The Chronicle of Philanthropy is hosting its first live Twitter discussion, using the tag #ynpchat, to talk about leadership issues young people face in the nonprofit world. The exchange will take place on Wednesday, May 5, at noon U.S. Eastern time.
The Young Nonprofit Professionals Twitter chat is the brainchild of Allison Jones and Rosetta Thurman. The duo decided to use the online tool to answer questions frequently asked by their peers and colleagues.
Both Ms. Jones and Ms. Thurman recently appeared at the Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy and Young Nonprofit Professionals Network conferences, where the issue of leadership for young professionals was a key theme.
Please join us on Wednesday, May 5, at noon U.S. Eastern time.
The Guests:
Allison Jones, a writer and advocate dedicated to educational equality and support for young people wanting to change the world. You can read her blog at allisonj.org or follow her on twitter @ajlovesya.
Rosetta Thurman, a writer, speaker, professor, and consultant who works and lives in Washington. She blogs about nonprofit groups, leadership, and social change at rosettathurman.com.
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Comments
1. bill__huddleston - May 05, 2010 at 02:54 pm
Good discussion, for practical way to develop and hone one's leadership skills, see my complete article about non-profit leadership development at:
http://cfctreasures.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/non-profit-leadership-development-the-ideal-practice-field/
Regards,
Bill Huddleston
The CFC Coach
2. snowwhite14 - May 05, 2010 at 03:24 pm
hello I am new here, exactly how does the chronnicle help nonprofiters to begin their project and what do I do to get the help? Mary Alice Frank
A New Begining
for the children in Tonopah, Nevada
3. bill__huddleston - May 05, 2010 at 08:41 pm
Mary Alice,
Hi and welcome to the Chronicle of Philanthropy's discussion area. I am not associated with the Chronicle in any way other than as a subscriber.
From your question it sounds like you're just in the initial stages of forming a non-profit. There are about 37 states that have state association of non-profits, all of which have details about the requirements for forming a non-profit in that state, but unfortunately Nevada is one of the states that does not have a state association.
Seton Hall University maintains a list of all of the non-profit academic programs in the USA, the two that are listed for Nevada are:
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, NV)
http://academic.shu.edu/npo/list.php?sort=state#NV
If you copy this link into your browser and then select the program it will bring up contact information at each university. My suggestion is that you contact them and ask about what the requirements are to become a Nevada non-profit. (I'm in Virginia so I don't want to steer you wrong).
The other suggestion is to contact other non-profits in your region and ask them for suggestions, it may be that there are non-profits with a similar focus that you could work with.
Regards,
Bill Huddleston
Fairfax, Virginia