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A Helpful (Unofficial) Digital Training Guide for New AmeriCorps Members

Whole Whale

Just to be clear from the beginning of this guide, Whole Whale is not directly affiliated or funded by AmeriCorps (though there are alumni on our staff), but we ARE huge fans of the program. Are emails being sent? Focus on the types of work that will build the list of emails/followers the nonprofit has earlier in the year.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.

ASU Lodestar Center

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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Why Volunteers Quit: How to Retain Them

Volunteer Hub

According to AmeriCorps, the national average volunteer retention rate is 65%. Here are a few ways to reward and recognize volunteers: Send thank you emails to volunteers after each shift. There are many reasons why a volunteer may stop giving their time. It is up to your organization to identify the cause and re-spark the passion.

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

Amy Sample Ward

Laura Norvig shared the guidelines used for their email listserv: E-mail discussion lists hosted by the Resource Center are not moderated. 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!

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Upcoming Webinar November 7: Leverage Data for Mission-Driven Orgs

Tech Soup

from web traffic, email newsletters, donors, volunteers, and other. spreadsheets, Googe Docs, email services, online channels, and more? City Year , the nonprofit national service organization behind "Give a Year, Change the World," and program of AmeriCorps, recently received donations of SAP. of data they gather.

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Who's Behind That Voice on the Phone: Meet TechSoup Client Services

Tech Soup

TechSoup has some completely awesome customer service folks (we call their department Client Services) who help our members by phone or email to get the product donations they need. Answering questions about your fulfillment emails. Handling more than 3,000 emails and phone calls each month. Meet TechSoup Client Services.

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Learning to Lead, Part 1: Why I Returned to Public Allies for a Second Year

ASU Lodestar Center

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 scheduled meetings with all who replied to go over details.

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