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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DJ Bola could fully realize the potential of his venture and started to attend events and form connections within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem. There are still only a few examples of successful social enterprises serving poorer people at scale that were created by entrepreneurs from those communities.

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The Future of Family Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Families are increasingly taking a portfolio approach that combines traditional grantmaking with values-aligned investing, advocacy strategies and political giving, social entrepreneurship, and more. Two great examples of foundations who are confronting power and reimagining partnerships are the Kataly Foundation and Chicago Beyond.

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Online Competitions: Lessons from MIT’s Service Innovation Challenge

Care2

For the last three years we’ve worked at the MIT Public Service Center – in collaboration with the MIT Alumni Association, MIT150 , and numerous stakeholders - to translate a campus-based innovation competition into an online platform that engages the worldwide MIT community. Foster community-mindedness and collaboration.

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LinkedIn for Nonprofit Professionals

Fundraising Coach

The key to using any social media platform effectively is to use it to meet your goals. Reasons might include things like finding collaborators, funders, or colleagues. Decide first why you (or your organization) would want to use Linkedin. Once you know why you want to use Linkedin, how you will use Linkedin follows.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Lindsay Nichols

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

I learned more about our social media conversations. I found out more details of my speaking gig at the Mason Center for Social Entrepreneurship in late June. On this particular day I had a call with our new partner about how we might cross-promote our collaboration. I had to approve the design of a new business card.

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SSIR’s 2023 Social Innovation Reading List

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Liptrap “While Dorff admits he is ‘inspired’ by the social-entrepreneurship movement, he has no illusions about the benefit corporation. Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation: Express Your Values, Energize Stakeholders, Make the World a Better Place by Michael B. Dorff, reviewed by J.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. Opportunity Collaboration. Opportunity Collaboration. Opportunity Collaboration / CancĂºn YucatĂ¡n, (Int.) New ways to collaborate with each other. Oct 9 - 14.