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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.

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Disclaimer Wednesday, March 16, 2011 How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man posted by Michael Soto , 2nd Year Fellow – Public Allies Arizona / Arizona Citizens for the Arts Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to serve my country. I’ve given approximately 2,900 hours of work for America since 2009.

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

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A related research question is the impact or positive incentive of volunteer stipends among low-wage earners (McBride, Gonzales, Morrow-Howell, & McCrary, 2011). Is there a positive result for organizations that provide stipends for volunteers? 2009) found that stipends promote inclusion, efficiency and effectiveness.

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Research Friday: Corporate Volunteer Programs: Synergy in Business and Nonprofit Actions

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Many volunteer managers cite recruitment as their greatest challenge; however, Brudney and Meijs (2009) contend that “the preoccupation with recruitment distracts attention and resources from the management and retention of volunteers” (p. She previously served a term for AmeriCorps with an adult literacy program in Flagstaff.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, Your Tax.

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Disclaimer Friday, June 10, 2011 Research Friday: Really, Your Tax Exemption has been Revoked? Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D. Most of them are very small.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Social Media is all.

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Disclaimer Friday, May 27, 2011 Research Friday: Social Media is all around us - How do we embrace the trend? If anyone ever once doubted the energy and organizing force of technology, rest assured they dont anymore. The communication between my organization and the public must be continuous and personal and come from multiple sources.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday Guest Post: "State of.

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Disclaimer Friday, March 25, 2011 Research Friday Guest Post: "State of the Sector 2011: All quiet on the nonprofit front" posted by Angela Francis , Senior Associate Nonprofit Finance Fund Welcome to Research Friday ! This is an area where both grantees and their funders could aim to make great strides in 2011.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Really, How Many.

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Disclaimer Friday, March 18, 2011 Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunteer?" The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D. Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development Welcome to Research Friday !