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Is a crisis management plan enough?

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For a sector that provides pivotal services to the public, the impact is difficult to comprehend. Crises offer an opportunity for nonprofit professionals to step into leadership roles and requires those already in leadership to manage effectively to ensure that the board and the executive leadership teams are engaged.

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How can effective leadership succession planning result in nonprofit sustainability?

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Training, development and resource support are often scarce within the sector, leading to increased workload and decreased training for necessary roles, which adds to the “struggle to hire and train employees,” as Paul Light asserts. Create a trajectory and people will be future-motivated. Validate your work.

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Are nonprofit volunteer retention strategies vital to a thriving team?

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Treat volunteers and the roles asked of them with respect and importance. Give every volunteer a written job title, a job description, and the appropriate training to fulfill the role they have accepted. Brian Hetzer is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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'Thanks to Public Allies, I am Now, and Forever, an Agent of Impact'

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posted by Emma Mones Class 12 Public Ally. Therefore, I took a leap of faith, took “the road less traveled,” and applied for Public Allies Arizona. Starting out, my main focus was recruiting community members to become change makers and role models in children’s lives—also known as Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

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COVID-19 and the nonprofit response: Social enterprise?

ASU Lodestar Center

The disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 health crisis in health access, education equity, underinvested neighborhoods, and lack of or underemployment, all play a role in the disproportionate impact the crisis will continue to have on Latino and underserved communities nationwide. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. The evaluator takes on many roles: facilitator, technical expert, and sometimes a shoulder to cry.

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What grantmaking practices should foundations adopt to best support nonprofit organizations?

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These include the lack of funding and difficulty securing adequate funds, funding structures that incentivize counterproductive practices, strained relationships between funders and nonprofits, and shifts in funding models and strategy. Heed legal requirements. Establish values and priorities.

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