Mr. Inexperience Goes To Washington

NOTE: This is a guest post from Sam Richard, author of the blog Deserted After Dark, which chronicles his life as a college student living in Downtown Phoenix, where he is the President of the American Humanics Student Association at Arizona State University. After he finally finishes his degree somewhere near the end of this decade, Sam [...]

Here we are…

Here we are at the Nonprofit Congress National Meeting. I sort of can’t believe it. After many, many months of planning, its finally here. It is so wonderful to see all of the smiling faces, meet the people I’ve been speaking with on the phone, and interact with all them as well. The meeting so [...]

Off to the Meeting!

Hello everyone!
The staff of NCNA are off to the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill for the 2008 Nonprofit Congress National Meeting - Convene · Connect · Commit! We will be setting up shop tomorrow, Saturday, May 31 and welcoming our first participants on Sunday. Though we won’t be in the office, we will be keeping [...]

On commenting

UPDATE: This post has been updated to reflect our current commenting policy (i.e. no moderation of comments).
Dear loyal Nonprofit Congress Blog Readers:  
The main reason we write this blog is as a means of ‘talking’ and sharing information with people, especially anyone interested in nonprofits, leadership, advocacy, public awareness, and organizational effectiveness. We hope that this [...]

Why I am attending the Nonprofit Congress

This post was submitted by guest blogger Chuck Bean. Chuck is the Executive Director of the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington. This entry is cross-posted at the Roundtable Blog.
When the idea of the first Nonprofit Congress was first floated - I can still visualize a meeting back in 2005 with Audrey Alvarado and Robert Egger - [...]

Nonprofit Leaders Speak Change at Arizona Town Halls

This post was submitted by Patrick McWhortor, guest blogger and Executive Director of the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits.
This election year has people in a mood for change. They seem to be in a mood to change the fundamentals - the underlying causes. They want to take control of their future - and shape a more [...]

EPortfolios: A Tool for Organizational and Individual Development

This post was contributed by guest blogger Michele Martin of the Bamboo Project Blog.
After reading the recent Ready to Lead report on nurturing the next generation of talent in the nonprofit sector, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking on the report’s recommendations about what nonprofits and their staff can do to improve the process. [...]