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Strategies to diversify nonprofit boards to yield success

ASU Lodestar Center

Once recruited and interviewed an onboarding process can be established. There is no doubt there will be financial- and time-related challenges along the way. Strong leadership will need to be involved to overcome these challenges. Strong leadership will need to be involved to overcome these challenges.

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Participant of Public Allies Class 12 Shares What She learned

ASU Lodestar Center

After the interview process, I was placed at the Arizona Commission for Post-Secondary Education (ACPE), which ironically, was my least desired match. However, I joined Public Allies to further develop my professional “real-world” skills; so inevitably, I was placed at the ACPE.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

I received my bachelor’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership and Management at Arizona State University in 2018 and earned the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential from the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance student organization at ASU. She was placed as a Youth Peer Support Provider at Mentally Ill Kids in Distress (MIKID.)

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'Thanks to Public Allies, I am Now, and Forever, an Agent of Impact'

ASU Lodestar Center

Therefore, I took a leap of faith, took “the road less traveled,” and applied for Public Allies Arizona. Though it may have been nerve-wracking in the moment, I loved having to interview with so many organizations and having to think on my feet. I saw myself rising to each new challenge.

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How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

ASU Lodestar Center

Member based nonprofits and trade associations have been consistently losing ground in the volunteer sector and are challenged with remaining relevant and retaining members. The Race for Relevance, by Coever and Byers, looks at another angle, the internal structure of nonprofits as the place to evaluate the decline and influence change.

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Fighting for a cause

ASU Lodestar Center

I recently completed a nonprofit internship, and it was a very difficult and challenging experience. My internship took place at Fairbanks Youth Advocates in Fairbanks, Alaska. The next big challenge was researching how to open an emergency youth shelter. After two weeks, we had an agreement in place. Dick Erwin.

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How Can Nonprofits Retain High-Performing Staff?

ASU Lodestar Center

The 2017 Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey results show that organizations’ top three greatest talent challenges are hiring qualified staff within limited budget constraints, maintaining salary budgets against market pressures, and finding qualified staff. Challenges recruiting qualified staff only intensify the need to retain them.