"We use a business approach to produce innovative and strategic, yet affordable, solutions so our non-profit clients can increase revenues with optimized costs" is the value proposition of Social Focus Consulting, a Toronto-based social business with an eye on helping non-profits become more entrepreneurial and business-like.
The company's blog is particularly intriguing and offers insight into everything from "Turning a crisis into opportunity," insights from Schulich's Board Governance and Leadership Conference to "What your cause can learn from a poutine/pizza place." Yes, really!
When non-profits pull from perhaps unlikely spaces and places, there exists a true opportunity for social innovation and the creation of a sustainable organization that can focus on the cause at hand.
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Entrepreneurial Non-Profit Practices
'Social Focus Consulting' Fosters Business for Good
Trend Themes
1. Social Innovation - Using an entrepreneurial approach, non-profit organizations can create innovative and sustainable solutions to social issues.
2. Business for Good - Non-profits can adopt business-like practices to increase revenue and optimize costs, leading to greater impact for their cause.
3. Unlikely Sources of Inspiration - Drawing insights and ideas from unexpected places can fuel social innovation in non-profit organizations.
Industry Implications
1. Non-profit Consulting - Consulting firms specialized in helping non-profit organizations develop entrepreneurial strategies and practices for greater impact.
2. Social Enterprise - Businesses that combine profit-making activities with a social mission, aiming to address social issues while generating sustainable revenue.
3. Non-profit Management - Organizations focused on providing training, resources, and support to non-profit leaders and managers to effectively run their operations and implement entrepreneurial practices.