Making the Nonprofit Sector a Better Place to Work
One of nonprofit sector’s biggest challenges is one that has typically been under-researched, under-funded, and largely unaddressed. Nonprofits…
Pro Bono Board Development Resource
After eight years, we finally had a successful board recruitment process last year. We had recruited great board members before, but the process was …
Water Envy
Someone recently said that Charity: Water has the best marketing in the business (meaning nonprofit community). He may very well be right. Their mark…
Refining Career Coaching
When new students at NYU’s Stern MBA program start, they are asked to complete a career profile. It asks a number of questions about their pers…
Gen X: It's Time to Join Boards
An accomplished professional in his mid-30s called me recently. He wanted to get more engaged in the community and wanted my advice on how to best do…
Gen Y Itching for Pro Bono
An article in this summer’s issue of the Harvard Business Review outlines the needs of Gen Y in the workplace. Their expectations can be met by…
Synonym for "Lobbying"
We all associate lobbying with corruption and corporations taking over the government. That is certainly part of the lobbying world, but when the med…
Functional Isolation
Imagine you are an HR manager for a nonprofit organization with a staff of 40 people. You began your career working as an admin in the operations dep…
Multi-Client Pro Bono
We have been toying for a number of years with the idea of creating pro bono projects that would serve more than a single client. Salesforce.com is a…
Pro Bono and Obama
In his first six months in office, President Obama has spoken at length about service, social innovation and professional responsibility. They are so…
In Treatment
I am totally addicted to HBO’s “In Treatment”. I must have watched 20 episodes in 7 days the other week. Like “The OfficeR…
Pro Bono Takes Tokyo
Last week I heard from our friend, Ikuma Saga, in Tokyo who has been making strides to kick off a Service Grant Program in Japan since 2005. TheyR…
