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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

One volunteer manager at an Arizona zoo described finding new ways to teach their volunteers about wildlife: “Over Zoom, we would give presentations about the different animals in our collection… So, for example, I did a presentation on bird conservation, which was not something that we ever had before.

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Q&A with sgLEADERS: H. Beecher Hicks, III, National Museum of African American Music

sgEngage

The “Q&A with sgLEADERS” series on sgENGAGE aims to provide readers, including the next generation of social good leaders, with valuable insights from executives across the social good community. A: Our online community has allowed our museum opening to be received by a larger number of friends and fans than it would have normally.

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Q&A with sgLEADERS: H. Beecher Hicks, III, National Museum of African American Music

Connection Cafe

The “Q&A with sgLEADERS” series on sgENGAGE aims to provide readers, including the next generation of social good leaders, with valuable insights from executives across the social good community. A: Our online community has allowed our museum opening to be received by a larger number of friends and fans than it would have normally.

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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? All You Need is Love.

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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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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. And…they know technology, so they’re also an asset to help teach other volunteers.