This page is a resource area for tips on professional development and events happening around the world.
Please Note the most recent stuff is at the bottom.
For Professional development those in the USA can try the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network – The Support Center for Nonprofits in New York and New Jersey has great developmental workshops. For jobhunters try: www.worktraveleatsleep.wordpress.com, www.bond.org.uk or www.idealist.org and www.eldis.org
The African Leadership Connection
http://www.africanleadershipconnection.org/
Has a mentoring program for young African Leaders.
Thanks to Caroline Mueke for the heads up.
Did you know there is a Society for International Development?
http://www.sidint.org/
It’s an association for individuals and institutions who understand the need to ‘find new spaces and articulate new processes where representatives of civil society as well as institutions of the state and market (including intergovernmental institutions) can meet and reflect – either jointly or in homogeneous gatherings – to share experiences, debate the lessons learnt and explore possible alternatives for a constructive agenda for the future.’
UNDP has a LEAD program.
http://www.undp.org/lead/
‘The Leadership Development Programme (LEAD) is an entry point for young development professionals interested in a career with UNDP. The duration of the Programme is for a period of up to four years, depending on the participants’ performance. During the Programme, participants are placed in two assignments, each lasting for an approximate period of two years. To provide opportunities for participants to build their competencies and to apply their expertise, two leadership tracks are formally recognized within the Programme with progressive career benchmarks in each and crossover encouraged. The two tracks are policy advice and development management and business operations.’
For those of us searching for a recruiting firm:
Global Recruitment Specialists, http://www.GlobalRecruitment.net
GRS is an independent recruitment firm providing customized, comprehensive
Human Resources Services worldwide. GRS primarily contracts with clients whose
work focuses on implementing projects in lesser-developed countries.
SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
You can try: Development Crossing
They do have a jobs section as well.
“Development Crossing promotes the growth of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability through a unique network of professionals that offers members access to exclusive interviews, breaking news, discussions and global events. Members are able to directly connect with senior executives, socially responsible enterprises and nonprofits to solve common challenges, exchange ideas and capitalize on collective wisdom.”
http://www.developmentcrossing.com
There is also Good which has a more glossy editorial feel.
http://www.good.is/
“GOOD is a collaboration of individuals, businesses, and nonprofits pushing the world forward.
Since 2006 we’ve been making a magazine, videos, and events for people who give a damn.
This website is an ongoing exploration of what GOOD is and what it can be.”
ClearlySo is the first online marketplace for social business & enterprise, commerce and investment. Also a great blog on new social enterprise initiatives/orgs.
Working Wikily blog launched
The Monitor Institute has launched the Working Wikily blog (www.workingwikily.net), which explores how networks and network principles such as openness, transparency, decentralized decision-making, and distributed action are changing the social sector. The blog tracks emerging tools, strategies, and practices—from collaborative Web 2.0 technologies and social network mapping to coalition-building and crowdsourcing—through quick updates on new developments in the field and short synthetic reflections on overarching trends. The site, developed out of a two-year exploration in partnership with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, also links users to key resources we’ve uncovered in our research.
From the New York City Department of Finance
Job Vacancy Notices for the following Divisions/Units:
Operations/Deputy Commissioner for Operations:
JVN# 836-2012-98583: Senior Project Manager for Operations (Administrative Staff Analyst M-IV)
Tax Policy & Planning/ Property Modeling Group:
JVN# 836-2012-98615: Senior Property Valuation Modeler (Administrative Staff Analyst M-II)
JVN# 836-2012-98620: Property Valuation Modeler (Administrative Staff Analyst Non-Managerial)
Finance Information Technology/Tax Policy, Audit & Assessment:
JVN# 836-2012-98657: Senior Technical Manager (Computer Systems Manager II)
DRI’s 2012 Annual Conference
Debates in Development:
The Search for Answers
When: March 22, 2012
Where: The Great Hall at Cooper Union
7 East 7th Street, New York City
Session I: Searching for Answers with Randomized Experiments
Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, MIT, presentation of their book “Poor Economics”
Session II: Keynote Address: Finding Answers in the Global Market
Andrew Rugasira, Founder and Chairman, Good African Coffee, Uganda
Session III: Development Goals, Evaluation, and Learning from Projects in Africa
Michael Clemens, Center for Global Development
Stewart Paperin, Open Society Foundation
Bernadette Wanjala, Tilburg University Development Research Institute