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Zoosa: a new social network for nonprofit boards

Zoosa, a social impact platform created by the Harvard MBA graduate Mike McGlade, has recently been launched as a new network that connects professionals with nonprofit boards and skills-based volunteer positions.

Zoosa aggregates the best social enterprise resources:  industry news and employment and volunteer opportunities, to create a single destination where professionals can learn about the renewable energy, education, and nonprofit sectors.

While visiting Zoosa, MBA graduates can create a social impact profile that highlights their professional skills, their offline actions, and their interests in certain social impact issues.

“These social impact profiles have the potential to save nonprofit organizations, churches, and schools millions of dollars annually at a time when charitable giving is under increasing pressure,” says Mike McGlade, CEO of Zoosa.

Unlike other professional networks that connects job seekers with high level jobs, like LinkedIn and Plaxo, Zoosa offers a new way for organizations to find individuals who do not volunteer today, but would be willing to join a nonprofit board or donate their professional skills if asked.

McGlade  began working on Zoosa while a student at Harvard Business School, through the HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellowships Program. “HBS is focused on supporting students who want to get involved in social entrepreneurship,” adds McGlade. The program provides financial support to MBA students working with Social enterprises to address important managerial issues utilizing their analytic and strategic skills, and recently expanded to support students starting their own social enterprises.

via www.csrwire.com

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