A Strategic Approach to Generating Revenue
The one common frustration shared by the various organizations I work with is money. How do we get more of it, how do we use it more effectively, how do we generate it more easily, how do we make it...
View ArticleFoundations Can Lead the Charge Toward a New Philanthropy
The news in the philanthropy world this week is not good. It seems that our fears about the effect of the economic downturn on philanthropy are being confirmed in spades. The Ford Foundation and...
View ArticleDetermining Best Use of Resources for Sustainable Social Impact
There is a very useful and widely used matrix in the business world called the “BCG Matrix” that helps a company analyze their product lines to determine which to further invest in, which to liquidate,...
View ArticleLosing the Charity Mindset
Along with the burgeoning social entrepreneurship movement comes a bit of hubris that social entrepreneurs know better how to create social change than do the nonprofits that have been working toward...
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Sparking Social Change Movements
Scott Goodson’s new book, Uprising: How to Build a Brand – And Change the World – by Sparking Cultural Movements, has an ambitious goal that eventually falls flat. Goodson provides an excellent...
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The Politics of American Philanthropy
Every once in awhile an article comes along that is so honest and observant that it opens the door for a fundamental shift in thinking. Curtis White’s “The Philanthropic Complex” in the Spring 2012...
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10 Great Social Innovation Reads: May 2012
In the world of social innovation, May was most definitely about innovations in philanthropy and funding of social change. From social impact bond experiments, to hybrid foundations, to impact...
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Taking Philanthropic Risks: An Interview with Chris Earthman
In this month’s Social Velocity blog interview, we’re talking with Chris Earthman, Executive Director for the Aragona Family Foundation. For the last 8 years Chris has also worked for Austin Ventures,...
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Funding Stronger Nonprofits: An Interview with Denise Zeman
In today’s Social Velocity interview, I’m talking with Denise San Antonio Zeman. Denise has been President and CEO of Saint Luke’s Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio since 2000. A lifelong Clevelander,...
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Learning From Philanthropy’s Past: An Interview with the HistPhil Blog
In today’s Social Velocity interview I’m very excited to be talking with the co-founders and editors of the new History of Philanthropy blog: Benjamin Soskis, Stanley Katz, and Maribel Morey. The...
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