The ProInspire Blog

March 5th, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of posts about the Opportunity Summit By Elle Carne, 2013 Management Fellow Last week I attended Opportunity Nation’s Opportunity Summit with colleagues from different ProInspire fellowships. I left feeling rejuvenated about the work I do to support yo…

March 3rd, 2015

How You Can Be Part of the Movement to Close the Opportunity Divide Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of posts by ProInspire fellows and alumni who attended the National Opportunity Summit in Washington, DC By Ivellisse Morales, 2014 ProInspire Fellow Chances are, that if you’re r…

March 2nd, 2015

ProInspire Alum Nikita Mitchell (2011 DC Fellow) was featured in BerkeleyHaas Student Achievements for her work as Class President of her Haas MBA class and as a liaison to the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management. Read more about Nikita’s work in this Student Spotlight… It was …

February 26th, 2015

Yesterday The Bridgespan Group published an article by ProInspire: Five Ways to Build and Maintain Staff Diversity. This article was co-authored by Monisha Kapila, ProInspire Founder and CEO, and Peter Vincent, Vice President of Human Resources at the National Audubon Society. Monisha was part of�…

February 24th, 2015

By Paul Collier, 2014 ProInspire Fellow When I was accepted into ProInspire and transitioned to working as a Data Manager at the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center (SFCAPC), I was expecting my work to change drastically. Previously, I worked as a business process consultant for an internati…

February 17th, 2015

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…

February 3rd, 2015

By Shala Marks, 2014 ProInspire Fellow Hello, my name is Shala Marks and I am the only ________. My experiences have allowed me to fill in that blank with a myriad of examples. It seems like all of my life I have been the only something. Let’s see, I was the only… African-American female writer …

January 28th, 2015

By 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 […]…

January 20th, 2015

By Christin Prats, 2014 ProInspire Fellow Why Start Down this Path? For many high-achievers in the professional world, you’re accustomed to pushing yourself to the “next level” of mastery in your field/industry.  You did well in college, landed the respectable job, landed your sec…

January 16th, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Martha Searby, Communications ([email protected]) January 16, 2015 Chronicle of Philanthropy Names ProInspire a Nonprofit Group to Watch in 2015 ProInspire included in list of seven organizations worth watching The Chronicle of Philanthropy, a top news source for …

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