For the past three years, my colleague Lucy Bernholz has published her annual Philanthropy and Social Investing: Blueprint, an industry forecast about the social economy – private capital used for public good. Each year it provides an overview of the current landscape, points to major trends, and directs your attention to horizons where you can expect some important breakthroughs in the coming year. The 2012 blueprint is now available and it is well worth time to read. Lucy Bernholz is a … [Read more...]
Quick Reflections from Social Innovation Summit 2011
I've been heads down working on my next book about measurement and networked nonprofits with KD Paine and our editor, Bill Paarlberg, sprinting towards our deadline. Writing a book is always a learning experience and I can't express my gratitude for having such a wonderful co-author and fantastic editor. The combination of learning so much about topic, plus the writing process has been incredible. When you have a co-author who is a measurement geek, you measure progress towards your … [Read more...]
The Networked Nonprofit Response to the Concerted Attack on Voting Rights
Note from Beth: Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. As I'm sprinting to towards the deadline of my next book on Measurement and Networked Nonprofits, co-authoring with the goddess of measurement, KD Paine, I'm grateful to have some terrific guest posts like this one. The Networked Nonprofit Response to the Concerted Attack on Voting Rights, Guest Post by Vince Stehle The election of 2012 will prove to be a momentous event in our nation’s history. Among other things, next year marks the … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgiving: Check out #Goodspotting and EpicThanks
Happy Thanksgiving! It's that time of year when we are ready to open our hearts in gratitude and do good things for others. I'd like to highlight two wonderful campaigns that could be wonderful ways to show your gratitude. While some folks may be out shopping the day after Thanksgiving, the Case Foundation would like to invite you to go#GoodSpotting. To celebrate all of the good going on around us, they've created a huge, global image gallery of people, organizations and businesses doing … [Read more...]
National Study Reveals: Digital and Social Media Are Delivering Results for Arts Organizations
Note from Beth: I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion in October at the recent Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson and Jai Sen from Sen Associates where I learned about some of the preliminary findings from the study below they undertook. The full report was published this week and Rory and Mary Trudel agreed to do a guest post summarizing what they learned. I thought the points about measurement were right on and applies to other … [Read more...]
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