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12/24/12

The most dangerous job in the world

While Santa risks life and limb this evening, we hope you enjoy a pleasant, safe holiday with family and friends. Happy holidays from Corona Insights.  

By Meredith BadlerRead More

12/19/12

#3 Nonprofit Sector Transformer and Macro Disruptor

Reinventing the Nonprofit Sector – A Corona POV Series The third nonprofit sector transformer and macro disrupter in our series is: Use of social enterprise practices Amidst persistent financial pressures, political uncertainties and unmet community needs, more nonprofits are pursuing earned income or social enterprise strategies as means of bolstering their economic engines or redefining […]

By Karla RainesRead More

12/11/12

#2 Nonprofit Sector Transformer and Macro Disruptor

Reinventing the Nonprofit Sector – A Corona POV Series The second internal transformer and macro disrupter we’re seeing in the nonprofit sector is: the rise of the social entrepreneur. In 2004, I began speaking about the blurring of the lines between the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.  What was once a well-defined marker is now a […]

By Karla RainesRead More

12/3/12

#1 Nonprofit Sector Transformer and Macro Disruptor

Reinventing the Nonprofit Sector – A Corona POV Series   A look back over the past 15 years shows how the nonprofit sector has been reinventing itself.  I’ve coined the term sector transformer to refer to the dynamics at play within the nonprofit arena.  Macro disruptors have also been reshaping the sector from the outside.  Each of […]

By Karla RainesRead More

11/27/12

The Black Mobile Cyber Small Business sale

Are you recovered yet from the frantic weekend of deal hunting?  First you had Mobile Thursday (haven’t heard of that one yet? see below), then Black Friday, followed by Small Business Saturday, and then (after taking Sunday off) you had Cyber Monday. With all the hype it’s hard to know where the interest is among […]

By David KennedyRead More

11/26/12

A Shifting Nonprofit Sector

Reinventing the Nonprofit Sector – A Corona POV Series I’ve been working in and with the nonprofit sector for almost 20 years now. Over that time I’ve observed significant changes. The visual below highlights the subtle yet significant shifts over the past 15 years.   Over the years I’ve witnessed first-hand how nonprofits approach their strategic work – […]

By Karla RainesRead More