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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Loss of investigative reporting: Investigative journalism, which is often resource-intensive, has suffered in many areas, leading to reduced oversight of local government and institutions. Hope FM in Port Huron, MI and KAWC Colorado River Public Media in Yuma, Arizona.

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How can professional development advance nonprofit performance and ensure sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

Professional development (PD) is the "process of improving and increasing capabilities of staff through access to education and training." However, training can positively influence the bottom line. Local organizations in the subsector may have different skills, workshops or knowledge that they are willing to share.

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Bigger is always better…(Except when it’s not!)

ASU Lodestar Center

So Courtney enrolled in a workshop entitled “Volunteer and Board Development” at the community college nearby, and networked ferociously with her fellow directors. After the 180-minute workshop and networking, Courtney was completely confused about one seemingly-vital element. The ASU Lodestar Center offers board governance training.

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Research Friday: Many Nonprofits Face Cash Crisis

ASU Lodestar Center

As we work with clients, provide workshops, and present on nonprofit finance issues, one question pops up again and again: how much cash cushion should a nonprofit have? Government funding continues to decline and private foundations are unable to fill the ever-widening gap. Says Seleznow, "It's healthy for government to cut fat.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

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. Therefore, they prefer to hire experienced professionals—or those who have training in nonprofit leadership and management skills.

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Your #NPtech Community Calendar for July

Tech Soup

Phoenix, Arizona: Phoenix: QuickBooks Made Easy. Boston, Massachusetts: TNB and MKI Training: Sharing Your Success: Visualizing Outcomes Data. Seattle, Washington: Governance Matters: Is Policy Governance for Your Organization? Oxford, United Kingdom: Neural Networks Workshop — Part of our Machine Learning Series.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday Guest Post: "State of.

ASU Lodestar Center

Respondents came from large organizations and small, and from all sub-sectors, and include a small sample from Arizona. In Arizona, 35% of our survey respondents reported having less than 1 month of cash on hand (10% had none), which is fairly consistent with results nationally.