Read my new article on your nonprofit career strategy!

by Roxy on May 9, 2010 · 0 comments

I hope you check out this month’s Monday Developments, a magazine published by InterAction, which is a large coalition of U.S.-based international NGOs.  I have an article in this issue called, “How Young NGO Professionals Can Develop a Career Strategy:  Practical Steps for Making a Plan That Works for You.”

The article walks you through how developing your career is like strategic planning for organizations.  It also is a great way to find out about what’s going on in the Young Professionals Forum at InsideNGO, where I work.  The article is in the May 2010 issue, which was just published and should be mailed out very soon if you are a subscriber.  Otherwise, you might consider subscribing.

Non-profit Workers: We need to do less

by Roxy on February 28, 2010 · 2 comments

If you really took a look at your organization’s mission, you would probably find that enough urgent but not important tasks keep slipping into your days, then weeks, that you start to wonder what you actually have accomplished that month.

Is this because you are doing too much?

You will become overwhelmed and burned out if you continue at that pace.

We like to help and be super heroes but we can’t be effective if we spread ourselves too thin.

Carve out time to do the important – that which will move your organization’s mission forward.  Carve out time to eat a healthy lunch, go for coffee with a colleague.  You need to stay human while you do your human services work.

Career Building Tips for NGO Young Professionals

January 24, 2010

The Young Professionals Forum I run at my organization (InsideNGO) hosted a great workshop on Friday about Career Building for Young Professionals. The trainer, Maureen MacCarthy, Principal Consultant at MGS Consulting, led us through the high-energy, participatory event with tons of networking opportunities.  It reminded me that while the advances in technologies that bring us [...]

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Early Review of Linchpin: A Gen Y Must-Read

January 16, 2010

I am a nerd and read just about every leadership, self help, and professional development book out there. I had to put down Drive and The Happiness Project to read Seth Godin’s pre-release copy of Linchpin:  Are You Indispensable? Seth’s writing changes a lot of people from all generations but Linchpin should be on all [...]

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How to Be a Freak in a Hollywood World

January 3, 2010

I caught two movies this weekend that reminded me why it’s so hard to play to your strengths. A Reformed Arrogant Drummer Drumline was on reruns on MTV, and it’s actually a really good movie so I watched it again.  This time I had a new lens to watch it through thanks to Dave Rendall’s [...]

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Brazen Careerist is a Social Media Risk Management Tool for Gen Y

December 12, 2009

Like traditional societies, associations, advocacy groups, memberships, and unions, there is strength in the shear number of people Brazen Careerist has organized on your behalf that want to grow careers using social media. On Wednesday evening, Brazen Careerist was gracious enough to let me produce their first webinar to launch the Networks feature on their [...]

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Ask the Expert: Yourself

November 13, 2009

Great discussion yesterday with Seth Godin, Holly Ross, and Beth Kanter about nonprofits, social media, and innovation. Beth and Holly have great posts – read them before you read this because their sums were so good I’m going to write about something else. I want to talk to the young professionals of our community. I [...]

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How I Got Into Oprah’s Magazine

November 9, 2009

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-light/ / CC BY 2.0 A little over a year ago this appeared in O Magazine: After reading Suzy Welch’s article, I was left with a bitter taste in my mouth. For years Oprah’s show has been encouraging women to say no and to put ourselves first. Welch’s article tells us to say yes and [...]

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Better Network Building and Discussion with Chris Guillebeau

November 1, 2009

Chris Guillebeau brought together around 30 members of his small army of remarkable people in DC at Busboys & Poets last week for a meetup. Chris has the rare ability to make meaning for us world-changers while evading the guru trap by weaving strong ties among his readership. Speaking of a small army, Seth Godin [...]

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Meatball Countdown: What if Seth wrote Trust Agents?

October 25, 2009

Two of my favorite teachers are Seth Godin and Chris Brogan. Seth is an expert in marketing and Chris is an expert in Communications – two of my favorite business functions that at a nonprofit we all get to do in some form or another. I have their books stacked up with Uncharitable by Dan [...]

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