community enterprise

WAM in Action

By Robin on 14 December 2011 - 5:12pm

Last week, I had the opportunity to bring one of our new board members on a site visit of Women's Audio Mission (WAM), a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women in music production and the performing arts...

Tags: audio engineering, community enterprise, Social Enterprise, Van Anh Vo, women audio engineers, women's audio mission

Don't Miss: The NextGen for Social Enterprise

By Jeff Perlstein on 16 September 2011 - 12:33pm

Yes, they walk among us – the future’s in our midst!

Join ZeroDivide and the Bay Area chapter of the Social Enterprise Alliance on Tuesday, September 20th, as we present a terrific opportunity for both emerging and experienced social enterprise practitioners to learn and exchange ideas:

Tags: Youth Media, Social Media, community enterprise

Making Social Enterprise Work: A Funder's Perspective

By Paul Lamb on 6 September 2011 - 4:04pm

"This has been a profound growing experience. One that has really changed the culture of our nonprofit for the better in many areas."

These are the words of a Community Enterprise manager taken earlier this year from an anonymous ZeroDivide survey of its grantees. ZeroDivide has spent the last five years developing a social enterprise incubation program, designed to help nonprofits working with underserved communities become more effective and sustainable through tech and media-related business ventures.

Tags: Social Enterprise, Youth Media, community enterprise, Economic Development

Ready, Set, Start - Videos

ZeroDivide wishes to share interviews with Staff and our Community Investment Partners on our Community Investment Model. In sharing our experiences with you, we hope you gain a better understanding of what's involved in creating community enterprises.

Ready, Set, Start - conducted by Blueprint Research and Design Inc., the paper provides an
up-close look at what it takes to change how you do business and
illustrates some of the larger trends currently shaping philanthropy.

Tags: Ken Ikeda, BAVC, Youth Outlook, ZeroDivide, Laura Efurd, Youth Radio, Change Agent Productions, Tessie Guillermo, community enterprise, Bob Cabeza, YO, Kevin Weston, Lissa Soep, John Hoffman, Robin Wu, Ruth Williams, community investment

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Kevin Weston on Jobs

Kevin Weston, Director of New Media and Youth Communications at New America Media, talks about the importance of providing an environment for sustainability.

Resource Type: Videos

Tags: jobs, community enterprise, Kevin Weston, YO!

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Kevin Weston on Thinking Like a Business

Kevin Weston, Director of New Media and Youth Communications at New America Media (NAM) talks about the importance of thinking like a business in developing community enterprises.

Resource Type: Videos

Tags: Youth Outlook, community enterprise, Kevin Weston, business plan, YO!

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Ken Ikeda of BAVC on Proposal Process

Ken Ikeda, Executive Director of BAVC, discusses the proposal process involved in creating a community enterprise.

Resource Type: Videos

Tags: Ken Ikeda, BAVC, community enterprise

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Bob Cabeza on Change Agent Culture

Bob Cabeza, Executive Director at Long Beach YMCA, discusses the challenges faced by the organization in experiencing the culture shift in embracing community enterprise.

Resource Type: Videos

Tags: YMCA, community enterprise, Bob Cabeza, organizational culture