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- Oooh thanks! I used to work on a political campaign, and we had tons of volunteers that seemed to manage themselves... so it was very weird to move to the non-profit sector and find my employers don't even use volunteers, because they're considered uBy
- Best of luck, Heather. I know you'll do great.By Will Hull
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(cash & equivs * 365) / (total expenses - depreciation expense)
and Cash Flow to Total Debt =
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Heather is an experienced Nonprofit Manager, Researcher, Trainer, and Blogger. She teaches and presents on a variety of topics in the nonprofit sector and she participates on a variety of national nonprofit committees including the Nonprofit Sector Workforce Coalition and Independent Sector's NGen Advisory Committee.
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In this blog I write about nonprofit leadership, nonprofit careers, the nonprofit workforce, nonprofit technology, and nonprofit management education.
In late spring I defended my dissertation and over the summer I moved to Michigan so I could begin a tenure-track nonprofit professor job at Grand Valley State University in the School of Public, Nonprofit, and Health Administration. Although I thoroughly enjoyed writing my dissertation, I am happy to have a social life again and [...]
X organization is a membership organization, it recently hired a new Executive Director, and also had been contemplating a name change for several years. Many members had voiced their frustrations over the high membership dues and had suggested that the organization improve its member relations efforts. Many members felt they were not getting back what [...]
For the second year in a row the Caster Family Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research has co-produced the National Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey. This year the survey respondents included over 450 nonprofit organizations representing a variety of subsectors and budget sizes. The report received a variety of press coverage: Chronicle of Philanthropy Nonprofit Times [...]
One of the first things I did when I worked as an Operations Manager for nonprofits was to review the organizational database. In some cases, I spent six months to a year cleaning the database making sure the records were up to date and accurate. This is exactly what the IRS has been doing — [...]
I haven’t written a post in over 2 months — shame on me!! I’ve often thought about writing a post but then was reminded of that looming deadline I have approaching. In less than 3 weeks I will defend my dissertation and if all goes well, I will become a Ph.D!! It has been a [...]
I love working in the nonprofit sector!! There are many well paid jobs and career opportunities in nonprofit organizations. However…there are certain realities of working in nonprofit organizations that employees must understand in order to sustain a career in the nonprofit sector. The reality is the majority of nonprofits operate with budgets less than $500k; [...]
Many people romanticize about becoming a college professor or teaching in a university setting, but don’t realize what it really takes to be an effective instructor. The majority of grad students are enrolled in PhD programs that don’t teach them how to teach so they have to learn to teach by trial and error! Four [...]
I am in the middle of writing my dissertation book right now and trying to finish it by the end of February!! To make up for the lack of blog posts I’m writing while I’m working on my dissertation, here are my top blog posts of 2010. Setting the Record Straight about Nonprofit-Focused Graduate Degrees [...]
I made a conscious decision to not LIVE blog the ARNOVA conference. I wanted to reflect on the various topics and themes that emerged during the conference before blogging about them. I did tweet during the conference. One of the main themes of the conference was the struggle between research that builds theory and research [...]
I am happy to announce that after many years of a VERY static website, I have now have a dynamic new website that is easy to update!! I am so pleased that Will Hull agreed to design my website and deal with my sometimes perfectionist nature for the past three months. Will is an awesome [...]
