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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist - Arizona Gives Day

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Is the upcoming Arizona Gives Day a good opportunity to do this? In the days leading up to December 10, my email and Face book page lit up with information and requests to participate in 2013’s Colorado Gives Day (coloradogives.org). Arizona nonprofit organizations can participate in our own Arizona Gives Day on April 9, 2014.

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How can nonprofit organizations improve accountability to the populations they serve?

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posted by Natalia Winberry Graduate Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. As organizations serving public interests, nonprofits answer to the voices of multiple stakeholders. Among those surveyed, almost all of the nonprofit leaders indicated their organizations gathered client feedback (Buteau et al.,

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How can nonprofit organizations measure community engagement?

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posted by Shayla Hubbard Project Coordinator, University of Arizona College of Medicine. Nonprofit organizations have the ability to connect and mobilize individuals. By creating opportunities for engagement, the nonprofit sector is responsible for building cohesion and social capital.

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How Can Nonprofits Address the Challenges and Opportunities of Disrupting Technologies?

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posted by Stanford Prescott Graduate Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. 21, 2017, the transportation company Uber debuted a new self-driving car program in Tempe, Arizona. One study has found that 47 percent of US jobs are at high risk of automation (Frey and Osborne, 2013).

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

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Capacity building is whatever is needed to bring a nonprofit to the next level of operational, programmatic, financial, or organizational maturity, so it may more effectively and efficiently advance its mission into the future. posted by Tyler Adams Manager, Affiliate Relations-Events Make-A-Wish International.

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The Importance of Hiring and Retaining Correct Individuals for Your Nonprofit

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posted by Deborah Robles Summer 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Program Manager, A New Leaf - Mesa, AZ. You are the manager of a nonprofit and find yourself exhausted by your efforts managing difficult staff, recruiting new staff and placing remaining energy into high-performing staff.

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Overcoming the Government-Nonprofit Dependency

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posted by Kate Albaugh-Wayan Fall 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Partnership Ambassador for Excelsior College. Social Service nonprofit organizations have long been relied upon to provide services to those in need in the United States.