
That’s what the Dalai Lama said in September at the Vancouver Peace Summit. Ever since my sister shared that amazing quote with me, I’ve been thinking of what it means, particularly for the nonprofit sector. Mo...

Greenlights for NonProfit Success Curious about the history behind Greenlights name and branding? Looking for ideas on how a branding brainstorm works? Check out this great blog post I stumbled on today...
Source: iduniversity.wordpress.com
When an organization, whether a small business, corporation, or nonprofit, determines that it needs to sharpen and strengthen its brand, one of the first things everyone wants to do is get together and talk about it.

Greenlights for NonProfit Success
Our next Power Steering e-newsletter will be themed around transitions. So tell me...
What type of transitions have you experienced lately?
And what changes are you or your organization gearing up for in 2010?
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Greenlights for NonProfit Success strengthens Central Texas nonprofits through consulting, education, networking, and resources.

Greenlights for NonProfit Success We're absolutely full of excitement over here at Greenlights! Our new Service Excellence Specialist, Julie Macalik, joined our team today making us fully staffed. Yay!

Greenlights for NonProfit Success It's Friday! So tell us all you wonderful do-gooders, what great weekend activities do you have planned?

Hi. I’m Haila Yates, the new Marketing and Outreach Manager for Greenlights. I bring with me a five-year history of professional communications experience from two Austin nonprofits: Helping the Aging, Needy and Disabled, Inc. ...

Greenlights for NonProfit Success
Have you registered to attend the Austin Non Profit Bar Camp? It's free and there are less than 100 tickets left! Nonprofit attendees will troubleshoot their technology problems in a supportive, collaborative setting.
I'm looking forward to it, and I hope to see you there!
-Haila Yates, Greenlights Marketing and Outreach Manager
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Austin Non Profit Bar Camp presents Austin Non Profit Bar Camp -- Saturday, November 14, 2009 -- Austin, TX

Nonprofit folks have long claimed to be underpaid compared to their contemporaries in the for-profit and government sectors...

Greenlights held its annual Crossroads Conference for Nonprofit Excellence about a month ago, and I had the honor of choosing the background music while folks were milling around the exhibition hall. One of the first songs that came to mind was “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang. Yo...

Being a nonprofit leader by definition means you will have to make difficult decisions – and even more so in a down economy. We make decisions about who gets served and who doesn’t. Decisions about how much (or how little!) your staff will be paid next year. De...

We’ve been in something of a hiring frenzy here at Greenlights over the past few months. When the dust settles, and the printer cartridge gets replaced, we’ll have reviewed almost 300 application packages to bring 3 new, fantastic hires on board. Ha...

It’s October. For those of us whose fiscal year follows the calendar, it’s planning and budgeting time. I was preparing for a Development Committee meeting, on the agenda of which was to start strategizing our priorities for 2010. As...











