Resources

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» New books about social enterprise
» Social Edge resource index
» Business and Social Enterprise Issues
» From Department of Victorian Communities - New Guides
» DEMOS on Learning

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NEW BOOKS ABOUT SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

From the UK

Read the new book from Andrew Kuper (GlobalAcademyat Ashoka)

Global Responsibilities: Who Must Deliver on Human Rights?

The book contains chapters by Amartya Sen and other luminaries, who ask and answer tough questions of great relevance to the Millennium Development Goals and broader approaches to human rights.

Orders can be placed at www.amazon.com.

All royalties go straight to the Treatment Action Campaign, which is at the forefront of the struggle to make HIV/AIDS medications accessible to all.

From the US

Integrating Mission and Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations
JamesA.Phills
OxfordUniversityPress, 2005
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/book-review.jhtml?t=nonprofit&id=5022
A Stanford expert on social innovation has advice for nonprofits.

SOCIAL EDGE RESOURCE INDEX

Social Edge conducts weekly forums that attract social entrepreneurs' comments from around the world. Many topics for discussion relate to growing your social enterprise. So..

Are you looking for information to help your organization grow? Did you miss one of Social Edge's weekly online events? Now finding the answer to your questions is easier than ever!

Tap into Social Edge's vast repository of practical information by visiting the new Social Edge Resource Index . Click on the "Resources" tab at the top of the home page, or visit http://www.socialedge.org/resources.html

BUSINESS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ISSUES

NESst publishes excellent material on its website at http://www.nesst.org/furthering_publication_tools.asp

Among these publications are its Practitioner Series which include:

get ready, get set...

Starting down the road to self-financing

Lee Davis, Nicole Etchart, María Cecilia Jara & Joanna Messing

Ethics in the Field of Social Enterprise from NESsT

Business ethics in the fields of private and public enterprise are attracting a growing interets among entrepreneurs. NESsT, the Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-Sustainability Team, has developed the "first code of ethics" to help social entrepreneur leaders to recognise and prepare for the unique ethical challenges of entrepreneurship in the nonprofit sector.

» Read more NESsT on Business Skills.pdf

AND

Guiding Principles for Nonprofits in the Marketplace.pdf

Visit the NESsT website at www.nesst.org to access its rich resources.

NPOs Starting Businesses

From Social Edge at socialedge@skollfoundation.org

If you ask social entrepreneurs about their top three needs, they'll often reply, "Funding, funding, funding." But more and more nonprofit organizations are trying to break free of standard funding models by investigating alternate sources of self-sustaining income. Is a profit-making business right for your organization?

» NPOs Starting Businesses.pdf

FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VICTORIAM COMMUNITIES

Getting to know your community guides
The Department of Victorian Communities has redeveloped two resource guides that are available fo community organisations.

» More http://www.communitybuilding.vic.gov.au

» Getting to Know Your Community Guide.pdf

In a second guide on data gathering in your community useful information is provided on a range of issues including asset mapping, history audits, networks, and other issues.

» Guide to Gathering Qualitative Information.pdf

DEMOS ON LEARNING

Much has been written in the education literature on the nature and processes of learning. Read one of Charles Leadbeater's early papers on "Enterprise Learning". Also worth the read is an article on contemporary learning by well known Bristish educationist David Hargreaves. Both authors are writing for DEMOS, a major think tank for social chnage in the UK at www.demos.co.uk

» More DEMOS Learning Articles.pdf