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How you can become a Chief Development Officer
So how she got her executive position was at first through just volunteering, and she said, “You would not believe how many people become executives through volunteering first” and it’s definitely true in my experience as well.
“Money makes the world go around. If you can raise the money, you can do the good works.” -Lisa Avra
Come to our Nonprofit Career Club Today at 5:30pm in Austin TX
Have you ever wanted to take your nonprofit career to the next level? Join us today at 5:30pm at 2500 Exposition Blvd, Howson Library, in Austin, TX, when we’ll be talking with Lisa Avra, CDO of the Ransom Center! She’s going to be talking about her Development career thus far, about what she does all [...]
Which Places Are The Least Sexist?
There have been a lot of features lately on the most liveable cities. Vancouver BC, Vienna, Melbourne, Toronto, and Helsinki have been at the top of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2010 list. Sure, we care about if we can get out and hike easily from the city center, and the cost of living, and opportunities [...]
Have you ever been fired? Was that awesome, or what?
Here’s some advice from Dr. Bernadine Healy, former President of the American Red Cross, who raised over $3 BILLION dollars for them before being fired. She did all of this, mind you, with a brain tumor.
“Life isn’t a straight upward trajectory, but I think you will win more than you lose if you stand for something.”
Are You Tired Of Being Unemployed?
Are you looking for a job right now? How long have you been looking? Barbara Ehrenreich tried to find a corporate job for a year, and she wrote a book about it called “Bait and Switch” in 2005 which I feel is still relevant today. She writes, “As my crisis management instructor, Jim Lukaszcwski, made [...]
Do you have what it takes to be Chief Development Officer?
Why not come and find out? This July 27th, at 5:30pm at 2500 Exposition, Howson library in Austin, Texas, we’ll be listening to Lisa Avra, Chief Development Officer, Harry Ransom Center at University of Texas at Austin. Ms. Avra graduated from Baylor University with a BA in Mass Communication and English. She then went on [...]
Want to sell your hybrid nonprofit to a larger corporation? Start collaborating
Oh holy moly.
World of Good got acquired by eBay and Greater Good!
Now you can find World of Good at eBay.
What is World of Good?
World of Good was founded in 2004 by Priya Haji, MBA with the mission to help small artisan producers improve their livelihoods by providing them with access to mainstream retail markets.
Come to our Nonprofit Job Club in Austin tomorrow
Get help finding the hidden jobs!
We’re meeting at 2500 Exposition, at Howson Library at 5:30pm.
We’re going to be doing a slideshow, and then talk about how to find jobs on Twitter, and then we’ll be doing a question and answer session.
Thank you for all of the joy
Wow. I’m so happy! This week RJ Leaman of the Wild Apricot Blog posted my presentation about rankism in the workplace. Last week iGrad posted my article on how to get a nonprofit job for new graduates. And I also guest posted about how to overcome workaholism over on the Fundraising Ideas blog! And I [...]
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