Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Colliers International:�Not For Profit�Market Home
Colliers International:�Not For Profit�Market Home: "Colliers International recognizes the strength, importance and unique needs of the hundreds of thousands of organizations that comprise the not-for-profit sector.
In the US, one out of every ten members of the labor force works for a not-for-profit organization. In addition, more than seven percent of the USGross National Product is produced by non-profit organizations. The real estate needs of this industry are as diverse and widespread as the more than 12 million people working in it."
In the US, one out of every ten members of the labor force works for a not-for-profit organization. In addition, more than seven percent of the USGross National Product is produced by non-profit organizations. The real estate needs of this industry are as diverse and widespread as the more than 12 million people working in it."
Friday, March 12, 2010
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
SEVN is now blogging here
This blog will be used to record the design, creation and operation of the Social Enterprise Value Network (SEVN)- a nonprofit organization providing services to Social Entrepreneurs and Social Enterprises to help them become more effective, efficient and successful in achieving their missions.
SEVN plans to attract startup and early stage operational funding in the form of tax deductible "directed donations" from individuals, foundations and corporate sponsors/
SEVN is in discussion with The Calvert Giving Fund Calvert Giving Fund: to enable the flow of tax deductible donations for specific SEVN projects.
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A first list of the projects includes:
- The Linked Open Data Exchange which will serve as a public clearing house for validating, certifying and exchanging semantically tagged metadata ( to comply with W3C semantic standards. The LODX will be supported by annual membership fees, certification fees, and fees for collaborative design services for the definition, certification and execution of interoperable linked data ontologies.
- The development and deployment of The Social Enterprise Directory for Social Entrepreneurs, Social Capital funders, Social Enterprises, Social Enterprise projects. The Directory will use LDX to certify that its entries will be compliant with W3C semantic standards. The Directory will serve as an epicenter for finding people, professional services,best practices, and other resources that will add value to and increase the effectiveness of Social Enterprises. The Directory will generate cash flows from Directory users subscriptions and customized matching services.
- The SEVN Pavilion on the InnoCentive open innovation platform to support the use of Innocentive's proven prize challenge Seeker/Solver process for "crowd sourcing" innovations with specific focus on developing innovative solutions in the Social Enterprise environment. A unique use of the Pavilion will be in creating challenges that yield funding solutions for Social Enterprises.
The Virtual Visuals graphic facilitation service will manage and visually record online meetings sponsored by SEVN or SEVN clients. Virtual Visual practitioners will also be engaged in supporting clients in the collaborative design and deployment of metadata ontologies for inclusion in the LDX and for use in their own needs for data sharing and interoperability. Virtual Visuals will generate fee for service income from the above activities.
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