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Building a High Performance Movement: An Interview With Lowell Weiss

March 3, 2015 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

In today’s Social Velocity interview, I’m talking with Lowell Weiss, President of Cascade Philanthropy Advisors, which provides personalized guidance to foundations and individual donors seeking to deepen their impact. Previously, he served in leadership roles at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Morino Institute, and in the Clinton White House. Lowell is one of […]

What Is A High-Performance Nonprofit?

February 26, 2015 By Nell Edgington 5 Comments

I’m really excited to announce today’s launch of the Performance Imperative. The Performance Imperative is a detailed definition, created by a community of nonprofit thought leaders, of a high-performance nonprofit. The hope is with a clear definition of high-performance we can strengthen nonprofit efforts to achieve social change. As we all know, we are living in […]

Starting a Movement Toward Higher Performing Nonprofits

December 6, 2013 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

This week I attended the After the Leap conference in Washington D.C. and was blown away. As I mentioned in a post earlier this year, the conference was organized by Social Solutions and PerformWell partners Child Trends and Urban Institute and builds on the momentum Mario Morino has created around his book, Leap of Reason, […]

The Long View on the Nonprofit Sector: An Interview with Bill Shore

November 12, 2013 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

In today’s Social Velocity interview, I’m talking with Bill Shore. Bill is the founder and chief executive officer of Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit working to end childhood hunger in America. He has served on the senatorial and presidential campaign staffs of former U.S. Senator Gary Hart and as chief of staff for former […]

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: October 2013

November 5, 2013 By Nell Edgington 3 Comments

It was really hard to narrow down to 10 great reads this month. People wrote some really compelling (even more than usual) things in October. And some longer pieces in particular were quite thought-provoking. Some asked searing questions like “Is arts innovation really innovative?” and “Is  increasing income disparity making us less empathetic?” and “Can […]

Addressing the Nonprofit Fundraising Elephant in the Room

July 18, 2013 By Nell Edgington 6 Comments

Note: I was asked by Markets for Good to write a post as part of their ongoing online conversation about improving how money flows to social change. Markets for Good is an effort by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the financial firm Liquidnet to improve the system […]

How to Use Real Performance Data to Raise More Money

April 22, 2013 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

A big topic of conversation lately has been whether donors really care about impact, or whether they simply just give based on less scientific things like their emotions, or their friends recommendations. Which is why I’m excited to announce that I’ll be participating in a Google Hangout April 30th about using data to attract donors. […]

Making Performance Management Work for Nonprofits

March 13, 2013 By Nell Edgington 4 Comments

When Mario Morino’s book Leap of Reason came out in 2011 I called it a Call to Arms for the Nonprofit Sector, because I believe Mario was challenging the nonprofit sector to undergo a complete shift from “doing good work” to becoming a performance management sector. And in recent year we are witnessing an ever-increasing […]

Maximizing Philanthropic Impact: An Interview with Jim Canales

March 8, 2013 By Nell Edgington 4 Comments

In this month’s Social Velocity blog interview, I’m talking with Jim Canales. Jim is President and CEO of The James Irvine Foundation, the largest multi-issue foundation focused exclusively on the state of California. Under his leadership, the foundation has adopted a more targeted approach in its grantmaking programs, focusing on three areas — Arts, California […]

Empowering Students to Succeed: An Interview with Mark Hecker

February 4, 2013 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

In this month’s Social Velocity blog interview, I’m talking with Mark Hecker, Executive Director of Reach Incorporated. Reach develops confident readers and capable leaders by training teens to teach elementary school students, creating academic benefit for both. Mark’s passion for those being failed by today’s educational structures led him to create Reach in 2009. By […]

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