Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2008

You may remember the very popular Trend Blend 2007 and Trend Blend 2008 which used transportation themes. The mega-trends are: Global connectivity. Environment. The Drumbeat of Bad News for Nonprofits Fundraising in 2012 What resonates with you from this diagram of next year? . Volatility. Uncertainty. Technology.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

The social enterprise model that connects marketing and financing has shown some success in addressing social problems with revenue not solely generated from donors and the government (Artz, Gramlich, & Porter, 2012). However, the impact of the “Great Recession” in 2009 and 2010 left its founders with dwindling funds.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2012

It was orginally featured on The Huffington Post , May 18, 2012. There are five key shifts affecting the environment for nonprofits that have co-mingled with the economy to create the potential for continued rough times if organizations don't change: Donors are dramatically changing what they want from philanthropy.

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