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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.
This week I taught my undergraduate students about volunteer management best practices. I enjoyed hearing about their volunteer experiences and I was not surprised when some students explained how they had volunteered at well known organizations that were disorganized in their volunteer management practices. The biggest issue I’ve encountered while working in nonprofits is the [...]
Did you know that the majority of nonprofits do not have a volunteer manager, yet most use volunteers on a daily basis? In my previous jobs I learned the hard way how to create volunteer applications, volunteer screening procedures, and volunteer management best practices; but this shouldn’t have been the case. There is an abundance [...]
Yesterday was a normal day of work for me until my friend and colleague posted a U Tube video on Facebook. Normally I ignore politics and political shows because I usually get stuck in the middle of a political tug of war between family and friends. This time was no different because Glen Beck was [...]
I just got back from conducting focus groups in Oregon and I got to spend time with the super fabulous staff at Idealist.org’s Portland, OR office. I’ve always been a fan of Idealist but meeting the Oregon Idealist team was the icing on the cake for me. The Idealist staff are amazing passionate people who [...]
I’m Teachers Assistant for an undergraduate nonprofit class this semester and a few weeks ago a panel of volunteer managers from Dovia spoke to our class. The panel provided great statistics about millennials. Millennials will have 10-14 jobs by the time they are 38. 1 in 4 millennials have been in a job less than [...]
