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Jon Stewart's Wise Monologue About the Tucson Tragedy

Have Fun - Do Good

I've been struggling to figure out how to absorb the shootings that happened in Tucson, and have been inclined to blame people with different political values than mine whose commentary is nasty and violent, until I listened to Jon Stewart's monologue on Monday's Daily Show. Did the toxic political environment cause this?

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Supporting Latinx nonprofits by training leaders and fundraisers 

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Meanwhile, thousands of small and midsize Latinx-focused nonprofits are serving our communitiesfrom a womens shelter in Chicago to a scholarship program in Tucson. When you educate and empower one board member, they can influence the rest of the board. They cannot meet the needs of our growing community.

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10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, stay away from using general hashtags, such as #beautiful and #happy, and instead narrow your focus to hashtags relevant specific to your nonprofit, such as causes ( #foodinsecurity ), special campaigns ( #endfoodwaste ), your location ( #Tucson ), and relevant emojis ( # – that’s right! Emojis can be hashtags).

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How Nonprofits Can Engage Volunteers in Advocacy

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Carletha Sterling Summer 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Volunteer Board Member Wings for Women, Tucson, Arizona. The terms advocacy and lobbying are generally used interchangeably to describe how nonprofits influence legislation and public policy. However, volunteers can also be advocates.

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Lead or Follow: Arts Administrators Hash it Out

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Roberto Bedoya : The "Yes And" Argument and its Civic Implications Bedoya, the Executive Director of the Tucson Pima Arts Council, makes a beautiful statement that arts administrators need to facilitate a multiplicity of leading voices, or as he puts it, "the courage of imagination and the plural." Here are three of my favorites.

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How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

ASU Lodestar Center

The Race for Relevance, by Coever and Byers, looks at another angle, the internal structure of nonprofits as the place to evaluate the decline and influence change. This internal evaluation led them to five areas where member-based organizations should re-think their structure and focus their attention.

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How Does Limited Liability Affect a Nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

Register now for NMI 103 Financial Management Principles, a Tucson course from January 24-25. Aside from the restrictions as to the purposes that a particular nonprofit serves, perhaps the most important restrictions imposed by IRC 501(c)(3) are the broad prohibitions as to influencing legislation or participating in political campaigns.