sector switchers

New Podcast: New Jersey Nonprofit Leader: Heather Calverase, Teach For America

Posted Fri, 10/30/2009 - 18:31 by Amy Potthast

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Oct. 30th, 2009: Today’s guest is Heather Calverase, Executive Director of Teach For America’s Newark, New Jersey region where she is responsible for growing sustainable base of financial, community, and district awareness and support including cultivating and stewarding donations, building strong ties with local school districts, and recruiting corps members.

Online Chat: Nonprofit Careers Using Peace Corps Experience

Posted Wed, 10/21/2009 - 16:51 by Amy Potthast

Peace Corps experience isn't just for people who want to become international development leaders or Swahili professors or even English teachers. Peace Corps assignments vary immensely, the technical training and hands on experiences that Volunteers get are intense — and valuable for people thinking about nonprofit careers.

Whether you're just starting out in a career, or have years of experience you can apply for Peace Corps assignments with direct application for later nonprofit work, such as:

Sector Switchers: Five Challenges to Prepare for in your New Nonprofit Job

Posted Mon, 10/19/2009 - 09:56 by Amy Potthast

Contributed by Monisha Kapila, Founder and CEO of ProInspire, an organization that recruits business professionals to work for nonprofits. Monisha blogs at the ProInspire blog.

In August, ProInspire launched the Inspire Fellows program for young business professionals transitioning into the nonprofit sector. As part of our orientation, we led a discussion on challenges faced by sector switchers. While many sector switchers are prepared for less compensation, here are 5 other challenges they should prepare for:

Switching Sectors: Brush up your Shakespeare

Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 10:33 by Amy Potthast

Contributed by WendyBay Lewis, a lawyer, former nonprofit executive, and founder of CivicDictionary.com—Defining a Better World, a guide to the lexicon of social change. Follow Wendy on Twitter.

One of the enduring songs from Cole Porter’s 1949 musical Kiss Me Kate is "Brush Up Your Shakespeare." Today, we often use that phrase to let people know when they need to update their expertise or keep up with the times. If you plan to enter the nonprofit sector after a career in business, you may need to brush up on the particular language of the nonprofit sector in order to sound credible in a job interview or new job. Here are some words you will hear and use comfortably when you understand the context:

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