What’s the secret to increasing revenues and increasing your workforce during hard times? Apparently, it’s having a great relationship with your employees.

Let’s Give Women Entrepreneurs the R-E-S-P-E-C-T and Support They Deserve

by Geri Stengel on Oct 25, 2011 - 12:20am

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I have to agree with Adelaide Lancaster’s blog last week.

Women entrepreneurs don’t get the respect they deserve. They have their own approach to starting and growing businesses and there is nothing wrong with our choices, but I do think we’re not unleashing the full potential of women entrepreneurship.

Bring Back the Magic

by Geri Stengel on Oct 20, 2011 - 12:20am

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Halloween may be the all-time greediest holiday around: “Gimme something or I’ll be bad.”

Changing Investment Strategy Can Solve Problems, Generate Income

by Geri Stengel on Oct 18, 2011 - 12:20am

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Ripples in the investment world are massing into a tidal wave of change in how we finance social good. It is a wave that will encompass investment brokers and philanthropists, venture capitalists and foundations.

It’s More Than Food on Your Plate: It’s a Statement of Your Values

by Geri Stengel on Oct 14, 2011 - 12:20am

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Editor’s note: Blog Action Day is an annual event, a day on which bloggers worldwide focus on one topic. The goal is create discussion around important social issues, ones that impact us all whether we realize it or not: climate change, water, poverty. This year, the topic is food. Sunday, October 16 is World Food Day, dedicated to alleviating hunger. Your choices, your values can help.

Women Entrepreneurs: Under-utilized Drivers of Economic Growth

by Geri Stengel on Oct 13, 2011 - 12:20am

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I thought I saw a problem and a recent report from the Kauffman Foundation confirmed it: Women are under-represented in high-growth, job creating entrepreneurship.

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How LinkedIn’s New Profile Section Can Help Nonprofits Fundraise, Find the People They Need

by Geri Stengel on Oct 11, 2011 - 12:20am

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In it’s effort to ramp up nonprofit participation in its services, LinkedIn now has a “Volunteer Experience & Causes” section for your profile page. The idea is that professionals will share information about what causes they care about and their level of engagement with those causes.

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Nonprofit Giving Has Changed. Does Your Nonprofit Measure Up?

by Geri Stengel on Oct 6, 2011 - 12:20am

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$23 billion. That’s the decline in giving from 2007 -- the peak giving year -- to 2010.

Does Your Nonprofit Know Where to Recruit Top-Notch Board Members?

by Geri Stengel on Oct 4, 2011 - 12:20am

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Nonprofit, know thyself!

Before bringing on new board members, this is especially important. The need for self-awareness is highlighted by the application process for Palindrome Advisors, a group of entrepreneurs who have pledged to lend their skills to nonprofit boards for at least a year.