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AmeriCorps Announces 2023 Volunteer Generation Fund Grants Competition

NonProfit PRO

The 2023 grant competition will fund programs that address the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on students. The Volunteer Generation Fund focuses on investments in volunteer management practices that increase both volunteer recruitment and retention.

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Four Strategies for Effective Nonprofit Volunteer Engagement and Programs

Qgiv

to learn their most effective tips and techniques for creating, managing, and sustaining a volunteer program that’s equally meaningful for their nonprofit and participating volunteers. When building your own program, consider starting with a list of tasks and the estimated time commitment for each. If so, fantastic!

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How nonprofits engaged volunteers during the COVID shutdown

ASU Lodestar Center

Students gravitated to online classes. As nonprofits limited worker contact, many shuttered or adjusted programs and asked their volunteers to stay away. Zoom is one tool for connecting with volunteers, but volunteer managers commonly use various desktop programs to carry out their work. Restaurants shut down.

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

Twenty Hats

They wanted to help students and teachers who were teaching from home that needed curriculum ideas and ways to engage their students in this new virtual environment.”. When we’re in person, some of those clients weren’t able to access our programs because there was no transportation.

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Research Friday: Corporate Volunteer Programs: Synergy in Business and Nonprofit Actions

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Annette Sutfin , Kinship Program. Orchestrated effectively, a corporate volunteer program has the potential to render benefits not only to the nonprofit, but to the corporation as well. The hours of unpaid labor afforded by such programs is the obvious contribution to the nonprofit organization. Sources: Brudney, J.

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Q&A with Maggie Saucedo, a Public Ally and Certified Nonprofit Professional

ASU Lodestar Center

The PAAZ team reached out to someone who can speak about both: Class 13 Public Ally Magdelena “Maggie” Saucedo, who joined the program after graduating from ASU with a bachelor’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership and Management and earning the Certified Nonprofit Professional credential from the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our second Impact Lab recently announced the Financial Aid Chatbot to support students as they navigate the FAFSA application. The Croatan Institute and its REEFS program is hoping to organize a summit for climate leaders of color in 2022. Chief Program Officer, California Volunteers, Office of the Governor. Jacqueline Yannacci.

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