Launching a career in social change: Résumé and cover letter tips for college grads
I’m getting some great questions about job hunting from the class of 2013! Over the next few weeks, I’ll update and repost some of my best advice from earlier articles. This was originally written for Nonprofit Career Month in 2009….
Getting Millennials to Give: Two Fundraising Practices and Potential for Growth
I was recently asked by a reporter from the Chronicle of Philanthropy if I knew of any charities that have been successful in getting millenial donations. I immediately thought of mobile giving campaigns, but I realized that many of those…
Reader Response: Finding and Landing Your First Nonprofit Job
Do you have a question about developing a career in the nonprofit sector, navigating life in NYC, or working with social media? Send me an email! ajlovesya [at] gmail [dot] com. A few days ago someone asked me: What advice…
5 Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Social Media Engagement
Last week I attended the NYU-RCLA workshops on using social media to further your social justice mission. It was an amazing three days of learning about social media tools, context, and tips for implementation. Yet the big question of the…
Board Service: Giving Back to Your Community
Two months ago I was voted onto the board of Artistic New Directions, a small non-profit in Manhattan that provides space and professional development to emerging performance artists in New York. For a while I went back and forth on…
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