At New Philanthropy Capital’s recent annual conference, measurement issues were front and center, with plenty of concern regarding current practices and their usefulness– as…
See event detailsBeyond Compliance: Measuring to Learn, Improve, and Create Positive Change
More Questions On Impact: Beneficiary Perspective, Assessment, Heart & Head, and . . . Tomatoes?
How do I incorporate beneficiaries’ perspective? How do I assess impact in a constantly changing world? How do I integrate head and heart? And…what…
See event detailsA Question About Impact: By Whom, For Whom, and Definitions
Everyone seems to be talking about it. Most say they want it. But who really gets to define impact and for whom? That was…
See event detailsFive Myths and a Question About Impact
Everyone seems to be talking about it. Most say they want it. But who really gets to define impact and for whom? A recent…
See event detailsSummer Social Impact Reading
For many, August marks a slow down in daily affairs–a time for vacations and a period of calm before the school year storm. This…
See event detailsCelebrating the Fourth of July and the Independent Sector
As our offices prepare to close in honor of July 4th, Independence Day here in the US, I am reminded of the singular nature…
See event detailsWho doesn’t want to be relevant?
Last year’s Conference on Scaling Impact — an annual gathering for funders and invited nonprofit leaders — posed the provocative question of whether or…
See event detailsThe Contrarian Path to Impact
I love a good, contrarian viewpoint. It’s not because I relish conflict or have a knee-jerk sympathy for the underdog. I’ve just seen how…
See event detailsMaking Impact Classy: Q&A with Pat Walsh, co-founder of the CLASSY Awards
The CLASSY Awards—which aim to highlight the impact of nonprofit organizations, socially-conscious businesses, and individuals engaged in charitable work—are scheduled for May 2-3, 2014 in…
See event detailsScaling Community Impact: Q&A with GreenLight Philadelphia
This April, the GreenLight Fund selected its first two organizations to help expand to Philadelphia – Single Stop USA and Year Up. GreenLight’s model,…
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