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Today we might define a community business as a business designed to make a long term positive difference for a community, controlled and run by local people for local people. Like any other business it seeks to generate surpluses and build up assets, but these are applied for the benefit of the community rather than for private gain. No one gets rich from a community business, but, if successful, everyone gains.
But is any of this really new?...
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You have big dreams. Not for you, but for your community. Your "cause." You have a purpose and are on a mission to change the world. Everyone you share your big vision with loves it. But something happens when it comes time to raise money.
You start feeling all the emotions . . . fear, panic, nervousness, even guilt.
-Who will contribute to this cause?
-How can I ask them for donations?
-I don't want to sound
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Every leader in the social sector starts out believing they can change the world. But they often find that making a clear, measurable difference isn't easy. Few, by mid-career, are achieving quite as much impact as they anticipated. Some leaders settle for that and focus on having a decent career.
Others don't sit back. Instead, they look to take their effectiveness as a social sector leader to another level. This book shares the experience of more...
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Is poverty inevitable? No, says author Paul Godfrey. More than Money shows how organizations can win the fight against poverty and create prosperity for people at the base of the pyramid in the developing and developed world. This book presents a novel framework that shows how five types of interrelated capital-institutional, human, social, organizational, and physical-enable development and sustainable growth. In addition to a widely-applicable model,...
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The social sector is undergoing a major transformation. We are witnessing an explosion in efforts to deliver social change, a burgeoning impact investing industry, and an unprecedented intergenerational transfer of wealth. Yet we live in a world of rapidly rising inequality, where social sector services are unable to keep up with societal need, and governments are stretched beyond their means.
Alnoor Ebrahim addresses one of the fundamental dilemmas...
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Mike Sharman invites you to share in the hustle, in this business book The Best Dick. From the enthusiastic, entrepreneurial beginnings of a bootstrapped startup founder-a relatively inexperienced 26 year old-to a seasoned, professional, storyteller, who has built a boutique social media advertising agency that has made more brands go viral, globally, than any other studio in Africa.
Mike seamlessly and hypnotically entwines business insights and...
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"The Modern Entrepreneur: A Guide to Leadership and Innovation" is a comprehensive resource for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to build successful and sustainable businesses in the modern world. This guide provides practical advice, tips, and strategies for developing leadership skills, fostering innovation, and overcoming the challenges that come with starting and growing a business.The guide is designed to help entrepreneurs develop a clear vision...
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Are you tired of struggling to make ends meet? Do you feel like you're stuck in a financial rut with no way out? Look no further than Money For Nothing, the comprehensive guidebook that reveals the secrets to accessing free money without having to pay it back. With insider tips and strategies for gaining financial aid through various channels, including grants, scholarships, employer benefits, government assistance programs, and even crowdfunded donations,...
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Experience Centro Community Partners' (Centro) compelling journey as they dismantle systemic racism and gender inequalities, forging a path to a just and inclusive economy. This gripping book reveals their groundbreaking strategies, empowering women and BIPOC entrepreneurs to thrive against all odds.
Discover a wellspring of wisdom, stories, and transformative solutions, providing a roadmap for change makers and social impact leaders dedicated...
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Impact First: the social entrepreneur's guide to measuring, managing and growing your impact is a guide with step by step actions and much more, for you to successfully measure, manage and communicate your impact. Based on the Lean Social Impact Approach, that Heidi uses with her clients, it takes impact measurement from a complicated, time consuming process to a lean and simplified process. The book covers, the underlying principles of impact measurement...
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Do you believe that everyday individuals have the power to make a difference?
In the age of strong political divisions and global challenges, it is easy to feel powerless over the direction of our lives and communities. That's exactly how 21-year-old Alex Quian felt until his mentor issued him a daunting challenge: to serve and unite his community by completing 30 different service projects in 30-days.
What followed was a life-changing service journey...
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'There's a new way to change the world,' writes social entrepreneur Michel Gelobter. It's called the lean startup-but it's not just for new ventures. It's been revolutionizing businesses of all ages for years, and Gelobter shows it can have the same transformative impact on the social sector. Traditionally, entrepreneurs develop a detailed plan, find money to fund it, and then pursue it to its conclusion. But conditions can change drastically at any...
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Have you ever struggled at a networking event when it's your turn to share your thirty-second message? Have you ever gotten so distracted by what to say that you aren't able to connect well with the people in the room? Or, are you just looking for tips on how to stop feeling "salesy" when it comes to your turn?
After observing numerous successful, confident business owners and professionals fumble their way through introducing themselves, Laura Templeton...
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The current business-for-profit model rewards short-term thinking, narrow self-interest, and a social-and-environmental-costs-be-damned attitude. Nonprofits, while more focused on the greater good, tend to be inherently resource-challenged and rely on increasingly scarce grants and donations to sustain their existence. Social enterprise is an exciting, blended model driven by the desire to create positive change through entrepreneurial activities....
15) Guide ASBL, AISBL et fondations: Comment créer, gérer et développer une association/fondation belge
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Créer, gérer et développer une ASBL, une AISBL ou une fondation en Belgique nécessite la connaissance de règles multiples.
L''ouvrage que vous tenez en main vous épaule dans la gestion quotidienne de votre ASBL, celle que vous conseillez ou celle dans laquelle vous travaillez.
Il vous sera particulièrement utile pour :
- rédiger ou améliorer vos statuts;
- préparer les assemblées générales et les conseils d'administration;
- intégrer...
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Mike Thakur's passion for kingdom focused entrepreneurship will impact anyone with a heart for embracing God's plan to change the world through missions. Mike's unique understanding and practical application of biblical principles of multiplication has allowed him to break free from today's model of burying the one talent in a hole for the sake of creating self-serving empires.
Mike Drop is a refreshing return to the very beginning of God's creative...
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Fr. Greg MacLeod gained national and international recognition for his research exploring novel ways of doing business. Over a period of more than forty years, he experimented in his local economy (Cape Breton) designing and starting new enterprises and rescuing faltering ones.
This book examines the techniques he developed and compares them with more conventional ways of doing business arguing that through his action research, Fr. Greg revealed himself...
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Find out how Wikipedia became an internet giant in just 50 minutes!
With over 40 million articles in almost 300 languages and dialects, Wikipedia is the largest and most influential encyclopaedia in the world. This success is all the more astonishing considering that the site relies on volunteers to write and edit its articles, and makes no money from advertising. At a time when traditional encyclopaedias were struggling to adapt to the rise of the...
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