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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight current nonprofit research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day practice. Boards continue to adopt conflict-of-interest policies, whistleblower, and document-retention policies.

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Case Study: Providing Event Attendees with Wireless Internet via Mobile Broadband

NTEN

We began with a Verizon MiFi 2200 at our registration desk in 2009, and expanded to a trial Free WiFi Zone powered by Clear Spots in 2010. During the 2010 trial Free WiFi Zone, a few times a day the Clear 4G+ hotspots locked up and needed to be reset. Managing the mobile broadband devices under heavy load took some work.

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How can nonprofit organizations measure community engagement?

ASU Lodestar Center

Social capital is defined as the “shared values, ideas, norms, and culture [that] shape the kind of political and administrative efficacy that enhances collective action, democracy, and effectiveness in public service delivery” (Kalu, 2010). 2009, May 1). On being nonprofit: A conceptual and policy primer. Sources: Atlee, T.

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Research Friday: So. What About These Numbers?

ASU Lodestar Center

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Listening further, I learned this was a report of a study just recently published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, using data on giving from 2008. The Chronicle of Philanthropy studied the exact dollars contributed by taxpayers as reported to the IRS for 2008.

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

ASU Lodestar Center

Functional Allocation Time Study (internal) : Many organizations classify all of their employees’ salaries to overhead, and many donors view employee salaries as overhead. Therefore, conducting these time studies will help organizations better allocate their employees’ time based on the work they do in a typical work-week.

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Research Friday: Who grants the most? Who gets the most?

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) tops the list; in 2009, the MDA received $175.4 ASU Lodestar Center.

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Why Nonprofits Need to Grow their Online Lists - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Who wants to do fund rising programs.