What happens when you don’t pay a living wage
This article is in response to a Forbes interview with Lauren Burke, called “The Martyr Mentality: How A ’30 Under 30′ Lawyer Qualifies For Public Housing” In 2013 lawyer Lauren Burke partnered with three of her former clients and founded Atlas: DIY (Developing Immigrant Youth) a cooperative empowerment center for immigrant youth and their allies. […]
13 Things HR Won’t Tell You About Your Fundraising Job
Most of us who work at small nonprofits would be lucky to have an HR person. When I worked at a small nonprofit, we had HR people on the board, but no one on staff to manage the human resources aspects of our nonprofit. So people made do. They talked with the board member. They […]
Do you have too much to do?
Do you have too much on your plate? What is behind this? Recently I was reading the One-Life Solution by Dr. Henry Cloud. What is the ONE LIFE Solution? Boundaries. Dr Cloud writes, “Boundaries provide the structure to your character that will make everything else work.” What do boundaries have to do with fundraising? EVERYTHING. […]
Got laid off this week.
What do the fast-food strikes have to do with us nonprofit workers?
Are you part of the charitable-industrial complex?
Do you ask corporations for donations? Do they give you a tiny amount of what they’re able to give? What’s up with that? Want to hear about something even more egregious? Recently the NPQuarterly wrote about how Walmart is “offended” by people’s response to their “charity drive” to give their own employees food. What’s the […]