ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2021

Results from my most recent Volunteer Management Capacity Study are now posted at the Association of Leaders in Volunteer Engagement (AL!VE) If the details on the investments, challenges and practices in volunteer administration are something you are interested in, then please go take a look at the new report. VE) website.

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Twenty Hats

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

For CVA Krista Gilmore, the point of volunteer management is to cultivate volunteer leaders. That was the advice I received 25 years ago from an experienced volunteer director. I was new to a children’s ministry position and had little experience managing volunteers. Give away the good stuff. Fast forward to the present.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 3, 2020

Many charitable nonprofits rely on the help of volunteers to fulfill their missions. Whether it be packing food boxes, mentoring youth, or assisting with general office work, volunteers contribute valuable time and energy to help organizations succeed. Develop an Integrated Volunteer Program. Engage volunteers as leaders.

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

So I think, in many ways, for as often as everybody complains about technology and all the challenges, I think this past year could have gone very differently if we didn’t have these platforms.” — Volunteer manager embracing technology in Ohio. Some manage a handful of volunteers, others work with many thousands.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2011

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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Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

Who attends : Nonprofit communications teams, techies, and some fundraisers. We LOVE the community around this conference. The community is very welcoming and it is clear why many people return year after year. National Conference of Volunteering and Service: Points of Light. Audience size : around 2000. Website : [link].

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 24, 2022

Leaders must explore internal and external shifts required to diversify an organization based on community needs. Create interesting volunteer opportunities. Millennials are drawn to volunteer opportunities that impact the lives of others and support causes they care about , Sheela Nimishakavi states. Engage in crowdfunding.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 13, 2020

It has the potential not only to help build or rebuild much-needed community support systems ravaged by this pandemic, but also — if designed intentionally — to be an integral part of the nation’s intergenerational poverty-interruption arsenal. Now should be no different. A massive expansion of service is required to meet today’s challenges.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Recognizing that the effects of climate change aren’t equal, this lab aims to co-design a technology solution to support low-income communities of color that are most impacted by the climate crisis. Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

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. We welcome your comments and feedback.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We wanted to know how technology use has changed in volunteer management, especially through the pandemic. So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. Talking with Volunteer Administrators.

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NTEN

JANUARY 7, 2013

An organization learns to identify outcomes, define indicators, and gather and report data to track its own effectiveness in the community. NTEN’s IT Director Karl Hedstrom has been working with the organization’s dashboard since he first joined as an AmeriCorps Volunteer six years ago. Editorial and Communications Director.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 29, 2013

I was in Alaska for the summer as an AmeriCorps Summer Crew Leader. It was from a church in the community. bringing volunteers and clients to the shelter. recruiting volunteers, creating flyers, writing public service. announcements, coordinating volunteer training, and establishing. volunteer job descriptions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 28, 2017

The complex accountability relationships facing nonprofit organizations include responsibilities to donors, clients, community partners, staff members and volunteers. Natalia Winberry completed her undergraduate studies at Beloit College in 2007 and started her career in 2008 as an AmeriCorps VISTA in Phoenix, Arizona.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 9, 2011

National Conference on Volunteering and Service: Tech Corps Will Boost Sector's Use of Technology : "Tech Corps Will Boost Sector's Use of Technology HandsOn Network, the volunteer arm of Points of Light Institute, is partnering with Google to create HandsOn Tech Corps, an initiative designed to increase the nonprofit sector’s effective use of (..)

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Double the Donation

JANUARY 17, 2022

Give back to your community. Fun, community, and impact are the words I’d use to describe working at Double the Donation. Before joining the Double the Donation team, I had been working as a Learning Coach in a 10-month AmeriCorps program for Hands on Atlanta immediately after graduating from Johns Hopkins University.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Before becoming a Public Ally, I somewhat understood the nonprofit sector, since the year before I had served as a City Year Corps Member in Chicago through AmeriCorps. I recognized the roles I have played in both unknowingly perpetuating these injustices and desiring to level the playing field for those less fortunate in my own community.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

Here are a couple of the great entries we've gotten so far: Justin Haahaeim of Act New Haven discusses the joys of collaborating with a community, even when some members of the community are harder to work with than others. TechSoup staff, partners, and volunteers are welcome to participate, but won't be eligible to win a book.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

For my required Nonprofit Leadership Alliance internship, I chose to serve for a second year as an AmeriCorps volunteer in the Public Allies Arizona program at the ASU Lodestar Center, returning to Public Allies five years after I had served with Native American Connections. I nurtured the relationship.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 27, 2019

Maggie: To empower people to leverage their voices in building capacity within not only themselves, but also their communities. Maggie: We're always asking for money and volunteers and we're going to save the world. Yes, definitely I can see people within communities using their voices to lift up themselves and their communities.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2022

Does your association’s volunteer program already have plenty of recruits? If so, your challenge may be with volunteer engagement and creating meaningful experiences for volunteers so they’re willing to give their time. . Volunteers have the power to save your association time and money. billion hours.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2011

Disclaimer Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Creating, Building, and Sustaining Nonprofit Communities posted by Hannah Humphrey , Public Allies Arizona Alumna / Outreach Coordinator, Xico What does it mean to be a community organization? Nonprofit professionals use the word "community" a lot. Action in this case really means interaction.

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Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Take a look at these 40 volunteer statistics…they will blow you away. Our ability to provide our time and expertise can make an immense difference in the world around us and within the communities that we reside. Check out the following 40 volunteer statistics. Volunteer statistics. of all volunteers.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2010

This blog post was penned by Evonne Heyning , who works with TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and Community teams. At NCVS we had an extra laptop available to allow newcomers to create their Second Life avatars and demonstrate how to work together as we welcomed a new volunteer youth social media tech Markese to the team.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

A life-long activist, she had volunteered with the Progressive Student Alliance, Amnesty International and Sierra Club. She has also recently served a term with AmeriCorps, leading a team of environmental education volunteers. Prior to coming to Care2, Emily worked as a features reporter for a newspaper in San Luis Obispo, CA.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

Whether you work with young volunteers or interns, or if your organization focuses specifically on childrens services, Ive learned a few key points that have helped me make strong connections with kids during my time with Team MPhasis. Try to think of ways you can encourage your interns and volunteers to work with one another.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2011

One way they do this is by building mutually beneficial relationships with businesses that are also interested in positively impacting local communities. Angie Harmon, Freeport-McMoRan : Strong nonprofits are essential to the viability and sustainability of communities. Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Some of the elements of the Act are: Build on the AmeriCorps and create new "Corps" focused on areas of national need. Improve opportunities for low income young people to be of service in their communities. Establish a "Volunteer Generation Fund" to help nonprofit organizations recruit and manage more volunteers.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2011

Nonprofit organizations comprise paid staff and volunteers; for-profits typically only have paid staff members. Are there other organizations in the community that do what it is I propose to do? Each of these nonprofit organizations strives to serve a perceived need in the community. 1] Thats a lot of service!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

Managing intellectual capital usually includes the development of wikis, communities of practice, expertise databases, and other repositories of all sorts… but let’s pause here and not get ahead of ourselves (trust me, it’s easy to do!) Instead, make sure you are offering personalized outlets to stimulate both feedback and questions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 19, 2011

This competition is working hard to encourage collaboration and highlight outstanding partnerships in our communities. Need more volunteers for an event? Invite your friends from the nonprofit down the street to participate with their volunteers. Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

Assistant Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development Welcome to Research Friday! Recently, NMI has begun researching faith-based communities and how NMI programming might serve this particular nonprofit community’s needs and interests. Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 17, 2011

We held the American Humanics Senior Recognition Dinner on Monday, April 25th at the George Washington Carver Museum and Community Center , led by a first-generation AH alumna, Princess Crump. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2011

Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona. Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. Research Friday: The Board Chair and the CEO: When. All You Need is Love.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

To hear more about our latest research on strong funder-grantee relationships and the keys to success, please join me on March 4 th for the ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation’s 13th Annual Forum on Nonprofit Effectiveness, " Nonprofit Grantees & Funders: Building Strong Relationships - Assuring Community Impact."

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, March 18, 2011 Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunteer?" Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development Welcome to Research Friday ! A couple months ago, the ASU Lodestar Center released its 2010 report on Arizona Giving & Volunteering. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

In our recent Arizona Giving and Volunteering* research, we asked respondents if they could recall a decision to stop giving to an organization they had previously supported. And families dont just move into a house — they get out there and build the house, with the donors and volunteers, together.

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