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The voice and vision of the volunteer

ASU Lodestar Center

These limitations can be decreased if nonprofits embrace the voice and vision of the volunteer. Cockrell Coleman is the pioneer of an effort started in his hometown (Nashville, TN) 10 years ago called The Beginners Leadership Achievement Awards.

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11 Hispanic and Latino Organizations Everyone Should Know

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Hispanic Heritage Foundation is an award-winning nonprofit that identifies, inspires, prepares and positions Latino leaders in the classroom, community and workforce to meet America’s priorities. Unidos US Since 1968, UnidosUS —formerly known as National Council of La Raza—has remained a trusted, nonpartisan voice for Latinos.

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Are nonprofit volunteer retention strategies vital to a thriving team?

ASU Lodestar Center

Volunteers feeling micro-managed and without a voice. Assigning volunteers to work in groups is a great way to deepen relationships, and provide mentoring and mission-focused collaboration. Awards and gifts. Research has shown that these reasons often fall into four general categories. Volunteers feeling overloaded.

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Storymakers 2014 Winners — A Global Success

Tech Soup

"We are beyond thrilled to accept the grand prize award for this year's 2014 Storymakers challenge. The winner of the digital storytelling award that promotes a youth cause or STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is "Free Running in Baltimore" by Wide Angle Youth Media, created by Tyson Sanford-Griffin.

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Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

NonProfit Hub

And hundreds of top mentors contributed to what’s rattling around in his head. Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. It taught him to respect research.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

"I would wake up in the middle of the night and still hear their voices. I just had to take that chance." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. We unite those voices to accelerate change.

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Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

Have Fun - Do Good

We do it both through personal mentoring, but also with the right skill sets. Too often we give the resources to the communities that have the loudest voice. It's really creating that voice, and I think we can facilitate that. Tea, from the health perspective. They have a large vision. They're artists so they think big.

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