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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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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 at The National Conference on Volunteering and ServiceBy Hadeel Al-Tashi On June 19-22, 2013, ProInspire joined thousands of nonprofits in the Points of Light's National Conference on Volunteering and Service held at the Convention Center in Washington D.C. The theme of the conference was to focus on the power of service in bridging differences and…
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Four Ways to Create the Perfect International Volunteer ExperienceBy Monisha Kapila, Founder and CEO of ProInspire We're on Day 3 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. In 2001 I went to India to work for […]…
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A business professional’s observations about direct serviceI thought I knew what I would be doing in the non-profit sector when I became a ProInspire Fellow. The roles for those of us transitioning from the business world tend to be functional and strategic, leveraging our analytical background. However, I work at Year Up, Inc., and they are not content lea…
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How to capture the market of people who want to do service?Yesterday's Wall Street Journal featured a story on Jobless Professionals Yearn to Do Good. The article looks at the increase in applications from people with business and legal experience to service programs: – Applications to Teach for America are up 42%. Nearly one-quarter of this year&…
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My Dad’s Journey for an Encore Career: Part Iby Monisha Kapila One of the hottest topics in nonprofit human capital is leveraging the potential of Baby Boomers who are looking for an "Encore" career. Encore: Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life started as a concept in a book, and is now taking hold in society through the lead…