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Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ben Duda is executive director of AmeriCorps Alums and graciously agreed to share some thoughts on this as guest post. Ben Duda is executive director of AmeriCorps Alums and graciously agreed to share some thoughts on this as guest post. Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back. By Ben Duda.

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Fighting for a cause

ASU Lodestar Center

I was in Alaska for the summer as an AmeriCorps Summer Crew Leader. For the next few days I became familiar with runaway and homeless youth issues. bringing volunteers and clients to the shelter. recruiting volunteers, creating flyers, writing public service. volunteer job descriptions. volunteers.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Chief Program Officer, California Volunteers, Office of the Governor. Learn more about the fellows and why they are joining Impact Labs. Clayton Aldern.

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The Neuroscience of Purpose: Recharging in the Nonprofit World

ASU Lodestar Center

Information Volunteer. If you work for a nonprofit, there’s a good chance that you’re working on a tough problem like the achievement gap, homelessness, or global hunger. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man" by Michael Soto. Peter Bonanno, M.Ed. for State Expansion. MindUp Program The Hawn Foundation. Get another!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

ASU Lodestar Center

In our recent Arizona Giving and Volunteering* research, we asked respondents if they could recall a decision to stop giving to an organization they had previously supported. And families dont just move into a house — they get out there and build the house, with the donors and volunteers, together.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Executive Compensation"

ASU Lodestar Center

Pay too much, and you’ll raise the eyebrows (or ire) of donors, clients, volunteers, and anyone else who looks up your 990 in one keystroke. Or, "Please give this family a place to stay for the night; and why dont you see if you can eliminate homelessness in the meantime?" Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte.