ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2013

They are called "next gen major donors," and according to a recent report issued by the Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University and 21/64 , they will "have tremendous influence on the direction of and support for efforts to improve local communities and solve global problems over the next several decades.". Only time will tell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. The neuroscientists at the Gazzaley Lab at University of California, San Francisco, have shown that games can improve our cognitive function.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 3, 2013

Which one of the 70 tips for how to become a more effective leader did you select as a 2013 New Year's Resolution? This list was published last December in my blog, about the time many leaders were identifying their professional and personal goals for 2013. Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times 6.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

All of us here at NTEN and in the greater nonprofit technology community were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden and tragic loss of Dan Scharfman, a long-time prominent member of the nonprofit technology community. Well, this isn’t a fair universe – at least, not yet. My colleagues and I saw that dedication all the time.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 19, 2016

Adjunct Professor, Grand Canyon University. According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics at The Urban Institute, 2013 saw $1.74 Take to social media only to fundraise for immediate solutions to problems. He received a BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona in 2003.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

The result was that his “ news feed took on an entirely new character in a surprisingly short amount of time. The problem this new law addresses is that last year an estimated 3.1 Of course, the upside is a step toward universal Internet access – if this project succeeds. million phones were stolen in the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Nonprofit Technology Funding for Democracy: The Problem. The Foundation Center tool also reveals that the universe of foundations making technology-related grants is much smaller, at 186, than the overall funder pool, as is the recipient base. Time for Other Heavy Hitters to Step Up. What the Data Reveals.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

OK I know, you probably weren’t actually waiting for this moment – and that’s okay – but now is the time to get excited. He began working with nonprofits full-time about 15 years ago. She teaches webinars and workshops several times a month and writes a top-ranked blog on nonprofit communications at NonprofitMarketingGuide.com.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 8, 2018

When Detroit was going bankrupt in 2013, the city's emergency manager fought to sell off some of the prized artworks in the Detroit Institute of Art. In 2009, Brandeis University came close to looting and liquidating its Rose Art Museum, and today, a similar controversy is raging over the museum at La Salle University.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 3, 2018

While these problems are seen by some as intractable, there are opportunities for innovation by nonprofit practitioners through leadership advancements. Shore, Hammond, Celep, 2013). Yet in the community, problems such as poverty and high school graduation rates are becoming worse (U.S. Shore, Hammond, Celep, 2013).

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

million views online and he is the keynote speaker at NTEN’s upcoming 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference. As Dan points out, “in Uncharitable , I tried to state the problem. Now it’s time to get to work solving it.” ” The separate rule book discriminates against the sector in five big areas: 1.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2014

Lindsey also worked as a graphic designer at the Publications Department for the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she graduated with a degree in news editing/journalism. Blandly reciting facts and figures (“800 citizens will go hungry”) doesn’t truly illustrate the problem your organization is trying to remedy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. To put this context, a gold fish has an attention span of 9 seconds! Attention span is the amount of concentrated time on a task without becoming distracted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. To put this context, a gold fish has an attention span of 9 seconds! Attention span is the amount of concentrated time on a task without becoming distracted.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Be sure to check out 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 too. Perhaps nonprofits have listened to my advice over the years to time their email campaigns when the most giving happens. One nonprofit sent me 21 emails during the month, which was slightly down from the all-time record of 23 last year. Now Is The Time.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Want to earn some money in your spare time by ferrying food or riders around town? Globally, the number of platform companies rose five times between 2010 and 2021; 2 and, as of 2022, about 20 percent of all market commerce in the United States is now conducted online. Want to share your extra room with a traveler and make a few bucks?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 20, 2017

One problem created by a largely white staff, is the perpetual cycle organizations can get caught in when hiring new staff and selecting new board members, see Figure 2 below. She completed her undergraduate work at Texas Christian University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. References. Community Wealth Partners.

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