15Five

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Employment Practices (40 points) – Businesses commit to and demonstrate commitment to benefits, recruitment practices, employment practices, and accommodation practices that fully incorporate and include individuals with disabilities. You can learn more about the history of NDEAM and ways to celebrate by visiting the Department of Labor.

Inclusion 75

Inclusion Recruitment Diversity Benchmarking 75

Alison Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

They don’t have any capital, or experience on a large scale, but because they are very creative and love to cook, this is their dream. I work at a nonprofit. I know someone who wants to start their own business in the hospitality industry as their retirement plan (they’re close to that age) — a bed and breakfast.

Hospitality 105

Hospitality Marketing Nonprofit Banking 105

Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 1, 2021

And launching and scaling these products requires a mastery of “network effects,” one of the most-used but misunderstood jargon terms in the industry. The Hard Side of a network is, by definition, hard to scale. Uber had to get creative to unlock its Hard Side.

Marketing 95

Marketing Assets Recruitment Operations 95

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2013

The nonprofit sector is facing a massive talent shortage , which makes scaling a social enterprise extraordinarily difficult. Nonprofits have an inherent asset in recruiting against their for-profit competitors: purpose. Many nonprofits are able to attract talent, but struggle to develop and retain it.

Nonprofit 14

Nonprofit Recruitment Scaling Insurance 14

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

So, in this regard, there's a big incentive to dig into them – the benefits only increase as you do! Finally, she offers these fire-starter questions for leaders and suggests you keep your answers nearby as you read her book: On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your personal ability to lead in flux today?

Banking 52

Banking Nonprofit Government Scaling 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

Although scaling is the holy grail for most social entrepreneurs, not everyone should attempt it. Before a social entrepreneur gets to work building those capabilities, however, it makes sense to ask the question: Is this venture really ready to scale? Readiness for scaling first means having a program or idea that succeeds logically.

Scaling 16

Scaling Staffing Operations Marketing 16

Walk Me

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

What are the benefits of a communication strategy template? What are the benefits of a communication strategy template? This point is especially the case with a project management communication plan, where communication must be effective on a smaller scale to ensure staff meet project goals through collaboration goals.

Change Management 52

Change Management ROI Media Diversity 52

Monday Task Management

MAY 7, 2022

This article delves further into the benefits of a potluck sign up template and highlights some specific types of potluck templates you might create. Skipping those manual steps offers a number of benefits: Saves time. The skills required to put on a successful potluck often scale up to bigger events. Get started.

Workflows 40

Workflows Scaling Human Resources Nonprofit 40

Monday Task Management

MAY 7, 2022

This article delves further into the benefits of a potluck sign up template and highlights some specific types of potluck templates you might create. Skipping those manual steps offers a number of benefits: Saves time. The skills required to put on a successful potluck often scale up to bigger events. Get started.

Workflows 40

Workflows Scaling Human Resources Nonprofit 40

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Change on a grand scale requires people to come together in new and different ways, and to reimagine what’s possible. The funding and oversight of these projects was a role typically played by philanthropy and nonprofits. There is no formula or roadmap to follow for large-scale change.

Scaling 13

Scaling Nonprofit Hospitality Government 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

If social-purpose organizations are generating superior results, we should support them financially so they can expand and more people can benefit. Scaling Social Impact Insights from HBR and The Bridgespan Group. Sadly, this rarely happens.

Nonprofit 10

Nonprofit Government Metrics Revenue 10

Chris LoCutro

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Conclusion (00:34:26) At the end of the day, calculating risks and rewards is all about spotting potential challenges, understanding their impact, and balancing them against the possible benefits. By doing this, you’ll make smarter decisions that benefit your business, your team, and your bottom line. What could the benefits be?

Benefits 52

Benefits Marketing KPI Operations 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

With a team of just 52 staff members, they are quietly igniting social good on a global scale through the repetitive flexing of an approach called dumbbell collaboration. In order to maximize the efficiency and sustainability of their client’s money, Geneva Global groups these nonprofits into a “community of practice.”

Nonprofit 15

Nonprofit Scaling Education Administration 15

AIHR

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

And she’s also a nonprofit founder, advisor, and executive coach. And you know, you talked a little bit about my background as a nonprofit founder. I founded a nonprofit in 2010 that focuses on helping graduate at-risk youth by teaching them the principles of entrepreneurship. And so it sounds very large at scale.

Inclusion 52

Inclusion Nonprofit Operations Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Yes, there are other varieties, like nonprofit firms and government-sponsored enterprises, but for-profit firms are assumed to be the center of the economic system. Until we address it, we're just treating symptoms, and our reform efforts will not reach the scale and speed required to avert the looming storm. Seeds of a New Capitalism.

Nonprofit 15

Nonprofit Government Benefits Assets 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

The organization I'm part of, BRAC, is known for going to scale with solutions that are often radically low-tech. Piecemeal, low-tech solutions often go further — and are more easily scaled-up — than anything dreamed up by R&D-centric outsiders. Scaling Social Impact Insights from HBR and The Bridgespan Group.

Banking 22

Banking Scaling Nonprofit Advertising 22

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2018

Far too many great ideas for solving pressing social problems are not being applied at the scale they deserve, because thousands of nonprofit organizations are teetering on the brink of collapse. Small-scale launches of recommended approaches can then be tested.

Nonprofit 8

Nonprofit Scaling Revenue Sales 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2011

The capital markets that fund education innovation — both for-profit and nonprofit — are largely broken. The result is a large-scale market of technological mediocrity. Their solutions generally don't scale well - they start breaking down when too many students or teachers or schools or districts begin using them.

Education 16

Education Nonprofit Scaling Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

At INSEAD, two students Philippe Dongier and Katie (co-author of this post) sent a school-wide email asking if anyone was interested in cultivating coursework and careers related to nonprofits. Across the programs studied, Yale School of Management topped the chart with 95% of its course offerings in 2009 incorporating social benefit content.

Nonprofit 13

Nonprofit Scaling Administration Manager 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2013

By inextricably linking the two, we confine the practice of real, turbo-charged capitalism to business, and we dangerously limit the capacity of non-business organizations to innovate, fund, and bring to scale the kind of breakthrough ideas that will begin to solve the huge social problems we face today. Now we're talking scale.

Nonprofit 12

Nonprofit Scaling Advertising Marketing 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Furthermore, we learned that this mode of giving delivers a greater impact to the community because it helps fill critical capability gaps in nonprofits. For example, if a nonprofit is experiencing an issue with hiring, we provide human capital consultants to help them revamp their process.

Nonprofit 11

Nonprofit Real Estate Human Resources Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2013

Open data — the idea that certain data should be freely available to everyone to use as they wish — was the key to scaling Awesome Foundation's core idea. This needs to change in two ways: First, nonprofits should be using their data for social purposes only. Nonprofits don't live in that world anymore, none of us do.

Nonprofit 10

Nonprofit Scaling Project Management Revenue 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

A diverse group of local leaders — private, public, philanthropic, and nonprofit — fed up with the dysfunction around them, come together to challenge conventional wisdom and fix problems long written off as unsolvable, such as poverty, unemployment, and a failing education system. Is Your Social Venture Really Worth Scaling?

Nonprofit 14

Nonprofit Scaling Education Diversity 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

The benefits are diffuse, including economic growth, city competitiveness, more jobs for more people, and more efficient use of scarce resources such as energy (which leads to less pollution). These financial products create a risk-bearing financial arrangement between public, private, and nonprofit organizations.

Cash Flow 14

Cash Flow Real Estate Assets Nonprofit 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2013

Take Ushahidi , a nonprofit tech company using the internet and mobile applications to crowd source information during natural disasters, epidemics, and political crises. There's also Khan Academy, the nonprofit website that removes economic barriers to education by putting free video tutorials online.

Nonprofit 9

Nonprofit Media Scaling Metrics 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

An investor-owned hospital executive whose company had acquired major nonprofit health care enterprises compared the proliferation of contracts to the growth of barnacles on the bottom of a freighter. One thing that distinguishes the typical nonprofit from a comparably-sized investor-owned hospital is the number of layers of management.

Hospitality 14

Hospitality Manager Nonprofit Staffing 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Goodwill model benefits the global community because of the positive environmental impact of diverting two billion pounds of goods from landfills each year. It's also critical to make the greater good an essential part of your business model.

Nonprofit 14

Nonprofit Operations Revenue Benefits 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2014

That’s great for tech companies that attract talent with stock and benefits, but less so for social initiatives and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who could use their talent too. Short of asking nonprofits to drain their coffers to make expensive hires, can we find a way to staff their projects?

Recruitment 11

Recruitment Nonprofit Compensation Software 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2013

A parallel transformation is now taking hold in the nonprofit sector. It's an essential ingredient of scaling the impact of any venture — all the more so for social ventures where access to a decent education, basic healthcare, or clean water may be at stake. So the question became, how can we take that model and scale it up?".

Nonprofit 10

Nonprofit Scaling Education Assets 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Here’s how: Lower risk by scaling the intended new action down so it’s manageable, and less frightening. Explain to her how you believe this will benefit her and ask her what her concerns might be. If need be, adjust your plan so she sees it as a win for her, as well. But that’s just what happens. You and Your Team.

Metrics 15

Metrics Scaling Nonprofit Benefits 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

To do this they apply the same discipline to their charitable work that they do to their core business--insisting on strategic focus, investing at scale and measuring results. The Nike Foundation also leans on its expertise in innovation and scale to find solutions to poverty, while keeping its operations separate from the business.

Scaling 15

Scaling Business Analysis Education Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

For social impact organizations to scale in the same way entrepreneurial tech companies do, investors need to increase their tolerance for non-moral failure. This is the only way foundations and other funders can maximize the social benefit from their assets, and move the needle on solving persistent social issues.

Nonprofit 11

Nonprofit Scaling Assets Government 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2013

One Acre Fund (a nonprofit where Matthew is on the board and Stephanie on the staff) serves 135,000 of the poorest smallholder farmers in East Africa, on average doubling the profits they generate from farming. Follow the Scaling Social Impact insight center on Twitter @ScalingSocial and register to stay informed and give us feedback.

Nonprofit 9

Nonprofit Scaling Operations Revenue 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

In this case, we adopted the outcome metrics of the International Consortium for Health Outcomes (ICHOM), a nonprofit organization that forms working groups of physician leaders, patient advocacy members, registry leaders, and patients to develop global standard sets of outcome measures for medical conditions.

Metrics 15

Metrics Hospitality Scaling Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2015

There are real market, economic, and social benefits to putting slightly fewer but better-prepared and more-motivated entrepreneurs into the business pipeline. Maybe the most important take-away from the current research on entrepreneurship is the need to invest in and scale entrepreneurial education.

Education 15

Education Nonprofit Government Scaling 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Every company benefits from an educated populace. Every company needs infrastructure – roads, bridges, ports – and every company benefits from the new technologies made possible by basic scientific research. The ensuing waves of globalization and technological progress brought great benefits to American firms and consumers.

Government 14

Government Education Diversity Nonprofit 14

BCW Institute

JUNE 13, 2022

This book is designed for you, a Christian leader in business, a church, or a nonprofit. And we score it on a scale. If there’s a specific insight, story, or action step you’ve enjoyed, please share it with others so they can benefit, too. You know, people are engaged with the mission. What are your thoughts?

Leadership Development 52

Leadership Development Employee Engagement Nonprofit Accounts 52