Articles P7350
Social Innovations
Startup Funding in One Business Week?
Foundations, listen up: Venture capital firms are making it easier than ever for entrepreneurs to get seed money.
Weaving Businesses Together
Organic Exchange uses its global network to promote environmentally friendly fibers.
Podcast
Amory Lovins - Eliminating U.S. Oil Dependence
Oil dependence is an unnecessary problem, argues Amory Lovins, an internationally recognized expert in energy policy. In this audio lecture, Lovins demonstrates how, by the mid 2040s, the United States could reduce its need for oil completely and strengthen its economy in the process. Addressing the 2005 Stanford Net Impact conference audience, he talks about the fundamental shifts that the American society needs to undergo to make this scenario a reality.
Podcast
Jan Masaoka - Your Career Path to Nonprofit Leadership
In this audio lecture, Nonprofit Executive of the Year Jan Masaoka shares practical advice on how to start and develop a career in the nonprofit sector. Speaking at the 2007 Nonprofit Boot Camp, she answers questions on which degrees to pursue, how to write a resume, and how to prepare for an interview. She also addresses how to make your own job description, why volunteering matters, what compensation to expect, which fields are getting the funds, whether to start your own organization, and how to grow into leadership roles.
Nonprofits
Postcards from the Elections
Nonprofit advocates are likely to continue to be seriously outspent by well-moneyed interests, all cries for an “ethical Congress” to the contrary.
Social Innovations
Beginner’s Mind
What are the odds we can change the way Americans think about freedom?
Podcast
Social Entrepreneurs in For-Profit Education - Net Impact 2005
Can business add value to the education field? Pioneers and market leaders who have built successful businesses around the many unmet needs in education talk about the business opportunities in education today in this panel discussion from Bridging the Gap, the Stanford 2005 Net Impact conference organized by the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Podcast
Pamela Hawley - The Social Entrepreneurship Landscape
When approaching funders and volunteers you must "come from a space of opportunity and not from a space of need," argues Pamela Hawley at the 2007 Nonprofit Boot Camp. In this audio lecture, drawing from her experience with UniversalGiving and VolunteerMatch, Hawley describes what it takes to create a successful social entrepreneurship organization.