Michelle WalkerMar 102 minWhat is an Asset?I had a lot of new questions after analyzing the survey data. I wouldn’t be able to answer them quickly, so I spent some time thinking...
Michelle WalkerMar 42 minFoundations, Grantees, and Intellectual Property RightsI was a fundraiser for 15 years. The implications of my survey’s findings on who funds, owns, and benefits from intellectual property...
Michelle WalkerFeb 113 minQ30, Q31, Q32, & Q33: Fundraising and Nonprofit Intellectual PropertyToday’s survey data is all about whether nonprofits leverage their intellectual property assets to secure investments, like grants or...
Michelle WalkerFeb 72 minQ28 & Q29: Nonprofit Staff and Board RecruitmentMy pre-survey reading also highlighted the less obvious marketplace opportunity of recruiting and retaining people talent (Bingham and...
Michelle WalkerFeb 32 minQ26 & 27: Nonprofit Scaling and GrowthMy pre-survey reading opened my mind to the number of ways that intellectual property assets are used to expand market opportunities....
Michelle WalkerFeb 11 minQ24 & Q25: Developing Partnerships with Intellectual PropertyMy pre-survey reading enlightened me to the myriad ways that intellectual property assets are used to expand market opportunities....
Michelle WalkerJan 233 minQ18, Q19, Q20 & Q21: Permissions Granted to LicenseesThe nine organizations that license their intellectual property to other organizations were then asked a series of questions about...
Michelle WalkerJan 173 minQ15, Q16 & Q17: Licensing IP to OthersOne of the ways intellectual property assets create value is in the ability to license the right to use the intellectual property to...
Michelle WalkerJan 111 minQ13 & Q14: Who Makes Strategic IP DecisionsAll of the nonprofits were asked who is authorized to make decisions regarding the use of organization’s Intellectual Property on behalf...
Michelle WalkerJan 103 minQ11 & Q12: Employee Creations and IP OwnershipNonprofits were asked if employee of the organization hold the rights to any of the intellectual property in use by the organization....
Michelle WalkerSep 10, 20212 minQ8: Enforcing IP Rights Through Legal ActionAs I’ve written about previously, one facet to IP rights is the right to exclude others from using intellectual property that your...
Michelle WalkerAug 27, 20213 minQ3 & Q4: Written IP Policies and What They CoverI then asked respondents whether the organization has any written policies regarding the intellectual property assets. Written policies...
Michelle WalkerAug 25, 20214 minQ2: Is the Intellectual Property Registered?The next question I asked the respondents was whether the organization had officially registered their copyright with the U.S. Copyright...
Michelle WalkerAug 23, 20213 minQ1: What Intellectual Property Does the Organization Have?I sent the survey to 107 people at the organizations curated on the theS&I 100 list, which was a list of vetted social entrepreneurs and...
Michelle WalkerJul 26, 20212 min3 Different Missions: 1 Thing in CommonHow could I have worked for three organizations that made strategic use of their IP and no one researching the sector even mentions it?...