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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 Startups: Apply for 501(c)(3) Status or Secure Fiscal Sponsorship?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Chamber of Commerce ,“Social entrepreneurship is the process by which individuals, startups and entrepreneurs develop and fund solutions that directly address social issues. A social entrepreneur, therefore, is a person who explores business opportunities that have a positive impact on their community, in society or the world.”

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Tips and Strategies for Students to Successfully Pursue a Career in the Nonprofit Industry

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Pursuing degree programs in fields such as nonprofit management, social work, or public administration can provide a strong foundation for a career in the industry. Leadership skills, communication skills, and time management skills are particularly important.

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Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

NonProfit Quarterly

The Value of Lived Experience The value of lived experiences for leaders is a topic that has been explored in other fields, such as social entrepreneurship —and it’s now being adapted to nonprofit boards.

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One Organization’s Quest for Good

NonProfit Hub

So what gives some of these millennials that special spark to be social entrepreneurs? Katherine Stephans is the partnerships and communications manager at Library For All. Although she began as a volunteer, Stephans decided to take the leap and make her passion for social entrepreneurship a full-time job.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Jessica Wuensch

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Jessica Wuensch is the Marketing and Communications Manager at GivingPoint, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that teaches high schoolers about social entrepreneurship. Jessica’s main goal is to help share the GivingPoint story and to showcase the amazing work that the students are doing.

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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). cmgrchat | Wednesdays @ 2pm ET (community managers). #Npmc | last Thursday @ 1pm ET (nonprofit marketing). Startinggood | Wednesdays @ 1pm ET (crowdfunding). Ttvolmgrs | Thursdays all day (volunteering). TECHNOLOGY & MEDIA. Blogchat | Sundays @ 8pm CT (blogging).