ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 14, 2022

Successfully including all stakeholders in the life of a nonprofit requires attention to enacting and maintaining inclusive practices. Proponents of inclusive language suggest that people use the word “disability” as opposed to euphemisms like “special needs” or “differently-abled” which are often received as condescending or offensive.

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

Volunteers are the life-blood of The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. Our volunteers make a difference and have the opportunity to change lives (including their own) every time they fill a role. We appreciate them and their commitment to the cause,” said Stephanie Mendoza, Volunteer Services Manager, Girls Inc.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Take a nice deep breath, think about your life, and start writing. Now look back at your distractions list: What are those distractions in your life that you have to include? The difference is, the best get back up, right the ship and recommit. Question: What’s the difference between a “goal” and a “declaration”?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Houston Food Bank. With simple but effective use of word repetition, the Houston Food Bank clarifies its work and impact. Save a Life. Media: Telling stories that make a difference — Barefoot Workshops. Human Services: Filling pantries. Filling lives. An excellent example of a mission-driven tagline. Nothing But Nets.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I’m originally from Houston. And that made the biggest difference for me in going from struggling and feeling insecure, honestly, right, and fearful of talking to major donors to raising a million a year from individuals to up to 2.5 Momentary discomfort is worth the life change that, that gift will create, isn’t it?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 31, 2011

Last week, at the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums in Houston, I was honored to chair a fabulous panel on empowering museum staff to take creative risks ( slides here ). Risk-takers and space-makers are different kinds of leaders. The outcome is very different. Here's a bit more on each of these.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

I have multiple sclerosis, and my life was in a very awful place. People have organized group gives in Atlanta, Houston, a couple times in Los Angeles, and it will happen tomorrow in San Francisco, that as a group we get together and give away roses to strangers. A lot of wonderful things have happened in my life. I was broke.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Do they make a difference? My Life With NF in Web 2.0 Plus Ed Schipul has a list of panels from folks in Houston. Panelists will include app developers of mobile web solutions for health, environment, economic empowerment, and social justice. Explore cases and key issues in a fast-paced and interactive session. Not on this list?

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. Since 2004 Personal Democracy Forum in New York has been an exceptional opportunity for representatives of NGOs, public administration, activists and journalists to discuss how technology affects politics, government and civic life. How are you courageously engaging across difference?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 12, 2010

Thrivability is our path out of unsustainable practices toward a world where all people have a high quality of life, a voice, and a nurturing earth supporting them. Using whole systems approach, we evolve our way of being together, of collaborating, so that our collective wisdom and action bring forth a flourishing world and thriving life.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

I understand and acknowledge that everyone’s experience is unique and different. So my hope is that if your journey is different than theirs, at least you’ll find some takeaways that you can use as you move forward. Lisa: So my answer is different. It’s a little different than Sarah’s experience.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 22, 2009

Here’s where another ecological concept comes in handy, something called the “edge effect,”—the phenomenon of two different habitats butting up against each other. Preferably ideas that come with some sort of track record suggesting they might be good ideas rather than duds. This does not bode well.

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

And so part of my success is that I think from early on, I saw things differently. So what we’re going to talk about today, very specifically, and I’m going to tell you three things we’re going to walk through, I really do hope this webinar is different than maybe what you thought I was going to tell you today.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2019

As with many other areas of work and life, we’ve collectively come to realize the value of quality over quantity. Email marketing platforms have different capabilities around setting up an audience for a drip campaign. Step 3: Test Different Content & Subject Lines. It used to be that, above all, size mattered.

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