The Second Job Nobody Applied For: Caregiving as the Nonprofit Sector’s Unpaid Second Career
by Dr. Kevin Dean, President & CEO, Tennessee Nonprofit Network Every few months, a well-rested productivity consultant will post a diagram explaining that an orderly life divides neatly into three equal eight-hour blocks: eight hours for professional labor, eight hours for sleep, and eight hours for personal rejuvenation. It is the kind of clean math
Why Your ‘Accountability’ Process Might Actually Be Total Nonsense
by Dr. Bev Vitali, Leadership and Capacity Fellow, Tennessee Nonprofit Network I was standing in the hallway at a past employer, catching up with a coworker, when my supervisor walked up, handed me a clipboard, and said, “Sign here.” It was my annual review. Not a conversation — a signature. She’d written it up, printed
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Tennessee Nonprofit Network Launches Nonprofit Academy Learning Cohort for Southeast Tennessee Area Nonprofit Professionals
Tennessee Nonprofit Network, in partnership with United Way of Greater Chattanooga, is launching a seven-month Nonprofit Academy Learning Cohort* based on our recently updated Nonprofit Academy curriculum. This collaborative program is designed to support 25 nonprofit leaders – specifically in the Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, and Sequatchie counties – by strengthening their knowledge of nonprofit best practices. This cohort