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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Wednesday, March 16, 2011 How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man posted by Michael Soto , 2nd Year Fellow – Public Allies Arizona / Arizona Citizens for the Arts Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to serve my country. A few months ago, I was shopping at the local grocery market, wearing my AmeriCorps sweatshirt.

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

Twenty Hats

The survey gave us a basic sketch, but the color and texture emerged during follow-up focus group conversations. The focus groups captured diverse insights of volunteer managers from the full range of volunteerdom. This is a glimpse of the hundreds of stories we collected during the focus group conversations.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: American Humanics: An Elite Group

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Tuesday, May 17, 2011 American Humanics: An Elite Group posted by Lyn McDonough , American Humanics Program Coordinator Senior, ASU Lodestar Center "The few, the proud." American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Marine Corps.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

We need hands on deck, so having to close our volunteer program was a challenge for us—emotionally, losing such a large part of our community—but we also had to find a way to keep them connected so that they would come back when our doors reopened. We held 33 virtual focus groups (via Zoom) with 181 CVAs in the United States and Canada.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

For Team MPhasis, its important to not only teach kids through sports, but to also incorporate our religious beliefs into our work. Having Godly principles embedded in our program is the most important concept that we teach, and we make that a clear focus right up front. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Creating, Building, and Sustaining.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Creating, Building, and Sustaining Nonprofit Communities posted by Hannah Humphrey , Public Allies Arizona Alumna / Outreach Coordinator, Xico What does it mean to be a community organization? Nonprofit professionals use the word "community" a lot. Action in this case really means interaction.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Crafting a Successful Third Generation.

ASU Lodestar Center

One way they do this is by building mutually beneficial relationships with businesses that are also interested in positively impacting local communities. Angie Harmon, Freeport-McMoRan : Strong nonprofits are essential to the viability and sustainability of communities. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?