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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. By investing in resources, such as workshops, conferences and online courses from accredited colleges and universities, nonprofits have benefited from their improvement of incorporating volunteers into nonprofit organizations.

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Let’s All Pull Together: Reflections from Harambee 2023

Candid

Uplifting historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) Shaw University, located in Raleigh, NC, was the first HBCU organized in the South and is the birthplace of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). At Howard University, we used to sing the song during convocation. Panelist Dr. Steven E.

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Foundations step up funding to bolster trust in local news 

Candid

As part of their democracy portfolios, they’re funding not only newsroom operations and training but also research and collaborations to bring diverse voices to the fore. To close the funding gap for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) newsrooms, Borealis Philanthropy’s Racial Equity in Journalism Fund has awarded over $5.2

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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. Treat volunteers and the roles asked of them with respect and importance. Give every volunteer a written job title, a job description, and the appropriate training to fulfill the role they have accepted. Awards and gifts. Volunteers feeling overloaded. Be organized.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

We listened to the "rising voices of the people we serve" as a foundation staffer framed it recently. At times those voices were passionately personal, at others they were mandates delivered through data. Intern Roles (if any). MacArthur Foundation and an award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We reflected.

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Beyond Survival: Post-Disruption Nonprofit Donor Experience Strategy

Bloomerang

Everyone has a role in the reengineering of your donor experience. . And it’s the best way I know to convey to non-development staff how important their role is in facilitating philanthropy. You may not currently have much of a voice in these touches. Brian Solis . Increasingly you’ll find many touches are digital in nature.

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Celebrate, Educate, and Fundraise: Planning Winning AAPI Heritage Month Events

The Modern Nonprofit

It can pay tribute to heritage while also emphasizing the universal human ideals of justice, family, culture, or community. Not only does this provide powerful role models for attendees, but it can boost interest and attendance at your event. Recognize prominent AAPI individuals with heritage awards.