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Social Entrepreneurship and Self-Directed Volunteering
Articles/excerpts on this subject
- Creating a Social Enterprise, by Pete Collins (2010)
- Get Active: Encouraging Entrepreneurial Volunteers, by Jonathan Tisch, The Huffington Post, May 4, 2010,
- How to Initiate a Project by Self-Directed Volunteers posted on Compassion Takes Action (2010)
- Models of Volunteering: Entrepreneurial, Episodic, Informal, Mandated, and Residential, Idealist.org Volunteer Management Resource Center
- The New Unaffiliated Volunteers, by Mary Merrill, World Volunteer Web (2005)
- Social Entrepreneurship entry in Wikipedia
- Tech@State: Reflections on Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents, Beth Kantor blog post, 7 Nov 2010
Websites with information on this subject
Alltop: Social Entrepreneurship
http://social-entrepreneurship.alltop.com/
Site that gathers news and information about social entrepreneurship and presents it in one place, with links.
Ashoka
http://www.ashoka.org/
Global organization seeking to allow "social entrepreneurs to thrive and enable the world’s citizens to think and act as changemakers." See section of site defining a "social entrepreneur."
Beth's Blog: "Free Agent" Category http://www.bethkanter.org/category/free-agent/ Beth Kantor, online expert on social networking for nonprofits, has an active blog. One of her topics is "free agent" volunteers, which she defines as "a person (many times a GenY, but not always) who is a passionate about a social cause, but is working outside of a nonprofit organization to organize, mobilize, raise money, and engage with others."
Echoing Green
http://www.echoinggreen.org/about
To accelerate social change, Echoing Green invests in and supports outstanding emerging social entrepreneurs to launch new organizations that deliver bold, high-impact solutions.
Entrepreneurial Volunteering Training Online Course http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad/entrepreneurial-volunteering/training By Unite for Sight.
i-Social Entrepreneurs http://www.i-se.co.uk A UK organization "working to start, develop and sustain social enterprises, social firms and voluntary and community sector organisations."
Social Citizens Blog
http://blog.socialcitizens.org/paper
A highly-interactive Web site to elicit discussion of "social citizenship," including a "discussion paper" and videos explaining new technology for online exchange.
Social Enterprise section of Free Management Library
http://www.managementhelp.org/soc_entr/soc_entr.htm
Carter MacNamara has added this topic, with a comprehensive list of links, to his online library of management topics.
Social Ventures Partners International
http://www.svpi.org/
"A network of engaged philanthropists who believe that they can have a positive impact on their communities and who use innovative strategies to address complex social issues."
Venture Philanthropy Partners
http://www.vppartners.org/
"A philanthropic investment organization that helps great leaders build strong, high-performing nonprofit institutions."
Relevant Hot Topic essays
- The Self-Directed Volunteer - May '10
- Encouraging Entrepreneurial Volunteering - Nov '06
- On Being a Dream-Catcher - Dec '00
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