Strategic Tools for Social Entrepreneurs
By J Gregory Dees & Peter Economy and Jed Emerson, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2002
This is a complementary book to “Enterprising Nonprofits: a Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs.” It covers additional critical issues organized in two topics: (1) value creation and performance, and (2) addressing growth, change and earned income strategies. The first offers insights to identify the service value that an organization can provide, and explanations, practical examples and deep analysis of how to develop a strategic vision, to position the organization’s value, to compete and/or to cooperate with other nonprofits and corporations, to recruit and motivate employees, establish relationships with donors and community, to implement a performance evaluation system. The second topic explores various earned income strategies their risks and challenges, strategic alternatives to scaling up, and how to successfully implement changes in an organization.
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