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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue?

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

NTEN

Richard Heeks of the University of Manchester, and one of the premiere scholars in the ICT4D space, describes this shift aptly as a transition from ICT4D 1.0 At Geekcorps Mali, our approach was: through great engineering feats attempt to somehow lower the costs of access, while hopefully creating sustainable “business models” in the process.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The model that FORGE takes is really a long-term impact framework. They can facilitate that change or create the structures to help that along.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

I don’t know how you find the time to do this, Elizabeth, in addition to your full-time job which is a lot, but you’re also an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania. As I shared, I’m a Senior Vice President at CCS and an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania. So a little bit more about me very quickly.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The annual conference PDF Poland-Central Eastern Europe has become the biggest European event devoted to technology, democracy and civic engagement providing space of debate for participants from more than 25 countries. The Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management, North Park University / Chicago, IL / Price TBA. Strategy / @CivicHall.

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Guest Post by Tom Dawkins: Ashoka’s use of Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Supporting these visionary leaders, raising the profile of their work and facilitating collaborations and sharing has allowed many to pursue a life of changemaking, scaling their impact and, in many instances, affecting national policy and changing the lives of thousands in their communities.

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Taking Local Currency Digital: A New Experiment Emerges

Non Profit Quarterly

There are now over 200 local currencies in use worldwide, according to a database maintained by the Schumacher Center, with popularity greatest in Europe and Brazil. Given the lack of established models, there will undoubtedly be some unanticipated curves ahead. Now 15 years in, BerkShares, Inc. is taking the local currency digital.

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