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Why Does Investing in Staff Development Improve Nonprofit Effectiveness?

ASU Lodestar Center

It adapts human resources policies and practices to meet the challenges that agencies face today, as well as those they will face in the future” (Pynes, 2013, xvii). SHRM is vital to an organization because it is utilized to attract, retain and develop the associates who are considered the ‘best fit’. Hoboken: Wiley. Ridder, H., &

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How can nonprofit organizations improve accountability to the populations they serve?

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofit organizations have a responsibility to embrace client perspectives, as serving clients often represents a primary purpose for many nonprofits (Twersky, Buchanan, & Threlfall, 2013). Implementing mechanisms to transfer power to clients provides the greatest opportunity to improve downward accountability (Benjamin, 2013).

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3 Things Every Board Member Should Know About Social Media

BoardAssist

Beth Kanter, the nonprofit social media guru, pointed out in 2008 that social media takes time. Not much has changed since 2008. Anthony Pisapia is the Associate Executive Director of Philadelphia nonprofit Tech Impact. In 2013 he was named one of the country’s top emerging nonprofit leaders by Bank of America. . .

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Invest in the 3 Cs for Strong Fundraising Results: Capacity, Cultivation and Communication

Connection Cafe

2013 was a strong year for fundraising, with charities posting their best increase since before the economy plunged in 2008, according to the 2013 Charitable Giving Report. With serious disasters abroad in 2013 eclipsing those in the U.S., “It costs money to bring in money,” McGinly said. .

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How Do You Measure Up? [Benchmarks Webinar]

Care2

Next Thursday, we''re holding a webinar that will dive into the key findings from the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study – to indicate where your organization''s performance stacks up in relation to your peers, as well as what you can be doing better to speed your journey to online success.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

In 2008, Vermont became the first state to permit the creation of the L3C (Powell, Jackson-Zapata, & Kammerling, 2014), an entity that allows companies to achieve modest profits while operating under a business model that emphasizes impact over profits.

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Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit?

Care2

billion in 2008 to $29.8 billion in 2013). Accordingly, 12 states are developing laws to ban or limit “junk mail&# despite strenuous efforts by the Direct Marketing Association and others to fight such legislation. In the next five years, money spent annually on direct mail will decline by as much as 40%, from $49.7

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