ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

According to a survey by Landles-Cobb, Kramer, and Smith Milway (2015), the second most cited reason for staff turnover, behind low compensation, was lack of leadership development and growth opportunity. Organizations can start small, perhaps focusing on a few emerging leaders, and build structured leadership development systems over time.

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2023

As we enter 2023, we’ve compiled a list of nonprofit books from Candid’s free digital library that can help inspire your nonprofit’s New Year’s resolutions. We all know leadership and management play a significant role in any nonprofit’s success. Resilience That Works: Eight Practices for Leadership and Life by Marian N.

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DipJar

JANUARY 3, 2023

With his leadership, we look forward to growing DipJar’s positive impact on our customers’ fundraising efforts.”. Board Chairman Brian Shanahan said, “We are excited to welcome Brian to DipJar. Our customers are passionate about their missions, and he brings to our company an equal amount of passion for serving them.

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Donor-Centered Leadership by Penelope Burk Yes, donor-centered fundraising is the key to your organization’s long-term sustainability. Donor-Centered Leadership (Amazon link) Train Your Board (and Everyone Else) to Raise Money: A Cookbook of Easy-to-Use Fundraising Exercises by Andrea Kihlstedt and Andy Robinson Whining about our boards.

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Neon CRM

MAY 1, 2023

For example, say a library organization wanted to restore a historic local library. They may decide to hold an informational event at that library to engage individuals who are already connected to it. I used to come to this library all the time when I was a little girl.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The nonprofit Benetech team built the revolutionary Bookshare library for this community, all online, and based on the powerfully flexible ebook. We named this library Bookshare because it was created with an army of crowdsourcing volunteers, many of them blind people themselves, who scan the books using optical character recognition.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

It provides free information on nonprofits’ missions, visions, values, programs, leadership, and finances. Candid also encourages nonprofits to report the demographic makeup of their board, leadership, and staff so you can better understand where the organization lands in terms of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). . GuideStar

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

Here at the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, we’ve dedicated ourselves to professional development in the nonprofit sector. It used to be that you needed to enroll at a local school or spend hours in the library to learn new skills. Now, however, in the age of the internet, we have new learning opportunities emerging everywhere we look!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

You are someone who dreams about using your management and leadership skills and love of technology for social impact, exceeding the bounds of what a regular for-profit business can do. Our Bookshare service is the world’s largest online library of accessible ebooks for people with disabilities, serving over 350,000 users in 60 countries.

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Candid

MARCH 19, 2024

A nonprofit can earn a Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum Seal for its nonprofit profile on Candid’s GuideStar by sharing information about its mission, programs, financials, leadership, and/or goals and metrics. Also check out Candid’s upcoming webinars and video library for more educational videos (both webinar recordings and quick tips).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

But this is more than a simple report on a highly successful leadership program that takes a systems approach to serving an underserved community, it is the authors playbook of how to design and implement a program, including facilitation recipes for designing meetings. This section includes templates for meeting processes.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

—– The Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference takes place Febrary 28-March 2 in Austin, TX, and I’m SO honored to be a keynote speaker! The keynote will focus on “Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation”. Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2014

Want to make an impact on your library's community with technology? The Edge Initiative has officially launched, and public libraries across the United States can now apply to participate! The Edge Initiative is a leadership and management tool that can help you align your library's technology with community needs.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. Leadership and decision-making come from adoption not from executive authority.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

As in so many fields, nonprofits, religious organizations, libraries, and foundations are important change agents toward a world of gender equality. Nonprofit Technology Leadership. International NGO Leadership. Cecily Walker , systems librarian at the Vancouver BC Public Library. TechSoup Leadership.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2020

posted by Tosha Russock Spring 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Is your executive leadership team not responsible for idea generation? Create an office library and update it regularly using materials from books, newspaper articles, and academic journals. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Plus, learn how to use Storify to capture insights at your next event, discover low-cost tools for visual communications, and tips on how to build a compelling visual library. >>Enjoy, change journal Leadership Leadership nten change publications Strategy' >>Enjoy, and subscribe!

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

TechSoup Global has a clearly defined goal of providing nonprofits, charities and libraries with modern, discounted copies of today’s hottest Adobe, Microsoft, Cisco and Intuit products. Industry News Leadership Tech nonprofit npTech tech volunteer connect' TechSoup Global. Read more about MANNA’s tech success HERE.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

The Summit welcomed some of the most impressive individuals and organizations in the nonprofit sector, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America , Mary’s Meals, World Central Kitchen, the Ford Foundation, Greenpeace, Save the Children, and more to speak at the event’s global mainstage, in breakout sessions, and on thought leadership panels. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Then I’ll share the latest stories on the impact of our tech volunteerism and human rights tech efforts as well our new tech leadership. He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. Bookshare has made my homework easier,” Brennan says.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Leadership training on communications styles.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

Earlier today, I attended the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) National Leadership Conference in Chicago where I received the 2013 Migel Medal. And when the idea of a peer-to-peer ebook library came to me, it was George who I went to with the idea. It was named for the first board chair of AFB, M.C.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

MindTools Team Management Tools -Mindtools is a robust collection of resources to increase productivity, improve management and leadership skills, and support organizational development initiatives. Each method provides step-by-ste instructions, examples, templates, and additional reading links.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2014

But, they all can only happen when there''s strong leadership at the company''s helm. Best Companies Best Places To Work Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Benetech is tackling these issues on two fronts, thanks to the leadership of Enrique Piracés, who joined us last year from Human Rights Watch. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact. Conclusion This is a most exciting time for the technology-for-good movement and for Benetech.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

This reality changed when both Kevin and Sophia learned about the accessible online library Bookshare , an initiative of Silicon Valley technology nonprofit Benetech. With its rapidly growing collection of over 225,000 (and counting) accessible ebooks, Bookshare is the world’s largest library of its kind.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 8, 2017

But, they all can only happen when there's strong leadership at the company's helm.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 2, 2019

posted by Bo Buchanan Spring 2019 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. This “interpersonal dimension” is key to creating a sense of inclusiveness among trustees and cultivating leadership within the board. Barry Casey Masonic Memorial Library & Museum of Arizona.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 21, 2018

posted by Hira Ismail Graduate Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. managerial/professional workforce, but only 10-17 percent of CEO and board leadership at foundations” (Ryan, 2012, p. Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/job.2040. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 38, 276–303.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

You can focus on building the MVP of your organization, whether that’s your volunteer leadership and boards, member community, educational resources or something else, to increase the value you offer your members and communicate that value to non-members who are likely to convert.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Operations & Leadership Nonprofit Membership Levels: 4 Types Plus Tips for Success 9 min read Read Now Communication & Information Benefits One of the ways that memberships deliver value is by helping members stay in-the-know and ahead of the lack.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Library clips :: Online communities - technical facilitators are not enough :: October :: 2009: "I’m finding that some Communities of Practice (CoPs) at work are lacking leadership even though they have a community leader.This is a broad statement, and there can be many reasons for this, but in this post I want to focus on one particular reason."

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For example, the Leaderosity Learning Library by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance has courses that utilize engaging learning elements such as text, video, images, and interactive features. For more information on the NLA’s mission and Leaderosity, check out the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. . Good luck! .

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 29, 2013

Level 3: Millennial Impact: The ultimate goal of this benchmark is to provide leadership, service, and truly transformational opportunities for Millenials. There a great way for nonprofits and libraries to assess their current programs and to create goals for improvement. We're also busy.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

NYC Haunts is a mobile game created by the Global Kids Online Leadership Organization in a partnership with the New York Public Library. Created by local NYC students, this game is designed to be played in and around city libraries and teaches players how to use library resources. Additional Resources.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

Guest blogger Grant Howe, VP of research and development for Sage North America's nonprofit solutions, kicks off a series of posts about providing great IT leadership. From TechSoup for Libraries. App It Up highlights library apps and apps by and for nonprofits , and shares their nonprofit and library app survey results.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 11, 2021

books for the library or basketballs for the athletics program). In the US, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) asks nonprofit entities to adhere to a couple of key recording and reporting standards related to fundraising (among many others): Donor-imposed restrictions on assets (i.e., funds or property donated).

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