Elisa M. Ortiz - Creating Community Change from the Ground Up http://www.elisamortiz.org Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:40:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ElisaMOrtizhttp://feedburner.google.com Join me for a special workshop series for women: “Negotiating Your Way to a Better Salary” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElisaMOrtiz/~3/oeQ7gOe1_wc/ http://www.elisamortiz.org/2012/02/join-me-for-a-special-workshop-series-for-women-negotiating-your-way-to-a-better-salary/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:16:16 +0000 Elisa http://www.elisamortiz.org/?p=960

As female professionals, we’re great at advocating for the issues that we care about. But we’re not always able to transfer those advocacy skills to speaking on behalf of our personal and professional interests in the workplace – especially when it comes to speaking up about getting a higher salary. Neglecting

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I take my work home with me a lot (literally and figuratively). One perfect example is my love of and nerdy interest in public transportation. I have been a public transportation rider by choice for most of my adult life; I don’t even have a driver’s license actually. After I started my current job, I developed an interested in transit

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As I’ve mentioned before, I am part of the leadership team of The Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of DC (YNPNdc). It’s a fantastic organization. One of our newest initiatives is a mentoring program for YNPNdc Professional Members. I believe that everyone has a duty to

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I don’t usually make resolutions when the year turns, but I was inspired by Akhila at Journeys Toward Justice to identify some themes for the year; basically some big ideas that I can focus on when things get busy (or boring):

Let go – As

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]]> http://www.elisamortiz.org/2012/01/getting-focused-in-2012/feed/ 2 http://www.elisamortiz.org/2012/01/getting-focused-in-2012/ In case you missed them: the most popular posts of the year http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElisaMOrtiz/~3/-9O-QgEgW_Q/ http://www.elisamortiz.org/2011/12/in-case-you-missed-them-the-most-popular-posts-of-th/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:29:44 +0000 Elisa http://www.elisamortiz.org/?p=919

I’ve been inspired by a couple of other bloggers to share some of my top posts of the year. I want to thank all you who have been reading and I hope you’ll stick with me in the new year – I hope to bring you even more good stuff!

7 Skills for Supervision

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I love this time of the year. I’d prefer if we had some snow in DC right now, but the chilly weather, beautiful lights and festive music make me happy anyway. I also love all the chances you get to see friends and family, especially those that you haven’t seen in a long time. It can be exhausting, but all

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Every couple of months, I like to pull together a list of some of the best blog posts, opinion pieces and otherwise cool stuff I find on the interwebs and share it with you. Here’s November’s edition, enjoy!

The Importance of Managing Your Professional Development from Entry Level Living – Allison Jones has hit the nail on the

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According to Google, hypocrisy means “The practice of claiming to have

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After a few weeks out of the country and another couple catching up and getting grounded, I’m back in the saddle again! The honeymoon was wonderful, just like I knew it would be. Beautiful, long, hot days on the beach or at the pool, many tall, cold (alcoholic) drinks and lots of time spent relaxing and not thinking. About anything.

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