Does Your Program Officer Actually Read Your Progress Report?
It sometimes seems that the nonprofit sector is being bureaucratized faster than it is becoming professionalized.
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The Climate of Capital Change - Social Entrepreneurship and the Environment
Environmental sustainability is an area ripe for social entrepreneurship. In this panel discussion at Stanford, industry experts discuss the challenges and opportunities for enterprising business minds in the area of climate change. They consider how new economies like China and India are tackling the problem, and whether entrepreneurs should lead with "impact" or "profitability" in pitching solution-oriented ideas to investors.
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The Climate of Capital Change - Social Entrepreneurship: Personal Pathways
In this panel discussion, social entrepreneurship is the common thread uniting a leader of a multibillion-dollar private equity fund, a dot-com carbon cowboy, and one of the original Schwab social entrepreneurs. All of them are harnessing business to build a better world. Paul Fletcher, Dan Whaley, and Nic Frances give their Stanford audience a glimpse into the personal side of being a social entrepreneur.
Review: The Big Moo
Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable.
Review: Third Sector Development
Nonprofits are still sorely needed in the US.
Review: Good to Great and the Social Sectors
Lessons for becoming the best can translate from companies to social organizations.
Review: How to Change the World
Key social innovators have succeeded against all odds –– and with little financial muscle.
Bettering Beantown
Greenlight is a nonprofit catalyst: It identifes a local need, scours the country for the best program to meet it, and then establishes a chapter in its hometown.
Review: The First 90 Days
Common sense advice for how to survive the launch into a new leadership role.