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Learning in the White Space: 5 Unintended Lessons from a Marketing Class

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By Lindsay Bealko, Principal, Toolkit Consulting. Over the next three hours, I absorbed the things my instructor was teaching, but I also found myself reflecting on a bunch of things he wasn't trying to teach at all – unless he's really good at Jedi mind tricks ! Unintended) Lesson #2: Say less, people will remember more.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Better Together: Collaboration and.

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The Collaboration Prize itself is a joint effort by several pioneering organizations: The Lodestar Foundation has partnered with the AIM Alliance , the Foundation Center , La Piana Consulting , and other foundation and nonprofit leaders to support the 2011 Prize. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Do you feel the force.

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To alleviate some of this pressure, this week I will introduce you to one of the trends described in "Convergence," which was compiled by La Piana Consulting and commissioned by The James Irvine Foundation. For years, we have tried to teach others about "cultural competency" through workshops. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday Guest Post: "State of.

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We are a CDFI providing nonprofits with loans and lines of credit; we also organize financial training workshops, perform business analyses, and offer customized consulting services to nonprofits and their funders nationwide. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Fear not, nonprofit professionals! All You Need is Love.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Executive Compensation"

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First, consult the research and data available on nonprofit CEO compensation. And yet, approximately nine percent of nonprofit CEOs leave their organizations each year—many of them for better paying jobs, often in philanthropy or consulting. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Two things come to mind.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Social Media is all.

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Sources: ^ [1] "Convergence: How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector" from La Piana Consulting was commissioned by the James Irvine Foundation. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. Click here to download a PDF copy.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, Your Tax.

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I didnt follow the voice prompts to a real person, but Id guess that the founders abandoned their nonprofit and maintained their for-profit consulting gig instead. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. All You Need is Love.