Tag Archives: Social enterprise

Shopping that benefits Nonprofit Street

by Janine Vanderburg These days I want James Carville to come back and shout his famous phrase from every virtual street corner: It’s the economy, stupid! Because it is. The continued lackluster economy has hurt small businesses and those they … Continue reading

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My don’t-miss-sessions in the upcoming Colorado Nonprofit Association conference

by Janine Vanderburg Friday is the last day for early registration for the Colorado Nonprofit Association conference, and this year, there are lots of great reasons to attend. Over two days of workshops on a variety of topics, as well … Continue reading

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TEDxMileHigh to host Colorado’s brightest innovators

By Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting Always on the lookout for inspiring and innovative ideas relevant to the nonprofit sector and social change, we recently spoke with Jeremy Duhon who is an organizer for the TEDxMileHigh event that is coming to … Continue reading

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The “miracle animal”: Social Enterprise Alliance launches Colorado Chapter!

JVAers Guadalupe Torres and Janine Vanderburg joined a group of 30 social entrepreneurs at the Women’s Bean Project on Friday, November 12 to launch the Colorado chapter of the Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA), the 700-member organization that brings together the … Continue reading

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Healthpoint launches scalable rural health social enterprise

By Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting On November 9, Healthpoint Services Global, Inc. (Healthpoint) announced an innovative partnership with The Procter & Gamble Company, (Proctor & Gamble) aimed at advancing a scalable, self-sustaining social enterprise model for delivery of water, healthcare … Continue reading

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Diversified funding jumpstarts nonprofit Texas Tribune

By Collin Lessing, JVA Marketing/Communications Coordinator As a Texas native and media hound, I’ve been keeping my eye on a new online nonprofit newspaper called The Texas Tribune (Tribune). Last year, I heard that the Tribune founder, John Thornton, and … Continue reading

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Social enterprise in U.S. lags behind other countries

By Katy Snyder JVA Consulting Communications/Resource Development Associate One of the recurring themes at the recent Social Enterprise Summit in New Orleans was the perception that the U.K. and other Commonwealth countries such as Australia have a much more developed … Continue reading

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Best book gifts for those who want to change the world…

So there have been the studies released this year about the demise of books and reading, but curling up by the fire scrolling through text on a laptop or iPhone doesn’t seem to have the same appeal of settling in … Continue reading

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