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Five ways to incentivize volunteers

ASU Lodestar Center

While setting up an awareness concert to raise money for cancer, the Garage grouped high school students from different locations. Even though the students did not know each other, their similar titles were a factor in bringing them together as a team. We gave these volunteers the titles “brand ambassador” and “brand promoter”.

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Research Friday: The Self-Sufficiency Standard

ASU Lodestar Center

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Business: Cox Communications and the Metropolitan Tucson Chamber of Commerce now have a deeper understanding of the childcare costs for the region’s workforce, and are investigating ways they might support employees who face those expenses.

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Research Friday: Why Give to International Charities?

ASU Lodestar Center

I am a student in the Master of Nonprofit Studies program at Arizona State University and work for the ASU Lodestar Center. Catholic Relief Services uses microfinancing to create alternatives to migration, and Solace International , headquartered in Tucson, invests in social entrepreneurship. In fact, though the U.S.