If you are tired of fundraising and are ready to change the way you do business, then you need to read this blog series by Nell Edgington, Financing Not Fundraising: A Social Velocity Blog Series. Nell Edgington is President of the firm Social Velocity and writes a blog. I found her series on a new way to [...]
This looks to be a very promising dialogue. I will be tuning in and thought you might want to join me. As reported in the Chronicle of Philanthropy – The Future of Nonprofit Financing: Live From the 2010 Social Capital Markets Conference Tuesday, October 5, at noon U.S. Eastern time As nonprofit groups struggle in [...]
I recently watched an interesting segment on CNBC . Chuck Akre who has been a successful fund manager said that investing in a company with a terrific leader may be more important than having a great business model. (Of course, I would argue that a terrific leader would also have a great business model or business [...]
In August, I wrote an article about the controversy surrounding the Social Innovation Fund’s grant review process,( review blog post here.) I read an article today that I think is a good follow-up to my post. Suzanne Perry wrote this article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. This is the beginning of her article: The federal government on Friday [...]
Recently, I have been reading various articles about the Social Innovation Fund. There has been controversy around the transparency, or lack thereof during the review and selection process. You can read related articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, Nonprofit Quarterly, and Chronicle of Philanthropy. In Sean Stannard-Stockton’s post in the Chronicle of Philanthropy and reposted [...]
