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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? These social enterprise efforts can add a business model by creating sustainable revenue.

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Social Impact Investments

ASU Lodestar Center

Though the practice is decades old, the term was only coined in 2008, making it a relatively new field of study. Additionally, pursuing impact investments may short a nonprofit’s focus to creating a more business-like model that might not necessarily work for the benefit of its target population (Ategeka, 2016).

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NTC: Plenary – Dan Heath, Flip the Switch

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever. We have the wrong mental model for change. He showed a series of photos from the Common Ground campaign for homeless to get homes – before and after photos. Holly warmed up the crowd with a humorous slide show about the Internet connectivy. Make it easy to give.

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NTC Plenary: Dan Heath, Flip the Switch

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever. We have the wrong mental model for change. He showed a series of photos from the Common Ground campaign for homeless to get homes – before and after photos. Holly warmed up the crowd with a humorous slide show about the Internet connectivy. Make it easy to give.

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been playing with the conversational panel or conversational keynote models for short sessions (60, 75 or 90 minutes.) From Conversational Keynote To Conversational Workshop.

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NTC Plenary: Dan Heath, Flip the Switch

NTEN

This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever. We have the wrong mental model for change. He showed a series of photos from the Common Ground campaign for homeless to get homes - before and after photos. Holly warmed up the crowd with a humorous slide show about the Internet connectivy. Make it easy to give.

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How Can Nonprofit Leaders Create Effective Community Change?

ASU Lodestar Center

Aid programs may be necessary to benefit the individuals currently in poverty, but it does not provide a lasting solution (Dees, 2008). Scharmer (2008) accuses these failures to the blind “deeper dimension of leadership and transformational change” (Scharmer, 2008). Executive Forum, Winter 2008, 52-59. It is essential.