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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. Many of the resources on WholeWhale.com are free (like rainbows), some cost some money (like affordable gluten-free cupcakes with sprinkles).

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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. Making time for another thing is challenging, as is giving money they don’t have. According to AmeriCorps , “Volunteering was associated with 27% higher odds of employment.”

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Is Cause Marketing Real Advocacy or Consumer Apathy at its Finest?

ASU Lodestar Center

In the world of nonprofit sponsorship, it’s no secret that cause marketing has rapidly become the most popular method for nonprofits and businesses to simultaneously make money. A lot of money. Nonprofits that otherwise would not have received that money, since the business is producing the product. This is a good thing, right?

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Finding Pride in American Service

ASU Lodestar Center

Not every country exports volunteers in the way our country does — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Cross Cultural Solutions, Atlas Corps, Global Leadership Adventures. This year in AmeriCorps, and the lessons learned in regards to How to Be of Service, however, have pushed me to use a different qualifying word for what it is we do: progress.

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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 rate of volunteerism, as measured by the Current Population Survey of the U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

ASU Lodestar Center

Back in the early 1990s, I had a day job studying nonprofit spending and reporting as part of something called the Nonprofit Overhead Cost Study , a joint project between the Urban Institute and Indiana University. News and World Report , and Money routinely publish stories that emphasize program spending and fundraising cost ratios.

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How can nonprofits leverage volunteer engagement strategies to maximize impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Volunteers are often viewed as a separate entity from donors, but volunteers also have money they may be willing to contribute. 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 donors. Engage volunteers as advocates.