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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. Plan for two sources of traffic: stuff you pay for (ads), stuff you earn (social/referral/SEO).

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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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How can nonprofits successfully engage the next generation of donors?

ASU Lodestar Center

They have historically been left out of the conversation, but want to give their time and resources to make the biggest social impact possible. To engage with the next generation of donors most effectively, utilize authentic storytelling via social platforms. Young people today are well-connected because of social media and technology.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Social Media is all.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Friday, May 27, 2011 Research Friday: Social Media is all around us - How do we embrace the trend? Social media, particularly, have proven to be powerful and exceedingly important, especially as we watch the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. Clearly, participation is in, and passive observation is out.

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How Effective Branding Helps Achieve Nonprofit Mission

ASU Lodestar Center

Goodwill, AmeriCorps and Girl Scouts are good examples in the nonprofit sector. It can impact their capacities to achieve goals, their social impact and their missions. For this reason, it is necessary that the organization represent universal values and ethics codes, articulated to providing a high-quality service.

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How nonprofits engaged volunteers during the COVID shutdown

ASU Lodestar Center

Hager Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Arizona State University. That future has a lot of computer programs and social media in it, and nonprofits and their volunteer administrators have to be ready for it. Note: The Technology Evolution in Volunteer Administration Study is funded by AmeriCorps, a U.S.

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Volunteer administration: What has changed in recent decades?

ASU Lodestar Center

Hager Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Arizona State University. A second social change is huge: The diffusion of information technology into all parts of our lives. However, the social needs of volunteers have changed, and the way that they expect to engage their communities has changed. VE) website.