ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

posted by Jen Nation Fall 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. With the recent pandemic, civil unrest and racism conversations front and center, nonprofit organizations are working overtime to serve communities deeply affected by these issues. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 22, 2022

posted by Brittney Riedinger Fall 2021 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. The lack of diversity in our country’s leadership has become a topic of scrutiny in recent years, and the nonprofit sector is not exempt from the problem. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Disparities in access to mentorship programs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

posted by Shayla Hubbard Project Coordinator, University of Arizona College of Medicine. Nonprofit organizations have the ability to connect and mobilize individuals. By creating opportunities for engagement, the nonprofit sector is responsible for building cohesion and social capital.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In October 2022, Google announced they would replace their Universal Analytics (UA) with their next-generation measurement solution Google Analytics 4 (GA4) , on July 1st, 2023. For any nonprofit with UA, you will need to set up a new GA4 property and start collecting data from scratch.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs. Digital fundraising professionals face a significant new challenge when it comes to fundraising on Facebook. Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) measures ROI. from the University of Virginia. It calculates how much money you’ve raised for every dollar spent.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Top Nonprofit Blogs to Bookmark Today. It’s no surprise: thought leaders in the nonprofit sector, many with decades of experience, still take the time to give back to others. The Agitator is written by nonprofit marketers and fundraisers who were fed up with the status quo.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

posted by Diana Onuschak Fall 2021 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. Nonprofit organizations, and civil societies long before that, have always sought to bring like-minded and motivated people together to build community and solve social issues. So here is your challenge. Look inward. Get uncomfortable.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The nonprofit and education leaders I work with each have a different definition of “digital transformation.” How does it measure its impact? Robert Morris University’s mission is to help students become engaged, productive, and successful citizens. Is the work happening efficiently? It’s far from a distraction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge , and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. They shared the story of one of their YouTube videos getting 1.5

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APRIL 16, 2024

Defining ‘community service’ broadly Based on surveys and focus groups, Leveraging the Potential of Youth Service found that young people ages 18 to 25 defined “community service” broadly, beyond volunteering with a nonprofit organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

The specifics of your strategy are going to vary depending on your industry or your members’ interests or any one of a hundred other factors—but there are certain best practices that pretty much all successful nonprofit association strategies have in common. Get all of your nonprofit’s stakeholders involved in this process.

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JULY 15, 2021

It’s unintentional group think, a mixture of both seeking out conclusions which confirm what we already believe to be true and letting unconscious preconceptions direct how we manage staff, volunteers and donors in our nonprofit workplace. Why does avoiding unconscious confirmation bias in the nonprofit workplace matter?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

posted by Syeda Hussaini Spring 2021 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. Diversity and inclusion are not new terms for the nonprofit sector. Unfortunately, in the nonprofit boardroom, this change has yet to be reflected. According to the Impact of Diversity study , nonprofit boards are 78.6%

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Data fuels most activities in a nonprofit. Analyzed data—usually in the form of charts and dashboards—provides a way for you to measure your organization’s activity against past output or industry standards: it allows you to determine growth and success, or lack thereof. If you are the data guru, welcome to the club.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Your nonprofit’s mission is the foundation of everything you do. Your nonprofit mission statement is how you communicate your organization’s impact to supporters, clients, and the community at large. What Is a Nonprofit Mission Statement? Why does your nonprofit exist? All right, let’s get started.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

When I talk with nonprofit leaders about digital transformation , I get responses that range from excitement and optimism to skepticism and overwhelm. Research shows that nonprofits that have worked through a digital transformation process are fast, agile, and resilient. They can work quickly to collect and learn from data.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In order to decide on this topic, we asked our community to submit challenges. This lab will bring together leaders from across the nonprofit, government, and for-profit sectors to lend their expertise to ideate and co-design technology solutions to advance progress on this issue. Why Climate Justice? Isabella received her B.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

posted by Jeffrey Salisbury Spring 2020 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Collectively, churches comprise the largest segment of the nonprofit sector in America. Their potential to impact significantly the social challenges that plague our cities is extraordinary. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions. This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Measurement Challenges.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2019

posted by Tomasa Ravines Burga Fall 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Goodwill, AmeriCorps and Girl Scouts are good examples in the nonprofit sector. But what about most nonprofits, without national recognition? There are more than one million nonprofits in the U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

posted by Nathan Bezzant Fall 2021 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. The International Society for Third Sector Research published a recent paper that summarizes why nonprofit leaders must use technology to connect with stakeholders in the emerging digital, civil society. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

posted by Veera Tervola Morrison Spring 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2018

One of my favorite activities is to do a networking walk on The Dish trail, a five mile somewhat challenging hike adjacent to the Stanford University campus, a location where Silicon Valley start up entrepreneurs have famously walked and made deals or come up with great ideas. How do you measure that impact?

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Did you also know that 49% of nonprofit employees expect cost cuts this year and 54% of nonprofit leaders have implemented changes to organizational goals and activities? . Now more than ever, it’s vital for nonprofits to diversify their funding sources. Why grants are important to nonprofits. Let’s dig in!

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Did you also know that 49% of nonprofit employees expect cost cuts this year and 54% of nonprofit leaders have implemented changes to organizational goals and activities? . Now more than ever, it’s vital for nonprofits to diversify their funding sources. Why grants are important to nonprofits. Let’s dig in!

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Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 23, 2023

Running reports and measuring data. Volunteer Recruitment & Registration It should come as no surprise, but, one of the top challenges for new volunteer coordinators is recruiting volunteers and the time-consuming process often associated with it. In fact, only 55% of nonprofits actively measure it.

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AUGUST 10, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. Mary’s University of Minnesota. New board members are valuable resources.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

If Skip the resolutions and let’s talk about goal setting for your nonprofit. July 1 represents a new fiscal year for many nonprofits, a time to review programs and previous goals to be sure they’re aligned with the mission and to establish new benchmarks. We want your nonprofit to be successful in its mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” ” I hear this too often from nonprofits. ” I hear this too often from nonprofits. The skills are out there.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

posted by Marina Sandoval Fall 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on nonprofits nationwide. Experts are not sure when it will be safe to hold large gatherings again, which hinders nonprofits that rely on an events-based structure to generate donations.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2022

Part of the Maryville Fund’s success can be attributed to Tartan Tuesday , Maryville College’s annual 1,819-minute giving challenge. Held during the first week of April, Tartan Tuesday invites all members of the Maryville College community to support the programs and causes that are important to them and help the College earn challenge gifts.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2019

posted by Tomasa Ravines Burga Fall 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Goodwill, AmeriCorps and Girl Scouts are good examples in the nonprofit sector. But what about most nonprofits, without national recognition? There are more than one million nonprofits in the U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Nonprofit staff training has evolved to meet the new challenges your team is facing. Luckily, training courses have evolved to meet the challenge. This isn’t the time to take a deep-dive into your nonprofit’s history. Create engaging, but challenging, e-learning scenarios to keep the learner’s attention.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Our Leadership Council incorporates a diverse array of expertise and cause affiliations with representation from nonprofit organizations, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and many more. The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. National University. Nonprofit Leaders.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 23, 2014

posted by Chloe Silva , Program Coordinator ASU Lodestar Center In a society fundamentally rooted in capitalism, how can nonprofits argue their worth when their work cannot be translated into a monetary sum? Increasingly, nonprofit organizations are looking for new ways to measure (and thereby validate) the importance of their work.

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