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 WalkerJan 283 minQ22 & Q23: Nonprofit Earned RevenueI was also curious to know if nonprofit organizations were using their intellectual property assets to generate revenues through their...
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 WalkerNov 4, 20213 minQ9 & Q10: Foundation Funding and IP Rights RetentionImage by: Andrea De Santis The next set of questions in the 2014 survey circled back to the ownership of the nonprofit’s intellectual...
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 WalkerSep 7, 20212 minQ6 & Q7: Day-to-Day IP ManagementThe next two questions in the original survey focused on the day-to-day management responsibilities for intellectual property assets. An...
Michelle WalkerAug 31, 20213 minQ5: Who Suggested Written PoliciesThe next question asked the respondents to share who suggested the need for written policies. This question was a follow-up to the 10...
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 17, 20213 minIt’s Time to Get Rid of the Concept of Overhead in Nonprofit OrganizationsThe management framework that the nonprofit sector predominately uses, New Public Management, is a bad fit. What’s needed is a framework...
Michelle WalkerJul 22, 20212 minMy First Sentence Was a QuestionAt least that’s what my parents tell me. It’d be a surprise to no one that knows me that I can keep on something until I’ve satisfied my...