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Jed Emerson: Steady Returns With Social Impact

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Ten years ago, Jed was the head of REDF, the famous social enterprise foundation in San Francisco. Tags: impact investing blended value Jed Emerson REDF. Last week I was in New York City and had the opportunity to meet with many interesting people (and got lots of ideas). One key connection was with Jed Emerson.

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What I Learned About Crime by Mapping It with Tableau

Tech Soup

" While you might think that it came from the satirical The Onion , it was actually a real headline from our local newspaper here in San Francisco. San Francisco, like many cities embracing the open data movement, has a dedicated data site with all sorts of data available for free for anyone to download and use.

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Staycation Notes: Pick a Theme. Howabout Tea Tasting?

Have Fun - Do Good

It started with a trip to Crown and Crumpet in San Francisco, a tea salon in Ghiradelli Square. Yes, the hubs is a good sport to go with me to such a cute, pink place (: He had the Crown & Crumpet Private Blend, and I had their Paris tea (bergamot and vanilla) which was so good we had to buy a little bag of it to take home.

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Security: The Scary Part of Cloud Computing

Tech Soup

On August 29, 2011 some of us from TechSoup attended NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit in San Francisco. NTEN chose him to present on cloud security and financing because he has a unique blend of accounting expertise, technology know-how, and nonprofit industry understanding.

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When Your Powers Combine: Why Nonprofit Mergers Should Not Be Feared

NonProfit Hub

The Stanford Social Innovation Review cites three issues that stop nonprofit mergers from happening : getting the boards aligned, finding roles for senior staff and blending the brands. The San Francisco Foundation and MAP Minnesota each published great, in-depth and comprehensive guides to facilitating a merger. Come Together.

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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: SoCap09 - Day 2 Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At Fort Mason on San Francisco Bay investors, fund managers and social entrepreneurs put their heads together to discuss what it will take to do better, and do more, in the space that lies between strictly nonprofit and strictly for profit. Others examples include loans to schools in India and capital for small manufacturers in Ghana.

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

Tech Soup

It grew out of a pioneer online community in the San Francisco Bay Area called The Well , the acronym for The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link. From 1980 to 1984 he was executive director of Media Alliance in San Francisco. This blending of different groups interests me now. How TechSoup Started.