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Top 10 Tips For Making The Most Of Your FellowshipBy Kate Loving, ProInspire’s Marketing and Communications Associate Reposted with permission from PCDnetwork.org Fellowships can be one of the most valuable experiences of your professional and academic career. Whether you are transitioning into a new sector or are traveling to research or wor…
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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 featured in Huffington Post article about fellowshipsProInspire was featured in the Huffington Post article, 5 Fellowships to Jumpstart your Changemaking Journey. Alex Budak, social entrepreneur and founder of The Changemaker Toolkit, writes: “I’ve heard from a number of people recently who are at the beginning of their changemaker journey…
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ProInspire’s Research Featured by National Center for Family PhilanthropyThe National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP), the only national nonprofit dedicated exclusively to families who give and those with whom they work, dedicated its latest monthly newsletter to the topic of fellowships. The newsletter’s feature story, Where there is community, there is fellowsh…
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ProInspire in Stanford Social Innovation Review: How Fellowships Can Inform Talent ManagementProInspire’s latest research on the social impact fellowship industry was published in a new article in Stanford Social Innovation Review’s Talent Matters series. How Fellowships Can Inform Talent Management A new study traces the evolution of social impact fellowships and highlights w…
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New Research Highlights Role of Fellowships in Social Impact SectorReport by ProInspire reveals strengths and opportunities of the growing field. A newly released report by ProInspire represents the first effort to map the fellowship landscape, develop a more robust understanding of fellowships as a talent strategy, and identify ways the sector can harness fellowsh…
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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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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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Start Your Nonprofit Career With a Fellowship ProgramBy 2010 ProInspire Fellow Crystal Moore We're on the final day of our 5 Days of Giving series on the blog with the goal of helping each and every one of you with your goals to change the world, in both big and small ways. So you have already made the decision that you would like to [&h…
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Lessons From the 2011 ProInspire FellowsDuring the final training for the 2011 ProInspire Fellows in June, everyone was asked to reflect on lessons learned over the last year. Here's what was captured, broken out into six different categories that capture different aspects of the fellowship experience: Ramping up Ask co-workers…
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ProInspire to Launch Flagship Fellows Program in San Francisco Bay AreaFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2012 Contact Lisa Frederick Director of Communications ProInspire [email protected] ProInspire to Launch Flagship Fellows Program in San Francisco Bay Area In fall of 2012, ProInspire will place outstanding business professionals with leading nonprofits…
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Lessons from “Emerging Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations”By Lucila Crena, Program Director and 2009 ProInspire Fellow The nonprofit leadership deficit is, by now, a well-known social sector challenge. The Bridgespan Group’s game-changing “The Nonprofit Sector’s Leadership Deficit” put stunning figures to the problem and, in the process, mobilized …
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How to Be a Great FellowHave you ever considered how similar advice for a new job is to advice for a first date? Neither did the 2011 class of Inspire Fellows before Lisa Lazarus sat down to talk to us about what it would take to be successful in our fellowship. Lisa is no stranger to fellowships. Most recently she [&helli…
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Learn about transitioning from business to nonprofit as an Inspire FellowProInspire is hosting information calls in February for candidates interested in the Inspire Fellows 2010 program. Details at http://proinspire.org/fellows/information-calls/ Inspire Fellows Information CallsWednesday, February 3 at 9pm ESTTuesday, February 9 at 7pm ESTMonday, February 15 at 6pm EST…
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Inspire Fellows pilot kicks-off!On Monday we kicked off the pilot Inspire Fellows program with a 2-day orientation! 5 Fellows from our pilot class participated and they are a very enthusiastic group. In this picture (from L to R): Nick Takamine, Monisha Kapila, Pratichi Shah, John Wilson, Matt Chou, Meg McCann, Rashan Jibowu, Kare…
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Interview with Rosetta Lai, AALeadYesterday I met with Rosetta Lai, the Executive Director of Asian American LEAD. AALEAD’s overarching goal is to increase the opportunities and ability of low-income Asian American children to move out of poverty and become successful, self-sufficient adults. Rosetta joined AALEAD after 20 yea…