About IdeaEncore Network
IdeaEncore Network is an on-line peer-to-peer learning marketplace for nonprofits and those who support them to share, sell, and buy all types and forms of practical knowledge, innovative ideas and information assets - - including ready-to-use tools, templates, training content, policies, procedures and plans. The service also supports a range of licensing options for sharing materials while protecting intellectual property rights. Unlike many of the general-purpose document sharing sites, IdeaEncore is focused exclusively on the nonprofit sector. For those seeking information, the focus on nonprofits means shorter time between seeking and finding because there is less “noise” to sort-through.
We want to support the growing recognition that creating blended value (social, financial, and environmental) through social enterprise can play an important role in spreading and scaling innovation.
The IdeaEncore Network knowledge management service is a channel of distribution for spreading mission and creating earned income. Unlike most online libraries, Listserves, or broad internet searches, IdeaEncore captures, categorizes and aggregates content across sub-sectors and functional areas, provides superior search and taxonomy-based browsing, and provides financial incentives and broad distribution. IdeaEncore’s incentivized sharing means more relevant content is shared more broadly and more efficiently. The result is a multiplier of sector capacity – allowing nonprofit organizations around the world to innovate faster, at lower cost, and with less risk compared with reinventing the wheel, networking, or using existing islands of online resources.
The Change We Seek®
We believe that the increased sharing of knowledge and information will both greatly multiply donors’ and funders’ investments in the sector and help nonprofits save time and money by being able to use, remix and adapt the work of others. The key is in making sure the incentives are aligned to benefit both the individual employee and the organization (including the creation of new earned income opportunities).
IdeaEncore Network
- Industry: IT Software & Services
- Product/Services: Peer-to-Peer Learning Marketplace
- Location: Encinitas, CA
- http://www.ideaencore.com
Summary:
Certified: January 2009| Points Earned | % Points Available | |
|---|---|---|
| Accountability » | 13.3 | 83% |
| Employees » | ||
| Consumers » | 32 | 40% |
| Community » | 31.3 | 36% |
| Environment » | 9.9 | 62% |
| Composite B Score | 86.5 | 55% |
- >80 out of 200 is eligible for certification
- >60% points available = Area of excellence
Highlights:
2008 B Impact ReportEnvironment: >50% of carbon inventory offset by purchase of certified carbon credits; >5% renewable energy; policies to minimize corporate travel
Community: >40% of expenditures directed toward local suppliers; actively recruit minority-owned suppliers
