october 2015

The List: 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon

Oregon Business magazine’s seventh annual 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For project attracted more than 150 nonprofits from around the state from a variety of sectors, including social services and environmental advocacy.  More than 5,000 employees and volunteers filled out the survey, rating their satisfaction with work environment, mission and goals, career development and learning, benefits and compensation, and management and communications.
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Reader Input: In or Out

The refugee crisis has put immigration and border issues on the front burner, in Europe and at home. In Oregon, attitudes toward illegal immigration haven’t changed dramatically since 2006.

Written by OB Staff

100 Best Nonprofits: Working for equality inside and out

Striving for social equity is the mission of many nonprofits, and this year’s 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon survey shows employees are most satisfied with their organizations’ fair treatment of differing racial, gender, disability, age and economic groups. But as a national discourse about racial discrimination and equity for low-income groups takes center stage, data show Oregon’s 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For still need to make progress on addressing these issues within their own organizations.
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Cutting Edge

“There wasn’t a reason shaving with a straight razor should have been taken over by shaving with disposable razors.”
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One Tough Mayor

Betty Roppe steers Prineville into the future.

Written by Tim Neville
Published in Categories Tech

Run, Nick, Run

Controversial track star Nick Symmonds is leveraging his celebrity to grow a performance chewing-gum brand. Fans hail his marketing ploys as genius. Critics dub them shameless.
Written by Ben DeJarnette
Published in Categories Tech