Author Archives: Barbara Weaver Smith

About Barbara Weaver Smith

Barbara is Founder of Smith Weaver Smith and co-author of "Whale Hunting: How to Land Big Sales and Transform Your Company" (Wiley 2008). From an eclectic background of experiences in both nonprofit and for-profit ventures, she helps clients to build a fast-growth culture to achieve their biggest goals.

Social Venture Models

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Barbara Weaver Smith

I wrote Models of Social Venture, published by The Philanthropic Enterprise in 2002. This paper explores how social entrepreneurs create new models of venture philanthropy to produce business results and social benefits. These are models where the benefits do not rely on charity or “gifts” alone, but include mechanisms to produce revenue, such as Goodwill Industries. Continue reading →

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Let Them Learn: Outsourcing to Fund America’s Classrooms

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Barbara Weaver Smith

Let Them Learn is a research study on how American school districts are using outsourcing, or privatization, of non-instructional services in order to direct their full attention and resources to the core mission of education and the learning environment conducive to success. Continue reading →

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Demise of Hull House–A Culture Clash

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Barbara Weaver Smith

When nonprofit board members take off their business hat and buy in to the “culture of scarcity,” everybody loses. Continue reading →

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It’s the Culture, Kiddo

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Barbara Weaver Smith

In the for-profit and nonprofit worlds, culture has everything to do with the ability to achieve goals quickly and effectively. Continue reading →

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What is Congress Teaching Us?

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Barbara Weaver Smith

When the inclusive processes fail, someone is going to step in and dictate the next move, thereby increasing the stress on the system and the people who work and live within it and further undermining people’s faith in that system. Continue reading →

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Smith Weaver Smith Website Update

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Barbara Weaver Smith

Hello!  Thanks for stopping by.  We are revising the website, and this is a temporary placeholder.  

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