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The Why, What And How Of Learning

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Because of his lifelong commitment to education, Keyes founded the Education is Freedom Foundation , which provides college scholarships for hard-working young students. In over 20 years since its inception, the foundation has helped nearly hundreds of thousands of students find their path to higher education. from 2007 to 2011.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Friday, April 15, 2011 Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead and Manage a Nonprofit Organization posted by Laura L. NMI students agree; however, they additionally rank high their interest in learning about strategic planning, board governance, grant writing, marketing, program evaluation, and social entrepreneurship.

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Research Friday: Arizona’s seniors: The latest profile of volunteering behavior

ASU Lodestar Center

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Recent research findings by Christopher Einolf and Susan Chambre (2011) provided empirical evidence of the strong influence of both formal and informal social networks on volunteering. As part of a. Sources: Bekkers, R. Einolf, C.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "The Art of Data.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Friday, March 4, 2011 Research Friday: "The Art of Data Interpretation" posted by Robert F. Consider the following: On the same day in the fall of 2007, two contradictory newspaper headlines accompanied high profile, front-page articles in both the East Valley Tribune and the Arizona Republic. Ashcraft, Ph.D.

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Senior Volunteering: Burden or Benefit?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Kelly Proulx , MNpS Student & Research Technician, Arizona State University. She is currently a student in the Master of Nonprofit Studies program at ASU, planning to graduate in December 2012. Volunteering in America 2011 Research Highlights." 2011. ^ [4] National Volunteer and Philanthropy Center.

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Is the Used Computer Market Going Away?

Tech Soup

The post-PC era was announced in March 2011 by the late Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, during the launch of the iPad2. The post-PC world was inadvertently ratified by HP when it made a dramatic announcement in August 2011 about trying to get out of the PC hardware business. Order volumes have increased 25 percent in 2011.

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Game On: How Gamification is Changing the Sector

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Rudy Frank Graduate Student, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. After graduating from high school, he moved to Arizona in 2007 to pursue his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Arizona State University. He received his BFA from the Herberger Institute for the Design & Arts in 2011.

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