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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Anne Kotleba, Part 2

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The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (NLA) is a student association for undergraduates interested in nonprofit careers. Through the dedication of students and the support of the community, ASU has evolved into the nation's leader among the more than 50 universities affiliated with the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead.

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NMI students agree; however, they additionally rank high their interest in learning about strategic planning, board governance, grant writing, marketing, program evaluation, and social entrepreneurship. Responses from NMI students and alumni reveal that 94% say NMI courses are relevant to their daily work. Stay tuned.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, is the.

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Backman and Smith have called commercialization a major trend with potentially portentous consequences for civil society. I suggested to my students that it goes all the way back to our high school composition classes, where were taught to justify our topics by saying how big they are or how big they are becoming.

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Learning in the White Space: 5 Unintended Lessons from a Marketing Class

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As an educator (and a social media neophyte), I was dismayed that – despite the scant five students in class – the instructor never asked us to introduce ourselves and discuss why we were there. or " So what if I don't get on board with the latest trend? " Next time, say it with feeling. Unintended) Lesson #4: Listen, then be relevant.

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40 Volunteer Statistics That Will Blow Your Mind

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In 2014, 39% of 12th-grade students reported that they volunteered at least once per month according to findings from Child Trends. According to an AmeriCorps report , people who volunteer over 100 hours a year are some of the healthiest people in the U.S. There are more than 1.8 Sterling Volunteers ). Sterling Volunteers ).

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Learning to Lead, Part 3: How Public Allies and ASU Expanded My Nonprofit Leadership Toolkit

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Although the Public Allies program is also a nonprofit leadership program just like the degree and certificate program and is all under the ASU Lodestar Center, Public Allies is a national program under AmeriCorps first. Public Allies approaches the ideology around leadership differently from the degree and certificate courses.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Making Philanthropy a Lifestyle, 365.

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Im a grad student! If we make it a trend to donate a little bit of money to a different cause every day, or even a different cause every week, it will certainly become a trend that will be followed by our future, today's youth (what could be more valuable?). I always have excuses -- Im too busy!