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Open content business models

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open content business models December 1, 2007 I’m at the Open Translation event, and we’ve just had a great session on open content business models. Be Helpful.

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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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What strategies should nonprofits implement for high-performing cross-sector collaboration?

ASU Lodestar Center

Regardless of a project’s scope or number of potential partners, a nonprofit’s next steps should follow a “two-layer process” of assessment and implementation, according to the AIM Alliance of 2009. Model selection. Implement a model that aligns most closely with the partners’ mission, capacity, and vision.

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How Nonprofits Can Navigate the New Media Landscape

NTEN

In 2009, Clay Shirkey predicted , “For the next few decades, journalism will be made up of overlapping special cases.” The session was facilitated by Susan Feeney, Partner at GMMB , and explored the range of new media models and venture journalism experiments. “As million in 2009 to $687.6 Sherry questioned.

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Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The interesting thing, too, is that their model is that they take a percentage of what you raise (5%.) That’s an interesting model, and, if the software is decent, sounds like it could be a good option for some organizations. No setup fees or anything else. But, of course, as with anything, look (a lot) before you leap.

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NPTECH Punk

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The unconference/camp model of learning about technology issues is really great, but falls a little short when dealing with a specific tool, and an audience that is mostly unfamiliar with it. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I learned a lot.

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How not to treat an open source user community

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It seems to me that they could learn from the other successful projects out there – the really successful projects are supported by a wide variety of methods, whether it be a support model, a nonprofit foundation model, a hosted model, and others. Mitchell 10.25.07 to develop open source software. Xen comes to mind. .