Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs

by Jed Emerson, Peter Economy, J. Gregory Dees

Book Overview

A hands-on resource that shows nonprofits how to adopt entrepreneurial behaviors and techniques

The rising spirit of social entrepreneurship has created all kinds of new opportunities for nonprofit organizations. But at the same time, many are discovering more than their share of challenges as well. This essential book will help anyone in the field gain the necessary skills to meet these challenges. Written by the leading thinkers and practitioners...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471397350
• ISBN13: 9780471397359
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.3" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Social Enterprise for Nonprofits

Wonderful source of information on the role of social enterprise or partnership donation alternatives as a way of funding non profits in 2007.

Comprehensive and Quite Useful

I found this book to be extraordinarily helpful in outlining how nonprofits can adopt better practices towards creating more sustainable social entrepreneurial models. While my background is in the profit world, it helped me to recognize how my existing knoweldge could be adapted to social entreprenuership. I highly recommend this book. It is well-written, comprehensive in its topics and it contains very useful tips and "how to" material.

A Must Read for those in the Non-Profit Sector

As a businessperson with an MBA, I readily identified with and agreed with the advice and strategies presented in this book. For people with a passion to help improve things in a not-so-perfect world, this book is a gift. It provides real life examples and turns theories into step-by-step directions. Each chapter makes good use of subheads and bullet points and ends with a concise summary. The authors have real-life experience working as social entreprenuers and it shows. I highly recommend this book.

Phenomenal resource

This book is destined to become a classic. It is full of such useful information. Not only is the content fantastic but the format is an outstanding feature of the book. I predict many will read it and all of those will value it and refer to it often. Thanks for providing us with such a comprehensive and easy to use resource.