March 29, 2008
More than 65 people attended the 40Plus of Greater Washington 2008 Annual Meeting March 27, marking the organization’s 55th anniversary of empowering professionals to find meaningful work or make a career transition. By unanimous proclamation, attendees approved the slate of nominees to the Board of Directors — Bob Guldin, Colleen Hoar, Barbara Hoenig, Pat Lovenhart, Michael Marinelli, and Allen Rotz will serve on the board until 2010, joining Pat Jayne, David Powell, Kathy Shuman, and Mark Thalhimer, whose terms expire 2009.
The Board and Operating Council recognized IT Director Jim Kast, Training Director Tessa Lachman, and former Marketing Director David Powell for their outstanding service to the organization.
In addition to conducting a bit of business, attendees enjoyed the networking opportunity, catching up with friends, and a lively evening of raffling a long list of office supplies. Thanks to the hard work of the Annual Meeting Committee Chair Joan Morgan, as well as Brenda Dunlap, Mary Ellen McKenna, and Bron Gervais, everyone enjoyed the event MC’d by Acting Executive Director Joel Sarfati and yours truly, Marketing Director Dave Heffernan.
Finally, to enjoy a recap of the evening, take a look at photos taken by Andy Goldman.
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March 28, 2008
Interest in working at a nonprofit? Check out the Idealist Nonprofit Career Fair at George Washington University, April 2, 11am – 3pm, in the Cloyd Heck Marvin
Center (800 21st Street NW).
This career fair is a great opportunity to learn about a wide variety
of jobs, internships, volunteer positions, and fellowships in the
nonprofit sector.
People from every experience level, including undergraduate and
grad-school students, experienced professionals (both from within the
nonprofit sector and those transitioning from business and
government), as well as other members of the community are welcome to
attend.
For more information, and to register, please go to:
http://www.idealist.org/careerfairs
(It’s free, but we need to know how many people to expect.)
Click “Washington DC” in the list of cities and then scroll down the
next page until you see the section for registration. You can also
click “schedule” and “directions” for more info.
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March 26, 2008
Mr. Salmon is bringing the latest notebook computers, samples of new phone technology and will discuss using “air cards” to access wireless communication.
Monday morning professional networking meetings are free and open to the public.
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March 18, 2008
40Plus of Greater Washington welcomes Nicole Cutts, Ph.D. to speak at our March 24
Monday Morning Meeting. Dr. Cutts is a success coach and CEO of
Cutts Consulting, LLC. Her topic: How to Take Your Career to the Next Level: Accessing the Power of Passionate Purpose.
Passion for what you do is the fuel that will take your life and your career to the next level. Dr. Cutts will guide participants through a coaching experience to help you clarify and achieve your Vision of Success for your career.
Monday morning professional networking meetings are free and open to the public.
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March 11, 2008
Andy Goldman posted this noteworthy comment in the Open Discussion section:
I placed a bit of information on the Wikipedia about 40Plus. You can find it by going to wikipedia.com and entering 40plus in the box at the left or just click on this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40Plus
It is important that a few people edit the piece so that the people who work monitor wikipedia see that it is an organization of national interest. It is also important to cite as much of what is written in the wiki as possible or the whole entry could be removed.
So please log on and help edit the 40Plus entry, keeping in mind that it needs to appear unbiased and meet the following other standards of notability:
Organizations are usually notable if the scope of activities are national or international in scale and information can be verified by sources that are reliable and independent of the organization. In other words, they satisfy the primary criterion above. Other criteria are:
* Individual chapters of national and international organizations are usually not notable enough to warrant a separate article unless sufficient notability is established through reliable sources. However, chapter information may be included in list articles as long as only verifiable information is included.
* Organizations whose activities are local in scope are usually not notable unless verifiable information from reliable independent sources can be found.
* The organization’s longevity, size of membership, or major achievements, or other factors specific to the organization may be considered. This list is not exhaustive and not conclusive.
o Even though the parent organization may be notable, individual chapters of national and international organizations may not be notable enough to warrant a separate article.
o Local chapter articles should start as a section of the parent organization article. If the parent article grows to the point where it may be split to a new article, and notability can be demonstrated using the general notability guideline, then it can be split. This should occur as a top down process.
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March 9, 2008
Catholic Schools Job Fair – teachers and administrators – March 15, 9:00 a.m. until noon at Trinity Washington University, 125 Michigan Avenue N.E. Catholic elementary and high schools from DC, Maryland and Virginia will be there. For more information, call 301-853-4552 or see www.catholicschoolswork.org.
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March 9, 2008
David Powell submits this notice about the District Spring Citywide Job Fair Tuesday March 11, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place N.W., Hall D. The fair will feature more than 150 exhibitors. From 11:00 a.m. until 6 p.m. There will be information about DC government employment. For more information about DC Human Resources, see http://www.dchr.dc.gov or call 202-442-9700.
Volunteer opportunity – a chance to participate in our city’s biggest and most colorful festival. National Cherry Blossom Festival seeks individuals, community groups or businesses to participate in the many activities from March 29 to April 13. Call 202-626-1130, or see http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org.
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