[Quiz]: What’s Your Working Style?
Our last Networking with a Twist event series focused on assessing individual working styles and finding our nonprofit “soulmates”. Why is this important, you ask? Each one of us has a different persona in the…
Learning to Lead: Matt Ng
Call it millennial idealism if you will, but, for as long as I can recall, I’ve always wanted to make a positive impact on my local community. However, it can be difficult to identify volunteer…
Learning to Lead: Chris Herron
YNPN Boston is a big reason that I play a lot of board games in support of great nonprofits. But more on that in a moment… Way back in 2009, I was in a slump.…
Learning to Lead: Jodi Benenson
I attended my first YNPN Boston event on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 6 pm at Boston University’s School of Management, Room 416. The YNPN Boston leadership team team was looking to recruit new members…
Learning to Lead: Andrew Dunckelman
Boston is not the easiest place to make friends. I moved here from Louisiana, and initially found it challenging to navigate the social scene. I relied pretty heavily on YNPN Boston resources, including its listserv…
Learning to Lead: Rachel Park
Before YNPN Boston, I didn’t consider myself a networker or connector, and I hadn’t reflected much on long-term career goals. My two-year term as an ambassador on the Communications & Marketing team changed all of…
#npsquadgoals Challenge #2: Build your leadership skills
Nonprofit Squad Goals is a regular series of challenges to help you tackle your professional development goals in small, bite-sized pieces throughout the year. We’ll offer advice and give you a platform to network with…
Introducing #npsquadgoals – Challenge #1: Strengthen your network
Remember when 2016 was shiny and new and you made professional development resolutions in a haze of champagne-fueled optimism? If your goals are seeming difficult in the cold light of winter day, you aren’t alone.…
New Year, New You: Reflecting on 2015 to Set Goals for 2016
The holiday dust has settled, the first month of 2016 has flown by, and the new year no longer has its polished sheen that looked so good on January 1. What’s a young nonprofit professional…
YNPN Boston on the Move: Noelani Alexis
Our “On the Move” series highlights members of our YNPN Boston Leadership Team who have recently transitioned into new jobs. Noelani Alexis, a YNPN Boston Ambassador, shares her reflections on her recent job search. Current…