7 Reasons Why Your Application Went to the No Pile

We’ve been in something of a hiring frenzy here at Greenlights over the past few months.  When the dust settles, and the printer cartridge gets replaced, we’ll have reviewed almost 300 application packages to bring 3 new, fantastic hires on board.
Having reviewed almost all of those nearly 300 candidate info packets (and I’ve got the [...]

Investing in Staff Development: How Can We Afford Not To?

Guest post by David Davenport, Executive Director at Capital Area Food Bank
This week, I had the opportunity to sit with our Capital Area Food Bank finance committee to discuss our 2009/2010 operating budget. It wasn’t the most enjoyable conversation. Now, don’t get me wrong, our board members were highly engaged and very supportive during the [...]

Using Customer Experience Concepts to Improve your Fundraising and Volunteer Effectiveness

Guest post by Laura Bosworth-Bucher
It has only been a short 6 months since I ventured into the world of retirement.  So many people have said to me “you are too young to retire.”  Of course the right answer to that is “thank you.”
But seriously, I spent 20 years in the corporate world and [...]

Around the Sector

Want to know what’s going on in the world of nonprofits? Here’s a snapshot:

Survey Finds Majority of U.S. Companies Increased Giving in 2008

Finding Leaders for America’s Nonprofits

Are Charity Leaders Ignoring a Spike in Nonprofit Fraud?

Change the World in Your Pajamas

Harvard Business School Grads Promise to “Serve the Greater Good”

Poor Americans Are Country’s Most Charitable Demographic

How [...]

Around the Sector

What’s happening in the nonprofit world this month:

Philanthropists hold secret meeting to discuss strategies for giving

Pledging dollars per pound: Patricia Wilson’s fundraising (and weight loss) campaign

20 of the Top Nonprofits to Follow on Twitter

Robin Hood Foundation Raises $72 Million at Scaled-Down Benefit

Kids are doing their part:

The 5-year-old humanitarian
Florida boy walks to D.C. for homeless kids

Charity [...]

Poll: Your Favorite Greenlights Blog Post

Around the Sector

Thanks to this nifty resource discovered by our own Kimberly Caldwell, here are some links to recent nonprofit-related goings on around the country. Enjoy!

President Obama signed the Serve America Act on Tuesday

Are Facebook Causes effective? The Washington Post says no. The Chronicle of Philanthropy and social media guru Beth Kanter disagree.

Volunteer Time Was Worth More [...]

Thoughts from an Intern

By Andrew Moultrie, Greenlights Consulting Intern
Two things I’ve experienced while interning at Greenlights are the importance of having your mission in mind during all of your decisions and always thinking of your “next steps.” Whether they know it or not, the staff at Greenlights lives off their mission and their plan to put it into [...]

Last Day for Nonprofits to Apply to be Showcased at the Spring 2009 Board Summit

Calling all Central Texas nonprofits! Don’t miss the opportunity to recruit new board members at our spring Board Summit.
Just a few benefits of participating:

A booth in the NonProfit Gallery, providing the opportunity to meet over 100 individuals the business community who are interested in board service
Greenlights Nominations Toolkit and sample board profile worksheet to help [...]

Your Personal Piggy Bank

Greenlights wants to hear from you. In our most recent Power Steering e-newsletter, we asked what your personal strategies are for managing your own financial and money management resources. Do you have any useful tips for your peers? If so, we’d like you to share them with us!
Please comment on this blog post with your [...]