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Where have all the interns gone?

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance ASU Lodestar Center The origin of the word “intern” goes back to the Latin and French meaning: to restrict or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country. Negative experiences will poison the pool of potential interns.

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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). Self-examination was the zeitgeist of philanthropy in 2021. We reflected. We adapted. and Catherine T.

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How to Create a Content Strategy for Your Nonprofit

Media Cause

Develop your brand voice. Before you get started in building a content strategy, you should first ensure you know your brand voice. A brand voice is your reference point for how your organization speaks to various audiences, both internally and externally. We’ll help guide you along the process in this blog post.

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Social SEO and the Rise of Alternative Search

Media Cause

Is TikTok or Instagram a true search engine in comparison to Google? According to Google’s internal data in 2022, around 40% of Gen Z prefers using TikTok and Instagram for search over Google. As the next generation of searchers age, the way they interact with search continues to change. The short answer is “no.”

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The Mistakes of a Crisis

ASU Lodestar Center

When Chick-Fil-A president Dan Cathy strongly voiced his support of traditional marriage, the company received heavy public criticism, along with a wave of support and record sales. He also interns with the development department at the National Kidney Foundation of Arizona. Komen and the nonprofit sector as a whole. Be Consistent.

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She also said that the pressure of measurement is not lessening and the drumbeat is getting louder. But that nonprofit sector has struggled for decades about whether or not they could demonstrate impact and there are lots of comparisons between sub-sectors. I want to control the communication between staff and board.”

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Why Nonprofits Are Needed in the Sharing Economy

Tech Soup

Some were there, including #nptech leaders like Beth Kanter and Lucy Bernholz, but aside from a small handful who’ve written on this topic in the past few months (see the Read More section below), there hasn’t been a very prominent nonprofit voice in the sharing economy, and that needs to change. Images: Twitter pics, me.

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