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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

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continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Volunteers received stipend support from several sources, including federal AmeriCorps programs, private foundations and school districts. Like this article? Carlton Yoshioka, Ph.D. Professor and Director. of Academic Programs.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

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So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. That wrench is key to the Big Theme and Conclusion of this article. The quotes in this article all come from these focus group conversations.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Making the Play: Successfully Engaging.

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Disclaimer Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Making the Play: Successfully Engaging Youth Within the Nonprofit Sector posted by David "DJ" Heyward , American Humanics Student / Team MPhasis Coach Many of us in the nonprofit sector work specifically with children and young adults. Like this article? Get another! Central Ave.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, is the.

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A great recent article by Curtis Child points to statements by Frumkin and others about this alleged explosion in commerciality, which he refers to as the "commercial turn." The article is pretty convincing. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. asks Child.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "The Art of Data.

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Consider the following: On the same day in the fall of 2007, two contradictory newspaper headlines accompanied high profile, front-page articles in both the East Valley Tribune and the Arizona Republic. The stories were about Arizona schools and the state of education pertaining to the academic achievement of students and their schools.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

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Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development This post is about a bad dog and the role that a class of ASU students is playing in its quest for redemption. Over the course of this past semester, teams of students have been working through the rating process for a pool of organizations. Its an exciting time.

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Finding Pride in American Service

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I watched the marching students below and mulled over that awesome responsibility, and, oddly enough, felt the dawning of a supremely foreign thought. Not every country exports volunteers in the way our country does — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Cross Cultural Solutions, Atlas Corps, Global Leadership Adventures. Like this article?

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