Sonal Shah
Exec Dir. @BeeckCenter | Board @CaseFoundation @OxfamAmerica @nff_news | Former @Obama Administration. Co-Founder @IndiCorps | Scaling Social Change. Views own.
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The Importance of Local Media to Boost Startups in Rising Cities
I am fearful that the decline of local media will negatively affect startups.
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The New Practice of Public Problem Solving (SSIR)
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Sonal Shah
Great read from @taradmcguinness and @SlaughterAM on how to scale. Great to see this and @annmei with @leanimpact provide a method to try, test, iterate and #scale.
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Lean Impact Fireside Chat with Ann Mei Chang
Despite enormous investments of time and money, are we making a dent on the social and environmental challenges of our time? What if we could exponentially increase our impact? These are some of the questions that Ann Mei Chang, former Director of...
Sonal Shah
Want to learn about #impact? Come listen to @annmei speak about her book @leanimpact. Join us on February 27 at 7pm @Georgetown main campus, in the ICC Auditorium. #socent #impinv @GUAlumni
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The New ‘New Education’
Charles Eliot charted a course of education reform 150 years ago. Now it falls to us to update his vision for today’s challenges.
Six trends shaping the future of farming and ranching
Farmers and ranchers have long been known for adapting and innovating, but new research challenges whether they are looking deep enough over the horizon to really win in the future."There are six forces of change in the industry that are pretty...
Millennial socialists want to shake up the economy and save the climate
Do they make sense?
The Wired Guide to Your Personal Data (and Who Is Using It)
Information about you, what you buy, where you go, even where you look is the oil that fuels the digital economy.
EP 4: Sustaining Peace w/ Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf explains how she kept the peace in Liberia. And: in Colombia, former FARC combatants are adjusting to legitimate political and civilian life. In this episode you’ll hear from the first woman to be...
Skoll | The Skoll Foundation Announces New CEO Donald H. Gips
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Sonal Shah
Congrats to @SkollFoundation for selecting the #amazing @dongips as CEO. His authenticity and his diverse experiences in public and private sectors make him a perfect fit.
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20 years, 700 victims: Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads as leaders resist reforms
As leaders decline to act, the numbers grow. In the past 20 years, about 380 Southern Baptist church leaders and volunteers have faced allegations of sexual misconduct, the newspapers found. They were pastors. Deacons. Ministers. Youth pastors....
Lincoln Center Finds Its Next President at the 92nd Street Y
Henry Timms, who helped create #GivingTuesday, will become the leader of a center buffeted by management churn in recent years.
OZFramework
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Sonal Shah
Check out @BeeckCenter + @ImpactInvestUS Opportunity Zones Reporting Framework for Opportunity Funds to #measure economic and social #outcomes in underinvested communities. ozframework.org #OpportunityZones #impinv #WIS2019
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2 Information Giants, Foundation Center and GuideStar, to Join Forces
The organizations will bring together vast troves of data as they merge to become Candid, a portal that provides information about grant makers and nonprofits.
Congress needs your input (but don’t call it crowdsourcing)
Like many modern digital innovations, “crowdsourcing” is a concept borrowed from the commercial tech industry.
Meet the folk hero of Davos: the writer who told the rich to stop dodging taxes
"Taxes, taxes, taxes. All the rest is bullshit in my opinion."
Invest for Better | Women Lead the Way
Women are leading the impact investing revolution. Join us. Invest for Better.
Sonal Shah
Finally an opportunity for all people to do #impactinvesting. Check out investforbetter.org to learn how women across income levels are leading the impact investing revolution. You can participate. #investforbetter #impinv @LisaGreenHall @sherrling @ABLImpact @BeeckCenter
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