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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last October, I had the pleasure and honor to visit the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, to accept on behalf of Benetech the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI). We are grateful for CASE’s recognition of Benetech's work.

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Research Friday: Leadership Development & Performance Management - Reflections from Daring to Lead 2011

ASU Lodestar Center

This week we welcome Marla Cornelius, co-author of Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership. If you're interested in learning more, this topic will be explored in more depth in the upcoming Daring to Lead 2011 brief: Inside the Executive Director Job , which you can find on the Daring to Lead website next month.

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Key facts, figures, and trends among U.S. labor unions

Candid

A study conducted by Roland Zullo and published in the Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Review (2011) [3] found that charitable donations to United Ways increased in localities with higher union density and in areas where unions were financially stronger. 4 (2011): 699-711. 3] Zullo, Roland. Labor Unions and Charity."

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

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Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser. Q: Are there community resources available? CA: Today, there are many grant writing courses and educational resources available.

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Games for Change 2011: Channeling Our Collective Power

Tech Soup

Department of Education, echoed similar thoughts in stating that for a time, it was assumed that education spending would go up every year, but that is no longer true, and now we have to do more with less resources.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

And more than 20,000 of our users now use Read2Go , our reading app for iOS introduced in 2011. And we now have 500 highly qualified Mentor Teachers—very special people who assist their peers in using Bookshare and assist us in testing new products and features. Have an Android device? What if you’re a U.S. Or all three?

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Fear not, nonprofit professionals! With our CEOs support, this is my teams best opportunity to gain commitment from stakeholders on resourcing and supporting our programs priorities. Access resources! May 11, 2011 2:34 PM Sparkplug said. Facing a challenging situation at work?