The Case Foundation’s Michael Smith kicked off the conversation with a question.

Michael: When you think of fearlessness, who comes to mind? Attendee: Kanye West! Michael: …uh, because of Kim Kardashian? The spark for the conference breakout session “And if at first you don’t succeed… Learning From Failure At Work?” came from the Case Foundation’s “Be [...]

By Patricia Germann

I walked into “Top Nonprofit Tools and Resources,” a 2013 YNPNdc Leadership Conference breakout session, expecting to learn about fun, flashy, frivolous tech tools with which to wow my coworkers.  So it was a little surprising when speaker Abigail Goliber of 501cTECH kicked off the session with an overview of ways her team helps [...]

By Julie Dellinger, Manager, Part-Time MBA Programs, Robert H. Smith School of Business 

The Smith school accepts both the GMAT and the GRE tests as a part of our application requirements. Even though our school does not have a preference in which test is submitted, many students ask how to decide which test to take.

One way [...]

Guest Blog by Doug Knight, CForward

Tons of talk and reports recently about fundraising, especially in our current economy, and the story-lines surrounding turnover and trouble finding, hiring, and maintaining strong Directors of Development at many nonprofits across the country.  Recently, I was asked from the perspective of someone not “in the biz” as [...]

Post Written by Douglas Knight, CForward
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Why is it so hard to get focused for us sometimes? Whether it’s a big project at work, cleaning the bathroom, or just sitting down and writing a blog post, the time that we need to say “OK, let’s focus in” is usually followed by a whole bunch of [...]