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December 2010 Community Builder’s Chat Wrap-up #CommBuild

Amy Sample Ward

Laura Norvig shared the guidelines used for their email listserv: E-mail discussion lists hosted by the Resource Center are not moderated. Although the e-mail lists are not moderated, they are monitored. Read the full transcript here! Anyone who subscribes may post messages. Announcements of member openings are also permitted.

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6 Strategies to Involve Young People in Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to AmeriCorps , “Volunteering was associated with 27% higher odds of employment.” Or, if you’re short on staff, try direct mail postcards with a meaningful message. Instead, ask them to help with hands-on projects that have a tangible impact on your cause.

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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

According to data from AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, the formal volunteering rate dropped seven percentage points – from 30% in 2019 to 23% in 2021, the steepest drop since the agency began collecting such data in 2002. The rate of volunteerism, as measured by the Current Population Survey of the U.S.

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Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Keep in mind that posting an announcement on an internal website or sending out an e-mail about the audit is not communication. Kelcie Tacchi is serving as an AmeriCorps Knowledge Management VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) at Wyman Center. Never stop communicating. Conduct an Organizational Audit. Guest Post'

Knowledge 101
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Dashboards: Track Your Organizational Progress

NTEN

When I started at NTEN back in 2006 as an AmeriCorps Volunteer, my first task was to sort through a pile of returned mail and fix bad addresses. If your organization hasn't spent much time developing a dashboard, let our experience be your guide. My second task was to take charge of our Organizational Dashboard.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Creating, Building, and Sustaining.

ASU Lodestar Center

How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. Research Friday Guest Post: "State of the Sector. Picture This: A Look Back at This Year's Spring Fo. Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte. Central Ave.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

So, you're thinking that these small organizations didn't have to communicate with the IRS for however many years, and the PO box or other mailing address may have changed any number of times. Yeah, seems like I recall reading a quote from the IRS saying that a lot of their mail came back unreturned. Central Ave.