Nonprofit Insider: 4 Steps to Fundraising for Your Nonprofit
Samuel T. Jackson, founder and CEO of the Economic Empowerment Initiative, provides these four tips for planning a successful fundraiser.
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Food Biz: Culinary Career Advice from a Top Chef
At 23, Kenny Gilbert was the first African American chef to work as chef de cuisine--French for executive chef—for The Grill at The Ritz-Carlton, a AAA Five Diamond Restaurant in Amelia Island, Florida. He spoke with Black Enterprise about how to take a culinary career from a slow simmer to a rolling boil.
Celebrated or Not, Mediocrity Won’t Cut It
Excellence is a personal code of conduct that demands that, every day, you strive to do better, know more, and try harder than you did the day before. It’s a process, not some pinnacle you reach. It’s a way of life that’s guaranteed to breed not just professional success, but the character builders—pride, dignity, knowledge, integrity, self-respect—that engender respect from others, and more importantly, respect for self.
Get a GPS for Your Life
Time and again, I chat with people, young, old, and in between, who don’t have the most basic plan to guide their lives much less a back-up scenario in case they meet major obstacles. As unbelievable as it may sound, most don’t map out the essentials—finances, careers, education, or health, to name a few areas. You must figure out the big picture, set goals, don’t let any impediment wreck your future, and develop a vision for your life.
Learning How to LEAD
Marcus Allen’s original plan was to join the military after college, but he changed his mind when he applied to the Verizon Future Leaders Program, a 10-week summer internship.