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AmeriCorps Releases Volunteer Generation Fund Evaluation and Capacity Building Project Report

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AmeriCorps released a report assessing how State Service Commissions in nine states used grants to support volunteer management.

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Volunteer administration: What has changed in recent decades?

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These organizations still only dabble in recommended practices (like crafting job descriptions for volunteers, training staff to work with them and evaluating their work), with a few organizations setting the curve and most lagging behind. Note: The 2019 Volunteer Management Capacity Study was funded by AmeriCorps, a U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead.

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NMI students agree; however, they additionally rank high their interest in learning about strategic planning, board governance, grant writing, marketing, program evaluation, and social entrepreneurship. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: The cockroach under the refrigerator.

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It is a provocative piece that really made me re-evaluate how I view disaster and humanitarian giving. We can lobby for stricter legislation governing transparency, and make sure that we do our homework before we give to an organization, so that we minimize the risk that our money or time is not being used in a way we might disagree with.