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A Decade of Nonprofit Reflections

ASU Lodestar Center

Only the opportunity I am now pursuing at Open Primaries to reform our political system could draw me away, because I know that nonprofits need a stronger partner in government in order to succeed. There is a reason that nonprofits carve out this “third space” – apart from the pursuit of profit and apart from government.

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Not Business As Usual!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Charity, business, and government, all accomplish great things but have their limitations. And lastly, government. We know that government is rightly tackling many problems for our common good. But innovation is difficult in government because of the constraints that government often operates under. First, charity.

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The Digital Divide Doesn't Exist

NTEN

Under the guise of non-profitability hundreds of millions of these laptops will be flogged off to our governments. So, be mindful. When you're trying to reach out to people, are you trying to reach out to all people or just the people in the environments that you understand? Tags: digital divide Newsletter NPTech NTEN.

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Deliberately Unsustainable Business Models

Museum 2.0

This is the model that governs most businesses and artistic endeavors. As she puts it: My observation, after thirty years of working in the field, is that museums have an amazing ability to survive in the most adverse environments. Tags: business models. It's the reason terms like "jump the shark" exist.

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The Math Is Starting to Add Up: The Promise of Mobile

NTEN

Sustainability is still a real challenge, but the cost to value ratio of a school computer lab is shrinking to the point where you are starting to see governments and local communities invest more on their own to promote ICT access. . Please keep in mind . Tags: Data Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN IT Staff.

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Update: Nonprofits - Power and Influence in our lives

Connection Cafe

At one financial services outlet a nonprofit profit financial counseling service was competing for space and attention with both a for-profit provider and the government service. I think the place that I was most surprised to see an opportunity to get engaged with a nonprofit was at Laser Tag.

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Interview with Temra Costa, Author of Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat

Have Fun - Do Good

Food for me is something that impacts all of our lives, and it was a place where I could focus the most of my energy and really impact community, environment, health, soil, air, social equity issues, community building, and how we do, or do not interact with each other. The environment didn't look good. What brought you here?