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6 Strategies to Involve Young People in Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Professional jargon is like kryptonite to genuine communication. Examples of jargon include words like empower, enable, community-driven action, food insecure, change agent, stakeholder, alignment, integrated, leverage, and holistic. So, connect with local high schools, colleges, universities, and clubs.

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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

These sentiments were echoed in the focus groups the Commission conducted: People wanted to give and thought it should be a priority, but they felt hindered by time, money, and a general feeling of helplessness,” according to the authors. The Filer group also issued a report. Census Bureau and the U.S.

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How can nonprofits successfully engage the next generation of donors?

ASU Lodestar Center

Younger individuals from the Millennial generation, as well as some from Gen X and Z groups, will soon become the lifeblood of the nonprofit sector – being transitioned nearly $30 trillion over the next 20 years from their predecessors, the Baby Boomers. In 2015, 87% of total charitable contributions in the U.S. were made by individuals.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Wednesday, March 16, 2011 How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man posted by Michael Soto , 2nd Year Fellow – Public Allies Arizona / Arizona Citizens for the Arts Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to serve my country. A few months ago, I was shopping at the local grocery market, wearing my AmeriCorps sweatshirt.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Recognizing that the effects of climate change aren’t equal, this lab aims to co-design a technology solution to support low-income communities of color that are most impacted by the climate crisis. Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas.

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

Twenty Hats

Over the past year, our research team at Arizona State University has conducted the Technology Evolution in Volunteer Management, or “TEVA” project. The survey gave us a basic sketch, but the color and texture emerged during follow-up focus group conversations. But among the storm clouds, there were some silver linings.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: American Humanics: An Elite Group

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Tuesday, May 17, 2011 American Humanics: An Elite Group posted by Lyn McDonough , American Humanics Program Coordinator Senior, ASU Lodestar Center "The few, the proud." American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Okay, okay — I stole this slogan from the U.S. Marine Corps.

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