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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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Things We Like (January 2012)

NTEN

All those magazine cover models use Fotoshop by Adobé to some degree. New for 2012: now with more scientific backing!). It's also important to say "no" to reality blurring. The truth will out! And then there are those Facebook friend requests that push the limits of decency. Remember back when marketing was simpler?

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What Do Donors And Nonprofits Think Of Crowdfunding Tipping?

Bloomerang

Crowdfunding platforms collect data and feedback from users to refine their models and policies. As noted, crowdfunding platforms often collect data and feedback from users to refine their models and policies, and they use this feedback to influence how they implement tipping and other features.

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Can Recurring Giving Save Nonprofits?

Allegiance Group

Lisa Greer learned this first-hand when she and her husband became part of the 1% virtually overnight in 2012. A subscription-based model is one trend that nonprofits can take from the private sector. Of course, in the nonprofit world, a subscription model is a recurring giving program.

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Campus Party H4SB — Hacking for Something Better Coming to US in 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What do you think of the Campus Party model? Bay Area, in the summer of 2012. It will be a gamechanger in the US, with 10,000 of the smartest, most motivated young hackers and other young technoids being exposed to the best of web development, artificial intelligence, robotics, social networking, gaming and social engagement.

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The Numbers Are in and They Ain’t Good. Will Nonprofits Continue to Turn a Blind Eye?

Pamela Grow

The decline in donors has been a steady trend since 2012, with a 19% overall decrease. Growing your individual giving program — and that includes all donors — builds a truly sustainable giving model. And the retention of those new donors was a leading cause of the decline.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And that’s why I’m supporting Giving Tuesday. What about you?

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