Remove Advice Remove Mentoring Remove Question Remove Support
article thumbnail

Advice, Experience, + Pride—Thoughts from MC Staff

Media Cause

While there are certainly still hurdles to overcome, we wanted to take time this month to celebrate and share personal experiences, advice, and perspectives from our own MC employees around Pride. What advice you would share with your younger self? What advice you would share with your younger self? Janine Guarino.

Advice 52
article thumbnail

Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

.orgSource

Ideally, one of these meetings will be a welcome from the executive director, which includes his or her unique advice and views on board service. Assigning a mentor is one of the most effective strategies to ensure that new directors get up to speed quickly. Celebrate Success. Ideally, you might present both. Use the Buddy System.

Mentoring 221
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Three Fundraising Pros Give Their Advice On What You Should Do After You Get Laid Off

Bloomerang

Which leads to the question: You’ve been laid off. My personal biggest piece of advice: Get in touch with your network. 2) Know the answers to these three questions: What are your strengths? Be prepared to ask questions about the organization’s mission and where they’re headed. But don’t take it from me.

Advice 104
article thumbnail

[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Best Approach Sponsors Around Different Giving Levels

Bloomerang

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to approach sponsorship giving levels without seeming pushy: Dear Charity Clairity, We are a small nonprofit. Many choices of levels and an option to place an ad.

Sponsor 106
article thumbnail

For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

.orgSource

Focusing on leadership dynamics and achievements also supports prioritizing consensus over individual agendas. Having to take over as a young leader for a beloved department head who passed away, the best advice I got was that I needed to build trust in order for the others to follow me.” An annual survey is a good start.

article thumbnail

What Does It Take to Become a Great VP of Advancement?

sgEngage

We relied on each other for advice early in our careers and now, decades later, I continue to learn from her. It is essential to train our fundraisers how to respond to political questions, deal with polarization in both the workplace and in our community, and respond to questions about the value of higher education.”

article thumbnail

How To Build Your Career Through Bold Moves

Eric Jacobsen Blog

It can also be used for those who coach, mentor, counsel and advise early career women, with insights and exercises for those you are supporting. Christie Hunter Arscott Hunter Arscott shares these additional insights with us: Question: How can women address and improve feelings of frustration and burnout in their careers?

Build 62