Social Entrepreneurs Urged to Improve Business Skills Conference Notebook.

The article reports on a meeting organized by the Social Enterprise Alliance which explored the ways by which nonprofit groups can diversify their sources of revenue by charging fees for the services they provide and starting businesses related to their charitable activities. Carl J. Schramm, chief executive officer of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation challenged charity and business leaders to determine what it means to approach tough social problems in an entrepreneurial fashion.