The Wikimedia Foundation today announced the appointment of Luis Bitencourt-Emilio, a technology leader with two decades of global experience, to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Read the full press release
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Checking references is a critical step toward making your final hiring decision and setting up your new leader for success in your mission-driven organization. Most hiring organizations underestimate the helpful information you can obtain from reference checks if you both ask and listen carefully. By speaking with former colleagues, you’ll have insights to add to [...]
May 26, 2021 Several ingredients go into building strong nonprofit organizations. Given the potential of what the right people in senior leadership roles can accomplish, organizations need to invest both the time and resources necessary to attract and assimilate those leaders. When attracting senior leaders, organizations have the option to lead their searches internally (i.e., […]
July 9, 2020: The Board of Directors of Creative Commons announced today that Catherine Stihler has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer. Stihler has been an international champion for openness as a legislator and practitioner for more than 20 years. She will begin her work with CC on August 17, 2020. https://creativecommons.org/2020/07/09/announcing-creative-commons-new-ceo-catherine-stihler/
It’s been awhile since most head hunters relied on their “little black book” but currently, with pressure from their clients also hold the belief that organisations should take into greater consideration candidates’ potential and personality in their recruitment decisions. https://disrupt-your-career.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Audacious-Headhunters_May-2020.pdf
NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship), a global educational nonprofit focused on activating the entrepreneurial mindset and building startup skills in young people from underserved communities, announced it has named Dr. J.D. LaRock as the organization’s new president and chief executive officer effective September 30, 2019. Reaching more than 100,000 students annually, NFTE […]
Nonprofit and for-profit boards have different motivations for doing what they do for their organizations: Nonprofit board members seek increased social impact; for-profit board members seek increased shareholder value. But do these differences mean they don’t have something to learn from one another? Patti Bellinger, executive director and adjunct lecturer at the Center for Public […]
June 1st, 2019 – PrimeGlobal is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Heathcote to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), who joins the organization today. Read the full press release here.
Arlington, VA (April 22, 2019) – The Yoga Alliance Board of Directors enthusiastically selected and approved Shannon Roche, the organization’s former Chief Operating Officer, as President and CEO of Yoga Alliance and the Yoga Alliance Foundation, effective March 31, 2019. Read the full press release here.
By Wikimedia Foundation Lisa Lewin, Managing Partner at Ethical Ventures, a New York City based management consulting firm, will be the newest member of the Wikimedia Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Read the full press release here