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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. Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back. He had spent his AmeriCorps term as a liaison between a mayor’s office and the homeless community, building relationships and creating resources.

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2023 Top Nonprofit Conferences

Whole Whale

About : Formerly DMA: Washington Nonprofit Conference) Hosted by ANA (Association of National Advertisers), which acquired DMA Nonprofit Federation , this multi-day conference offers plenty of fresh ideas and expertise. SXSW’s Civic Engagement & Climate Change tracks are hosted under SXSW at large. Audience size : Around 200.

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How nonprofits engaged volunteers during the COVID shutdown

ASU Lodestar Center

Hager Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Arizona State University. And while most volunteering is traditionally in-person and face-to-face, many organizations have been hosting virtual volunteer assignments for several decades. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. posted by Mark A. And *poof*… the volunteers were gone.

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Nonprofit leadership has gone by the wayside — How to create a future of strong, capable leaders

ASU Lodestar Center

There is no leadership, as typically defined, today! The models, theories, and approaches to leadership that have been espoused over the past 100 years have steadily lost effectiveness around the globe. to host an Ally at your nonprofit organization. This helps make shared leadership both real and applied. Long, Ph.D.

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How can nonprofits leverage volunteer engagement strategies to maximize impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Molly Wagge, Fall 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Respected, competent, and skilled volunteers should be entrusted with leadership responsibilities. Volunteers with leadership potential should be identified and empowered to take on larger roles. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Fighting for a cause

ASU Lodestar Center

I was in Alaska for the summer as an AmeriCorps Summer Crew Leader. I looked to many of my nonprofit leadership and management classes at ASU for insight. We worked up a contract and the church agreed to host us for two years, with the option of a possible future renewal. how to start a nonprofit Dick Erwin AmeriCorps'

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Learning to Lead, Part 1: Why I Returned to Public Allies for a Second Year

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Rachelle Wayne 2018 Alumna, ASU BS in Nonprofit Leadership & Management and Class 12 Public Ally. I recognized there is so much to learn and understand about leadership in the nonprofit sector, so I decided I would join the leadership programs available at ASU. My name is Rachelle Wayne.

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