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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To create the report, an international body of experts in education, technology, and other fields convene on a wiki to review research, practice, and significant trends. It also has benefits to students themselves who can use the data to customize their participation in the class. Learning and Knowledge Analytics.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Lili Wang

ASU Lodestar Center

Her work on nonprofit studies has appeared in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly , Nonprofit Management & Leadership , Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations , and Public Management Review. I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years. Meet Dr. Wang. For how long have you worked at ASU?

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Linux Desktop Migration

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

If you read the reviews (most of which were quite positive,) the people who liked it were looking at the real functionality (it could edit their documents, it could surf the web, read email, etc.) So, if students and Grandma can use Linux, can nonprofits? Linux is more secure, more stable, and can be used on older hardware.

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

ASU Lodestar Center

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Most researchers agree that low-income earners volunteer less (Wilson, 2012) and Pho (2008) extended this finding to include medium-wage earners. Review of Income and Wealth, 54, 220-236. As part of a. Tschirhart, M., Miller, T., &

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Reflection and Evaluation

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reflection and Evaluation March 10, 2008 Michele Martin, one of my fave bloggers, has a great post today on Reflective Practice.

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Research Friday: ASU is an Important Central Hub for Nonprofit Organizations

ASU Lodestar Center

& Management Student, Arizona State University. The type of tie depicted in a social network map depends on a study's content and purpose (Knoke and Yang, 2008) [3]. Academy of Management Review. Mary McGillicuddy , Nonprofit Leadership. Welcome to Research Friday ! Retrieved from [link]. ^ [3] Knoke, D. and Yang, S.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] 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. Pollak, T. Stay tuned.