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How can the strategic planning process promote effective nonprofit decision-making?

ASU Lodestar Center

Leaders need to take time to include input from many stakeholders through surveys, focus groups, conversations, and meetings. Leaders need to balance these two elements and keep an open mind. Bob Sell is a 2021 graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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Were We Crazy to Pursue Service Enterprise Certification? Our Rewarding Journey with SEI

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Susan Nusall Director of Volunteers at Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education/Arizona Bar Foundation. What comes to mind when you hear Diagnostic Survey? How about Certification Rubric? We have trainings, we have orientations, we have recognition… We thought we would just sail through the process.

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What strategies can nonprofit leaders use to move program beneficiaries into program partners?

ASU Lodestar Center

In a survey of the charitable community through the Independent Sector (PDF), nonprofit professionals admitted that they need more engagement with their stakeholders. However, after looking at the benefits that might arise, leaders in the sector may change their mind. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Obstacle 1: “We have no money.”.

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How can social innovation and enterprise help nonprofits create sustainable solutions to community issues?

ASU Lodestar Center

It’s important to keep in mind that this isn’t what you think they need. Survey them about community issues. Alyssa Huntley is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University. Go out into the community and meet people. Explore More: Program Evaluation Jim Collins.

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Diversity recruitment key to nonprofit boards achieving mission

ASU Lodestar Center

A first-of-its-kind, comprehensive national survey found that 86 percent of nonprofit board members in the United States are non-Hispanic whites. Throughout the process of building a diverse board, which will have the inevitable ups and downs of any new initiative, there are two words to keep in mind and stay on track.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Mental Health

Kindful

Their foremost philanthropic priority is to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children and youth by aiding progress in the field of child welfare through dissemination of knowledge about research, studies, surveys, projects, or by supporting programs and activities benefiting the welfare of children and youth.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Mental Health

Bloomerang

Their foremost philanthropic priority is to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children and youth by aiding progress in the field of child welfare through dissemination of knowledge about research, studies, surveys, projects, or by supporting programs and activities benefiting the welfare of children and youth.

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