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From apathy to action: Transforming volunteer boards through tech empowerment

Board Effect

Enter technology and board development — the secret weapons for enhancing board engagement. Technology as an enabler Technology is central to board development efforts and an effective tool in creating and sustaining board member engagement. An engaged nonprofit board is like the wind in the sails of your nonprofit.

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[Review] Customer Sense

YoungUpstarts

While marketers go gaga over social technologies and their impact on digital commerce, it is often our physical perceptions of a product which influence buying decisions. Enter “ Customer Sense: How the 5 Senses Influence Buying Behavior “ by University of Michigan professor Aradhna Krishna.

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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

A version of this article appeared in the Harvard Business Review. When Sloan arrived at GM in 1920 he realized that the traditional centralized management structures organized by function (sales, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing) were a poor fit for managing GM’s diverse product lines. The company closed in 1931.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Technology. This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Loading… Tech. Personal Technology. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. TECHNOLOGY.

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The Power Of Play In Business Culture

Duct Tape Marketing

13:28] Technology is really running our lives now, how do you sort of insert play into that conversation? [15:59] Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Our Michigan operations weren't shut down quite as badly. So there's positives and negatives to sort of the technology I think. Like this show?

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Loading… Tech. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Web Design/Tech Services.