ENTR 307: Social Entrepreneurship

Tips for locating additional information.

Tip #1: Call or visit an organization.

• You'll be surprised how much you can accomplish with a conversation.
   

Tip #2: Be specific with your searches.

• If you need to search the web to identify an organization for your topic, you may want to specify Grove City PA and/or Mercer County PA (there is a Grove City, OH and a Mercer County, NJ).

Tips for locating additional statistics.

 Tip #1: Search for organizations with a vested interest in your topic.

• Sometimes these organizations gather the best information and stats.
• Example: the Alzheimer's Association

 Tip #2: If you can't find a statistic, estimate!

• For some of your topics, you may only be able to locate national, state or county statistics.
• But, you can make estimates for Grove City based on the data you can find.
• Example: If I am looking for the number of people in PA that suffer from asthma, I can find PA's population (12,774,000) and how many Americans have asthma (8%) to estimate a number (1,021,920).