By Simone Laroche, 2014 ProInspire Fellow In December, the 2014 DC Fellows had our monthly training focused on Boards & Governance. Prior to this session, I had little knowledge of nonprofit boards. Initially, the topic seemed a bit daunting, but Susan Sanow of Blue Avocado and the ProInspire Bo…
Founder 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…
2014 ProInspire Fellow Ivellisse (Ivi) Morales serves as Marketing Manager for Year Up Bay Area. Ivi Morales is leveraging the cause marketing expertise she honed as an account executive for Boston-based Cone Communications to succeed in her new role. Ivi is piloting bilingual advertising and …
On 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…
Join 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…
By Tracy Williams, 2014 ProInspire Fellow This was originally posted on the Unsectored blog as part of the “Does the Social Sector have a diversity problem?” series. Does the social sector have a diversity problem? In short, yes. The good news is that the next generation of social sector lead…
By Catherine Kent, ProInspire Intern In August, ProInspire’s 2014 Spring Managing For Success cohort in Washington DC had their last workshop focused on managing in organizations. As part of the program’s focus on “managing up”, ProInspire brought together a panel of nonprofit CEOs to share …
The 2013 ProInspire Fellows in Washington D.C. and San Francisco Bay Area completed their Fellowship programs this summer. All 26 Fellows spent one year driving forward mission critical work at their organizations. The good news is that most of them will be staying at their organizations and co…
In August we completed the Spring Managing for Success (M4S) program in Washington D.C. This is the second cohort of the M4S program and we continue to receive excellent feedback on the impact of the program on participants’ abilities to be effective as managers and leaders. About the 2014 Spring …
By Sonia Shekar and Dionne Galloway The 2014 ProInspire Fellows in Washington D.C. had a chance to sit down, with three of the 2013 ProInspire Fellows earlier this month. The Alumni shared their insights on taking initiative, being a trusted resource for your organization, and fully utilizing the ab…