empowering a new generation of leaders
Last week, Allison Jones and I hosted our first #ynpchat of the year on creating a 2012 nonprofit career plan. (For those who don’t know, #ynpchat is our monthly Twitter chat for young nonprofit professionals. It happens every first Wednesday of the month from 12:00pm-1:00pm Eastern time.) The questions we used to guide the discussion were adapted from my previous post: 15 Powerful Questions to Ask [...]
Happy new year! I’m still getting settled back in the DC area after a month away in Hawaii and Florida. My body is NOT happy about the change in weather, let me tell you! Part of me refuses to believe that it’s 2012 already. I feel like 2011 was a fast-moving year. Some parts of it felt rushed, which [...]
I was speaking to an undergraduate nonprofit management class at George Mason University recently (thanks again for the invite, Amanda!) and someone asked the inevitable question that young nonprofit professionals inevitably ask. Will a Master’s degree help me get a good job in the nonprofit field? The short, frustrating answer: IT DEPENDS. Sorry! There is [...]
You’ve probably heard that the key to getting your foot in the door of your dream nonprofit job or to set yourself up for a new career opportunity is to network, network, network. Well, that’s because it’s true! But no matter how powerful social media becomes, you simply cannot restrict your networking efforts to the internet. Back in the day, before blogging, Twitter, Facebook, and [...]
In a perfect world, everyone who worked hard and did their best would be noticed and rewarded in the workplace. But if you’ve ever been passed up for a promotion or denied a raise, you know that it doesn’t always work this way. This, of course, is the myth of meritocracy. There are many factors involved in who gets hired, who gets promoted and [...]
“Brand yourself for the career you want, not the job you have.” – Dan Schawbel I’ve been talking about personal branding a lot on the blog lately, so I figured now would probably be a good time to offer some additional training to help those of you who wish to go deeper in putting the information into action for your own career. I have recorded one of my most popular [...]
A few months ago, I gave up my apartment to rent a room in someone’s house instead. Why? Because I wanted to downsize my life and start saving money to do some serious traveling over the next year. So, I gave away most of my stuff, ended my lease and in the process, freed myself [...]
Yesterday, I shared some ways you might begin using social media to build your personal brand in the nonprofit field. Letting people know who you are, putting yourself out there, growing your network – these are all important aspects of personal branding. But what if you don’t really know what your personal brand is yet? Like many concepts, personal branding is simple – in [...]
“Leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do.” - Frances Hesselbein I’m writing this post from the airport in Atlanta, Georgia. It’s already late in the evening and I’m typing over a plate of black-eyed peas, candied yams, cornbread and cabbage from my favorite airport restaurant, Paschal’s. (I bet you thought I [...]
