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Guest Post: An Emergent Approach to Philanthropic Strategy

July 28, 2015 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

Note: As I mentioned earlier, I am taking a few weeks away from the blog to relax and reconnect with the world outside of social change. But I am leaving you in the incredibly capable hands of a rockstar set of guest bloggers. Next up is Kelly Born, program officer at the Hewlett Foundation working on their […]

Guest Post: Data Is Not Changing The World

July 23, 2015 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Note: As I mentioned earlier, I am taking a few weeks away from the blog to relax and reconnect with the world outside of social change. But I am leaving you in the incredibly capable hands of a rockstar set of guest bloggers. First up is David Henderson, Director of Analytics for Family Independence Initiative, a […]

Building Demand For Impact Measurement: An Interview with Tris Lumley

July 15, 2015 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

In today’s Social Velocity interview, I’m talking with Tris Lumley. Tris is Director of Development for New Philanthropy Capital (NPC), a U.K. think tank and consultancy that works with both nonprofits and funders. Tris focuses on both the demand and supply sides of innovation around social impact. His particular interest is putting impact at the heart […]

Disciplined, People-Focused Nonprofit Management: Pillar 2

June 11, 2015 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

This spring I have been trumpeting the Performance Imperative, a detailed definition of a high-performing nonprofit released by the Leap Ambassador community in March. Today I continue the ongoing blog series describing each of the 7 Pillars of the Performance Imperative with Pillar #2: Disciplined, People-Focused Management. You can read about Pillar 1: Courageous, Adaptive […]

A Nonprofit Culture of Measurement: An Interview with Mary Winkler

June 9, 2015 By Nell Edgington 6 Comments

In today’s Social Velocity interview I’m talking with Mary Kopczynski Winkler, senior research associate with the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute. Mary is a nationally recognized expert in the field of performance measurement and management.   She is a founding member of the Leap of Reason Ambassadors Community, a private community […]

What’s Your Nonprofit’s Theory of Change?

May 26, 2015 By Nell Edgington 3 Comments

Over the past few years I’ve developed a Social Velocity library of books, step-by-step guides, and webinars. My hope is that these tools can make the concepts I use with my consulting clients accessible to smaller and start up nonprofits who aren’t ready for or interested in a customized approach. The tools follow the methods I develop in […]

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: April 2015

May 5, 2015 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

April was another busy month in the world of social change writing. From Google’s shift to mobile, to the Baltimore protests, to using sitcoms to change public opinion, to the pace of social change, to teens and social media, to a new way to measure a country’s performance, there was much to read and digest. Below are […]

Courageous, Adaptive Nonprofit Leadership: Pillar 1

April 16, 2015 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

As I mentioned last month, the Leap Ambassadors (of which I am a member) recently released the Performance Imperative, a detailed definition of a high-performing nonprofit. Because I think the Performance Imperative is so important and every nonprofit leader should understand it and begin to use it, today I am kicking off a series to describe, one-by-one, […]

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 […]

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