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Rachel Chaikof

Sustainable Future of Mankind - 0 views

www.amazon.com/...B0036R4K14

book CSR sustainability

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  • Rachel Chaikof on 08 Feb 12
     
    Interesting book
Daniel Benoni

Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship(CASE)-The Fuqua School of Business-Du... - 0 views

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Other Description

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  • Daniel Benoni on 24 Mar 11
     
    For Profit Social Ventures
Daniel Benoni

Charity Navigator - Top Ten Lists - 0 views

www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm

charity navigator

shared by Daniel Benoni on 08 Jun 11 - Cached
  • Daniel Benoni on 08 Jun 11
     
    Great source of top charities....!!!!
Daniel Benoni

Using Social Media Increases Fundraising by 40% [Study] | NetWitsThinkTank.com - 0 views

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fundraising using social media Documentation

shared by Daniel Benoni on 20 May 11 - No Cached
  • owing that non-profit supporters around the world have been adopting the use of social networking in their daily lives we set out to figure out if the use of social networks had any impact on personal or peer-to-peer fundraising. The results we’re pretty amazing
  • e found that participants who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube communicate with their networks more regularly and send more messages. This resulted in increased fundraising results by up to 40%.
  • Twitter as a Multiplier Twitter users set higher fundraising goals and raised more money. In fact, Twitter users increased their personal fundraising goals by at least three times more and raised nearly 10 times more online than their peers who did not use Twitter.
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  • Overall, participants that adopted integrated social media tools increased their fundraising by as much as 40 percent compared to their peers who weren’t using the available online tools.
Aude-Olivia Dufour

Wild Apricot Blog : Q and A: Volunteer Scheduling, Time Tracking and Accountability - 1 views

www.wildapricot.com/...e-tracking-accountability.aspx

shared by Aude-Olivia Dufour on 24 Jul 11 - No Cached
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  • Aude-Olivia Dufour on 24 Jul 11
     
    tools for charities to keep track of time
  • cdroulers on 25 Jul 11
     
    C'est cool, ça sort des "compétiteurs" et y'a aussi un lien vers une liste de "quiz" pour les bénévoles qui pourrait être pratique une fois qu'on se lançe vers les non-profits et bénévoles.
Aude-Olivia Dufour

Interactions Corporation Raises $12M More to Ease the Pains of Automated Customer Servi... - 0 views

bostinnovation.com/...-of-automated-customer-service

shared by Aude-Olivia Dufour on 26 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Aude-Olivia Dufour on 26 Jul 11
     
    Hum, yeah customer service needs to be improved. 
Daniel Benoni

The Struggle in Finding An Addressable Problem - Lean Startups - blog - kyle ... - 0 views

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Documentation Needs startup

shared by Daniel Benoni on 29 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • focusing on a market before an actual product idea
  • By starting with a market and focusing on data/interviews to find an addressable problem, rather than building software from day one, we encountered problems I would never have predicted
  • spent our time talking to as many parents/teacher/psychiatrists that would give us their time
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  • The more we narrowed our focus the less motivated we became.  We went from looking at a massive addressable market to a subset of people and a minimal product offering.
  • Focusing, as difficult as it was, was necessary given the reality that we were two
  • Write everything down.
  • best ways to drastically narrow your scope, it’s easy to list four or five options but having to pick just one and describe it fully really focuses things.
  • Pitching everyday
  • it helps you to iterate much faster.
  • People tend to love your idea when it’s vague, as they develop their own picture of what it will really be.  -- What we found to really work well was building a baseline pitch deck and iterating on it every day based on what we had learned.
  • Take all the “ands” out. 
  • We help parents to fix the problems in their child's daily routine and to encourage them to try new things
  • We help parents to fix the one or two main problems in their child's daily routine. 
  • It’s tough to not start writing code after your first positive interview.
  • Not because we found the best problem/solution mix, but rather because we found one solution that we can quickly test and on which we can iterate.
Daniel Benoni

HOW TO: Decide Which Charities Your Business Should Support - 0 views

mashable.com/...business-csr-charity

CSR corporate social responsibility charities customer client

shared by Daniel Benoni on 21 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Giving is big business. Every year non-profit organizations solicit companies in the hope of obtaining
  • Giving USA reports corporate giving increased 5.5% to $14.1 billion in 2009.
  • Businesses are willing to give, but are often confused as to which causes might be best for them.
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  • Businesses can build stronger relationships with their stakeholders through their charitable endeavors. Helping others while helping themselves can lead businesses to bigger profits.
  • on’t forget your employees
  • Clarify your business’ values
  • Find out where your stakeholders are donating
  • First Steps
  • Picking a Charity
  • Determine the criteria for the potential charity
  • arrow it down: Search for charities that meet your criteria. Here is the tedious part. Giving USA cites there were more than 1 million charities in the United States in 2009. You may want to enlist another person or a committee to help with the selection process. GuideStar.org has a wonderful search function that allows you to pick through its database by criteria
  • Compare mission statements
  • Make sure organizations are registered
  • Transparency and accountability
  • Trustworthy non-profits will discuss their programs and finances
  • Give your partnership a trial run. Test your partnership by donating to a small project before doing a large campaign.
  • Charities are a fulfilling way to further the mission of your organization while helping the community in which you live and work. Keep these tips in mind the next time you conduct your next cause marketing or charitable campaign, and your organization will be sure to come out ahead.
  • Daniel Benoni on 21 Apr 11
     
    This article is the bomb. We should rehearse it before pitching to a company and show how the process should be done and how we can help them go through it with Invup!
Daniel Benoni

Most Marketers Plan to Increase Social Media Spend This Year [STUDY] - 0 views

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Documentation Marketing Needs

shared by Daniel Benoni on 19 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • An overwhelming number of marketers consider social media to be integral to their strategies this year, and 70% plan to increase their social media budget by more than 10% this year
  • found that the primary social media goal is to increase Facebook “Likes.”
  • social networking would take 11.9% of their overall budget this year compared with 13% for TV
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  • $68.7 billion was spent on all TV advertising last year, compared with just $26 billion for Internet advertising
  • 87% said social media was “important” or “very important” to achieving their biggest marketing goal this year.
Daniel Benoni

Causes Raises Another $9 Million To Help Spread Philanthropy Online - 0 views

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causes Competitors

shared by Daniel Benoni on 18 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • s transitioning from living primarily as a Facebook canvas application to running off of its standalone website Causes.com
  • led to a two-fold increase in the amount of money the site raises in donations from its ‘Birthday Wish’ feature on a daily basis — $20,000 a day, up from $10,000 two months ago.
  • Causes gift cards in every Safeway and Vons location in California.
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  • uses has now raised over $16 million, including a previously unannounced $5 million Series B round led by Case Foundation and philanthropist Ray Chambers’s MCJ Foundation, with participation from Founders Fund
Rachel Chaikof

Philanthropy versus social responsibility - 1 views

gulfnews.com/...social-responsibility-1.993852

CSR philanthropy

shared by Rachel Chaikof on 14 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Rachel Chaikof on 14 Mar 12
     
    Must to read- it made me aware of csr vs philanthropy
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