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Nonprofit as Shibboleth

ASU Lodestar Center

As told in the 12th chapter of the “Book of Judges” in the Christian bible, the Ephramites tried to blend in with the locals as they were fleeing the country. Hager joined the faculty at ASU in 2008. in organizational sociology at the University of Minnesota with a study of the causes of nonprofit organization closure.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Duluth, MN / $299. Join the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits for our 2016 Annual Conference. Each fall since 2008 MNN has hosted an annual conference and expo. Coming soon!

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Pointing at Exhibits, Part 2: No-Tech Social Networks

Museum 2.0

I've spent the last two weeks working on the third chapter of my book about network effects of social participation. And it's brought me back to a blog post I wrote a year ago about the Science Museum of Minnesota's Race: Are We So Different? exhibition.