heavy focus on personal branding advice. Here I present to you my 16 best articles on how to build your own personal brand and further your nonprofit career. I hope you find them useful!
  1. If Google Can’t Find You, You Don’t Exist
  2. Turn Your (Nonprofit) Swag On
  3. Commanding Respect in a New Nonprofit Job and Why You Should Ditch Your Nickname
  4. Would You Recognize a Golden Opportunity if it Slapped You in the Face?
  5. The Match.com Approach: How to Find a New Nonprofit Job Without Losing Your Current One
  6. How to Use the Power of Education to Further Your Nonprofit Career
  7. 4 Surefire Ways to Get in Good With Your Nonprofit Boss
  8. 3 Reasons Why You’re Not Getting Promoted in Your Nonprofit Job
  9. Is Your Body Language Undermining Your Nonprofit Career?
  10. 3 Ways to Rebrand Yourself After Getting Fired From a Nonprofit Job
  11. Maybe It’s Not Your Resume, It’s You
  12. How to Overcome Nonprofit Workplace Mistakes with Maturity
  13. You’re Fired! How to Lose a Nonprofit Job in 90 Days
  14. The Secret to Successful Networking: Make Yourself Memorable
  15. The Wrong Way to Brand Yourself on Facebook and Twitter
  16. 3 Ways to Get Promoted Within Your First Year in a Nonprofit Job

Up Next: Twitter 101 for Young Nonprofit Professionals

I’m blogging every single day this month for 31 Days of Giving to celebrate my 27th birthday on December 31 and asking all my friends to donate $27 to benefit the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Washington DC. Will you give? Your gift would really make a difference for young nonprofit leaders in DC!

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1 Melinda Lewis December 10, 2009 at 7:30 pm

I’m speaking in about 30 minutes to a group of mostly young future social workers, and this is SO HELPFUL as they think about how to establish themselves in the nonprofit world. Thank you!

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