All posts tagged "Management"

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Network Closes

  The Western States Youth Services Network (WSYSN), which comprises 76 member organizations, is shutting down due to financial difficulties. “We simply do...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Feedback: Letters, E-mails and Web Postings

    Career Ladder Opportunities Thanks for the article on Hector Fabio Urrea in September (“Climbing Career Ladders”). There are numerous ways that...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Michigan Let Criminals Provide Day Care

    Hundreds of convicts – including sexual predators, child abusers and even a murderer – were allowed to work as child day...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Fairfax Fed Up With Lunch-Line Thieves

     The Washington Post Video cameras will monitor Fairfax County, Va., high school cafeterias for the first time this fall, to keep...

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  You Too Can YouTube

  You probably think YouTube is a place for people to promote themselves – a la the recently featured video on the home...

• Tippecanoe Watch #1: Background

  This is the first of what we envision as a series of occasional updates about the design and development of a juvenile...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Another State Bans Prone Restraints

  Pennsylvania has become the fifth state to ban youth residential programs from using prone restraints, which can lead to accidental asphyxiation or...

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  Strip2Clothe Campaign a Lesson for National Membership Orgs

  A campaign to distribute clothes for homeless and runaway children turned into a lesson in the virtues of private discussions among nonprofit...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  When a Rec Center Floods, Federal Aid Dries Up

  By Nick Drymalski If an arts center or animal shelter gets flattened by a natural disaster – like a hurricane or flood...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Staffers Dismissed for Blistering Punishment

  By Grace Lavigne So you think your staff orientation covers everything? Two counselors at a city-run day camp in Coppell, Texas, were...

• Gas Pains

  Skyrocketing fuel costs are affecting every facet of the youth-serving industry: Agencies are changing their vehicles, cutting programs and services, pooling resources...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Staff Education Grows, but What’s the Payoff?

  Cambridge, Mass. – Do youth workers need academic credentials? That and other big questions were raised at the first Northeast Regional Higher...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Union Pushed Aside for Reform

  A federal judge has let officials at Chicago’s juvenile detention center ignore part of a union contract in order to help them...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Community Foundations Group Changes Name

  The Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth recently changed its name to CFLeads (Community Foundations Leading Change), to reflect what leaders call...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  How to Steal From the Office

  The news routinely brings stories that show how easy it for employees to steal from nonprofits, and how simple some of the...

• News

  Volunteer Screens Full of Holes

  As an industry that relies significantly on volunteers to carry out its work, the youth field knows that a lot of agencies...

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  Web Watch at Work

  It’s almost an accepted fact of life that employees will use their office computers for some personal Internet surfing – checking sports...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Precision Engineering

  Creating sound bites that are not only memorable but communicate a message is a passion of mine. Every now and then I...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Idealist Career Guides

  http://www.idealist.org/en/career/guide/index.html These two free e-books, “The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-Time Job Seekers” and “The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  MPower Open

  http://www.mpoweropen.com Once available only for a hefty licensing fee, MPower’s software for nonprofit constituent relationship management and fundraising is now free as...