--- title: BoardSource Blog - The Leader in Nonprofit Board Governance | Perspectives on Board Service description: Perspectives on Board Service | Nonprofit governance blog devoted to best practices and committed to inspiring nonprofit board service --- ![Blog-0216.jpg](https://blog.boardsource.org/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_photos/Blog-0216.jpg?width=1400&name=Blog-0216.jpg "Blog-0216.jpg") [![Blog-header-logo.png](https://blog.boardsource.org/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_photos/Blog-header-logo.png?width=360&name=Blog-header-logo.png "Blog-header-logo.png")](https://boardsource.org) [Back to blog homepage](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog) [![Convergence](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/blog_photos/blog-converge.png)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/the-for-profit-and-nonprofit-sectors-are-converging-what-are-the-implications-for-you) ## [The For-Profit and Nonprofit Sectors are Converging: What Are the Implications for You?](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/the-for-profit-and-nonprofit-sectors-are-converging-what-are-the-implications-for-you) Posted by [Donald Summers](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/donald-summers) on Mar 14, 2018, 1:30:00 PM *sec·tor ˈsektər/ noun 1. an area or portion that is distinct from others*Writing in 1924, the brilliant British author Virginia Woolf made her now famous observation about rapid changes in human society during the early 20th century: *On or about December 1910, human character changed. 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