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How can nonprofits acquire skilled talent to better achieve their mission?

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posted by Jade Gale Fall 2021 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. If a nonprofit wants to achieve the full scope of capability, then they must have the skilled talent that can reach it by providing a fair and competitive compensation in an already stressed environment. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Compensation.

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What strategies can nonprofits enact to retain millennials?

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posted by Jessica Cooper, RD, CD, CSSD, Spring 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Millennials are often referred to as the “job hopping generation” due to their tendency to change jobs more frequently than previous generations. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. Leaders should understand compensation trends.

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How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

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posted by Suzanne Durkin-Bighorn Spring 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Member based nonprofits and trade associations have been consistently losing ground in the volunteer sector and are challenged with remaining relevant and retaining members. It is a principled approach to new product development.

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The Three P’s of Board Performance

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posted by Bo Buchanan Spring 2019 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. A 2015 Stanford study on boards of directors in nonprofit organizations found that “over two thirds (69 percent) of nonprofit directors say their organization has faced one or more serious governance related problems in the past 10 years.”

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Research Friday: ASU is an Important Central Hub for Nonprofit Organizations

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Mary McGillicuddy , Nonprofit Leadership. & Management Student, Arizona State University. This week we welcome Mary McGillicuddy, one of the researchers who worked with the ASU College of Public Programs on a project that analyzed and mapped the social network of downtown Phoenix nonprofit organizations.

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What are the nonprofit management implications of Pay for Success programs?

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The blurring lines between government, nonprofit and for-profit sectors have led to innovative vehicles to fund interventions that address society’s most intractable problems. In July 2015, two of the earliest SIBs in the US reported markedly different results from which a nonprofit manager can learn.

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How a small nonprofit organization survived the Great Recession

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Nonprofits, the fifth largest industry in Arizona, historically the recipient of a most generous donor base, now wear the burden of the downturn in the national economy. The number of nonprofit agencies that succumbed to the recession is not the topic of this essay. Is this a job or a vocation? New ideas take additional time.