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How can a welcoming culture help nonprofits improve outcomes?

ASU Lodestar Center

This culture can bring about the desired outcomes of staff, volunteers, and members who reflect the community, having a team possessing strong problem-solving skills, and leadership that embraces innovation. There are many tools available to help people become aware of their biases.

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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. I applied because I wished for a similar experience.

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How nonprofits engaged volunteers during the COVID shutdown

ASU Lodestar Center

Hager Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Arizona State University. Students gravitated to online classes. A group that is better known for their interpersonal skills than their tech-savvy was suddenly thrust into new technology waters. Using such tools, especially when they are new, can be scary.

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11 Hispanic and Latino Organizations Everyone Should Know

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Through HHF’s award-winning LOFT leadership and workforce development program, tens of thousands of students and young professionals are connected to each other and to mentors and resources. Chicanos Por La Causa was founded in 1969 to confront oppression facing Latinos in Phoenix, Arizona as part of the movement led by Cesar Chavez.

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How Can Systematic Evaluation of a Volunteer Program Positively Impact an Organization?

ASU Lodestar Center

It is a useful tool that can define whether the program is meeting expectations, outcomes and goals. Cara Pritulsky is a graduate student of the Arizona State University Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program. Evaluating a volunteer program is exactly like evaluating any other program.

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The Next Generation of Giving

ASU Lodestar Center

Lars Ward is a graduate student in the Lodestar Center's Master of Nonprofit Studies program at Arizona State University. Lars currently works for the ASU Lodestar Center as a Research Aid, helping manage the AzGates platform, a free grant resourcing tool for Arizona nonprofits. Like this article? Get another!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: American Humanics: An Elite Group

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But I think it fits the graduating class of American Humanics (AH) students, all 18 of them. The 18 students being recognized at the annual graduation celebration will have completed all requirements during the spring, summer, and fall semesters of 2011. Okay, okay — I stole this slogan from the U.S. Marine Corps. So, sue me!

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