| Description |
xxii, 330 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Wiley nonprofit law, finance, and management series |
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Wiley nonprofit law, finance, and management series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-319) and index. |
| Summary |
"A hands-on resource that shows nonprofits how to adopt entrepreneurial behaviors and techniques ... learn how to use practical business techniques to dramatically improve the performance of your nonprofit."--Bublisher description. |
| Contents |
Social Entrepreneurship / J. Gregory Dees, Peter Economy -- What Is Social Entrepreneurship? -- What Makes an Enterprise a Social Enterprise? -- Why Social Entrepreneurship Is Important to You -- Factors Leading to Entrepreneurial Success -- Defining Your Mission / Rob Johnston -- Mission as the Entrepreneur's Most Useful Tool -- How to Define Your Organization's Mission -- Planning and Leading through Mission -- Summary: Mission in Action -- Recognizing and Assessing New Opportunities / Jerry Kitzi -- Opportunity Recognition Is a Skill, Not a Character Trait -- Always on the Lookout! -- The Value of a Strategic Plan -- Assessing Opportunities -- Window of Opportunity -- Mobilizing Resources / J. Gregory Dees -- It's Not Just about the Money -- Assess your Resource Needs--Entrepreneurially -- Ten Tips for Reducing Your Initial Cash Needs -- Develop Your Resource Mobilization Strategy -- The Accountable Social Entrepreneur / Jed Emerson -- Defining Accountability and Understanding Its Dimensions -- The Rationale for Being an Accountable Social Entrepreneur: Why Bother? -- The Accountability Trap: Feeling Accountable to All, Being Accountable to None -- Making Accountability Work for You: Moving from Concept to Action -- On Stubbing Your Toe: Possible Implications of Being Accountable -- The Six Steps to Meaningful Accountability -- Understanding Risk: The Social Entrepreneur, and Risk Management / Jed Emerson -- What Does "Risk" Really Mean? -- The Art of Calculated Risk Taking. |
| Subject |
Nonprofit organizations -- Management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Social action -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Nonprofit organizations -- Management.
(OCoLC)fst01038913
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Social action. (OCoLC)fst01122251
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks, manuals, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423877
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| Added Author |
Emerson, Jed.
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Economy, Peter.
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| ISBN |
0471397350 (alk. paper) |
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9780471397359 (alk. paper) |
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