Presentation is targeted to individuals seeking to transfer existing business skills into the nonprofit arena or those who wish to keep their business skills current or volunteer in a leadership role. Focus is on strategic volunteering to benefit the organization and provide value to the mission as well as strenghtening the business skills and opening up new potential opportunities.

1. Building Your Resume with Non-Profit Experience Opportunity Seekers Event – 3.22.10 Morris Graduate School of Management Deborah B. Ford, Business Consultant © Copyrighted by Deborah B. Ford, 2010 1

2. How to make your skills more attractive? How to gain “value based” non-profit experience? How to find the non-profit that matches your values? Understanding the non-profit world and gaining experience? Today’s Accomplishments 2

3. Skill Building Opportunities 3

5. Legacy of past experiences

6. Advance their mission

7. Hands on, roll up your sleeves

8. Team orientation

9. Appreciation for all stakeholders

10. Success with diverse teamsWhat is the non-profit looking for? 4

11. Mission Choose an organization that is important to you and you want to spend your energies to support their mission and goals. Mission Driven Values Services 5

13. Program Officer

14. Strategic Planner

15. Development Director

16. Technical Manager

17. CFO

18. Operations Manager

19. Business Development

20. Office manager

21. Grant writerTypes of Positions 6

23. Marketing backgrounds

24. Policy and Advocacy

25. Business Development and Sales

26. Securing Funds

27. Contract Negotiations

28. Financial professionals

29. Technology

30. Office Support

31. Grant WritingTypes of Opportunities 7

32. Complementary Expertise 8

33. Find a project Lead a committee Become an active board member Develop reports Execute on fund-raising activities, source donors Obtain in-kind services Develop an internship Manage and mentor new volunteers Spread the mission through new initiatives Provide research services Write policies, brochures, flyers Strategic Volunteering 9

34. Web sites: http://www.philanthropy.com http://www.idealist.org http://www.npo.net http://www.bridgestar.org http://www.careersinnonprofits.com/ http://www.ncna.org http://www.unitedway.org http://www.charitynavigator.org http://www.linkedin.com http://www.guidestar.org Non-Profit Sources 10

35. STRATEGIC Value-Based Activities 11