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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

By Paul Clolery Making a donation to charity or volunteering time would seem to be relatively simple acts. The Commission today released its three years in the making report “Everyday Actions, Extraordinary Potential: The Power of Giving and Volunteering.” The report is targeted at a wide swath of America. “

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Fighting for a cause

ASU Lodestar Center

I was in Alaska for the summer as an AmeriCorps Summer Crew Leader. We worked on finding sites, and then mailed out 15 letters. After getting all of the safety things in order, I met with the Alaska State Troopers and worked out an exchange system for the youth in need of shelter. bringing volunteers and clients to the shelter.

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Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In this blog post, I will describe the process Wyman used to study how our organization historically captured, stored, used, and shared data, information, and knowledge and how developing a systemic Knowledge Management enterprise will increase our efficiency and performance. Create a Staff Engagement Strategy. Never stop communicating.

Knowledge 101
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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on.

ASU Lodestar Center

This information, and more, can be found in the Arizona Nonprofits: Scope of the Sector in Brief and the Arizona Giving and Volunteering reports. I've edited the scoring system. Turns out I know more than I thought (thanks to the fact that I helped edit the Giving and Volunteering Report. 0-2 — Now you know!

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

ASU Lodestar Center

When I called them, I got a calling system for Summa Associates. 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. Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: $250000 Collaboration Prize Finalists.

ASU Lodestar Center

The Finalists are: Adoption Coalition of Texas , Austin, Texas Community Voice Mail Federation , Seattle, Washington Feed More, Inc. Examples ranged from revitalizing marginalized and blighted neighborhoods to providing health care solutions in otherwise fractured and disparate systems. Kellogg Foundation. Richmond, Virginia Graduate!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: The Office or the Impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Using geographic information system (GIS) mapping, the report depicted a rather bleak picture of "nonprofitness" in the area as compared to other regions. In the case of Los Angeles, a node of domestic violence shelter mailing addresses actually led to a Post Office located in a high-wealth area of the city. Fascinating.