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

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Disclaimer Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? but I got a good test drive because 23 students in my graduate seminar (Theory and Practice of Philanthropy) here at Arizona State University have been invited inside this spring semester to both learn about and hone the evaluation process. Its an exciting time.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Making the Play: Successfully Engaging.

ASU Lodestar Center

For Team MPhasis, its important to not only teach kids through sports, but to also incorporate our religious beliefs into our work. Every one of our meetings, practices, and team events starts with prayer. After we establish these principles, we can begin to teach them real life lessons that theyll use over and over again.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

ASU Lodestar Center

Second, use tools and practices. I carry with me a deck of "check-in" cards which I use as a practice to open meetings with staff, board members, and volunteers. We can couple those practices with shared tracking documents that clearly outline deliverables, timelines, and responsibilities. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

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

ASU Lodestar Center

What Ive learned from Chandler is that community is not a place — its a practice. You can find websites with practical ways to facilitate community interactions, or ask colleagues at other nonprofit organizations for tips. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Action in this case really means interaction.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? We welcome your comments and feedback. Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Crafting a Successful Third Generation.

ASU Lodestar Center

Alison Rapping, Alison & Associates : The handbook — which consists of information, resources, and inventories or processes for nonprofit professionals to engage in as they work to develop business relationships — originated from years of practice, trial and error, and "a-ha!" Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

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

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? We welcome your comments and feedback. Fear not, nonprofit professionals!