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What's Making Me Think

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One of the things I love about my job is that I can spend some serious time reading and thinking about the many conversations happening in the evolving world of social innovation. I am continually amazed by the thought-provoking things that happen out there in philanthropy, nonprofit innovation, impact investing, social entrepreneurship. I think particularly […]

A New Kind of Nonprofit Leader

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In his New York Times column this week Bob Herbert strongly criticized America and its leaders for not stepping up to the plate to guide us through these very troubling times.  As he put it: As a nation, we are becoming more and more accustomed to a sense of helplessness. We no longer rise to […]

Let's Take a Step Back in the Outcomes Debate

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There is a growing discussion among social impact organizations and those who fund them about how to measure impact.  It is indeed a very slippery endeavor. Mario Marino, Chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners (a venture philanthropy fund in Washington D.C. that makes growth capital investments in nonprofits) has been encouraging nonprofits to measure outcomes for […]