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The voice and vision of the volunteer

ASU Lodestar Center

According to the Independent Sector, a national advocate for the nonprofit sector, “A volunteer can impact the quality of services in charities and congregations while reducing costs.” These limitations can be decreased if nonprofits embrace the voice and vision of the volunteer.

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Amazon’s Fire TV is adding local news in many more cities

The Verge

Amazon lets you customize the app to some extent to show your preferred news sources: “When you open the app for the first time, you can select the news that matters most to you from national and local sources. You can also quickly access local news with an “Alexa, play local news” voice command on the Fire TV remote. Tucson, AZ.

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Research Friday: Why Give to International Charities?

ASU Lodestar Center

is a rich country and, as of 2011, ranks as the most generous nation in the world, 1 only five percent of its charitable giving goes to international causes. Catholic Relief Services uses microfinancing to create alternatives to migration, and Solace International , headquartered in Tucson, invests in social entrepreneurship.

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Lead or Follow: Arts Administrators Hash it Out

Museum 2.0

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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AOL tries to discuss a difficult issue

ASU Lodestar Center

To make matters worse, one of the targets of Armstrong’s criticism had a mother willing to adamantly voice her displeasure with his proposed action on national TV, and sound like a mother bear protecting her cub in the process. Register now for NMI 1 05 High Impact Leadership, a Tucson course from February 28-March 1.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Elsbeth Pollack

ASU Lodestar Center

I worked at a nonprofit in Tucson called BorderLinks for about four years. I spent a lot of time in Tucson, Ambos Nogales, Douglas, Agua Prieta, the Copper Canyon, and Chiapas, connecting people, translating, putting together programming, and developing curriculum.

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