Link Roundup 12/30

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This is merely a list created from a blog post by the amazing people over at Cause Artist. Please check out the original post here http://causeartist.com/10-books-to-inspire-the-entrepreneur-in-us-all/

"The job of the #SocialEntrepreneur is to..." -Bill Drayton #socent pic.twitter.com/mJ6wuVLaax

Across different sectors and diverse geographies, leadership has always been an integral element ...

Social Entrepreneurs are expanding and evolving in all sectors of our society. I believe wee are starting to see a major shift between the traditional business models of the 20th century and this new SE business model that has manifested itself in the 21st century .

photo by: Johanna Billingskog Social Entrepreneurship has taken off and it has become an inspirational way to motivate many to start a business. Our passion usually inspires us and can take us on unbelievable journeys. Here is a list of Social Entrepreneur books that will inspire you to follow your passion on your next business venture.

Did you receive everything you wanted for Christmas this year? If you are a job seeker and haven'...

Forward: This is one of my favorite posts. I thought it was a good message to re-share as we clos...

A few days back, Tom Groenfeldt, a contributor to Forbes, wrote about the intersection of technology and shopping patterns at Kroger's grocery stores. If you missed it, it is a worthwhile read on how Kroger (and other major retailers) are getting to know your shopping habits better than you know them yourself.

If you're into interactive maps, it's a good time to be alive! Seems we've entered a golden era of interactive mapping, with no shortage of exciting ways to display geographically-specific data. In the last few years, we've seen exponential growth in interactive mapping software that presents data from all sorts of angles.

(Caroline Woodruff is a philanthropy advisor at Bessemer Trust, where she helps individual clients, families, and foundations develop strategies to meet their philanthropic and intergenerational legacy goals. Founded in 1907, Bessemer Trust is a privately owned wealth and investment management firm that serves ultra-high-net-worth families and their foundations and endowments.)

Google Hangout is a super easy way to hold video conferences with multiple individuals or groups of people. In addition to being easy, it is accessible to all of your employees, constituents and volunteers as anyone with a Google account can take part in a Hangout without having to download any additional software or sign up for anything new.

Research shows that by 2014 mobile device usage will exceed that of desktop and laptop computers. What does this mean for nonprofit organizations and online fundraising campaigns? In order to keep participants, sponsors, and supporters continually engaged, nonprofits should integrate mobile giving as part of their fundraising strategies.

Blog Post > Top 10 giving strategies for the last week of 2013 Andrew Olsen, CFRE - December 18, 2013Author Biography Andrew Olsen, CFRE is group account director at Russ Reid where he oversees the agency's fundraising and communications efforts on behalf of 75+ food banks and food rescue organizations across the U.S.

If you follow @giipucsc on Twitter (and you should!) you know that we link to about a dozen fascinating articles each day relating to subjects like Social Enterprise, Nonprofits, Nonprofit Tech, and Social Media. The smart social media manager will know how to repurpose data.

Dorothy Everett, the longtime UC administrator who blazed a trail at the university with her career at the Office of the President, is about to make history again. Everett, whose rise to assistant president in 1975 made her one of UC's highest-ranking women administrators, recently was honored by the creation of an endowed chair in her name.

This presentation is a modified excerpt from our guide on How to Get 1,000+ Followers on Twitter, which comes with a printable tip sheet. You can download it he

Recently crowned as the top referral site for teenage online shoppers, Twitter has come a long way since the first tweet was sent 7 years ago. With around 300 b

By Susan Wolf Ditkoff After a successful career in the private sector, Mario Morino "retired" in ...

by Mia Schmid on in Features, Firelight News, Grantee Stories It's almost the end of our first year of an initiative to improve the quality of early childhood development programming for children under eight in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. The Hilton Foundation funds this initiative.

May 22, 2013; San Diego Union-Tribune Computers 2 SD Kids (C2SDK), a San Diego nonprofit, is bridging the technology gap in local communities by reaching out to low-income families and selling inexpensive, refurbished computers. The organization's refurbished computers sell for $65, which includes support and a lifetime guarantee of replacement.

Learn how to optimize your Facebook presence for mobile users. This ebook will walk you through the steps to increase brand awareness and lead generation on the Facebook mobile app and mobile site.

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best." If you played sports in high school, you're probably familiar with this quote (often attributed to NBA great Tim Duncan).

Feature image by Zach Weiner via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal The perennial discussion about women in technology is in high gear once again, this time after remarks made by Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham about the relative dearth of female tech founders and the perks of starting to code at a young age in an interview with The Information were picked up by Valleywag.