My laptop is in the shop right now so this week has been very inconvenient for me. The last few days have reminded me of how much I’ve come to depend on technology. This is actually a good segue into a discussion about resources available for nonprofits that are in the planning stages of building… Continue reading TechSoup Stock- Connecting Nonprofits With Technology Product Donations from Leading Providers
Jim Collins On Leadership In The Social Sector
Jim Collins is considered one of the great business gurus of our time and really made a name for himself with Built to Last : Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, which was on the Businessweek Bestseller List forever), and followed up with Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t. These… Continue reading Jim Collins On Leadership In The Social Sector
Coalition Against Hunger: Using Google Maps Mashups To Market Local Soup Kitchens
Via Techsoup. The Coalition Against Hunger is using Google Maps to network charitable food organizations, attract volunteers, and share information with other anti-hunger advocacy groups in New York City. You can find the mashup here. The maps are helpful because local soup kitchens generally have not done a good job of marketing themselves to the… Continue reading Coalition Against Hunger: Using Google Maps Mashups To Market Local Soup Kitchens
Charity-Based Affinity Search Engines
After my last post about FreePledge I decided that I needed to do a “charity-based affinity search engine” roundup. Two examples of these are Goodsearch, and Microsoft UK’s Click For A Cause experiment. I’ll start with some definitions and dive right in. What are charity-based affinity search engines? Internet search companies that share their paid… Continue reading Charity-Based Affinity Search Engines
FreePledge Lets You Donate To Non-Profits While Shopping At Your Favorite Online Retailer
FreePledge is a social venture started by Stanford alumni, students, and affiliates. FreePledge aims to strengthen non-profits by helping them tap into the power of Internet and Technology. The primary offering is an e-commerce platform that leverages marketing programs set up by retailers and turns commissions into donations: each time consumers use FreePledge for their… Continue reading FreePledge Lets You Donate To Non-Profits While Shopping At Your Favorite Online Retailer
Using Technology To Enable Social Entrepreneurs
When I started this site, my intention was to promote and support social entrepreneurship the best way I knew how. Given my experience in the internet startup space, bringing my tech/internet expertise to the table was the clearest and most effective path for me to take. I started with a few ideas, mainly pro bono… Continue reading Using Technology To Enable Social Entrepreneurs
Join the Net Impact / Ethos Walk for Water Challenge 2006
Join the Net Impact / Ethos Walk for Water Challenge 2006 www.worldwaterday2006.org For all of our members in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Hartford, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC: As some of you may know, in 1992, the UN General Assembly designated March 22 as “World Water Day”… Continue reading Join the Net Impact / Ethos Walk for Water Challenge 2006
Ashoka’s Changemakers Invites Social Entrepreneurs To Tell Their Stories
Karin Hillhouse of Ashoka recently left a comment on a previous post that deserves some attention. She introduces us to Ashoka’s new feature on Changemakers– Are You a Changemaker?— which: …invites changemakers of every stripe anywhere in the world to submit their stories…their projects…for global consideration, impact, policy change, funders’ investment, media attention…on the site.… Continue reading Ashoka’s Changemakers Invites Social Entrepreneurs To Tell Their Stories
Another Blogroll That Deserves A Shout Out: 4Nonprofits
4Nonprofits is a blog run out of the Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Pace University here in New York City. The blog features news and commentary presented by Rob Johnston, (a fellow Yalie, woot!) I’m adding 4nonprofits to the “blogs I read” section (over on the right —>) and also adding a direct link… Continue reading Another Blogroll That Deserves A Shout Out: 4Nonprofits
The Economist Surveys Wealth, Philanthropy, and The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur
The Economist magazine has a section in the Feb 25th issue that is a survey on wealth and philantropy (Subscription is required to view the webpage). There is an article included within that survey titled, “The rise of the social entrepreneur” that offers a nice lay of the land of social entrepreneurship. Here is the… Continue reading The Economist Surveys Wealth, Philanthropy, and The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur