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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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Tech Across Your Org: Program and Fundraising Innovation Sprung from an Internal Technology Project

NTEN

There are skilled tradespeople in every country we serve, and local talent makes our model far more sustainable. (As When we started, we were creating an internal tool for project management and quality assurance. When we let this discussion unfold, it simply reframed how we looked at “internal” or “proprietary” data.

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Bookshare without Borders: #3/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

With this three-part blog series on our expansion of the proven Bookshare model internationally, we’d like to give you a glimpse into the ways in which Benetech provides people with disabilities around the world equal access to knowledge. The second blog post looked at our growing Bookshare Spanish-language program.

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Leveraging Impact through Technology (LIT)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is today, December 3rd. The theme of IDPD 2011 is “Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development.” One of these sub-themes is “Accessibility: removing barriers and promoting disability-inclusive development.”

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2013 NTEN Lifetime Achievement Award: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

NTEN

Past winners have had a hand in creating and funding the biggest organizations in our space, built nonprofit technology communities large and small, and are exploring and sharing some of the most interesting and innovative technology models. 2011: Judy Hallman , RTPNet. 2010: Ed Happ , International Red Cross.

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New Book: How To Implement Multichannel Online Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Use virtual tools to manage campaign internally (Yammer, Google Docs, Listening Dashboards, Private Facebook Groups, etc). The book also covers what staffing structure is required for success of multichannel campaigns. This is called the hybrid model – although it has to be silo free for it work. Encourage brainstorming.

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The Networked NGO: Translating the Networked Nonprofit and 1-11-11 Club

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2011, I’ll be the lead for Zoetica on a NGO/social media train the trainers project in the Middle East , sponsored by the State Department and others and has multiple partners. We’re at the very beginning of the developing the curriculum and I’ll be sharing my learning and more details as they unfold.

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