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A Helpful (Unofficial) Digital Training Guide for New AmeriCorps Members

Whole Whale

Just to be clear from the beginning of this guide, Whole Whale is not directly affiliated or funded by AmeriCorps (though there are alumni on our staff), but we ARE huge fans of the program. However, over the past two years of the pandemic, there has been a massive shift to digital outreach that nonprofits now rely on to increase impact.

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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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6 Strategies to Involve Young People in Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

So, connect with local high schools, colleges, universities, and clubs. Create volunteer opportunities through which their actions will have an obvious impact. Instead, ask them to help with hands-on projects that have a tangible impact on your cause. 5) Share the impact Gen Z is attracted to transparency.

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Boosting volunteerism through virtual and one-off experiences

Candid

Our colleagues at the Generosity Commission , the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy , and others have long documented the phenomena of decreasing volunteerism and giving. Virtual volunteering is on the rise AmeriCorps measured virtual volunteering for the first time in 2023 and found that 18.1%

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How can nonprofits leverage volunteer engagement strategies to maximize impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Implementing strategic engagement initiatives designed to leverage the assets of volunteers expands a nonprofit’s ability to maximize its social impact. Exposing volunteers to ways they can grow their individual impact helps organizations to retain and leverage the time and money of volunteers. Engage volunteers as advocates.

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How Effective Branding Helps Achieve Nonprofit Mission

ASU Lodestar Center

Goodwill, AmeriCorps and Girl Scouts are good examples in the nonprofit sector. It can impact their capacities to achieve goals, their social impact and their missions. A strong brand requires a clear mission with identity, values, strategy, relationships, impact and image. These are big ones, with big brands.

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

ASU Lodestar Center

A related research question is the impact or positive incentive of volunteer stipends among low-wage earners (McBride, Gonzales, Morrow-Howell, & McCrary, 2011). Volunteers received stipend support from several sources, including federal AmeriCorps programs, private foundations and school districts. Sources: 1. McBride, A.,