Non-profit Jobs: Strategic Services Analyst, Ithaka

——————————————- Strategic Services Analyst Position Details Affiliate Ithaka Location New York, NY HR Contact StrategicServicesAnalyst@ithaka.org Position Description Ithaka promotes innovation in higher education by helping pioneering initiatives thrive. We provide mission-oriented entrepreneurs with a range of services: (1) Strategic consulting to help clients address critical business questions (2) Research on trends and lessons learned (3)… Continue reading Non-profit Jobs: Strategic Services Analyst, Ithaka

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The Ultimate Resource- Free Markets – People Making Their Own Decisions

This is a day late but I just wanted to blog about this new series that aired yesterday night on HDNet. Free Market incentives are spectacularly changing lives and entire economies over much of the world. In the last 25 years, hundreds of millions of people– 400 million in China alone– have climbed out of… Continue reading The Ultimate Resource- Free Markets – People Making Their Own Decisions

Microsoft plans to offer a stripped-down version of Windows and Office for $3 to developing nations

Microsoft announced a plan to offer a stripped-down version of Windows and Office software for three dollars to people in developing nations as well as low income families within the United States: The program, which is being announced in Beijing today by the Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates, represents an ambitious expansion of efforts to introduce… Continue reading Microsoft plans to offer a stripped-down version of Windows and Office for $3 to developing nations

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) For Non-Profits and Charities

Last week was Search Engine Strategies, which is the largest industry conference for internet search. Search marketers flocked to New York City to participate in workshops, network, and learn about new trends in the industry. One of the sessions was on search engine marketing for non-profits and charities and Search Engine Roundtable does a nice… Continue reading Search Engine Marketing (SEM) For Non-Profits and Charities

Win $1,000 for Your Favorite Cause

Just passing this along from Squidoo: Earlier this week, we announced a photo contest in conjunction with VolunteerMatch called Kindness in Focus. Here’s how it works: 1) You send in great photos that capture moments of everyday kindness 2) The community votes on their favorites 3) The two people who submitted the best pictures win… Continue reading Win $1,000 for Your Favorite Cause

Socially Responsible Investing- Funds and ETFs

I haven’t written about socially responsible investing in a while so I thought I’d link to two recent articles that I read: First is this article written by David Kathman on Morningstar about socially responsible investing, (SRI) funds. This column does a really good job of summarizing the broad landscape of SRI funds. Most secular… Continue reading Socially Responsible Investing- Funds and ETFs

Socially Responsible Business Models

Another excellent piece for this weekend’s reading– Venturebeat, a blog about new technology ventures, publishes a piece on social capitalism, its two basic models, and why some companies are likely to succeed while others are not. The post is written by Jay Parkhill, who is an attorney that works in the technology sector. Keep in… Continue reading Socially Responsible Business Models

A U.N. initiative to promote business ethics could change the way B-schools operate

This week’s reading comes from Business Week and is about social responsibility— the article discusses a U.N. initiative that was launched in 2000, called UN Global Impact, to promote socially responsibly business practices in the world. The program looked at social responsibility from a financial perspective and adopted principles for responsible investment. It currently has… Continue reading A U.N. initiative to promote business ethics could change the way B-schools operate

How Social Entrepreneurs Innovate

Colin Stewart, who writes for the Orange County Register blogs about the innovation styles of Mohammad Yunus, who recently won the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering microfinance, and Michael Young, a British social activist. The blog covers a talk given by David Galenson at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University last… Continue reading How Social Entrepreneurs Innovate