New on the Job: Lisa Nitze, Chief Executive Officer, Social Enterprise Alliance
Lisa Nitze is taking over the leadership of an organization that promotes the use of business tactics to solve social problems.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
As Boomers Retire, More Nonprofit Groups Hire Interim Leaders
As baby boomers retire in growing numbers, charities seek out temporary chief executives who can help determine the next steps for an organization.
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
Contributor
David A. Dik, national executive director, Young Audiences Arts for Learning
David Dik is taking the top job at Young Audiences Arts for Learning, a New York group.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Chief Research and Innovations Officer, The Arc of the United States
The Arc of the United States, a group that aids people with intellectual and development disabilities, has created a new job focused on spreading innovation.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Video: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
How your nonprofit group can alter its operations, its strategy, or its mission.
By Richard White
Contributor
How can I find an internship in marketing and communications for a charity?
You can conduct online research, but not until you’ve narrowed your interests down.
Drug-Abuse Education Program Merges With Police Foundation
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, in Long Beach, Calif., which closed last year, has been resurrected through a merger with the Long Beach Police Foundation, the Press-Telegram reports.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Three Myths About Generation Y
Rosetta Thurman, a nonprofit management consultant, pulls back the curtain on some of the myths about Generation Y that limit the possibilities for future leaders.
By ROSETTA THURMAN
Contributor
Board Training Group Plans to Close
Leadership Ventures, an Indianapolis organization that trains nonprofit board members, plans to close at the end of June, says The Indianapolis Star.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Volunteer Theater Group Shuts Down
The Corvallis Community Theatre, a 48-year-old volunteer theater group in Corvallis, Ore., plans to shut its doors for good, according to the Corvallis Gazette Times.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Two Big Brothers Big Sisters Groups Merge
Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Texas, in Irving, has merged with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Houston, reports the Fort Worth Business Press.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Chicago Museum Lays Off 65 Employees
The Art Institute of Chicago has laid off approximately 65 employees, about 50 of whom were security-management personnel, says the Chicago Tribune. This is the second round of layoffs at the institute since June 2009.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Two Washington State Hospital Systems May Merge
PeaceHealth, a Bellevue, Wash., hospital chain, is in the process of negotiating a merger with Southwest Washington Health System, in Vancouver, according to The Columbian, a newspaper in Washington state.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Seattle Art Museum Announces Layoffs and Other Cuts
Officials at the Seattle Art Museum have announced they have cut 15 positions, roughly 7 percent of the museum’s staff, and they are closing the museum’s three main buildings for two weeks in 2011 and implementing a two-week furlough for employees, The Seattle Times reports.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Video: The New Generation of Nonprofit Leaders
How do young professionals define themselves in the nonprofit workplace? A group of new-generation leaders discuss their roles.
By Jacquelyn Kasuya
Contributor
If nonprofit groups want a more diverse work force, they have to do something a little extra to attract new employees without offending the very people they want to recruit.
By ROSETTA THURMAN
Contributor