May 2006 | Volume 1

» Welcome to Community Wealth Vanguard 

» Seeking a Few Great Leaders
» Improving Your Odds with a Venture Turnaround

» Social Franchise: A New Journey for Nonprofits 

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» TOP TEN: What's in a Brand?
» FIRST PERSON: Discovering Justice

» New and Noteworthy
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WELCOME TO COMMUNITY WEALTH VANGUARD!   A Message from Bill Shore
After nine years of helping nonprofit groups create wealth, we've designed this newsletter as a forum to share some of what we've learned. We hope you will subscribe to our newsletter, which will inform and inspire you, and keep you up to date on the latest developments.

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SEEKING A FEW GREAT LEADERS
Through our new initiative, Community Wealth Collaboratives, we are finding and building tomorrow's leaders from highly entrepreneurial nonprofit groups and helping them launch new ventures. The rate of success has been impressively high.

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IMPROVING YOUR ODDS
If your social enterprise is floundering, start your business plan over again. But if you need to turn your venture around quickly, consider the three C's: Look at your costs against industry standards, talk with a broad range of your customers to find out where you could improve, and learn everything you can about your competition.

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SOCIAL FRANCHISE:                                                          A NEW JOURNEY FOR NONPROFITS
When a nonprofit group works with a franchise company, it can bring long-term income to the nonprofit and good will to the company. But before diving into a "social franchise" relationship, be sure it's the right fit for your mission and culture, and be absolutely sure you hire the right staff to carry it out.

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  Top Ten: What's in a Brand?  

A brand isn't just a name. These facts about branding will set you on the course to creating a brand that will work for your organization and resonate with customers.

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First Person: Discovering Justice

How an innovative nonprofit group turned an idea for a civic education program into an income generator.

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New and Noteworthy

Find out about our new consulting practice in "social franchising"; meet our three new consultants; and read about our activities past and future.

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Community Wealth Vanguard is published by Community Wealth Ventures, a consulting firm that:

  • Helps nonprofit organizations become more self-sustaining by generating revenue through business ventures and corporate partnerships.
  • Helps corporations improve their bottom line through the design and implementation of community investment strategies.

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