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COVID-19 and the nonprofit response: Social enterprise?

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In looking at the problem from the perspective of smaller nonprofits serving high needs communities with growing multifaceted issues, sustainability becomes even more daunting. Eric Salazar is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University. Begin with a business plan.

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An Alternative to Writing RFPs for Nonprofit Websites and Technology

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Communications Director and Content Strategist Highway Twenty A Request for Proposal (RFP) is a common way nonprofit organizations invite bids for products and services. If you do issue an RFP, you should not assume all proposals you get back will be similar in scope, so that all you have to do is compare price tags.

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A simple, but profound, change in how we think about volunteers

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This usually elicits some looks of shock and surprise until I elaborate further and explain that I’m not proposing that they cease to engage the community in their work through volunteerism but, rather, that they modify how they think about volunteers in their organization.

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Mentoring Staff New to Nonprofit Work

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posted by Sheryl Keeme , Executive Director, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. It only takes an oversight or a small error to blow up into a problem that could have been avoided with some basic facts. Today, she is proud to lead the Arizona Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, an organization new to Annual Funds. Get another!

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How can leadership development strategies improve retention in nonprofits?

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Director of Development, ASU Health Initiatives. This problem is compounded by nonprofits’ lack of investment in manager training, leaving nonprofit organizations unprepared for the inevitable succession of leadership (Koenig, 2016). Participating in drafting portions of grant proposals. posted by Eric Spicer Sr.

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Saving the California Condor: A Collective Impact Story

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As of July 2011, there are 399 condors known to be living , including 188 in the wild, in California, Arizona, and Mexico. It was a packed hearing and all these people were bringing up challenges (to the proposal). This type of collective approach is how we should approach every large-scale social problem. said Mesta (168). [1]