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…
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Pasadena to Tanzania
At least 33 million people are infected with HIV worldwide. A full 28 million of them live in sub-Saharan Africa, with very limited access to medical care. Pasadena nonprofit Phil Simon Clinic Tanzania Project is…
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…
Hope and Help for Healing Veterans
Wellness Works, a local non-profit, engages the community in remarkable programs that focus on restoring hope and a sense of wholeness of body and soul to healing veterans and their families. Jericho Road recently sent…
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…
Calling New Students
What does a non-profit private school do when it wants to increase enrollment? It calls Jericho Road Pasadena! Weizmann Day School, a small K-8 school in Pasadena, wanted more parents to know about its enriching…
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…
Nonprofit Strong
Have you considered serving on a nonprofit board? JRP offers a quarterly board development series, which is great for people who would like to join a board, people already serving on a board, or nonprofit…
Pasadena Mayor’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast
JRP was happy to help Friends in Deed plan yet another great Prayer Breakfast yesterday! So happy that our board (including Vice Chair Janet McIntyre and Fundraising Chair Lynn Miyamoto in the photo) supported the…
Change Management
I hear the term “change management” everywhere lately: in information technology, in communications, in project management…, but I’m still not sure what change managers really do. According to Wikipedia, change management is a structured approach…
Conversations Across America
JRP Board Chair Roger Patterson and his wife Toni LeBel are setting out on a cross country trip at the speed of a bicycle. Roger is riding the bicycle and Toni is driving a support…