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

Twenty Hats

One theme we’re seeing over and over again is how the pandemic changed the way volunteer managers educate and train their volunteers and clients, often using Zoom or other video sharing platforms.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

In the spring and summer of 2021, with funding from AmeriCorps, our research team held focus groups with volunteer administrators about their technology use in the pandemic. So, on one hand, involuntary reliance on video platforms and social media paid new dividends in accessibility for volunteers and clients.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Charles Best is "Character Approved"

ASU Lodestar Center

In the process of doing so, I happened to stumble across the following short video about one of our forums keynote speakers, Charles Best. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Picture This: A Look Back at This Year's.

ASU Lodestar Center

I think that video really showed what the forum was all about. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. What a great glimpse into the forum, Kayla. Thanks for sharing! March 22, 2011 1:57 PM Brittany said. Nice work Kayla.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Forum Follow-up, Part 1

ASU Lodestar Center

Over the next few weeks we would like to document and share some of the ideas and insights gleaned from our participants and presenters through a series of short video montages. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: All You Need is Love. and a Whole Lot.

ASU Lodestar Center

Take a look at the video below in which participants answer the question, "What does the forum mean to you?" And while youre at it, check out some of our other forum videos on the ASU Lodestar Centers YouTube Channel. In the video in my blog there is a student giving testimony to how beneficial the forum was to her. Dont worry!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: The cockroach under the refrigerator.

ASU Lodestar Center

Stannard-Stockton referenced a video produced by "Good Intentions Are Not Enough," an online service of The Charity Rater, LLC. I dont think its possible to watch this video without feeling a strong mixture of emotions. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Fear not, nonprofit professionals! All You Need is Love.