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The voice and vision of the volunteer

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According to the Independent Sector, a national advocate for the nonprofit sector, “A volunteer can impact the quality of services in charities and congregations while reducing costs.” However, as with any successful endeavor, it takes formal training to advance potential and the social sector is no different.

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How Nonprofits Can Engage Volunteers in Advocacy

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posted by Carletha Sterling Summer 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Volunteer Board Member Wings for Women, Tucson, Arizona. To use volunteers effectively in advocacy, nonprofits should implement training programs such as a micro-advocacy program, according to Talbert. Talbert, M.

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How Can Nonprofit Organizations Build High-Performing Employees?

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Invest in their professional development either by offering training programs, mentorship opportunities, leadership responsibilities or by showing an active interest in their career path. Training will help build talent. Training is a cost-effective way to build a high-performing workforce. Recognition.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Elsbeth Pollack

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Elsbeth Pollack is a Program Manager for Public Allies Arizona (PAAZ) , an AmeriCorps program that engages service-minded young individuals in 10-months of paid leadership training, apprenticeships, and service opportunities in collaboration with local nonprofit partner organizations. Meet Elsbeth. What were you doing before this?

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So, you’re thinking about serving on a board. Now what?

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It gives you a chance to have significant impact on the direction of an agency and issue you are passionate about. Need effective board governance training? Try ASU Lodestar Center's Effective, Motivated Board Governance training. To find out more about our upcoming training in Tucson on December 12, click here.

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Recruiting New Board Members? Here’s how our geographically-focused nonprofit does it!

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Now the next step is how to do some basic board development training, but we’ll leave that for another blog post! Jessie comes to Phoenix from Chicago before she made the move to Tucson to become a Wildcat for life! Click here to read "Seven Key Skills of High Impact Nonprofit Leaders," by Karen Ramsey. Happy Recruitment!

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Diversity recruitment key to nonprofit boards achieving mission

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The two key words are “meaningful impact.” Here are some tips for recruiting strategies and tactics for building a more diverse nonprofit board: Again, when thinking in terms of qualifications, think “meaningful impact” as being on the top of the list. Perhaps surprisingly, those two words are not “race” and “ethnicity.”

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