Greetings Mentors! Yes, it does ‘take a village’ and FLiP’s first mentoring project is no different. You as mentors are the infrastructure in this evolving process, facilitating another woman’s work and life skills preparation. We thank you for attending a training session last week. Your commitment to share with, listen to and support our mentees,
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FLiP Establishes Mentoring Program for Women in Transition Springfield’s Female Leaders in Philanthropy has for several years helped women in transition. The Suit Yourself Boutique, by appointment, has provided each woman referred in by community agencies with several complete outfits of appropriate, gently used, work-ready clothing. The membership decided to undertake a further mentoring program
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A recent blog post by attorney and nonprofit fundraising expert Ilona Bray reviewed the tips offered by two seminars presented in the Bay Area. One was presented by Kivi Leroux Miller, an expert on nonprofit communications; and one by Ted Hart, ACFRE, an expert in online as well as traditional fundraising. Great ideas to help
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Volunteers rarely get thanked enough for what they do. Read these 5 quick tips on how to encourage them. 1. Say Yes When They Ask for Your Help. We have all been taught that a key to time management is learning how to say NO. However, when it comes to serving our volunteers, we need
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Do some of the birds in your flock feel more important than others? “It seems like our volunteer meetings are times for the “in” gals to have fun with all of their favorites. I feel left out and don’t want to be a part of it anymore.” Chances are you have never received feedback like
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By Dr. Nancy D. O’Reilly, Psy.D Women will really love this idea: We can actually feel womanly without guilt. Get ready to embrace your feminine vulnerability. Women’s special gifts––relational intelligence, holistic perspective, seeing connections among things, web thinking, admitting mistakes––just may save the world! So says Dr. Birute Regine, a developmental psychologist who received both
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Have You Found Your Tribe? What is your work style? Are you a doer, happiest when leaping tall buildings and achieving the impossible? What do you do when you’re finished? Do you feel let down and empty? If you immediately try to fill the void with another impossible challenge then you are probably a Wander
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