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Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ben Duda is executive director of AmeriCorps Alums and graciously agreed to share some thoughts on this as guest post. Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back. Meanwhile, more than 800,000 AmeriCorps alums are uniquely positioned to be the sector’s 21 st century leadership pipeline.

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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. A few months ago, I was shopping at the local grocery market, wearing my AmeriCorps sweatshirt.

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December 2010 Community Builder’s Chat Wrap-up #CommBuild

Amy Sample Ward

We heard from many people that there were too many holiday deadlines at work to make the chat so be sure to add your thoughts to the comments here after reading the archive to join in! Laura Norvig shared the guidelines used for their email listserv: E-mail discussion lists hosted by the Resource Center are not moderated.

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Four Strategies for Effective Nonprofit Volunteer Engagement and Programs

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Celebrate your volunteers like you celebrate your donors According to AmeriCorps , 23.2% When you highlight your volunteers’ contributions to your nonprofit’s success, others with similar time and skills to share will see their impact and consider what it might feel like to make a similar gift themselves.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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As Board President of YNPN Phoenix , I often hear from other emerging nonprofit leaders – including our board – a shared desire to perform with high standards in the face of huge workloads, while at the same time wanting life/work balance. If you have your own tips for nonprofit success, please share in the comments section below.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Creating, Building, and Sustaining.

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Posted by ASU Lodestar Center at 12:16 PM Labels: Asset Based Community Development , Chandler , community , Hannah Humphrey , nonprofits , Public Allies , social media 1 comments: George King said. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. Thank you for the post!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Better Together: Collaboration and.

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Yet its not just about sharing supplies, funds, or even human resources. Youre sharing marketing and word-of-mouth, and we all know how valuable getting your name out there is when looking for support. It starts as casual chat, sharing links and information, then maybe an idea is mentioned and discussed. A partnership is born.