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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
- Can't wait to call you Dr. Carpenter. Break a leg!By Maria_G
- Not sure why some folks are having trouble making comments on my blog and others are posting comments just fine. I followed up with my website designer and there doesn't appear to be any glitches. If you e-mail me your comment heathercarpenter at nBy Heather Carpenter
- I'm pretty sure Days Cash =
(cash & equivs * 365) / (total expenses - depreciation expense)
and Cash Flow to Total Debt =
(net income + depreciation expense) / total liabilities
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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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Nonprofit Leadership 601
In this blog I write about nonprofit leadership, nonprofit careers, the nonprofit workforce, nonprofit technology, and nonprofit management education.
Often people are thrown into supervisory roles without realizing how much work and interpersonal skills are really needed to manage people! Most employees want a boss who will be responsive, understand different working styles, and provide feedback on a regular basis (e.g. tell employees how they are doing and how they should improve). Employees also [...]
I attended this amazing workshop last week about Management and Supervision put on by the San Francisco Bay Area Young Nonprofit Professionals Network. It was great to hear from my peers about how they manage and supervise their staff. This workshop provided me an opportunity to think about how I want to be a better [...]
