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Unhelpful Management Practices: Navigating the Impact of Unchecked Mean Girl Dynamics

Blue Avocado

Unlike the stereotypes brought to life at North Shore High in the original 2004 movie, this was a weekly dose of treachery within the development department of a community-based nonprofit. Since the nonprofit was heavily leveraged with public contracts, there was not a sense of urgency to try something new. Who reports to whom?

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10 Steps to Turn Your Brilliant Idea into a Grant!

Sharpshooter Communications

In 2004, Austin, TX began a pilot program to create a pathway to independence for women. We will contract out for accounting and fundraising services, which is estimated to cost $70,000 annually. The remaining funds will need to come from donations, grants, and government contracts. What will fix the problem?

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Cheers to Twenty Years by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

In many ways, 2004 doesn’t feel so very long ago. Since 2004, I’ve experienced learning to balance marriage, motherhood, graduate school (twice, because I’m a glutton for punishment), and countless career ups and downs. In other ways, twenty years feels like two hundred. And that’s when I became a grants professional.

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