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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight current nonprofit research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day practice. The Central Asia Institute is only one nonprofit organization that has fallen from grace due to poor nonprofit governance.

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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. 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. federal government agency. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. posted by Mark A.

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How can nonprofits implement a strategic public policy agenda to achieve greater impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Anna Carlson Fall 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). Notably, about 32% of nonprofit funding comes from government contracts and grants.

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Nonprofit Leadership Alliance: AMI 2014 Reflections

ASU Lodestar Center

Steve Blakeslee, Nonprofit Leadership and Management Major “When discussing the Alliance Management Institute it reminded me of the people who helped provide me with this opportunity. posted by Lyn McDonough , Program Coordinator Sr. Their money is being spent well and I utilized as much as I could while there."

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Is your organization ready to innovate? Three strategies for accelerating social innovation within nonprofits

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Tosha Russock Spring 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Is your executive leadership team not responsible for idea generation? Bring in subject matter experts quarterly to train staff and inform them of emerging trends and patterns. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. Decision-making.

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Embracing risk culture in nonprofits: let’s start talking about failure

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Jordyn Shafer-Frie Fall 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Australian Government Department of Finance. Australian Government Department of Finance. Education regarding risk is built from the top down; educate staff either informally or through formal training about which goals are key.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

This lab will bring together leaders from across the nonprofit, government, and for-profit sectors to lend their expertise to ideate and co-design technology solutions to advance progress on this issue. Before her time in Sacramento she worked for environmental NGOs throughout Arizona, California, and Bolivia. Derrick Jones.

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