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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. A massive expansion of service is required to meet today’s challenges. First published on Ozy.com. Now should be no different.

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Tech Tools Working Together: How Text-To-Donate Paves the Way for Text Message Communication

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Kim Peterson , Content Marketing Specialist for Give by Cell , a technology company that provides mobile fundraising tools and text messaging services to nonprofits. Using either service, in order to make the process come full circle, you need a killer follow-up strategy. Donor Follow Up.

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7 tips for preparing your nonprofit for a move to new software

EveryAction

It could take longer if you have lots of recurring donors and are migrating to a new merchant service provider. About the author Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008, providing technical and consultative services to nonprofits of all sizes and types.

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My Top 16 tools of 2008

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Being a pragmatist, I do use proprietary tools, both the Software-as-a-Service, or basic desktop tool types. It’s an online note-saving service, with desktop and iPhone clients. So what tools did you come to depend on in 2008? Easy, fast, robust, and powerful. SaaS Tools. It’s kinda cool.

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Why associations should choose the Nimble AMS + Salesforce partnership

Nimble AMS

Salesforce shares the Nimble AMS values of innovation, customer service, and giving back. In 1992, Nimble AMS began helping associations with the best available technology, bringing member-based organizations to the internet for the first time. Nimble AMS has partnered with Salesforce for over a decade.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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September 11 The 2008 mortgage crisis The Great Recession The 2016 Election The COVID pandemic The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tyre Nichols January 6 The current inflationary economy This lowering of esteem for organizations, whose solid reputations were previously taken for granted, is not anecdotal.

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Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Hatch Introduce Serve America Act of 2008 at Service Nation Summit

Have Fun - Do Good

This morning at the Service Nation Summit , Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), represented by his niece, Caroline Kennedy, announced that they are introducing the Serve America Act of 2008. Ask 175,000 Americans to give a year of service through these Corps. sn08 service act Kennedy Hatch.

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