Impact Measurement Series 2 of 4: Measure What Matters

One of our favorite company mantras (we even use it on our website) is the Albert Einstein quote – “not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” In the for-profit sector, measurement is more straightforward because...

Bringing Impact Investing Back to Earth

Fundraising, Guest Blogs, Social Impact Architects

We spend a lot of time as a team discussing the differences between trends and fads within the social sector. Impact investing falls in a gray area – where we still have so much to prove, yet we need it to work in order to have financial resources to solve some of our...

Is Impact Investing the Social Sector’s Lottery Ticket?

Social Impact Architects

As we predicted last year, impact investing (making investments into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention of generating both measurable social and environmental impact along with a financial return) has been trending as a topic of conversation at not...

How Social Entrepreneurship Can Become a Movement: Six Shifts Shaping What Comes Next

Collaborate, Communicate, Grow, Impact, Lead, Social Impact Architects

Every once in a while, a conference does more than fill your notebook with new ideas. Sometimes, in rare moments of true inspiration, you can feel the energy as people and ideas bounce off one another. That is why I often quip, “Innovation happens through collision.”...

Nonprofit Boards Behaving Badly

Board Development, Guest Blogs, Organizational Assessments, Social Impact Architects

In 2015, I had the honor of participating in the OpEd Project. The project encourages women and minorities to write more editorials and opinion pieces about subjects that are important to them. I collaborated on this piece with three Dallas-based nonprofit CEOs...