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Looking at Starting a Business to Fund your Nonprofit? Monthly classes held Print E-mail
Social Entrepreneurship
Written by <a href='/community/profile?userid=76'>Jeanne Dau</a>   
Tuesday, 08 December 2009 04:54

With grant funds waning and the State of Illinois having difficulties in the financial arena, you may want to consider exploring ways to generate funds to support your cause. The Business Solutions Center partnership at Eastern Illinois University facilitates "How to Start a Business" classes frequently throughout the year. These 3 hour evening sessions that are held throughout the East Central Illinois region will get you started in:  generating ideas for a business concept, determining feasibility, develooping budgets, exploring target markets and determining pricing. Legal and accoounting aspecte are also discussed.  Please click here for the time and dates of the classes. The cost is $25 and includes a workbook to get you started or call 217-581-2913 for more information.

 

 
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Social Entrepreneurship
Written by <a href='/community/profile?userid=65'>Nathan Burton</a>   
Thursday, 29 October 2009 05:59
"Nonprofits have to recognize that they're businesses, not just causes. There's a way to combine the very best of the not-for-profit, philanthropic world with the very best of the for-profit, enterprising world. This hybrid is the wave of the future for both profit and nonprofit companies."

http://managementhelp.org/soc_entr/soc_entr.htm

This article is very interesting and has some great ideas and resources attached to it.
 
Better Management Print E-mail
Social Entrepreneurship
Written by <a href='/community/profile?userid=76'>Jeanne Dau</a>   
Tuesday, 06 October 2009 03:46
 

http://www.bettermanagement.com

The Illinois Entrepreneurship Network recommended this site. It is full of great stuff.
 
A Goodman Print E-mail
Social Entrepreneurship
Written by <a href='/community/profile?userid=65'>Nathan Burton</a>   
Thursday, 27 August 2009 06:43
Andy Goodman is a nationally recognized author, speaker and consultant in the field of public interest communications. Along with Storytelling as Best Practice, he is author of Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes and Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes. He also publishes a monthly journal, free-range thinking, to share best practices in the field.

http://www.agoodmanonline.com/green.html

A great resource on how to tell your story.
 
Idealist.org Print E-mail
Social Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, 26 August 2009 11:13
Idealist is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.

http://www.idealist.org/

Good resource for those who want constructive change.

 
 
Rick Smith Interviews Non-profit CEO Geoffrey Canada Print E-mail
Social Entrepreneurship
Written by <a href='/community/profile?userid=71'>John Stremsterfer</a>   
Wednesday, 26 August 2009 11:12
Geoffrey Canada leads a nonprofit that helps thousands of poor city kids. The secret: conquering one block at a time.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/184622

Newsweek article on Geoffrey Canada and the Harlem Children's Zone. HCZ is an incredible project and championed by the Obama administration.
 
Social Entrepreneurship Revisited Print E-mail
Social Entrepreneurship
Written by <a href='/community/profile?userid=68'>Amanda Standerfer</a>   
Wednesday, 26 August 2009 10:43
This article from the May 20, 2009 Stanford Social Innovation Review is a great discussion about social entrepreneurship by Paul C. Light. It not only defines social entrepreneurship, but describes who can become a social entrepreneur.

http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/social_entrepreneurship_revisited

Good description of the characteristics of a social entrepreneur: 1) Social entrepreneurs are not like other high achievers...they have made a decision to solve social problems and have unshakable optimism. 2. Socially entrepreneurial ideas are big. 3. Opportunities for grant change come in waves. 4. Socially entrepreneurial organizations are built to make change.
 


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