Recent Vistas Blog Posts

Is This Ethical Business? Profits Are High So Cut Wages and Benefits.

How to Make $120-billion Available for Social Entrepreneurs

Thanks to You, We've Got Data on Social Media!

Upcoming Free Webinars

Cause Marketing Basics

Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs: Best Practices for Sales Success

4 Steps to Effective Use of Social Media by Nonprofits

Upcoming Vclasses

LinkedIn for Nonprofits: Putting Your Best Brand Forward

New Marketing Mix Makes Your Business Soar

Best of Vistas Blog

For Nonprofit Board Members, Financial Compliance is Good Business and It's the Law

What is Your Definition of Corporate Social Responsibility?

The Definition of Social Responsibility Needs to Encompass Both Our Business and Personal Side

Search Vistas Blog by Category

Analysis

Best Practice

Case Study

Vistas Blog Archive

Vistas: Geri Stengel’s Blog: Growth strategies

Anatomy of a Successful RFP

by Guest Blogger on Jun 19, 2009 - 12:50pm

Analysis Best Practice branding growth strategies How To marketing Nonprofit request for proposal RFP Small Business small businesses Social Enterprise technology

By Howard Adam Levy

Looking to redesign your website or upgrade your agency’s branding and putting out a Request for Proposals (RFP)? Make sure you get the best consultant you can by making your RFP the best it can be. Consider this list of what to include gleaned from our 17 years of responding to RFPs.

Read more
Comments (1)

Social Enterprise 101: Lessons Learned From a Bunch of Jerks

by Geri Stengel on Apr 16, 2009 - 4:57pm

Best Practice Case Study core competencies growth strategies How To Lessons Learned lessons learned mission fit Motivated by Purpose Profile: Company Social Enterprise social enterprise

Tucked away in the verdant hills of St Ann, Jamaica, just 30 minutes outside of the tourist mecca of Ocho Rios, is a quaint village with some remarkable lessons to share about entrepreneurialism, job-creation, sustainability and profit-making.