YNPN

Like many YNPN members, my early life experiences informed my professional life today. Active in my church in childhood and adolescence, I developed a deep commitment to social and environmental justice, and joined multigenerational teams volunteering for a variety of causes. In college, I was lucky to study abroad through Semester at Sea, which (as I then described) “smacked me in the face with my own privilege”, exposed me to extreme wealth disparity and racism [ continue reading ]

Four myths hindering your professional development by Lisa Thalacker Joyslin follow me on Twitter: @lisatjoyslin You’re interested in developing your professional skills, but haven’t taken action. Why not? Chances are that you – or your nonprofit organization – are operating under a common professional development myth. I’ve outlined four of these myths below, including reasons they shouldn’t hold you back from developing your best professional self. Hopefully I can convince you and you can convince your organization [ continue reading ]

Last fall at a conference, I had the chance to sit in on a session facilitated by Kirk Kramer of the Bridgespan Group.  During the session, Kirk shared a framework for developing organizational leaders laid out in a recent report written by he and his colleague Preeta Nayak entitled, What’s Your “Plan A” for Growing Future Leaders?  If you haven’t had the chance to read the report yet, I highly recommend.  It does a solid [ continue reading ]