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Notes are from Root Cause CEO Andrew Wolk's blog: http://www.andrewwolk.com
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- Performance Measurement – It’s Now or Never! 8:20am Nov 4
- The Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund 1:02pm Oct 30
- Does Measurement = Randomized Control Trials? 2:44pm Oct 27
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Nonprofit performance measurement (also known by the names evaluation, metrics, outcomes, and logic models, among others) seems to be on the tip of everyone’s tongues these days. ...
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It's here! Root Cause's new How-to Guide, "Building a Performance Measurement System: Using Data to Accelerate Social Impact" http://rootcause.org/performance-measure
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This Wall Street Journal article features Root Cause's Social Impact Research and its approach to helping advisors work with clients on becoming more strategic philanthropists.
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A compelling case for improving public schools http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/opinio
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Those who create services, opportunities and ways to recruit work can compete on the world market. That is the key to understanding our education challenge today.
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Are you (or is someone you know) an experienced management consultant looking to work with exciting Social Innovators in the Boston area? Apply to join the Social Innovation Forum in helping promising
Boston-area nonprofits to accelerate their ability to solve social
problems! Please share far and wide.
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Join the Social Innovation Forum in helping promising Boston-area nonprofits to accelerate their ability to solve social problems!The Social Innovation Forum, an initiative of Root Cause, annually ...
Thomas Hémery says that for those who'd have innovative finance ideas to serve development, you still have until november the 15th to send your project : http://tinyurl.com/yzbysnz
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The Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the World Bank will co-host an international Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development (2010 MIF) ...
One of the most exciting examples of government applying the principles of social innovation for accelerated social impact is the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Investing in Innovation, or i3, Fund (formerly known as the “What Works” fund). As t...
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From the Wall Street Journal: "PRACTICE MANAGEMENT: New Tools Help Advisers Counsel Clients"
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-2009
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There is a debate going on about how to identify and invest in the highest-performing nonprofits – with a great emphasis on randomized control trial (RCT) studies. ...
Root Cause Looking for exciting opportunities in the world of social innovation? Check out Root Cause Spring Fellowships! (Please spread the word far and wide...) http://rootcause.org/join-us
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Root Cause is offering a winter/spring Fellowship program for those interested in gaining work experience or transitioning into the nonprofit sector. Root Cause Fellowships are a great opportunity to join ...
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Video of the SOCAP09 panel on Social Innovation and the Administration
http://www.socialcapitalmarkets.net/
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SoCap09 is about making sense of challenging times through understanding how trends and events of our times shape a new tomorrow. Bring together a unique mix of the world’s top social innovators – investors, ...
Root Cause Great article in WSJ on ReServe, which matches retired adults to opportunities in the social sector http://bit.ly/3kzfu8 #socent
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Check out this new tool to track the flow of philanthropic resources by geographic region - globally. Another initiative to add transparency to the nonprofit sector! #perfmeas http://philanthropyinsight.org/Login.asp
Root Cause From PhilanTopic: To Measure or Not to Measure? http://bit.ly/3nsojk #perfmeas
Root Cause From Philantopic: To Measure or Not to Measure? http://bit.ly/3nsojk#perfmeas
Root Cause The OneStar Foundation just launched Texas Social Innovation Initiative, modeled after our Social Innovation Forum http://bit.ly/VtxtT - very exciting!
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OneStar Foundation: Texas Center for Social Impact is a statewide nonprofit that improves the lives of every Texan, every day.
