ProInspire is participating in the Forté MBA Women’s Leadership Conference on June 19-20 at Georgetown University. ProInspire CEO, Monisha Kapila, is speaking about how to navigate the nonprofit and government job market. 2011 ProInspire Fellow, Nikita Mitchell is speaking on a panel about how to…
The 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…
By Nicolas Takamine, 2009 ProInspire Fellow Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 in a series of blog posts by Nicolas Takamine (ProInspire Fellow, ’09), inspired by ProInspire’s request for engagement in its strategy process in ProInspire Strategy Update 1: Start With Your Result. The term “…
By: 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…
Initiative to build talent in the social sector involves small group of leading organizations focused on talent development ProInspire is pleased to be selected for a new initiative announced by the Annie E. Casey Foundation aimed at developing the next generation’s social sector leadership. The…
ProInspire’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…
Report 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…
By 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…
By 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…
By Tracy Williams, 2014 ProInspire Fellow What’s your story? What matters to you? Tell me about yourself. Can you clearly articulate who you are in a way that is authentic, compelling, intentional, and relatable? Whether you are applying to graduate school, looking to make a career switch, or netw…