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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Last year, our social impact startup hit a milestone that eludes 96 percent of female founders: we hit one million dollars in revenue. We know that for social entrepreneurs trying to solve global challenges, the system is rigged. Underneath every accomplishment lies a profoundly broken funding landscape for social innovation.

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Naming gifts provide donors with reputational and market value , what legal scholar William Drennan refers to as “ publicity rights ,” and beneficiary organizations and their constituents with financial and mission-driven value. Yet over time, perpetual naming gifts for facilities may prove detrimental to future generations.

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Nonprofit Professional Development | Resources for Success

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

The nonprofit sector is dynamic, shaped by technological advancements, ever-evolving trends, and shifts in marketing and public relations strategies. Consider this scenario: Have you ever observed a teacher, parent, or grandparent adapting to new technology? If you’re not learning in the field, you’re likely falling behind.

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Impact Without Imposition: What Role for Northern Academics in the Global South?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Georg von Richthofen & Ali Aslan Gümüsay This year, our institute published several studies as part of the research project Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, and Global Digital Transformation (SET) based on activities in seven countries in the Global South. In Benin, for example, we focused on sustainable entrepreneurship.

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Building Community Capacity in Rural East Texas: The Long Lift

NonProfit Quarterly

Current rural civic infrastructure often operates under a default scarcity mentality because it was designed for a different demographic, social, economic, and technological context, and is no longer fit for purpose. All of that said: people in East Texas know that this will be a long lift, and we must be persistent.

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The Five Nonprofit Conferences You Don’t Want to Miss in 2016

NonProfit Hub

Social media. Social media strategies. Social Good Tech Week. Social Good Tech Week ’s official date is yet to be determined, but it will be held in the spring of next year in San Francisco. Last year’s Social Good Tech Week covered topics ranging from big data and health technology to entrepreneurship and social media.

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Thesis-Driven Funds: A New Model for Transformational Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Many leading experts are deeply engaged in research, policy work, or entrepreneurship. develop a platform technology that will accelerate the pace of biomedical research) that is accomplished over a specific period of time (e.g. Focus: Many collaborative philanthropic efforts have a broad goal (e.g. five years).