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Are you having trouble developing a new strategic plan?
Is your earned income business losing more money than it makes?
Is your board failing to give you the kind of support you need?

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Question: What legal structure should I use when starting a social business?
Answered by: Jan Leeman
June 26, 2009
As a starting point, I suggest you obtain a copy of Nolo's "Starting and Building a Nonprofit" There's a subchapter heading "Do you Want Tax-Exempt Status?" that may be helpful in answering your question. I'm…

Question: How should my organization transition into a primarily online presence?
Answered by: Michele Popiel
April 28, 2009
Thank you for your challenging question. While the transition that you're planning is fairly common these days, it seems to be quite a frontier in terms of written materials, particularly in organizational development. I suggest…

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