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The Commons Introduces Grassroots Mobile Survey

Saleforce Nonprofit

While the image of a volunteer holding a clipboard may spring to mind, we all know that it’s an inefficient method for collecting and processing data. Through the discovery process, we discussed how some staff members had to go to remote villages that were a month’s walk through the mountains to conduct interviews.

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Success Stories From 10 Successful Entrepreneurs From Around The World

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. We both started in tech in San Francisco. We were also teaching business students, leading innovation and entrepreneurship workshops, and it suddenly hit us that this was something extraordinary, a larger story.

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Captivology: The Science of Capturing People’s Attention

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The book shares how and why our mind pays attention to some events, ideas, or people and not others. For empathy, Parr uses the example of the BatKid story from Make-A-Wish Foundation in San Francisco. If you recall, Make-A-Wish Foundation in San Francisco made a wish come true for Miles Scott, a young boy with Leukemia.

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The Lessons From 10 Entrepreneurs From Around The World

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. We both started in tech in San Francisco. We were also teaching business students, leading innovation and entrepreneurship workshops, and it suddenly hit us that this was something extraordinary, a larger story.

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The Revealing And Inspirational Journeys Of 10 Entrepreneurs From Around The World

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. We both started in tech in San Francisco. We were also teaching business students, leading innovation and entrepreneurship workshops, and it suddenly hit us that this was something extraordinary, a larger story.

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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The question on my mind is: Is the success of the Ice Bucket Challenge a happy accident for ALS fundraising and the people who suffer from the disease or is the first example of the power of crowd charity? The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus challenged other Gay Choruses around the country!

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Solutionary Women: Viet-Ly Nguyen

Have Fun - Do Good

This week's Solutionary woman is Viet-Ly Nguyen, a former co-worker from Streetside Stories , who I interviewed for my Big Vision Podcast last winter. Streetside Stories is a San Francisco based arts education nonprofit that actually just started a blog , so give them a little link love! Just very sincere.