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The voice and vision of the volunteer

ASU Lodestar Center

Everyone loves to save money, but when is saving money more important than taking care of the people that help implement and accomplish the ever-changing objectives and strategic plans? Before this deep dive into the volunteer management arena, I viewed nonprofit and for-profit organizations differently.

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How Nonprofits Can Engage Volunteers in Advocacy

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Carletha Sterling Summer 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Volunteer Board Member Wings for Women, Tucson, Arizona. Advocacy is defined by Higher Logic’s Molly Talbert as “combining a passionate segment of your membership with opportunities to make a difference beyond the walls of the organization.”

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Five ways to incentivize volunteers

ASU Lodestar Center

While setting up an awareness concert to raise money for cancer, the Garage grouped high school students from different locations. The satisfaction in making a difference can act as a substitute for money. View the NMI registration page for information on upcoming courses in Phoenix, Tucson, and online.

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Why investing in leadership development is a wise strategy

ASU Lodestar Center

During tough financial times, strong leadership may be the difference between those organizations that thrive and those that are unable to survive. According to a Bridgespan online assessment of nonprofit organizations, their two biggest obstacles to investing more into leadership are time and money.

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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

Have Fun - Do Good

It's pretty amazing what these folks have created, like Dan Newman, the Executive Director and Co-founder of MAPLight.org , a non-partisan non-profit that illuminates the connection between money and politics (you can read my interview with him here ). Because I'm sitting out here in Tucson, Arizona where there are more cows than computers.