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How can you be an executive director? Come out today in Austin! 5:30-6:30pm!
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to sit on the other side of that desk? Have you ever wondered how people get to be executive directors? Today from 5:30 to 6:30pm at 2500 Exposition, Howson Branch Library, we are going to hear what it’s really like from Sue Thornton, former executive director of Texas [...]
Development 301: Managing and Motivating Others Part 2
How can you discover your strengths? How do you manage people? Have you taken the Gallup assessment, which was given to over 2 million people, and provided insights on 34 types you might have to manage at work? This can be an invaluable tool as you help people discover their strengths, and focus on these [...]
Come hear what it’s like to be an executive director at the Nonprofit Career Club on August 10th!
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to sit on the other side of that desk? Have you ever wondered how people get to be executive directors? On August 10th, from 5:30 to 6:30pm at 2500 Exposition, Howson Branch Library, we are going to hear what it’s really like from Sue Thornton, former executive director [...]
Are you tired of your tiny wage? (How to make money on the side)
Are you living on credit? Are you making MUCH less than you deserve? Do you wonder what you’re going to do about retirement? About your health if you get sick? What if in this downturn, your nonprofit decides they can’t afford you anymore? What’s your plan B or plan C? You don’t HAVE ONE? Why [...]
CSR=Look at the shiny thing while we trash your world!
“Yes, we disabled the alarms on the Deepwater Horizon. Oh, like you’ve never hit the snooze button? http://ow.ly/2fQ6x” 1:57 PM Jul 23rd @BPGlobalPR Today British Petroleum announced a new CEO, Robert Dudley, an American, meant to appease the millions of Americans without livelihoods now, and the millions of environmental activists up in arms about the [...]
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 [...]
Fun and Forgotten Gems from ProBlogger’s Challenge!
I’m taking the 7 link challenge from Darren Rouse at ProBlogger! 1. Your first post – Gosh… my first post ever, I think was back in 1999 on Diaryland. I’m not going to embarrass myself now by posting it! I’ll give you the first post here (What is Fundraising?) instead. 2. A post you enjoyed [...]
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.”
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 [...]








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