Business

FUNdraising Good Times: Your mobile device: friend or foe?

Tuesday, 23 April 2013 09:44 Mel and Pearl Shaw

Who is more important: you or a group of your fellow nonprofit volunteers or professionals? What signal are you sending when you direct your attention to your mobile device instead of the group's discussion? If you believe the work of the organization or institution is unimportant, say so and work with your peers to restructure meetings. If not, give your attention to the business at hand. Each of you has carved out time from your busy schedules to attend the meeting: make the most of it.

African American investors optimistic about financial future and the economy, but concerned about retirement, according to recent Wells Fargo survey

Monday, 22 April 2013 15:42

- Saving for retirement moves to back-burner as investors focus on day-to-day financial challenges -

The 13th grade: A career pathways solution

Thursday, 18 April 2013 10:46 Scott Gray, President/CEO

Growing numbers of Twin Cities young adults are not prepared for the modern workforce and ill-prepared relative to mastery of basic skills; they lack a defined career path, and do not possess the range of skills that employers require. For far too many of these young adults, in the absence of a career and life plan, mentoring and coaching, they succumb to the lure of the streets and become sucked into the pipeline to prison. We have seen these young people in our communities and in our families. This is my wife's younger brother, this is my young cousin, this is the young brother hanging at the corner store, these are the young men and women we care about who need a pathway to success.

Zero and counting

Tuesday, 16 April 2013 09:42 Cheryl Pearson-McNeil

Are you a Zero-TV household? No, I don't mean restricting the kids' TV viewing to the weekends or until after they've completed homework. I mean – do you watch TV the traditional way or on any of the growing techy options available to us? So many of us are watching video content on our phones, computers, or tablets, that Nielsen designates this group of consumers: Zero-TV Households. This consumer segment is so significant; it will soon be included in our measured samples.

FUNdraising Good Times: Making the ask – Part two

Tuesday, 16 April 2013 09:35 Mel and Pearl Shaw

Fundraising provides nonprofits with the money they need to deliver on their missions. When you ask others to join you in giving you become part of the nonprofit's success team.

FUNdraising Good Times: What you need to know to 'make the ask'

Tuesday, 09 April 2013 10:06 Mel and Pearl Shaw

How do you ask someone to make a gift to a nonprofit that you believe in? What do you say? When do you ask? What if the person says "yes?" What if she says "no?"

Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota offers job training, credits, employment support

Tuesday, 09 April 2013 10:00

Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota has immediate openings in job training classes in several industries. The programs prepare individuals for new careers by teaching job skills, job searching and interviewing techniques; earning certifications, credits or CEUs; and providing ongoing employment and support services. Scholarships are available for training if certain enrollment and eligibility criteria are met.