Read the free Mission-Based Management Newsletter.
This month's topic:

New Approaches to Social Entrepreneurship

And, check out the Mission-Based Management Blog 

as well as:

The Mission-Based Podcast Series

generations cover
My newest book is available:
"Generations: The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your Nonprofit"
You can review it at the Fieldstone Alliance site by clicking on the image or the title. Check it out!

Buy any of Peter's books now at www.amazon.com

Search Now:
In Association with Amazon.com
 


Search missionbased.com
Search WWW


Search powered by
 


Peter Brinckerhoff Welcome to Corporate Alternatives, inc. (CAi), the home of Mission-Based Management publications, training, and consultation for not-for-profit organizations.

On this site you can find information about Peter Brinckerhoff's services, training topics, and publications. There are also management, marketing and technology ideas, free tools, including a self assessment, and resources for his curent training clients.

Everything here is designed to help you make your not-for-profit more mission-capable.

From the current issue of
The Mission-Based Management Newsletter:

New Approaches to Social Entrepreneurship:

"There are two things that have evolved the most during my time with nonprofits: nonprofit educational resources, and social entrepreneurship. What began as a term to describe nonprofits starting (gasp) profitable ventures has morphed into a broad array of  meanings that include for-profit organizations, foundations, even Wall Street investment funds. There are books (see below) conferences, and online resources galore. There are many organizations specializing in social enterprise for the various definitions, and lots of resources for you to use.

When I wrote Social Entrepreneurship: The Art of Mission-Based Venture Development way back in 2000, here's what I wrote as a definition: "A Social Entrepreneur is someone who takes risk on behalf of the people that their organization serves."

Now look at the definition from Wikipedia.
"Social entrepreneurship is the work of a social entrepreneur. A social entrepreneur is someone who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurialship principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change. Whereas a business entrepreneur typically measures performance in profit and return, a social entrepreneur assesses success in terms of the impact s/he has on society. While social entrepreneurs often work through nonprofits and citizen groups, many work in the private and governmental sectors."

What a change. I want to take this issue to talk about how social entrepreneurship has changed specifically for nonprofits, and how you can make the most of it to benefit your mission..."


To see the entire issue, including technology and marketing ideas, go to:
www.missionbased.com/newsletters/currentnewsletter.htm
It's free-and you can subscribe today!

Website designed and maintained by Ben Brinckerhoff
Copyright 2008, Corporate Alternatives, inc.