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YNPN National was excited to share last month the great news that our Interim Co-Executive Director, Jamie Smith, will take the reins in January 2017 as the next Executive Director of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network.

The Certified Nonprofit Professional (or CNP) credential is an extremely hands-on leadership development program that places you on a path to nonprofit career success. In fact, independent research shows that CNPs are seven times more likely to rise to director or higher level. Learn more.

YNPN is now accepting applications for new board members!

Dear friends and supporters,

Happy September! YNPN National is kicking off this fall with some exciting news. We are pleased to announce that we have hired our new Executive Director 

The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit is a manifesto for mindset change in our sector, raising the conversations about the importance of self-care.

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With YNPN’s National Conference and Leaders Institute now a few weeks behind us (thank you, Portland!), chapter leaders are back to the important work of supporting the emerging nonprofit talent in their communities -- planning events, securing sponsorships, and recruiting new members to the YNPN family.

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It is the distributed, grassroots nature of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network that got me interested in the first place. Living in Durham, North Carolina, I really loved that the YNPN Triangle chapter was a natural and easy home for the many young professionals who understood themselves as “transplants” to the region, as well as long-time native Tar Heels.  

"Learn from each other. That’s the whole point of YNPN - learn. Fail forward. Make mistakes. Take risks. YNPN is the perfect place to take chances and risks - so why not? It’s easier to do it now and learn from it." - Emily Davis, YNPN San Diego Co-Founder & Alum and YNPN Denver Alum

"One of the things we talk about a lot when recruiting volunteers and board members, in addition to having something on your resume, is that you can build skills and relationships and test the waters and practice things you will be able to use in your career in the future. So many of us on the board have done exactly that." -Lindsey Hardegree, YNPN Atlanta Founding Board Member

"Reflective leadership is instilled through YNPN. It makes you think about what you are doing in your job now, where you see yourself, what do you want to do and where the gap is. I wouldn’t have been able to figure that out for myself without YNPN." - Andy Felder, YNPN Alumnus