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“Self to Systems” Learning Series 2023Class is back in session! Join us for our free 2023 “Self to Systems” Learning Series! Through four 45-minute sessions in October and November, journey with ProInspire Director Namira Anani and additional guest hosts through our “Self to Systems” Leadership Model for Race E…
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Lessons Learned for Why a Teams-Based Approach Can Advance Equityby Monica Biswas and Rosie Aquila Monica and Rosie have partnered on the design and facilitation for three of ProInspire’s team-based cohorts. These reflections and learnings stemmed from their experiences, observations, and feedback from participants in these programs. April 20, 2023 ProInsp…
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Not Just Surviving, But ThrivingProInspire Exploring How We Step Towards Organizational Resilience by Ashley Bernal March 31, 2023 “Give Light and People Will Find the Way” – Ella Josephine Baker In my experience as a social scientist and advocate for racial justice, I’ve observed that racial equity is ana…
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Leading Systems: Collective Reimagining ResourceAbout Leading Systems for Race Equity Impact At the core of leading systems is a commitment to collective reimagining by taking the risk to envision and pursue together what is possible beyond what any one individual or organization knows or has experienced. It requires deeply understanding two prim…
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Leading People: Centering Relationships ResourceAbout Centering Relationships for Race Equity Impact At the core of leading people is a commitment to centering relationships by prioritizing people over productivity and cultivating a culture of belonging that supports authenticity. It requires building trust and honoring the experiences of others …
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Leading Self: Exploring Identity ResourceAbout Leading Self for Race Equity Impact At the core of leading self is a commitment to exploring identity by devoting time to an ongoing practice rooted in self-awareness and self-compassion. It acknowledges the importance of understanding not just our own identity and lived experiences, but also …
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Leadership Model Lunch and Learn Core Commitment SeriesNow that you’ve downloaded our Self to Systems publication, it’s time to explore what’s core to our Leadership Model. Class is in session! Join us for our Lunch and Learn Core Commitment series. We’re serving up tools to help you learn, adopt, engage, and better understand the four core …
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How are we practicing Collective Reimagining?Part four of our four-part Commit to Shift blog series. “At ProInspire, we have been creating space for people to share their individual experience, and then understand it through the eyes of a collective.“ At ProInspire, we took the last few weeks of December to reflect on what we d…
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Aligning Values: What’s Undermining Your Organization?Part three of our four-part Commit to Shift blog series. “Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.”– Brené Brown Advancing racial equity within organizations …
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A Conversation on Centering RelationshipsPart two of our four-part Commit to Shift blog series. The format of this blog is in dialogue/interview form, transcribed from an actual recording between Namira and Neriel. “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up w…
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Exploring Identity: The Day I Found Out I was BlackPart one of our four-part Commit to Shift blog series I vividly remember the day I found out I was Black… It was in the Shaffer’s hallway, as the sunlight pierced through the glass front door. Moments before, I had been playing happily with Emily and Greg. I can still hear the sound of our…
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Why Inner Well-being is Foundational to Race Equity WorkBy: Kate Loving, Manager In our last update back in May, ProInspire Director Bianca Anderson discussed our strategic shift from competencies to leadership practices to build inclusive work environments. Feedback from partners and advisors helped us focus on how and why leadership practices can be a …
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Supporting Leaders of Color is a Catalyst for ChangeBy: Bianca Anderson, Director ProInspire works to support leaders at all levels with accelerating equity. We hope to play a role in creating a social sector where leaders have the confidence, competence and connections that they need to achieve more equitable outcomes. Over the years, our understand…
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INTRODUCING THE CATALYST COLLECTIVE: A NEW COMMUNITY FOR EXECUTIVES OF COLOR HOSTED BY PROINSPIREThe Catalyst Collective exists to spark change in a world where 90 percent of nonprofit and philanthropic executive directors or presidents are white. Each day, many Leaders of Color work relentlessly to interrupt the pervasive systemic inequities that disproportionately harm Black and Brown co…
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Equity in the Center Expands Beyond ProInspireThe current state of our country highlights that Race Equity work is critical, now more than ever. Together, we’re fighting against the currents of white supremacy, wading bravely through these murky waters with compassion and courage. Together, we are moving forward in ProInspire’s vision for a…
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From Competencies to Practices for Race Equity ImpactBy: Bianca Anderson ProInspire began working on this research in 2016, analyzing existing leadership literature, interviewing thought partners, and bringing forth our own knowledge on what it means to lead. We’ve identified 16 practices (previously called competencies) that connect to leading with…
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A Decade in the Making Series: Sunsets, Shifts & Spinoffs: Making Difficult Program DecisionsProInspire programs bring people together to advance leadership and equity. Whether they participate in a one-day convening, a two-day training, a months-long cohort or a yearlong fellowship, participants across all of our programs express appreciation for the space to come together, discuss importa…
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A Decade in the Making Series: What it Takes to Build CommunityProInspire programs bring people together to advance leadership and equity. Whether they participate in a one-day convening, a two-day training, a months-long cohort or a yearlong fellowship, participants across all of our programs express appreciation for the space to come together, discuss importa…
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A Decade in the Making Series: There is Power in CollaborationProInspire programs bring people together to advance leadership and equity. Whether they participate in a one-day convening, a two-day training, a months-long cohort or a yearlong fellowship, participants across all of our programs express appreciation for the space to come together, discuss importa…
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A Decade in the Making Series: Get Clear on How Organization Change HappensProInspire programs bring people together to advance leadership and equity. Whether they participate in a one-day convening, a two-day training, a months-long cohort or a yearlong fellowship, participants across all of our programs express appreciation for the space to come together, discuss importa…
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A Decade in the Making Series: ProInspire’s Race Equity JourneyProInspire programs bring people together to advance leadership and equity. Whether they participate in a one-day convening, a two-day training, a months-long cohort or a yearlong fellowship, participants across all of our programs express appreciation for the space to come together, discuss importa…
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A Decade in the Making Series: Be Intentional about Setting the Stage for Learning and GrowthProInspire programs bring people together to advance leadership and equity. Whether they participate in a one-day convening, a two-day training, a months-long cohort or a yearlong fellowship, participants across all of our programs express appreciation for the space to come together, discuss importa…
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A Decade in the Making Series: Letter from the CEO2019 marks ten years since I launched ProInspire, and it amazes me how much has happened in that time. In the decade since our founding, ProInspire has had the opportunity to work with more than 5,000 leaders and 500 social impact organizations to advance leadership and equity. While our work is ong…
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Our Leadership Competency Model JourneyBy: Monisha Kapila As you may have read on this blog before, ProInspire is conducting research to develop a leadership model that centers equity. The model will define key competencies for social sector leaders, highlight how race equity is part of these competencies, and identify where bias can sho…
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Takeaways from American Express Leadership Academy 2.0 at the Aspen InstituteProInspire had the chance to talk with alumna Maggie Goldstein Cooper (2016 Managing for Success SF cohort) about her experience at the 2018 American Express Leadership Academy 2.0 at the Aspen Institute: a Fellowship for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders. Maggie works as the Head of Talent + Communicati…
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Alumni Engagement Summit: TakeawaysBy: John Campbell, Co-Chair ProInspire Alumni Council and 2016 DC ProInspire Fellow Over the Summer, I had the opportunity to represent ProInspire at Capital One Foundation’s Alumni Engagement Summit. Over 30 organizations from around the country gathered to share best practices, learn about alum…
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ProInspire’s Journey to Center Equity in our WorkBy Monisha Kapila Over the past two years, ProInspire has been actively building our knowledge and capacity to more clearly center equity¹ in our work. We deeply appreciate partners who have shared their journey with us, so our team will share learnings, questions, and struggles as we pursue our ow…
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Fast Company Features Equity in the Center’s Research on Race EquityFast Company, the world’s leading progressive business media brand with a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, leadership, world changing ideas, and design, highlighted Equity in the Center’s recently released publication, Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Cultur…
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Chronicle of Philanthropy Highlights Equity in the Center’s Publication as a Resource for Race Equity WorkThe Chronicle of Philanthropy, an independent news organization that serves leaders, funders, and others in the social sector, recently featured Equity in the Center’s publication, Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture. The article, 5 Steps to Building a Culture of Racial Eq…
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Towards Racial Healing: Equity in the Center’s reflection on #NDORHBy: Kerrien Rollins Suarez, Director of Equity in the Center “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history…If we do not act [,] we shall surely be dragged down…” -Dr. Martin Lu…
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Announcing ProInspire’s 2018 ProgramsBy: Monisha Kapila As we start the new year, the ProInspire team is excited for the existing and new programs that we will be providing towards our Bold Goal that social sector organizations have high performing leaders at all levels in order to fulfill their missions. Look for more information on t…
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Reflections on our decision to sunset the ProInspire Fellowship ProgramBy: Monisha Kapila Our Board and team are excited about the 2018 strategies we have outlined and their ability to drive the work towards our Bold Goal. As part of these plans, and as I mentioned in a recent blog post on them, we have made the difficult decision to sunset the ProInspire Fellowship Pr…
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The Design Principles Guiding Our Competency Model DevelopmentBy Sandy Stonesifer, ProInspire’s Advisor for Leadership Development As ProInspire’s CEO Monisha Kapila shared in a blog post earlier this year, we are in the process of defining a competency model for social sector professionals. Our team spent the past few months reviewing existing literat…
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A Recap of the Capital One Foundation’s Alumni Engagement SummitBy Andrea Rush Last month, I participated in the Capital One Foundation’s Alumni Engagement Summit in New York City. I had a great experience meeting other social sector organizations and sharing best practices and lessons learned. It was an eye-opening experience to see how other organizations th…
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ProInspire Alum Launches New Initiative to Help Others Build a Career They LoveBy Erica Soultanian, 2016 ProInspire Fellow At this time last year, I had reached a low point in my life. I felt stuck in a job that I hated. I had been trying to get out for over a year, but a steady stream of rejection letters wasn’t getting me anywhere. My self-esteem was at an […]…
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Reflections on the ProInspire Impact AcceleratorBy Leland Holcomb, 2017 Impact Accelerator participant Burgeoning professionals wishing to enter, or expand their reach within, the social sector face a landscape that is exciting and full of opportunity, but also one that is competitive, ambiguous, and uncertain. Effectively unlocking this opportun…
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Equity in the Center in the News: Kerrien Suarez featured in Independent Sector’s podcast and blogKerrien Suarez, Director of Equity in the Center, was recently featured in both a podcast and a blog hosted by Independent Sector. Equity in the Center, a project of ProInspire, is a collaborative initiative to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase equity within the sector. In the Pod…
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2016 ProInspire Fellows Share Leadership Lessons as They Conclude Their Fellowship YearLast week marked the final training for 2016 ProInspire Fellows in Washington, D.C. and the San Francisco Bay Area. It was a time of both celebration and reflection, as the Fellows looked back on what they had learned over the past year, and set goals for their future as leaders in the nonprofit …
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Managing for Success Alum Daria Hall Selected for American Express Leadership Academy 2.0 Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Fellowship CohortCongratulations to Managing for Success Alum Daria Hall on her selection to the American Express Leadership Academy 2.0 Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Fellowship Cohort! Daria will join 14 other executive and management level nonprofit professionals and social entrepreneurs for a weeklong program lat…
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Reflections on the ProInspire retreat, election results, and the responsibility of the social sectorBy Sonovia Wint, 2016 ProInspire Fellow Last year’s election result was marked by an intensity of emotions from many groups of people. It brought tensions to the surface and highlighted existing divisions within our country. What I most noticed was the change in the way we responded to one anoth…
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Leading the Way: ProInspire launches development of a competency model for rising social sector professionalsBy Monisha Kapila I am excited to share that ProInspire has launched an initiative to define a competency model for rising social sector professionals, with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The result will be a framework that can serve as a guide for social sector professionals who want …
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Everyone is a FundraiserBy John Campbell, 2016 ProInspire Fellow Fundraising. It’s a word that causes people to feel uncomfortable, donors to feel like prey, and can even make nonprofit executives squirm. For too many organizations, fundraising is seen as a ‘necessary evil,’ separate from programs and the ‘real’…
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Giving Back and Growing UpBy Alex Stanton, 2016 ProInspire Fellow My penchant for volunteering stems from growing up in a big family. As the middle of five kids, there were always chores to do be done, siblings to be watched, and problems to be solved. From a young age, I enjoyed taking care of my siblings and helping them …
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The Logbook: ProInspire alum Alice Liu shares her method for capturing insights and accelerating goalsIn a recent article on Medium, 2014 Bay Area ProInspire Fellow Alice Liu wrote about The Logbook System, a simple method she devised to capture thoughts, ideas, and learnings as a way to lead a more intentional life and achieve her goals. A more simplified version of a journal, the Logbook is hosted…
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Strength in CommunityBy Marley Leitner, 2016 DC ProInspire Fellow Julie Beck recently wrote an article in The Atlantic about how to cope with stress. In it she states that “strengthening connections with families, communities, and organizations is the most important preventive approach.” My experience with the Pro…
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Reflections from the 2016 Net Impact ConferenceBy Paul Collier, 2014 Bay Area ProInspire Fellow Earlier this month I attended my fourth Net Impact Conference, one of the country’s largest annual gatherings of professionals dedicated to making a social and environmental impact through business. This year’s conference was hosted in Philadelphi…
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In Which I Learned to Be Less Alone: Lessons From My Year as a ProInspire FellowBy Elaine Choi, 2015 ProInspire Fellow at College Track For most of my life, alone is how I’ve been. Although I have siblings, I was the youngest of three, and the age gap between my brothers and me was wide enough that we never shared the same life experiences at any given time. I pursued solo …
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ProInspire Fellowship Selected by Ashoka U for List of Social Innovation Fellowships to KnowAshoka U selected the ProInspire Fellowship for its recent list of 14 Social Innovation Fellowships You Need to Know. Along with other esteemed programs such as Acumen Global Fellows, Global Health Corps, and Kiva Fellowship, the ProInspire Fellowship is considered by Ashoka U to be “a great w…
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Leaning in to Learning: What the ProInspire Fellowship Taught Me About MyselfBy Crystal Cheng, 2015 ProInspire Fellow at Opportunity Fund When Gene Kunde, ProInspire’s Bay Area Executive Director at the time, sent me the Fellowship role description for the Business Process and Implementation Associate at Opportunity Fund, it felt serendipitous. In 2009, I was part of a sma…
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Two ProInspire Alumni Selected for American Express – Aspen Institute’s Fellowship for Emerging Nonprofit LeadersProInspire congratulates 2015 Management Fellows Maria Choi and Emmanuel Imah, who were selected for the 2016 American Express – Aspen Institute Academy 2.0: A Fellowship for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders. 15 Fellows are selected annually for this program, an invitation-only, yearlong Fellows…
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Congrats to the Graduating Fellows, Bring on the Next Class…By Mike Rocco, ProInspire’s Managing Director, Bay Area I recently celebrated my one-month anniversary with ProInspire and ended the day by joining the 2015 San Francisco Bay Area Fellows for their Graduation Dinner. While it is simplistic to say that I was impressed by the eight Fellows, tho…
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Transforming Unexpected Obstacles into Unexpected Opportunities: the First 90 Days of My ProInspire FellowshipBy Brad Hamilton, 2016 ProInspire Fellow at the National Human Services Assembly The first ninety days of my ProInspire Fellowship were filled with transition – into the nonprofit sector, into my new role at the National Human Services Assembly, and into my new life in a new city. While that amo…
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ProInspire Alum Ivellisse Morales Shares Social Sector Learnings in Presidio Institute’s Newsletter2014 ProInspire Fellow Ivellisse Morales recently published a piece about her Fellowship experience in Reveille, the Presidio Institute’s quarterly publication for social impact leaders. In this thoughtful reflection titled ‘365 Days in the Social Sector,’ Ivellisse shares …
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A Fellow’s Insights on Diversity and Inclusion AwarenessBy Lars Parkin, 2015 ProInspire Fellow at Population Services International (PSI) My working environment over the past five months has been more diverse than over the previous five years combined. While I would love to say that my diversity and inclusion awareness has increased through my day-to-…
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ProInspire Alum Marcus Noel Selected to 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 listProInspire Alum Marcus Noel has been selected to the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Marcus is the Founder of Heart of Man, a social enterprise he started before the ProInspire Fellowship. Heart of Man operates at the intersection of education and retail, allowing middle and high school students to c…
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Announcing 2015 Managing for Success and ProInspire FellowsIt has been a busy Fall around here as we welcome over 60 emerging leaders into ProInspire’s programs. Over the past few months, we placed and launched the 2015 class of ProInspire Fellows in Washington D.C. and the San Francisco Bay Area. In September we kicked off the the inaugural San Fra…
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From Ohio to Washington DC to……Botswana!By Mike Solarz, 2014 ProInspire Fellow After spending three years in a promising career in public accounting with a “Big Four” firm, I decided it was time to transition into a position that better aligned with my desire to promote social impact. The ProInspire Fellowship fit the bill for the nee…
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ProInspire Fellow Featured by Boston University College of Communication2014 ProInspire Fellow Ivellisse Morales was recently featured in COMTalk, a publication put out by her alma mater, the Boston University College of Communications. The article, “Nonprofit PR and marketing offers more than just a warm feeling inside,” highlights Ivi’s experiences in the nonp…
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Explore the Woods: Lessons from American Express – Aspen Institute Academy 2.0By Ellie Canter, 2014 Management Fellow “To anticipate, not the sunrise and dawn merely, but, if possible, Nature herself! How many mornings, summer and winter, before yet any neighbor was stirring about his business, have I been about mine! So many autumn, ay, and winter days, spent outside the t…
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2014 ProInspire Fellow Ivellisse Morales Promotes Year Up in SF Bay AreaCongratulations to 2014 ProInspire Fellow Ivellisse Morales for successfully working with the San Francisco Chronicle to profile Year Up! As the only local Marketing and Communications Manager at Year Up Bay Area, Ivellisse taps into her PR/marketing agency experience to provide strategic marketing …
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ProInspire Celebrates Graduation of 2014-2015 FellowsLast week, ProInspire celebrated the graduation of 60 fellows across four cohorts during our 2014-2015 programs. On July 26th, we marked the graduation of the 2014 Bay Area ProInspire Fellows with an outing at an Oyster Farm in San Francisco. Everyone had a great time, enjoyed lots of food and dri…
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ProInspire Alum Marcus Noel – Advice to a Younger Me (Ashoka Changemakers blog)Marcus Noel was a 2012 ProInspire Fellow with Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS). Following his Fellowship, he stayed on at BCPS and continued working on the project he launched, Heart of Man. He then became a ConnectED Fellow & Education Pioneer Fellow at the Department of Education̵…
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Building a GradNation: How America’s Promise is Creating ImpactBy: Angela Richardson, 2014 Proinspire Fellow When I started my fellowship at America’s Promise, I came at a very exciting time in the GradNation campaign. The GradNation program at America’s Promise strives to achieve a 90 percent high school graduation rate across the nation. For the first…
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Building a Movement- Lessons from Shot@LifeBy Yewande Akinleye, 2014 ProInspire Fellow According to Merriam Webster the term “movement” means the act or process of moving people or things from one place or position to another. According to the very same source, to “build” means to increase the amount of (something). If we were to c…
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Five Lessons on Social EntrepreneurshipBy Christine Lynch, 2014 ProInspire Fellow In the social sector, social entrepreneurship is a buzz word that has gained in popularity. According to Ashoka, social entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems. They are ambitious and persiste…
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Creating Pathways to Economic EqualityEditor’s Note: This is part of a series of posts about the Opportunity Summit By Tracy Williams, 2014 ProInspire Fellow I had the distinct privilege of attending the 2015 Opportunity Nation Summit in Washington, DC and it was one of the most inspirational and transformative events I have ever expe…
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ProInspire Managing for Success Featured in Standard Social Innovation ReviewProInspire and our partners are highlighted in the latest post in Stanford Social Innovation Review’s Talent Matters series. Talent Matters (co-curated by ProInspire and Net Impact) recently launched its third phase, focused on how social sector organizations are putting talent development into pr…
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Cross Sector Collaboration is Crucial to the Opportunity CrisisEditor’s Note: This is part of a series of posts about the Opportunity Summit By Angela Richardson, 2014 ProInspire Fellow “WE GOT THIS!” was the mantra heard throughout the Opportunity Summit on February 26th. The constant reminder of “we got this” stood out like a sore thumb to me, espec…
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Think you need superpowers to change the world?By Yewande Akinleye, 2014 ProInspire Fellow I’d like to share a secret with you…yes you. I don’t often expose myself like this, but right now I feel as though I can confide in you. Quite frankly, I can’t keep this to myself and I hope that you will be inspired once you know my secret. [&hell…
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Creating #OpportunityMoments for OthersHow You Can Be Part of the Movement to Close the Opportunity Divide Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of posts by ProInspire fellows and alumni who attended the National Opportunity Summit in Washington, DC By Ivellisse Morales, 2014 ProInspire Fellow Chances are, that if you’re r…
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ProInspire Alum Nikita Mitchell Featured in BerkeleyHaas Student AchievementsProInspire Alum Nikita Mitchell (2011 DC Fellow) was featured in BerkeleyHaas Student Achievements for her work as Class President of her Haas MBA class and as a liaison to the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management. Read more about Nikita’s work in this Student Spotlight… It was …
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Switching, Not Starting OverBy Paul Collier, 2014 ProInspire Fellow When I was accepted into ProInspire and transitioned to working as a Data Manager at the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center (SFCAPC), I was expecting my work to change drastically. Previously, I worked as a business process consultant for an internati…
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ProInspire Fellow featured on Commongood Careers on “Life After Fellowship”This article was featured on the Commongood Careers site, and features Marian Leitner, 2011 ProInspire Fellow. Read below about different Fellowship experiences, and Story #3 for Marian’s story. LIFE AFTER FELLOWSHIP: THREE CAREER SUCCESS STORIES Fellowships in the social impact space are expe…
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Power in being the “only”By Shala Marks, 2014 ProInspire Fellow Hello, my name is Shala Marks and I am the only ________. My experiences have allowed me to fill in that blank with a myriad of examples. It seems like all of my life I have been the only something. Let’s see, I was the only… African-American female writer …
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The Beauty Girl turned Social Change Maker: My Transition to the Social SectorBy Angela Richardson, 2014 ProInspire Fellow Have you ever had a moment when the light bulb turned on right above your head? I did. It was a cold, brisk morning in the middle of December 2011. I was headed to my “dream job” – or at least I thought it was my dream job. My […]…
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ProInspire Fellow, Ivi Morales, on NBC Telemundo2014 ProInspire Fellow Ivellisse (Ivi) Morales serves as Marketing Manager for Year Up Bay Area. Ivi Morales is leveraging the cause marketing expertise she honed as an account executive for Boston-based Cone Communications to succeed in her new role. Ivi is piloting bilingual advertising and …
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Gaining Perspective: A Crash Course on Dealing With Your Boss from your BossesBy Catherine Kent, ProInspire Intern In August, ProInspire’s 2014 Spring Managing For Success cohort in Washington DC had their last workshop focused on managing in organizations. As part of the program’s focus on “managing up”, ProInspire brought together a panel of nonprofit CEOs to share …
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Congratulations to 2013 ProInspire Fellows!The 2013 ProInspire Fellows in Washington D.C. and San Francisco Bay Area completed their Fellowship programs this summer. All 26 Fellows spent one year driving forward mission critical work at their organizations. The good news is that most of them will be staying at their organizations and co…
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Results from 2014 Managing for Success – Spring CohortIn August we completed the Spring Managing for Success (M4S) program in Washington D.C. This is the second cohort of the M4S program and we continue to receive excellent feedback on the impact of the program on participants’ abilities to be effective as managers and leaders. About the 2014 Spring …
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Alumni Perspectives on the ProInspire FellowshipBy Sonia Shekar and Dionne Galloway The 2014 ProInspire Fellows in Washington D.C. had a chance to sit down, with three of the 2013 ProInspire Fellows earlier this month. The Alumni shared their insights on taking initiative, being a trusted resource for your organization, and fully utilizing the ab…
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ProInspire featured on ProFellow: Celebrating 5 Years of the ProInspire FellowshipThank you to Vicki Johnson from ProFellow.com for joining us at ProInspire’s Bay Area 5 Year Celebration on Aug. 14, 2014. Here is a writeup from the ProFellow blog. Check out ProFellow’s database of Fellowship opportunities! On August 14th, we had the pleasure to participate in Pro…
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ProInspire Alum Article in NextBillion – Financial Inclusion and the Internet of ThingsBy Pat Wilson (2013 DC ProInspire Fellow) and Stephanie Pow, Accion’s Frontier Investment’s Group This post originally appeared on the NextBillion blog. The Internet of Things (“IoT”) is a term that has been tossed around by tech wonks and futurists alike. Put simply, IoT is the use of te…
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Announcing 2014 Managing for Success DC Spring CohortI am pleased to announce ProInspire’s 2014 Managing for Success DC Spring Cohort. These 19 Management Fellows are emerging leaders at nonprofits and foundations in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD. Management Fellows have taken on new responsibility for managing people or projects in the past…
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My Strength Finder Experience: Skeptic Turns BelieverBy: Ashlee Lawson My mother will be the first to tell you that her middle-born daughter (me), is a full blown skeptic. I question EVERYTHING. I’m talking-believe none of what you hear, half of what you see-levels of skepticism, and I have been this way for as long as I can remember. As you may [&h…
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Becoming A More Effective Leader: Results from ProInspire’s Managing for SuccessFor Immediate Release January 22, 2014 Contact Christine Lai 805.896.0236 [email protected] proinspire.wpengine.com Becoming A More Effective Leader: Results from ProInspire’s Managing for Success ProInspire’s Managing for Success pilot shows increased confidence and effectiveness for nonprofi…
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Nonprofit CEOs Share Lessons Learned With Managing for Success FellowsNonprofit CEOs Share Lessons Learned With Managing for Success Fellows ProInspire’sManaging for Success Fellowsrecently enjoyeda private panel with leaders from three of the D.C. Metro Area’s top nonprofit organizations: Jan Ridgely, Executive Director of United Charitable Programs Lidia Soto-Ha…
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2013 ProInspire Fellows Selected to Develop Next Generation of Nonprofit LeadersFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2013 2013 ProInspire Fellows Selected to Elevate Next Generation of Nonprofit Leaders Largest cohort in program history addresses talent gap, fills demand for nonprofit leadership. Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA — ProInspire, a nonprofit dedicated to develo…
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Introducing 2013 DC Fellow, Kelly PiersonName: Kelly Pierson Hometown: Sylvania, OH Previous Organization: Target Corporation Current Organization: National 4-H Council What inspired you to apply for ProInspire? I discovered the ProInspire fellowship at a point when I was craving a way to incorporate my passion…
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Introducing 2013 DC ProInspire Fellow, Kiara WaltersName: Kiara Walters Hometown: Goldsboro, NC Current Organization: College Summit What inspired you to apply for ProInspire? After three years in the professional workforce I was loving what I did but felt like something was missing. When I wasn’t traveling,…
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Introducing Management Fellow, Kevin BauerName: Kevin Bauer Hometown: Iowa City, Iowa Current Organization: Year Up Inc What inspired you to apply for ProInspire’s Managing for Success Program? I was impressed by the ProInspire program fellows with whom I worked at the Latin American Youth Center. Although I knew the Managing for Su…
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Introducing 2013 DC ProInspire Fellow, Carolyn KentName: Carolyn Kent Hometown: Durham, NC Current Organization: National 4-H Council What inspired you to apply for ProInspire? After returning from Peace Corps, I led a nonprofit organization that I founded in 2008 while also consulting on various project management jobs with Duke University. I found…
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Introducing 2013 Management Fellow, Casey KrallName: Casey Krall Hometown: Lebanon, PA Current Organization: Year Up What inspired you to apply for ProInspire’s Managing for Success Program? The opportunity to take part in coaching/sharpen my coaching skills over an extended period of time. And, Lucilla and Maurice (who were ProInspire f…
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Post-Fellowship: What is the 2012 ProInspire Class doing now?What are they doing now? Our 2012 Class of ProInspire Fellows, recently celebrated the end of their fellowship year together with alumni, fellows, friends, supporters, and hiring partners at La Tasca in downtown D.C.. It was a great evening full of memories and highlights from the year; includin…
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Introducing 2013 Management Fellow, Juan Carlos EstrellaName: Juan Carlos Estrella Hometown: Quito, Ecuador Current Organization: FHI 360 What inspired you to apply for ProInspire’s Managing for Success Program? The opportunity for strengthening my managerial skills by learning and exchanging knowledge not only with the program instructors, but a…
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ProInspire Alumni Shares Experience with Common Good Careers: My First Year as a Business Professional in the Nonprofit SectorProInspire Alumni, Gillian Peron shares her experience as a ProInspire Fellow at Good 360 with Common Good Careers: “Dear Candidate: Thank you for your interest in our organization. While your qualifications were impressive, this was a highly competitive process, and we are not able to extend yo…
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Introducing 2013 Management Fellow, Noelle CarneName: Noelle Carne Hometown: Sandpoint, Idaho Current Organization: Capital City Public Charter School What inspired you to apply for ProInspire’s Managing for Success Program? My current work is very different from my previous position and I wanted to improve my managerial skills. I was als…
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My First Year as a Business Professional in the Nonprofit SectorBy Gillian Perron Dear Candidate: Thank you for your interest in our organization. While your qualifications were impressive, this was a highly competitive process, and we are not able to extend you an offer at this time…” During the eight months it took to transition from my first career in t…
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Introducing 2013 ProInspire Fellow Ashlee LawsonName: Ashlee Lawson Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan Previous Organization: Sound Investment AV Current Organization: Ceaser Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy What inspired you to apply for ProInspire? I was inspired to apply for ProInspire by the recommendation of a past fellow. He lear…
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Introducing 2013 ProInspire Fellow Jennifer MokName: Jennifer Mok Hometown: Houston, TX Previous Organization: Accenture Current Organization: FHI360 What inspired you to apply for ProInspire? Wanting to do non-profit work more than just outside working hours and see what it’s like devoting all of me to something I’m passionate about…