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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. At the time, Rufina was the CEO of Nasscom Foundation and transforming the nonprofit technology sector with her incredible networking, scaling, and capacity building skills.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

While businesses have traditionally focused narrowly on generating profits for shareholders, many nonprofits (despite their skills and dedication to their missions) have lacked adequate marketing skills (Billitteri, 2007), often resulting in financial hardship. Reposted from The Morrison Institute for Public Policy.

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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.".