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There is an interesting post on Peter Deitz’s blog about how social media is changing the future of fundraising. Peter is the founder of Social Actions a US/Canadian nonprofit clearinghouse of social causes. They use social media to spread the word and engage people in various social issue organizations. Peter argues that the growth of […]
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Continuing my series on defining and exploring key terms in social innovation, I’d like to take a look at scale. In an earlier post defining social entrepreneurship, I discussed the key part that scale plays: Absolutely essential to the idea of social entrepreneurship is the idea of scale. A pattern changing idea, by definition, creates […]
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There is a new podcast out today in the Stanford Social Innovation Conversations series, a great series of interviews with people involved with social innovation. It’s an interview with Pamela Hartigan, Founding Partner of Volans a consulting firm to help social entrepreneurs and author of the recent book The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social […]
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As we embark on this year’s holiday season, usually a fundraiser’s best time of year, it can be tempting to stick your head in the sand and try to save money by just waiting out the economy. To the contrary, now is not the time to turn our heads on fundraising, but rather for us […]
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The Columbus Foundation has a creative solution to the economic downturn and the possible impact on fundraising this holiday season. Tomorrow they are launching Match Day 2.0, an attempt to raise $1 million for the Columbus nonprofit community in 48 hours. They will match individual contributions up to $2,500 by 50%. They tried this idea […]
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I just spent the morning attending the Austin Community Foundation-sponsored gathering of philanthropists and executive directors from the Central Texas region, “21st Century Philanthropy in Central Texas.” It was an overview of the trends in philanthropy and demographics facing our region. There were various speakers and panelists including philanthropists, corporate and nonprofit leaders, health care […]
Because social innovation is such a new field, terms are still being defined. At times terms are used interchangeably when in reality they have very different meanings. Academics and thought leaders are still hammering out final definitions, but in the interim a common language is beginning to emerge. In an on-going series, I’d like to […]
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There is a lot to think about and chew on post-election as we wait for indications about the direction the new administration will take and what all of it means for the social sector. To help us bide our time, some writers have given us very interesting things to consider. First, David Brooks, conservative columnist […]
What does the historic election of Barack Obama yesterday mean for the social sector? It may be too early to tell, but we can get a sense from his policy platforms and interviews. Both McCain and Obama spoke about social entrepreneurship during the campaign and supported new ideas like a social innovation fund and national […]
It’s a topic that’s on every nonprofit Executive Director, board, and staff member’s mind these days. How can we possibly raise money when the economy is in such turmoil? Well, there are ways. Here are 10 to get you started: Harness Your Board. Your board of directors ideally is a group of people who are […]
