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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

While nearly all of the volunteer managers we talked with were eager to get back to in-person work, many also recognized that the pandemic drove innovations in technology that helped them engage their volunteers in productive and exciting new ways. That was the silver lining. The [public] transit didn’t go there.”.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Making the Play: Successfully Engaging.

ASU Lodestar Center

This organization uses sports, specifically basketball, as a vehicle to help youth get motivated in school and learn life lessons while at the same time producing some seriously great athletes. Below are a few of those take-aways to help you and your organization get the most out of working with youth.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

We like to think that most nonprofits are concerned about their reach toward individuals who might struggle to connect with their offerings, at least in the best of times. If the pandemic forced us onto new and unfamiliar ground, now is the time to assess and balance how technologies have affected our reach, for better and for worse.

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Learning in the White Space: 5 Unintended Lessons from a Marketing Class

NTEN

Over the next three hours, I absorbed the things my instructor was teaching, but I also found myself reflecting on a bunch of things he wasn't trying to teach at all – unless he's really good at Jedi mind tricks ! As class kicked off, the instructor began introducing himself and how he came to be teaching the class.

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The Neuroscience of Purpose: Recharging in the Nonprofit World

ASU Lodestar Center

Paula knew that helping Amy de-stress was step one of getting things back on track. It directs our attention, is responsible for moral decision-making, allows us to empathize with others, and helps coordinate the thousands of signals rushing around your brain. Peter is an educator and part-time social entrepreneur. Get another!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Aaron Stiner , Senior Program Manager, Paths of HOPE, Catholic Charities I am at one of the most intense, rewarding, and sometimes frightening times in my nonprofit career. Even setting up a basic Excel document will help you out when things start to get crazy. Finally, ask for help! And I dont think Im alone.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on.

ASU Lodestar Center

Turns out I know more than I thought (thanks to the fact that I helped edit the Giving and Volunteering Report. I scored an 8 with no help from the test maker, who was sitting right next to me refusing to give me any clues. I scored an 8 with no help from the test maker, who was sitting right next to me refusing to give me any clues.