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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

This article was originally published by Taylor & Francis Online. 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?

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Be the Voice of Relevance—Make Mission, Vision, and Values Fit the Moment

.orgSource

One goal was to identify how the pandemic impacted their business models. A 2019 Harvard Business Review article highlighted 20 well-known companies that have transformed their mission and purpose over the last decade. The objective is to arrive at actionable strategies for strengthening those relationships. The response surprised me.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. The much-heralded wearable computing era arrived with a crop of smartwatches during 2013. Neverware’s pricing is a subscription model – monthly per PC fee.

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Lucy Bernholz Named Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation announced today that Lucy Bernholz will join the Foundation as a Visiting Scholar effective fall 2013 and through 2014.

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Creating Healthy Nonprofits in Silicon Valley

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Silicon Valley philanthropy is increasing: Individual giving rose 150 percent between 2008 and 2013, from $1.9 Silicon Valley’s newly wealthy philanthropists and community based organizations lack information about one another, don’t use the same language or models, and don’t move in the same circles, leading to an empathy gap.

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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The NMC’s annual reports that highlight emerging technologies and their impact on the education sector over the next five years include NMC Horizon Report: 2013 K-12 Edition and the NMC Horizon Report: 2013 Higher Education Edition and were published this spring.

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11 Nonprofit Thought Leaders You Should Be Following

NonProfit Hub

With articles like “ These 10 adorable bunnies want you to read this blog post about fiscal sponsorship and equity” and “ When you base pay on salary history, a unicorn loses its horn,” reading the serious stuff becomes a little more bearable—and a lot more fun. Dan Pallotta ( @danpallotta ). Beth Kanter ( @kanter ).