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Maybe it needs a little boost. Most employers love when their talented employees volunteer at the board level for local nonprofits. And here’s your chance to meet some of the best nonprofits looking for board members in Austin. Join my friends at Greenlights at Board Summit, the only event in town where you’ll meet the executive leaders of 60 local nonprofits looking for ...

My friends over at Greenlights for Nonprofit Success recently published new research on critical career trends shaping the nonprofit workforce.  A few of the key trends include: Compensation is more important than ever. A Greenlights survey found that among Central Texas nonprofit employees, a third of respondents were unsatisfied with salary and 77% indicated a higher salary would increase their likelihood ...

Check out this idea from our friends at Build-A-Sign. Based after the popular fast pitch idea, they are hosting a Philanthropitch for nonprofits. (Full Disclosure: Their CEO is on the Lights. Camera. Help. Board). Philanthropitch is an event for select Austin-area nonprofits to showcase their organization, its impact on the community, and present a specific need (in less than 5 minutes) to a ...

(Thanks to Beth Kanter @Kanter on Twitter for her thoughts on this panel as well.) This post summarizes the workshop/session I participated on at SXSW including the panel “Measuring Social Change and Media: Beyond BS.” I had the honor of helping to design and participating on a two and half hour workshop on Digital and Social Media Measurement with Beth Kanter, ...