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Bringing “NOW Generation” Leaders to the Forefront

ASU Lodestar Center

Jessie Singer , Executive Director. Being a young nonprofit Executive Director with minimal nonprofit leadership experience, I have entered the sector this year and have found a new home. It is a selfless act for someone to choose to enter a world where money is not a driving factor, but helping others is.

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We are what we eat

ASU Lodestar Center

A student at Ochoa Elementary in Tucson proudly displays her bounty of carrots after harvest day. But with increased testing and heightened security, and many other demands on schools and teachers today, are gardens just a green frill, or are they a good use of a school’s time and money? Photo by Nick Henry).

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How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

ASU Lodestar Center

Putnam digs into the changes in our culture in the 1970’s and 80’s and what may have occurred to create such a change in how we interact with each other in the social and civic arenas. By using lean innovation, SVPAZ did not invest money or hours of staff time to determine how they might communicate more effectively with members.

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Diversity recruitment key to nonprofit boards achieving mission

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Joseph Garcia Director of Communication, ASU Morrison Institute Director, ASU Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center. Unlike business, the bottom line of a nonprofit is not necessarily money; it’s all about outcomes, which often manifest themselves as intangible results not easily measured by metrics.

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Why investing in leadership development is a wise strategy

ASU Lodestar Center

According to a Bridgespan online assessment of nonprofit organizations, their two biggest obstacles to investing more into leadership are time and money. Adam has worked as a program director and program coordinator for The Foundation for Tomorrow and Support for International Change, respectively.

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Philanthropy needs to change, but what can be done in fundraising for equity now?

ASU Lodestar Center

Yet, while this fundamental system change in philanthropy takes place, what can fundraisers do now to fundraise from an equity lens to encourage this change? Engage the board of directors in equity and increase representation to reflect the community. Combat scarcity-mindset and push for unrestricted funding.

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

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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 ). I'm the Founder and Executive Director of the Freecycle Network.