by Sarah Beaulieu | Jul 7, 2016 | Career and Leadership
This week, I had the pleasure of spending time with early career advancement professionals at Boston University. We had a great time talking about ways to hack your next professional conference. What did we miss? What’s your favorite hack? Come with a plan. You...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Apr 18, 2016 | Career and Leadership
In dance, a pivot is a quick turn you make to move in another direction. In the media, a pivot is a way to respond quickly to a question and get back to your key talking points. What is a pivot for fundraising? It’s a way to guide the conversation back to what...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jan 19, 2016 | Career and Leadership
Whether you are for or against New Year’s Resolutions, there’s no doubt that the New Year can bring a breath of fresh air and energy to redefine or realign your priorities. For the last couple of years, I’ve embraced a practice that works really well for me, a...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jan 14, 2016 | Career and Leadership
Don’t do office housework. So says Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. Sounds simple, right? Until you realize that it’s not getting done and then you are living and working in a big mess. Office housework, according to Sandberg and Grant, work that includes taking...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Dec 21, 2015 | Career and Leadership
In the tradition of honoring close colleagues, it was time to celebrate Cara Willis as she leaves Opportunity Nation and Be the Change after a remarkable six years. She is the master of advance, the mistress of social media, and the mastermind behind the Opportunity...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Dec 11, 2015 | Career and Leadership
Despite increasing attention to various aspects of sexual violence ranging from serial perpetrators like Bill Cosby, unacceptably high rates of sexual violence on college campuses, and clergy sexual abuse, the philanthropy community remains remarkably silent on this...