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The Societal Role of Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. Social enterprises seek to address social problems using business strategies. How can social entrepreneurship overcome these obstacles? Target narrative reporting.

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

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

If you’re in education or health, be sure to dive into the special directories listed in the OTHER section. Socentchat | Wednesdays @ 1pm ET (social entrepreneurship). artsedchat | second Sundays @ 8:30pm ET (arts education). musedchat | Mondays @ 5pm ET (music education). TECHNOLOGY & MEDIA.

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Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

NonProfit Quarterly

Fortunately, in recent years, some nonprofits have successfully diversified their boards, recruiting members with lived experiences that align with the communities being served by paying attention to demographics such as age, race, socioeconomic status, education, religion, disability, and diversity in thought and professional experience.

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Nonprofit Professional Development | Resources for Success

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

This flexibility allows learners to access and progress through courses at their own pace, from any location, ensuring that education fits seamlessly into their busy schedules. It’s our goal to provide these opportunities to help create a better world through education. Learn how a learning management system for nonprofits can help.

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One Organization’s Quest for Good

NonProfit Hub

This was McDonald’s solution to the lack of educational resources. By using ICT infrastructure that is already set up in these countries, Library For All partners to ensure that quality, locally relevant reading material is available to help improve literacy and promote education. But it runs much deeper than that.

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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

At the same time, within this austerity framework, nonprofits increasingly fill holes in sectors ranging from education to healthcare to journalism to social services that we depend on the most and that have been receiving less and less government support. Jule Hall: I’d just like to note how we approach nonprofits.