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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” This post shares my notes from that session along with a reflection about my session and some resources. She touched on some of the implications for staffing and governance. The New Social Economy. This session was a high level view of what is happening in the ecosystem in which I do my work.

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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are accustomed to thinking that a government controls its citizens — that a film or documentary cannot be produced without government approval. I believe that social networking can do better by thinking about network structures, understanding roles of people, making organizations more sociable and blending social media.

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Next Book Club: Sustaining Innovation in Nonprofits and Government Organizations

Museum 2.0

After much perusing, I've selected Sustaining Innovation: Creating Nonprofit and Government Organizations that Innovate Naturally by Paul C. The author , then-director of the Public Policy Program at the Pew Charitable Trusts, studied 26 Minnesotan non-profits and government organizations in writing this book. Including one on Wile E.

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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The ESI Award recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations whose innovations blend methods from the worlds of business and philanthropy, and that challenge the status quo to create sustainable social value with a potential for large-scale impact.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. In 2014, Goodwill received $3.94

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Gyrus ranked as a Specialist in the 2018 Aragon Research Globe? for Corporate Learning

Gyrus

GyrusAim TM is an award-winning LMS that enables enterprises to manage the entire training and development objectives (Instructor Led Training, eLearning, blended and live classroom) from an enrollment and delivery to testing, tracking, and reporting.

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Maximizing Nonprofit Impact: A Roadmap to Sustainable Fundraising

The Modern Nonprofit

Goals – Blending Aspiration with Pragmatism Here’s where board members roll up their sleeves. Government Grants and Contracts Local, state, and federal governments offer grants and contracts for specific projects or programs. Regular brainstorming and skill-sharing sessions can also serve as nourishing fertilizer.

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