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Succeeding at social enterprise : hard-won lessons for nonprofits and social entrepreneurs / Social Enterprise Alliance.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nonprofit organizations.
- Nonprofit organizations--Management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From the Social Enterprise Alliance, the organization dedicated to building a robust social enterprise field, comes Succeeding at Social Enterprise. This practical guide is filled with the best practices, tools, guidance, models and successful cases for leaders (and future leaders) of social ventures and enterprises. A groundbreaking work, it brings together the knowledge and experience of social enterprise pioneers in the field and some of today's most successful social entrepreneurs to show what it takes to implement and run an effective social venture or organization. Succeeding at S
- Contents:
- Succeeding at Social Enterprise: Hard-Won Lessons for Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; Part One: Start-Up and Structure; Chapter One: Aligning Mission and a Social Venture; Chapter Two: Doing Good Versus Doing Well; Chapter Three: Business Planning for Enduring Social Impact; Chapter Four: Aligning Staff and Board Around a Venture; Chapter Five: The Life Cycle of Social Enterprise Financing; Part Two: Methods; Chapter Six: Product or Service Development; Chapter Seven: Image, Advertising, and Communications
- Chapter Eight: Generating Sales Through Great Customer ServiceChapter Nine: Advocacy and Social Enterprise; Chapter Ten: Innovation and Technology Strategies; Chapter Eleven: Building a Performance Measurement System: Using Data to Accelerate Social Impact; Chapter Twelve: Value Versus Waste; Part Three: Leadership; Chapter Thirteen: Good Board Governance Is a Good Business Practice; Chapter Fourteen: Leading Change; Chapter Fifteen: Leadership Succession; Chapter Sixteen: Scaling Back or Shutting Down the Venture; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612551253
- 9780470608753
- 0470608757
- 9781282551251
- 1282551256
- 9780470608739
- 0470608730
- OCLC:
- 609861563
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