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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

Not all leaders think that way, but organizations that value equity of access must consider the plights of those who might be systematically excluded from engagement efforts. Although we did not start with a particular emphasis on equity and access, this theme came up regularly in our conversations with the field.

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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

They wanted to help students and teachers who were teaching from home that needed curriculum ideas and ways to engage their students in this new virtual environment.”. When we’re in person, some of those clients weren’t able to access our programs because there was no transportation.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Picture This: A Look Back at This Year's.

ASU Lodestar Center

It was also fun for me to meet some other students who attended. They were happy to share stories about all of the great connections they were making, which, for me, showed how valuable the Forum is for a variety of nonprofit professionals. Research Friday Guest Post: "State of the Sector.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: All You Need is Love. and a Whole Lot.

ASU Lodestar Center

Over the course of the day, there was so much communication going on — networking between nonprofits; sharing of ideas, knowledge, and experiences; and, maybe most thought-provoking, grantees and funders empathetically listening to each others stories and gaining a glimpse into the "other side" of the process. Great post.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "The Art of Data.

ASU Lodestar Center

The stories were about Arizona schools and the state of education pertaining to the academic achievement of students and their schools. The sub-heading for this headline read: "More Arizona schools are failing or underperforming as they try to get their students to make academic progress, a state assessment shows." [2]

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Twitter Dashboards and the Dark Side of.

ASU Lodestar Center

The Red Cross tweet mix up occurred because the staff member in charge of the account was unfamiliar with HootSuite , one of the many programs that allow users to access multiple twitter accounts from one dashboard. Did you see that NPR ran a story just today about the latest Kanye West scandal? It involves YouTube AND Twitter.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

ASU Lodestar Center

Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development This post is about a bad dog and the role that a class of ASU students is playing in its quest for redemption. However, story after story pointed to pressures from donors for nonprofits to invest as little money as possible in administration and fundraising.

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