Over the past decade, nonprofits have increased their interest in developing leadership as well as attracting and retaining a skilled work force. One motivator has been alarm that the aging baby boom generation will retire from the workplace during the next decades, creating a labor force gap particularly in leadership. But things have changed during […]
A new report produced by NonprofitNext, a research initiative of La Piana Consulting that explores the future of the nonprofit sector, quotes Building Movement’s Director, Frances Kunreuther on the intergenerational workplace. In approaching the topic of generational change within nonprofits, Kunreuther insists that, “It starts with dialogue and learning how to appreciate each other… but it is more than talking. […]
Frances Kunreuther, Director of Building Movement Project, and Project Team Member, Helen Kim, recently contributed to the annual Women’s Leadership Symposium in New York City. Their contribution to the event as keynote speakers on leadership development has been documented by co-presenter, Kyla Bender-Baird, Research and Programs Coordinator for the National Council for Research on Women, on the organization’s […]
Last week, the Building Movement Project signed on as a supporter of Retirement USA, a national initiative that is working for a new retirement system that, along with Social Security, will provide universal, secure, and adequate income for future retirees. Convened by five organizations – the AFL-CIO, the Economic Policy Institute, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and […]
In a recent online article of the Canadian Fundraising and Philanthropy eNews Project Team Member, Kim Klein, is interviewed on her valuable fundraising experiencing and strategy for the current economic climate. Klein’s discussion highlights observations and trends in the nonprofit sector over the past decade and the value of intergenerational relationships in the workplace. When asked to comment […]
Pick up the current issue of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal to read an interview with Frances Kunreuther, Helen Kim, and Robby Rodriguez, authors of Working Across Generations. Kim Klein talks to the authors about the process of researching and writing the book, strategies for developing trust between generations, generational influences in fundraising, the role of government and taxes, […]
Read the transcript of a live discussion about whether charities are doing enough to prepare their next generation of leaders. Caroline McAndrews (Director of Leadership and Communications for Building Movement Project) and Regina Dull (28-year-old executive director of a Washington charity who has already made the transition to nonprofit leadership) answer questions posed by The Chronicle […]
A study conducted for The Building Movement Project by Amanda Ballard. Educational debt rates have skyrocketed in the past decade, raising concern that educational debt will deter graduates from public service careers. However, the findings presented in this report tell a remarkably different story about debt and graduates who choose to enter public service in […]