FOR 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…
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…
FOR 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…
Mounting pressure from social media, consumer organizations, online petitions, and high-profile activists are causing longstanding brands to bow to customer outcry. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, after 145 years featuring elephants in its circus acts, will retire its elephant herd by…
Congratulations to Nora Gardner for her selection as 2015 Working Mother of the Year! Nora has been on ProInspire’s Advisory Board since 2012. She is currently on ProInspire’s Strategy Steering Committee and also served on our advisory council for the design and launch of Managing for…
2014 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…
By 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…
By Nicolas Takamine, 2009 ProInspire Fellow Editor’s Note: This is part two in a series of blog posts by Nicolas Takamine (2009 ProInspire Fellow), inspired by ProInspire’s request for engagement in its strategy process in ProInspire Strategy Update 1: Start With Your Result. [Read Part 1 he…
By 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…
By Meetal Desai, ProInspire ProBono Consultant This past May I left a job that I truly valued after over 5 years of working at the same place. As a mid-career professional with two young daughters, I had been fortunate to work in a part-time position that provided interesting work and a flexible s…