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Here are some of the posts that I enjoyed writing and, hopefully, people enjoyed reading. They are organized by category, so be sure to scroll all the way down to see them all!

• Real Talk: Why I Work in the Nonprofit Sector
• Living Single in the Sector
• Living Single in the Nonprofit Sector: Part II

Career Advice

• 10 Ways to Accelerate Your Nonprofit Career in 2010
• Who Wants to Be a Martyr?
• Is it Time to Quit Your Nonprofit Job?
• Work is Love Made Visible (Or Why I Quit My Job)
• I’m Not Your Superwoman: Creating a Not So Big Life & Saving the World at the Same Time
• How to Kickstart Your Nonprofit Career in 7 Days
• Preparing to Go Beyond Your Current Nonprofit Role
• My Journey: Reaping the Benefits of a Nonprofit Management Degree
• Getting From Lettuce to Leadership
• Is it Time to Reset Your Life?
• Break All the Rules
• Take a Cue From Loreal & Negotiate a Higher Nonprofit Salary (Because You’re Worth It)
• The Best Way to Get Ahead is to Fail
• Even in a Terrible Economy, There Are Only 4 Reasons to Accept a Low Nonprofit Salary
• Looking for a New Nonprofit Job? My First 17 Posts at Jobs for Change

Professional Development

• 11 Tips for DIY Nonprofit Professional Development
• The “Stretch Assignment”
• Stretch Assignment: Join a Nonprofit Board
• Shine While Your Light’s On (a personal branding series for young nonprofit professionals)
• Get Yourself a Reputation: Blogging for Personal Branding
• From Entry Level to Leadership (a series for young nonprofit professionals)
• Take Back Your 9 to 5: Develop a Personal Mission Statement
• Take Back Your 9 to 5: Cultivate a Slash Career in the Nonprofit Sector
• Take Back Your 9 to 5: Ditch the Martyr Lifestyle

Racial Diversity

• 28 Days of Black Nonprofit Leaders (a Black History Month blog series)
• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month (an original interview series with Hispanic nonprofit leaders)
• Creating the Safe Space to Talk About Race in the Nonprofit Sector
• How Nonprofits Can Recruit Talented People of Color (Even in a Tough Economy)
• Do Nonprofits Know Where to Find People of Color?
• “Whites Only” Nonprofit Leadership?
• Why I Wish Nonprofits Would Stop Using the Word ‘Minorities’
• Race, Class, and Credentials in the Nonprofit World
• $30 Million Won’t Buy Diversity (Or Where the Greenlining Institute Fell Short)
• 20 Nonprofit & Philanthropy Blogs Written by People of Color
• Young Latinos Will Shape America. Do Nonprofits Care?

Leadership and Change

• What Nonprofits Can Learn From Beauty Salons
• If Nonprofits Want Change, Nonprofit Leadership Must Change
• 10 Ways to Become a Better Nonprofit Leader in 2009
• How to Become a More Resilient Nonprofit Leader
• 7 Things Kwanzaa Can Teach Us About the Future of Nonprofit Leadership
• What Nonprofit Leaders Can Learn From Neo-Soul Singer Eric Roberson
• 5 Ways to “Emerge” as a Nonprofit Leader

Generation Y & Leadership

• Go Ahead and Pass the Ball, We Got Next
• The Only Constant is Change: Give Younger Generations the Chance to Create a Better Future for the Nonprofit Sector
• The Normative Problem with the Term ‘Next Generation’ Leaders
• Who Moved My Values? Three Social Identities That Make Generation Y Nonprofit Leaders Really Uncomfortable
• Generation Y and the Perils of Milli Vanilli Leadership
• Does Generation Y Discriminate Against Baby Boomers? Or Is It the Other Way Around?
• Because Things in the Game Done Changed: Nonprofits Need Generation Y Leadership in an Uncertain Economy
• How to Be Yourself (or Why Being Young is Not a Liability)
• When No Means Yes: What Generation Y Leaders Can Learn From Michelle Kwan
• Does Generation Y Really Want Change?
• How the Recession is Hurting Young Nonprofit Leaders
• You Don’t Have to Be 40 Years Old to Be a Nonprofit Executive Director
• Why We Don’t Want To Be Executive Directors When We Grow Up
• Fighting the War for Talent: Retaining Generation Y in the Nonprofit Sector
• We Are the Possible (original interview series with Gen Y leaders for social change)

Ideas About the Nonprofit Sector

• What Does the Future Hold for Nonprofit Infrastructure Organizations?
• The Nonprofit Institutional Dilemma and More on the Future of Infrastructure Organizations
• How Much is it Really Worth to the Nonprofit Sector to Put Ourselves Out of Business?
• Nonprofits Need More Than Just Warm Bodies (or Why I Hate QuickBooks)
• 3 Reasons Why Working at a Nonprofit is Better Than Working at Target
• Working at a Nonprofit Does Not Equal Social Change
• How to Create a Stronger Nonprofit Sector: It’s the People, Stupid
• Nonprofits Will Never Be Respected Until We Start Respecting Ourselves

Social Media

• Blogs as Online Learning and Low Cost Nonprofit Professional Development
• Slideshare, Flickr, and Blogs as Online Learning
• Six Ways to Use Twitter to Enhance Your Nonprofit Career
• Top 30 Nonprofit News Sources and Thought Leaders on Twitter
• How to Build Your Personal Brand by Starting a Blog
• Twitter 101 for Young Nonprofit Professionals
• Remixing Twitter for Young Nonprofit Professionals
• Organizations That Use Social Media Are More Successful Than Those That Don’t