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The Triple Bottom Line in India: Software, Quality Education, and Early Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I met Rufina in 2008 in Australia when I keynoted the Connecting Up Conference and taught social media workshops for NGOs. One of the first schools was launched in Bangalore, catering to working parents in its technology industry who are seeking high quality pre-school. The profits from the daycare support the school.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

In 2008, Vermont became the first state to permit the creation of the L3C (Powell, Jackson-Zapata, & Kammerling, 2014), an entity that allows companies to achieve modest profits while operating under a business model that emphasizes impact over profits. Goodwill is able to achieve its core goal because of its diverse revenue portfolio.

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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: SoCap09 - Day 2 Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These ventures offer solid rates of return as well as environmental and/or social benefits, sometimes called blended value. I sought out sessions that focused on setting industry standards for social measurement. Some are calling it impact investing. She’s launched a policy project you can read about here.

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What Natural Gas and Email Have in Common

Connection Cafe

And then there is the current energy industry darling, email, ahem, I mean natural gas… The cleaner, cheaper, newer kid on the block, with the potential to replace some of the older sources, and in some instances, doing so quickly.

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Do You Need a “Communications Manager” or a “Community Manager” at Your Nonprofit?

NTEN

Since around 2008, the Community Manager has become a position in high demand in the business and nonprofit sectors. If you blend the job into one person, you have to make sure that person understands these two parts of the whole, and how they intermingle and influence each other.".