JRP has grown steadily in nine years, helping almost 200 local nonprofits with pro bono consultants and board training & match-making. It’s time for us to grow! HR consultants Gina Calderon and Paul Costa recently…
Author: Melanie Goodyear
Great Resources for Nonprofit Leaders
Want to be an even better leader for your organization and your community? Here are a couple of online resources that provide high-quality and accessible leadership development for nonprofit professionals: Philanthropy U and Leaderosity. Happy…
Yahoo! Happy Birthday Pasadena
Dust off yer boots and pony on over to YAHOO!! Happy Birthday Pasadena! Our frontier town is celebratin’ 133 years of cityhood and we’re havin’ the Official Party fer the whole community. TICKETS: Free. Sunday,…
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Join Executive Service Corps for the 2019-2020 Developing Development Program (DDP). DDP launches October 2019. Apply today at www.escsc.org/ddp.
Nonprofit Directors: Take Care of Yourself!
The last meeting of the Pasadena Executive Roundtable for the year will be on taking care of ourselves so we can take care of others. Learn techniques of self-care to head into the Roundtable’s summer…
Gathering local nonprofits to interface and share
We sometimes hear comments that Pasadena’s huge number of nonprofits don’t work together as effectively as they could. To address this issue, several gathering places have emerged where organizations can share challenges and successes, get…
A Very Harmonious Match
When Javier, an accountant, first approached JRP about board training and matchmaking, he told us that although he was happy to share his accounting skills, he also wanted to support an organization attuned to the…
Be An Effective Board Member
Are you currently serving on a nonprofit board? Do you know what your legal duties are and do you understand how your board service contributes to the nonprofit’s cause? Join the second session of Jericho…
Be All You Can Be
Serving on a nonprofit board benefits the community and builds leadership skills and community connections. Have you ever considered serving on a nonprofit board? If so, you are invited to JRP’s Effective Board quarterly workshop…
JRP Is Closed May 24 and 27
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in military service for the United States. Many cities have laid claim to have begun Memorial Day, though President Lyndon…
Melanie is on Vacation
Melanie will be on vacation May 22 through May 31 with no access to voice mail or email. JRP Program Coordinator Beth Colcord will work her normal hours, Monday through Thursday, 8:30 am – 1:30…
How Effective Are Nonprofits?
It can be difficult for nonprofits to measure their impact. The bottom line for nonprofits is essentially qualitative, not quantitative. I just re-read a great article by Jan Masaoka in Blue Avocado about the attempts…