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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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Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Amir Geshani on unsplash.com As nonprofit organizations become more racially, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse, are nonprofit boards lagging behind? Elisa Juárez, the director of culture and DEI for a national healthcare company, was a recipient of the 2001 Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) Youth Award.

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BOOKMARK THIS: Big List of Twitter Chats for Nonprofits (Chat Tools, Too!)

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Socentchat | Wednesdays @ 1pm ET (social entrepreneurship). culturechat | Every other Thursday @ 1pm ET (generations and culture). #GrantChat | Tuesdays @ 12pm ET (grants). Npcons | third Tuesday @ 1pm PT (nonprofit consultants). Npmc | last Thursday @ 1pm ET (nonprofit marketing). Ttvolmgrs | Thursdays all day (volunteering).

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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

The Innovation Festival aligns a community of innovators and agitators, bringing to life the future of business and culture with a mix of playfulness and sophistication, captivating keynotes, hands-on workshops, and intimate site visits at the most dynamic studios, startups, and centers of creativity in New York City. Skoll World Forum.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Detroit, Michigan is your dynamic destination for NAYDO 2016, the ideal setting for a discussion on re-imagining cause and community.Celebrate NAYDO's first-ever cross border collaboration with conference co-hosts, YMCAs of Michigan and YMCA of Western Ontario Canada, and experience a fusion of culture, cause and innovative storytelling.