Archive for the ‘ Keeping a job ’ Category

 

How you can become a Chief Development Officer

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 | Read full article | No Comments

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

Read More

Come to our Nonprofit Career Club Today at 5:30pm in Austin TX

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 | Read full article | No Comments

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 [...]

Read More

Which Places Are The Least Sexist?

Friday, July 23rd, 2010 | Read full article | 2 Comments

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 [...]

Read More

Have you ever been fired? Was that awesome, or what?

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 | Read full article | 2 Comments

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.”

Read More

Are You Tired Of Being Unemployed?

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 | Read full article | No Comments

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 [...]

Read More

Do you have what it takes to be Chief Development Officer?

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 | Read full article | No Comments

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 [...]

Read More