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
