Meet Tran Vu
Chris Herron Professional Development Grant Recipient What made you decide to apply? I wanted funding support for the bootcamp program. With your grant, what PD opportunity were you able to complete? The YNPN Boston Chris…
The Importance of Salary Transparency
By Sara Parr Gill We’ve all been there: you see a job that’s a great fit, you craft the perfect cover letter, you’re invited for a phone interview, the call goes great, and then they…
Milli Mixer – Non-Profit Edition
Building Competency as a Nonprofit Leader by Sophir Jeune On Thursday, January 31, 2019, I had the pleasure of attending this month’s Milli Goals Mixer event, hosted by The Milli Blog. The Milli Blog was founded…
Introducing the YNPN Boston Competency Model for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders
By YNPN Boston Leadership Team As an organization that represents young nonprofit professionals, we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what we and our colleagues need to advance our careers. After a lot of…
The Power of A Question: Managing Up in the Nonprofit Sector
The Power of A Question: Managing Up in the Nonprofit Sector By Leaha Wynn Up until entering into the nonprofit field, I had never heard of “managing upward”. For a while, I saw this phrase…
Step 4: Fill Knowledge Gaps
By Alyson Weiss Once each team committed to completing action steps that advanced the organization’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Vision, the YNPN Boston EDI committee looked for opportunities to support by filling knowledge gaps. After…
Conclusion
By Alyson Weiss As an all-volunteer organization, we know how difficult it can be to carve out time and allocate resources to serve your mission, fund your work, and keep the lights on. It may…
Introduction: It’s Not Extra: Centering Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Your Organization
By Alyson Weiss Decades of research show that diverse organizations out-perform homogeneous ones. However, nonprofit staff tend not to reflect the diversity of the clients and communities we serve, and these numbers are not improving.…
Step 1: Assemble a Team of Champions
By Alyson Weiss The first step we took to centering Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at YNPN Boston was to get organizational buy-in, and then to assemble a cross-departmental team of champions (don’t let EDI get…
Step 2: Create a Shared Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Vision
By Alyson Weiss After we onboarded our team of champions, we wrote a long-term Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Vision to ensure that the organization was aligned in our definition of EDI, and our hopes for…