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At AFP Lead in Houston, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance students prepare for leadership liftoff

ASU Lodestar Center

Gabriella Billett President, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Student Association at ASU. On Wednesday, October 19, a group of 12 students from Arizona State University traveled to Houston, Texas, to attend AFP Lead 2022. I was one of the lucky students who was able to travel and learn so much from the professionals at the conference.

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Helpful Ways to Measure and Optimize Your Nonprofit’s Performance

sgEngage

It) has helped me identify the correct constituents to place into gift officer portfolios,” she said. This measurement signifies how much was done: number of students enrolled, number of concerts performed, number of sea turtles rescued. Outputs : The products, goods, or services which result from an activity.

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The 2024 Best NPOs To Work For: Data Shows Satisfaction Slipping In Some Areas

The NonProfit Times

Across the board within the 2021 study, which evaluated employee attitudes during 2020, the data revealed high-water marks in employee satisfaction. Gatherings large and small were discouraged and in some places banned. Many organizations have kept those simplified processes in place.

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. What attitudes toward evaluation are present? Answer questions like: Did participants’ attitudes, knowledge and skills change? The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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The Practice of Personal Gratitude in Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

Place two boxes on your desk, your kitchen table, or by your door. Then write something that you’re grateful for and place it in the gratitude box. Use this exercise daily to keep your head in the right place. Over time, this attitude will become second nature. This practice may feel a little forced at first. That’s you!

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Tina Seelig's 9 Ways to Unlock Your Creativity Quotient

Have Fun - Do Good

She is also the author of What I Wish I Knew When I Was Twenty: On Making Your Place in the World. Connect and combine things in unusual ways Example: She gave her students an assignment to combine two household items and create something with a new function. 6 (Space Matters), #7 (Reframe the Problem) and #9 (Attitude) were my favs.

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The Great Good Place Book Discussion Part 2: Small Rural Museums as Third Places

Museum 2.0

This is the second installment of a book discussion about Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place. As I was reading The Great Good Place I identified with Oldenburg’s description of Main Street USA, small town America, and rural life. How can a local history museum connect with third places in the community?

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