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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

Over the past year, our research team at Arizona State University has conducted the Technology Evolution in Volunteer Management, or “TEVA” project. The [public] transit didn’t go there.”. It was their employees in Chicago and Atlanta. But among the storm clouds, there were some silver linings. It wasn’t!

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How Do You Measure Up? [Benchmarks Webinar]

Care2

She has a BS in Business Administration in Marketing and Advertising from Marquette University, and lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter. Throughout her life, Ashley has visited over 200 public lands only to come home to find her favorite National Park, the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, right here in D.C.

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How can nonprofits embrace technology to achieve social impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Technology in the nonprofit sector is historically integrated more slowly than in other sectors, which stems from many nonprofit organizations having restrictive budgets and a more traditional or conservative mindset. As noted by Ally Marotti in an article in the Chicago Tribune, “ Data is at our fingertips now. Employee benefits.

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The Environmental Case for Remanufactured IT

Tech Soup

The University of Illinois Sustainable Electronics Initiative estimates that each PC or mobile phone contains about half the periodic table. It also conserves materials. So retaining valuable and often toxic materials as long as possible is another reason why reuse is so important for conservation. How Much Does Reuse Save?

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NTEN Celebrates National Volunteer Week: Honoring NTEN Committee Members

NTEN

The NTEN Editorial Committee is a group of committed professionals that meet monthly to discuss content and strategy for the NTEN: Change Journal , our quarterly digital publication for nonprofit leaders. Jeanne Allen, Program Coordinator, Duke University Nonprofit Management Program. Laura Quinn, Executive Director, Idealware.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Are you passionate about conservation and environmental causes? Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too. askformore. Rachel Carson. You can thank marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson for that. Fund their work! Sheroes in the Arts.

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Carnet Williams: Nonprofit Technology, Blogging, Aggregating, & Surfing.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also met Rob Stuart early on as an organizer of the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene. I jetted out to the first Riders Roundup in Chicago where I realized there were other folks doing similar work. Many of our students ended up staying in the sector after they graduated. What you are doing now?