Welcome JET Magazine Readers!

Thank you for checking out my blog after seeing the feature written about me in JET Magazine (and thanks to one of my Twitter followers @MzLadyRose for the photo)! It’s an honor to be able to share my story and I appreciate the vision of the editors for their new focus on the younger generation of leaders. Here is a link to read the entire article, “Social Media’s World Changer.” In case you’re new here, I wanted to share a bit about me by way of introduction as well as some of my most useful/interesting posts you may want to start with.

Who I am and why I’m here: My mission is to empower a new generation of leaders to create the world as it should be. Fueled by a passion for social change, I worked in the nonprofit community for eight years as a fundraiser and
leadership development practitioner before founding Thurman Consulting, an education company that specializes in leadership, entrepreneurship and social media initiatives to help purpose-driven professionals make a difference.

What I do: I offer speaking, training and coaching services for nonprofit leaders and passionate entrepreneurs. Here is a link to some of my presentations, workshops and speaking topics. And here is a link with more information about my services for nonprofits and small businesses. I am also the co-author of How to Become a Nonprofit Rockstar, 50 Ways to Accelerate Your Career, an accessible, do-it-yourself map of how to build a successful career in the nonprofit sector. Here is a link to buy the book.

Some of my best posts about…

Nonprofit Management

• How to Join a Nonprofit Board of Directors
• My Best Advice About Nonprofit Fundraising
• Martin Luther King’s Tough Love for the Nonprofit Sector: It’s Not About Credentials, It’s About Service
• The Shocking Truth About Organizational Culture

Career Development

• 10 Ways to Fall Back in Love With Your Job
• Four Reasons Why You Don’t Need to Go to Grad School
• 7 Ways to Build Your Personal Brand Without Releasing a Sex Tape
• The Importance of Personal Business Cards
• Work is Love Made Visible (Or Why I Quit My Job)
• Four Ways to Create a Successful Nonprofit Career Path

Leadership

• The World Needs You to Be You
• How to Become a More Resilient Nonprofit Leader
• 7 Things Kwanzaa Can Teach Us About the Future of Nonprofit Leadership
• 5 Ways to “Emerge” as a Nonprofit Leader
• Three Ideas for Redefining Nonprofit Leadership
• Five Things My Grandfather Taught Me About Leadership

Diversity

• 28 Days of Black Nonprofit Leaders (a Black History Month blog series)
• 32 Nonprofit & Philanthropy Blogs Written by People of Color
• “Whites Only” Nonprofit Leadership?
• Why I Wish Nonprofits Would Stop Using the Word ‘Minorities’
• How Nonprofits Can Recruit Talented People of Color (Even in a Tough Economy)

Generation Y

• The Normative Problem with the Term ‘Next Generation’ Leaders
• Generation Y and the Perils of Milli Vanilli Leadership
• Does Generation Y Discriminate Against Baby Boomers? Or Is It the Other Way Around?
• Is it Time for Generation Y to “Grow Up?”
• How to Be Yourself (or Why Being Young is Not a Liability)
• Fighting the War for Talent: Retaining Generation Y in the Nonprofit Sector

Social Media

• Do You Have a Social Media Mission Statement?
• 9 Tips for Using Twitter to Build Your Nonprofit Network
• 10 Reasons Why Every Young Professional Should Have a Blog
• Why Blogging is the Best Way to Build Your Personal Brand Online
• Top 30 Nonprofit News Sources and Thought Leaders on Twitter
• Twitter 101 for Young Nonprofit Professionals
• Organizations That Use Social Media Are More Successful Than Those That Don’t

And you’ll find many more posts in the archives…

If you like what you’re reading, I invite you to subscribe to the blog here. (You’ll get a free chapter of my book when you do.) And if you’d like to connect beyond the blog, you can contact me here. Thank you so much for being here!