2.10: Join Me for Live Discussion on Nonprofit Careers

February 9, 2010 | Career Advice

SOTNU

Join me on your lunch break this Wednesday at 12pm EST for All Nonprofits Considered on BlogTalkRadio! This week is the kickoff of the State of the Nonprofit Union, a series of live (and lively!) discussions about the current state of the nonprofit sector with a special focus on careers, fundraising, and organizational sustainability. This is free, real-time professional development where you will get to learn about what’s happening right now in the nonprofit field, as well as chime in with your questions, thoughts and ideas. Please mark your calendars for the following discussions! Tell all your friends. And your friends’ friends.

February 10, 12:00-1:00pm EST
State of the Nonprofit Union: Careers

Join us as we shed light on how the economy has impacted nonprofit hiring. How should jobseekers be approaching their nonprofit job search these days? This is your chance to get your career questions answered live on the radio, so be sure to log-in to the chat room and ask away!

Guests:

Lisa Brown Morton, SPHR, President and CEO of Nonprofit HR Solutions

Lisa Brown Morton, SPHR, is President and CEO of Nonprofit HR Solutions, a human resources consulting firm dedicated to serving the needs of nonprofit organizations. She is a consultant and facilitator with more than twenty years of human resources management experience working with nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Her areas of expertise include organizational culture, employee relations, human resources policy development, and benefits plan design and management. She has designed and implemented a broad range of human resources programs and policies tailored to the specific needs and culture of nonprofit organizations.

Some of her firm’s clients have included: the American Diabetes Association; Enterprise Community Partners (formerly known as the Enterprise Foundation); the American Society of Hematology; Greenpeace; the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education; National Alliance to End Homelessness, Sasha Bruce Youthwork, and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership.

Prior to establishing Nonprofit HR Solutions, LLC in 2000, Lisa worked as Director of Human Resources & Administration with the American Symphony Orchestra League; and served in various other human resources management capacities with various nonprofit organizations. While building Nonprofit HR Solutions, Lisa also served as Vice President of Human Resources & Administration with the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. In this position, she was responsible for leading the association’s strategic human resources and operational management functions. She later resigned from that position to return to her consulting practice full-time. In June 2003, Lisa launched Nonprofit Staffing Solutions, a division of Nonprofit HR Solutions, to meet the temporary, direct hire, and executive search needs of nonprofit organizations. Her firm employs a diverse staff of 12 experienced human resources and staffing professionals.

Lisa is a regular presenter and has spoken on a variety of human resources issues for groups such as the Center for Nonprofit Learning & Leadership, Idealist.org, and various local community organizations. In October of 2002, under Lisa’s direction, Nonprofit HR Solutions sponsored the area’s first human resources conference for nonprofit leaders. Nonprofit HR Solutions now convenes an annual national conference directed to addressing the unique professional and education needs of HR professionals from across the nonprofit sector.

In 2007, under Lisa’s vision and in partnership with American Humanics, her firm convened the first ever forum, “Who’s Got Next?” on African American leadership in the nonprofit sector. As a result of her work in 2007, the 2009 Congressional Black Caucus’ Legislative Conference convened a follow-up forum on this very issue. The goal of this session was to expand and continue the very important issue of leadership diversity in the nonprofit sector.

Lisa is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and her firm is a member of American Staffing Association (ASA). She served as a former Board Member of the Human Resources Association of the National Capital Area (HRA-NCA) and the DC Rape Crisis Center as well as an Advisory Board Member of the Idealist.org Nonprofit Human Resources Conference. She currently serves on the Board of the Nonprofit Sector Workforce Coalition and is Chair of the Coalition’s National Campaign to Promote Nonprofit Careers.

Lisa holds certification as Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) from the Certification Institute of the Society for Human Resources Management, and received her undergraduate education in business management from Howard University.

lisamorton Lisa Brown Morton, SPHR, is President and CEO of Nonprofit HR Solutions, a human resources consulting firm dedicated to serving the needs of nonprofit organizations. She is a consultant and facilitator with more than twenty years of human resources management experience working with nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Her areas of expertise include organizational culture, employee relations, human resources policy development, and benefits plan design and management. She has designed and implemented a broad range of human resources programs and policies tailored to the specific needs and culture of nonprofit organizations.

In June 2003, Lisa launched Nonprofit Staffing Solutions, a division of Nonprofit HR Solutions, to meet the temporary, direct hire, and executive search needs of nonprofit organizations. Some of her firm’s clients have included: the American Diabetes Association; Enterprise Community Partners (formerly known as the Enterprise Foundation); the American Society of Hematology; Greenpeace; the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education; National Alliance to End Homelessness, Sasha Bruce Youthwork, and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership.

Lisa is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and her firm is a member of American Staffing Association (ASA). She currently serves on the Board of the Nonprofit Sector Workforce Coalition and is Chair of the Coalition’s National Campaign to Promote Nonprofit Careers.

Mark McCurdy, PHR, “The Nonprofit Career Coach” and President of Jobs in Nonprofits

Mark McCurdy is President of the Nonprofit Career Coach and founder of Jobs In Nonprofits, a boutique company helping job-seekers and nonprofit organizations fulfill their missions. As an inspiring leader, in-demand speaker, trainer and strategic nonprofit career coach, Mark has helped over 4000 professionals accelerate their nonprofit careers and has also assisted nonprofit organizations in unearthing skilled human capital. In the past 2 years, Mark has been a featured speaker at Brandeis University, Amnesty International USA, the University of Massachusetts, the Global Fund for Children, the World Resource Institute, Net Impact Boston, AmeriCorps, WINDS Networking, and the Jericho Road Project. Mark gives presentations on careers in nonprofits, career transitions, and key strategies for finding a dream job that will maximize one’s “social impact” in the nonprofit world.

Mark is certified as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR). He holds a bachelor’s degree with a concentration in Human Resource Management from the University of Massachusetts.

Christine John-Fuller, President & CEO of the Lupus Foundation of America, Piedmont Chapter and Consultant for Phoenixfire Solutions

A non-profit executive with nearly a decade in the industry, Christine has blended her experience in special events, fundraising and media relations to help lead several national organizations on a local and state level. In these roles, Christine has developed a keen sense of the ever present needs of non-profits and small businesses which includes a balance of administration, marketing, programming and raising of funds. As a consultant for Phoenixfire Solutions, Christine offers thorough investigation of an organization’s current makeup, insightful analysis of areas of need, and implementable action steps for moving forward.

Read Christine’s recent article: Job Search In Non-profit Requires Elbow Grease

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