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How can nonprofit organizations improve accountability to the populations they serve?

ASU Lodestar Center

As organizations serving public interests, nonprofits answer to the voices of multiple stakeholders. The complex accountability relationships facing nonprofit organizations include responsibilities to donors, clients, community partners, staff members and volunteers.

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Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: Many of us don’t value taking the time for intentional learning within our organizations. Being intentional about learning can also help an organization scale effectively. Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes – Guest Post by Kelcie Tacchi. Define your Call to Action.

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2023 Top Nonprofit Conferences

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Stay tuned for more information. Who attends: Anyone in the nonprofit or social enterprise space looking to learn more about fundraising and technology best practices, Classy platform features, leadership lessons, and insights on how to grow your organization. . What: Mega-marketing and tech conference. So much tech. .

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How nonprofits engaged volunteers during the COVID shutdown

ASU Lodestar Center

And while most volunteering is traditionally in-person and face-to-face, many organizations have been hosting virtual volunteer assignments for several decades. What was new in the spring of 2020 was the scale of need to adopt information technologies to do our work, including providing opportunities for volunteers.

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Volunteer administration: What has changed in recent decades?

ASU Lodestar Center

It follows up on a study that I conducted back in 2003, when I reported the country’s first national snapshot on the readiness of nonprofit organizations to provide good experiences for their volunteers. The number of Americans who volunteer each year hasn’t changed all that much, and organizations still rely mostly on older volunteers.

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Four Strategies for Effective Nonprofit Volunteer Engagement and Programs

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Take advantage of established volunteer recruitment platforms If you’re building a volunteer program from scratch, or if you could use some more hands on deck, there are plenty of organizations and online platforms you can turn to for recruitment. Celebrate your volunteers like you celebrate your donors According to AmeriCorps , 23.2%

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

ASU Lodestar Center

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Is there a positive result for organizations that provide stipends for volunteers? Experience Matters is a nonprofit organization that capitalizes on the time and talent of older adults (age 50+), who are seeking paid or unpaid positions that apply their skills to social purposes.