Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 2, 2012
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.
NonProfit Hub
JUNE 1, 2017
In this blend, an L3C is a private organization that does earn profits, but only so that it can conduct business to help a certain cause. Since the first American L3C was started only in 2008, this concept is relatively new to the business and legal world. In essence, it operates to better social welfare in some way.
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Judi Sohn
MARCH 12, 2011
At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting. It involves a blend of research, consulting, capacity-building, writing and design, coupled with variables that are unique to an organization (such as its culture, budget and staff). And each of us explained it a little differently.
ASU Lodestar Center
MAY 18, 2016
Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Social enterprise efforts can range from selling merchandise to support the charitable functions of the nonprofit to creating a new entity that merges the for- and nonprofit operations into a hybrid form.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
These ventures offer solid rates of return as well as environmental and/or social benefits, sometimes called blended value. One participant pointed out that the metrics tend to be lagging indicators and don’t support innovation. Others examples include loans to schools in India and capital for small manufacturers in Ghana.
Judi Sohn
MARCH 12, 2011
At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck. It involves a blend of research, consulting, capacity-building, writing and design, coupled with variables that are unique to an organization (such as its culture, budget and staff). And each of us explained it a little differently. How cool is that?
Connection Cafe
APRIL 25, 2012
Many organizations learned this the hard way during the acquisition cuts of 2008-2009 trying to save money during the economic downturn. But plan for the investment you will have to make in these channels and the systems and technologies that will be required to support them. In fact, the strategist in me would kick you if you did.
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