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2023 Top Nonprofit Conferences

Whole Whale

SXSW Civic Engagement & Climate Change + SXSW EDU. When: March 10-13, 2023 (Civic Engagement, Climate Change & more). SXSW’s Civic Engagement & Climate Change tracks are hosted under SXSW at large. Where : Denver, Colorado & virtual conference. Where : Austin, TX & Online (Hybrid). Website : [link].

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Comfort vs. Action: The Internal Debate

ASU Lodestar Center

AmeriCorps Coordinator. He responded, “If I had health insurance, I’d be much less likely to agitate for change so that everyone can get it, too.”. If I’m comfortable, I feel much less urgency to try to change things.”. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man" by Michael Soto. He shrugged. “If Get another!

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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

One theme we’re seeing over and over again is how the pandemic changed the way volunteer managers educate and train their volunteers and clients, often using Zoom or other video sharing platforms. That was the silver lining.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

We wanted to know how technology use has changed in volunteer management, especially through the pandemic. In the spring and summer of 2021, with funding from AmeriCorps, our research team held focus groups with volunteer administrators about their technology use in the pandemic. and Canada about their technology use.