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Board Lessons From 2020By: Nancy Withbroe, Vice Chair of ProInspire Board of Directors As we look back on this traumatic year during which our nation has suffered such pain and harm, ProInspire is exploring what lessons we’ve learned. This is a year during which we’ve also seen the opportunities for healing and justic…
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Learnings from 2020By: Monisha Kapila, Founder & CEO 2020 helped us go deeper in our research around Leadership Practices for Race Equity Impact that we have been working on over the past few years. As I reflect back on the year, here are some of my learnings around these core aspects of leadership – inner w…
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ProInspire’s New Board Members, Board Officers, and Network Leadership CouncilWe are excited to welcome ProInspire’s new Board Members and Officers and the new ProInspire Network Leadership Council members and Co-Chairs. …
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Announcing ProInspire’s Updated Theory of ChangeFebruary 20, 2019By: Monisha Kapila When I reflect on the past 10 years, it becomes clear that our greatest asset is the ProInspire community of over 3,000 people and almost 500 organizations working to advance social impact across the sector. These partnerships have given us a deeper understanding …
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ProInspire is getting a makeover! A sneak peek of our new brandingWe are excited to share a sneak peek of our new branding. After a year of gathering input from alumni, advisors, funders, partners, and program participants, as well as many discussions among our team, ProInspire has a new brand! We plan to roll out our new branding over the next few months, and wan…
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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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How ProInspire Shifted My Career NarrativeBy: Talisha Rice, ProInspire Fellow, 2015, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), MBA Candidate 2020 Nearly three years ago I left my corporate job with one of the world’s leading financial services institutions, JP Morgan, to transition into the social sector to work with an education, health, …
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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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Looking Ahead: An Update on ProInspire’s Strategic PlanBy Monisha Kapila I am happy to share an update on ProInspire’s strategic plan as we prepare for 20 18-2019. This update includes exciting plans to launch new programs, and our decision to sunset the ProInspire Fellowship in 2018. As a quick review, in Fall 2017 our Board approved ProInspire’s B…
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ProInspire CEO featured in Drucker Institute article on Managing the BossDrucker Institute, a social enterprise whose mission is strengthening organizations to strengthen society, recently interviewed ProInspire Founder and CEO Monisha Kapila for an article on Managing the Boss. The article, featured in the Institute’s bimonthly Monday* magazine, builds on Peter Dr…
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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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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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ProInspire Faculty Member Featured in Huffington Post BlogTiffany Quivers, ProInspire faculty member and leadership development consultant, was recently featured in the Inside the Office blog series on Huffington Post. In this piece, Tiffany discusses her work and reveals some of the motivations and inspirations that helped shape her both personally and pr…
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ProInspire Receives $2.1 Million Investment to Launch ProInspire Fellowship in Digital FinanceGrant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund new fellowship program to engage the government and private sector in advancing global development and inclusive economies through digital finance ProInspire, a nonprofit focused on developing leaders for the world’s greatest challenges,…
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ProInspire Hosts 2017 Impact CallAlumni, current Fellows, donors, partners, and other members of the ProInspire community joined CEO Monisha Kapila and staff members for our third annual Impact Call on January 25th, 2017. The Impact Call offered a chance to learn more about ProInspire’s 2016 results and 2017 priorities. 201…
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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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ProInspire Honored as 2016 Top-Rated Nonprofit by GreatNonprofitsThis year’s honor marks second consecutive award For the second year in a row, ProInspire has received the prestigious Top-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations. The only people’s choice award in the nonprofit sector, a 2016 Top-Rated …
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ProInspire Releases 2016 Impact ReportWhile we wrap up the #BeBold campaign and prepare for down time over the holidays, we are pleased to share with you our 2016 Impact Report. This report represents our continued effort to provide more transparency around our work: what went well, where we can improve, and how together these insights …
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Bold Goal Strategy 3: Influence the Sector to Prioritize Talent, Equity, and InclusionBy Martha Searby Influence (v): to cause someone to change a behavior, belief, or opinion, or to cause something to be changed In order to achieve ProInspire’s Bold Goal that social sector organizations have high performing leaders at all levels in order to fulfill their missions, we must go bey…
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Bold Goal Strategy 2: Creating Pathways for Leaders at All LevelsBy Kristen Lucas ProInspire was founded with the idea that we need to expand career pathways into the social sector and increase diversity in the field. In order to achieve ProInspire’s Bold Goal that social sector organizations have high performing leaders at all levels in order to fulfill their …
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Bold Goal Strategy 1: Develop Leaders to Drive ResultsBy Dionne Galloway and Monisha Kapila As we shared last week, ProInspire’s Bold Goal is that social sector organizations have high performing leaders at all levels in order to fulfill their missions. The first strategy we have defined to achieve our bold goal is to develop leaders with the mindset…
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Introducing ProInspire’s Bold Goal and Strategies for ImpactBy Monisha Kapila In March 2015, ProInspire started down the path of defining our bold goal for impact, and creating a strategy for the organization’s future. As a young and lean organization, I thought our strategy process would take about a year. Along the way, we gained tremendous learnings thr…
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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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ProInspire Selected as Curation Partner for New Independent Sector Focus Area on Diversity, Equity and InclusionProInspire is proud to be the curation partner and issue expert for the newly-launched Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion focus area hub hosted by Independent Sector (IS), the leadership network for nonprofits, foundations, and corporations committed to advancing the common good. Today IS unveiled t…
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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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ProInspire Strategy Update 5: Findings from Internal and External AssessmentBy Monisha Kapila, Founder and CEO Last year, ProInspire embarked on a strategy process to define our bold goal and set the course for the organization’s future. Over the past six months, we have conducted an internal and external assessment to better understand our strengths, assets, and the exte…
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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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Monisha Kapila Featured on Nonprofit Radio PodcastMonisha Kapila was a guest on Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio on May 6th, where she talked with Tony about the importance of Emotional Intelligence in nonprofit management. Monisha highlighted the steps nonprofit managers can take to become more aware of themselves and others, and how this awarenes…
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ProInspire Releases Infographic on Millennials in the Nonprofit WorkforceProInspire released a new infographic today about Millennials in the nonprofit workforce. The infographic builds on insights shared through ProInspire’s report, A Force for Impact: Millennials in the Nonprofit Sector, released in October 2015. Nonprofit leaders will find this a useful guide to …
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ProInspire Featured in The GuardianProInspire was featured today by The Guardian in an article about programmes that encourage employees from companies to contribute their skills to charities. Read an excerpt below and the full article on The Guardian site. From Google to Meals on Wheels: how charities nab employees from the world…
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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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Updates from ProInspire’s 2016 Impact CallOn January 20, 2016, ProInspire hosted our second annual Impact Call to update alumni, donors, partners, and other supporters about the organization’s work. Monisha Kapila, ProInspire’s Founder and CEO, highlighted ProInspire’s results over the past year, financials, and priorities for…
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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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ProInspire 2016 Impact Call on Jan. 20thJoin us for ProInspire’s 2016 Impact Call Wednesday, January 20th at 4:00PM EST/1:00pm PST The Impact Call is an opportunity for ProInspire donors, partners, Fellows, alumni, and other supporters to learn more about our results over the past year and plans for 2016. Similar to the idea of an �…
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ProInspire Releases 2015 Impact ReportAt ProInspire, the end of the year is a time to reflect on the work we’ve accomplished and plan for the year ahead. It is also a time to appreciate the people and organizations whose support makes it all possible. We are grateful for your partnership as we work to elevate social sector talent and …
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ProInspire Millennials report featured in Chronicle of PhilanthropyThe Chronicle of Philanthropy highlights ProInspire’s new Millennials report in “Millennials Present Big Opportunity for Nonprofits, Study Says.” Rebecca Koenig of the Chronicle of Philanthropy wrote a summary of ProInspire’s report, A Force for Impact: Millennials in the No…
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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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Advisory Council Member Justin Steele Launches Google.org InitiativeProInspire would like to extend congratulations to Justin Steele, a member of ProInspire’s Strategy Advisory Council and Bay Area Giving Lead at Google.org. Justin has been a partner and advisor to ProInspire since our early days, when he worked at Year Up of the National Capital Region. Thi…
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ProInspire Honored As 2015 Top-Rated NonprofitFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Martha Searby, Communications ([email protected]) November 11, 2015 PROINSPIRE HONORED AS 2015 TOP-RATED NONPROFIT GreatNonprofits Award is based on Positive Online Reviews ProInspire received the prestigious 2015 Top-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading pr…
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ProInspire Releases Report on Millennials in the Nonprofit WorkforceFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2015 ProInspire Releases Report on Millennials in the Nonprofit Workforce Research reveals ten strategies to help nonprofits recruit, retain, and advance Millennial employees. ProInspire released a new report today that provides nonprofit organizations a deeper un…
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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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ProInspire Strategy Update 4: Strategy Steering Committee Kick-Off MeetingBy Monisha Kapila, Founder and CEO, ProInspire In April, ProInspire’s Strategy Steering Committee met and discussed the Internal Assessment based on stakeholder interviews. The Steering Committee includes a cross-section of ProInspire stakeholders, including staff, Board members, partners, and alu…
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ProInspire CEO Featured by Harvard Business SchoolProInspire’s Founder and CEO, Monisha Kapila, has been featured by Harvard Business School. Monisha is a 2005 MBA graduate from Harvard Business School (HBS) and was inspired to launch ProInspire after serving as an HBS Leadership Fellow with Accion International. In “A Talent Pipeline for Soci…
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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 Strategy Update 3: Results from Internal AssessmentBy Monisha Kapila, Founder and CEO, ProInspire As I described in our last blog post, ProInspire is in the midst of a strategy process to define our bold goal and set the course for the organization’s future. We have completed the first phase of the process, an Internal Assessment. The goal of the …
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ProInspire Strategy Update 2: Strategy Process OverviewThis is an exciting year for ProInspire, as we have embarked on a strategy process to define our bold goal and set the course for the organization’s future. We were inspired to think about our bold goal by Community Wealth Partners, which wrote: “We challenge change agents to shift their attenti…
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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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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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ProInspire Strategy Update 1: Start With Your ResultLessons from the Casey Foundation’s Talent Pipelines Learning Lab – Seminar 1 By Monisha Kapila, Founder and CEO, ProInspire This year, ProInspire will be focused on two major initiatives related to our strategy: 1. Launching a strategy process to identify our “Bold Goal” as an organization …
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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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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 Essay on Talent Featured in Aspen Institute Impact Investing ReportFounder and CEO Monisha Kapila writes about the attractive talent marketplace created by impact investing, and opportunities to leverage talent for impact FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2014 A new report released last week by the Aspen Institute surveys the landscape of the growing impact inve…
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Updates from ProInspire’s First Impact CallOn November 19th, 2014, ProInspire hosted our first ever Impact Call. Founder and CEO, Monisha Kapila, shared ProInspire’s results over the past year, challenges, and strategic plans. She also announced ProInspire’s revised mission: ProInspire develops leaders at all levels for organi…
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ProInspire Impact Call on Nov. 19thJoin us for ProInspire’s First Annual Impact Call Wednesday, November 19th at 4:00PM EST/1:00pm PST Hosted by our Founder and CEO, Monisha Kapila, the Impact Call is an opportunity for ProInspire donors, partners, Fellows, alumni, and other supporters to learn more about our results to-date an…
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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 CEO Interview on The Traveling Cup PodcastProInspire CEO Monisha Kapila was interviewed by Mark Guay on The Traveling Cup podcast. The Traveling Cup is where coffee-loving changemakers hang out to create a better tomorrow. Listen to the podcast and share your comments with @monishakapila and @proinspire. http://www.thetravelingcup.com/p…
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ProInspire Lends Voice to Groundbreaking Report on Nonprofit Talent DiversityFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 21, 2014 ProInspire Lends Voice to Groundbreaking Report on Nonprofit Talent Diversity Founder and CEO Monisha Kapila joined other American Express NGen Fellows to develop a roadmap for increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the sector ProInspire founder and CEO M…
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ProInspire featured in SSIR: The Business Case for Investing in TalentWe are thrilled to announce our new Stanford Social Innovation Review blog series, co-curated by ProInspire and Net Impact. Over the next four months, leading nonprofits will share stories from the field and highlight real-world results achieved through a focus on talent. The first article, by P…
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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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Thank you for helping us Ignite + Inspire in 2013Yesterday we closed out our Ignite + Inspire: ProInspire 2013 End-of-Year Campaign, and I am pleased to share that we raised over $17k! With the support of almost 100 donors, we surpassed our goal of raising $10,000 to IGNITE + INSPIRE a generation of leaders to use their skills for social impact. T…
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ProInspire CEO Featured in Huffington Post: The Case for Professional Development in the Nonprofit SectorAsk any executive to reflect on her career, and surely she will mention The One — the managr who inspired a meaningful and successful career through effective leadership. Some individuals approach the manager role with natural ease. Yet, good managers aren’t just born; they become. How? …
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ProInspire CEO, Monisha Kapila featured in Devex on “3 things ‘sector switchers’ should address”From business to development: 3 things ‘sector switchers’ should address Professionals who want to move into international development often don’t know where to start. When I think about my own experience moving from a career in business to international development, a few things stand…
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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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ProInspire CEO, Monisha Kapila shares her take on how to be successful with IdealistWant to be a successful nonprofit manager? Master these 3 key relationships: Becoming a manager is an exciting and challenging step in one’s career. In addition to taking on new responsibilities, you have to shift how you view yourself and how others view you. As a manager, you have to manage down…
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Monisha Kapila: How Harvard Business School Can Change the World for WomenBy Monisha Kapila, CEO of ProInspire This past week, Harvard Business School commemorated the 50th anniversary of letting women into its two-year MBA program. Most interesting to me—a graduate of 2005—were discussions on the school’s role in accelerating the ascension of women…
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ProInspire Named a Top-Rated 2012 NonprofitProInspire is honored to have been selected as a Top-Rated 2012 nonprofit by GreatNonprofits, a leading developer of tools that allow people to find, review, and share information about nonprofits. More information on GreatNonprofits.org: Currently, users can rate more than 1.2 million nonpro…
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2011 ProInspire Fellows Graduate, Celebrating a Year of AccomplishmentsOn June 19th the 2011 cohort of ProInspire Fellows gathered at Busboys and Poets in DC with family, friends, colleagues, supporters and even a few 2012 Fellows to celebrate the completion of thier fellowship. The evening started with Monisha Kapila welcoming everyone and a recapping the last …
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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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ProInspire featured in the Huffington PostDetermined To Make A Difference: How Young Professionals Are Changing The World, One Cause At A Time by Monisha Kapila It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the challenges facing children and families in our communities and worldwide. In the U.S. alone, more than 15 percent of the population li…
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ProInspire CEO featured by Good Generation on being a social entrepreneurWhat do you do for a living nowadays? I am the Founder and CEO of ProInspire, a nonprofit building the next generation of nonprofit leaders by expanding the talent pipeline, developing professionals, and increasing diversity. As CEO, I oversee the growth of our program and expansion into new areas r…
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Brint Markle (2011 Fellow) writes a guest post for Next BillionExploring a Global ‘Local’ Approach to Impact Investment as a ProInspire Fellow by Brint Markle After three great years as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company, I decided to explore opportunities in impact investing. While at Bain, I helped start our first global social impa…
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Maurice Matthews (2010 Fellow) on “one of the best experiences of my life”By Maurice Matthews, 2010 ProInspire Fellow Working for Year Up as a 2010 ProInspire Fellow was hands down one of the best experiences of my life. I often used the term “I wear many hats” to describe my role at Year Up. While my official title was “Special Projects & Operations Manager,”…
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Teja Padma (2010 Fellow) pursuing her passion for international developmentBy Teja Padma (2010 ProInspire Fellow) Nearly a year and a half ago, I left Mercer Consulting to join the Business Planning & Strategy team as a ProInspire Fellow at FHI 360, (formerly known as Family Health International). I learned more in the one year that I spent at FHI 360 than in th…
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ProInspire Profiled by Shoestring VentureMonisha Kapila and ProInspire were recently profiled by Shoestring Venture, a resource for entrepreneurs seeking to build effective startups. Read on to learn more about Monisha's experience getting ProInspire started: On February 26, 2009 I launched ProInspire, with the mission of…
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ProInspire’s Growth Strategy: Defining the HedgehogEarlier this year, we decided it was time to develop ProInspire’s growth strategy. I started ProInspire in 2009 with a hypothesis – that one way to address the nonprofit leadership deficit is to expand talent pools in the sector. We launched the Inspire Fellowship to do just that by recruiting y…
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2010 Inspire Fellows Graduate, Celebrating a Year of AccomplishmentsOn Tuesday evening, ProInspire’s second class of Inspire Fellows gathered with family, friends, alumni, board members and partners of the organization to celebrate their accomplishments over the last year. The atmosphere was relaxed, the food was delicious and the drinks were flowing. After gi…
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Why Launch ProInspireIn early 2008, I heard Tom Tierney from the Bridgespan Group speak about the leadership deficit facing the nonprofit sector. He said: “The leadership deficit looms as the greatest challenge facing nonprofits over the next ten years.” In fact, his paper suggests that the nonprofit sector …