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Research Friday: Government contracting in the new normal

ASU Lodestar Center

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Particularly in the last several years, in the wake of the financial crisis, organizations have struggled with a variety of challenges related to government support. In the United States, we rely on government to provide key economic supports. consistent, structural challenges.

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Data Are Not Information

NTEN

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. It's important that we don't confuse "data" for "information." Data are only the raw material of information. So how do we get from data to information?

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How to Become a Nonprofit Leader

The Modern Nonprofit

The lack of structure can be challenging. He became the youngest and first openly gay executive director of the Asian Pacifical American Labor Alliance in 2010. Seek out other informal ways to build nonprofit leadership skills —especially since wearing many hats at a nonprofit is generally par for the course.

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Research Friday: Generosity Expanded: The Impact!

ASU Lodestar Center

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. In 2010, we gave nearly $300 billion in support of a wide variety of charitable causes—3.8 government aid, capital investment, philanthropy and remittances. Total Net Economic Engagement with Developing Countries, 2010 2. Official Development Assistance in 2010 was $30.4

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Great reads from around the web on April 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

All 79 IDA countries, the lowest income nations, are included with the geographic locations of projects, financing, and sector identification such as water, transportation, governance, etc. There are also indicator data including maternal health, infant mortality, malnutrition, poverty, and population.

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Research Friday: Battling Domestic Violence with Data

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The report was primarily informed by two sources: Financial data showing trends from the field. Nonprofit Finance Fund.

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Why Privacy Matters (or Should) to Nonprofits

NTEN

"Data Theft Creates Notification Nightmare for BlueCross" (March 1, 2010, CIO.com). Would they still be willing to provide their credit card or personal information to you? Would they still be willing to provide their credit card or personal information to you? Have you taken the steps necessary to protect your organization?

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