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Walk the Line, SEA-Style

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Last week, social entrepreneurs gathered at the Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) Summit 2014 in Nashville, Tenn., and enjoyed content-rich workshops, engaging pitches from social entrepreneurs, excellent Southern cuisine and music from some of Nashville’s...

Choose Your Adventure in the World Stage

Social Impact Architects

In choose your adventure books, children take on the role of the protagonist and make decisions at critical points in the narrative that lead to different endings. Like these classic children’s books, the National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist...

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...

The Simple Math of Volunteer Stewardship

Social Impact Architects

After seven health questionnaires, nine blood tests, a physical exam, chest X-ray, electrocardiogram, five injections of medication and 11 hours of plasmapheresis, Brandi Tanaka, senior consultant at Social Impact Architects, donated what we hope will be life-saving...

Advanced Thinking on Developing a Theory of Change

Impact Measurement

Like the Camel Thorn tree that thrives in the arid climate of Namibia thanks to a deep network of roots, theory of change (ToC) may provide stability to social programs through a similar network of roots. By delving deep into an issue, ToC can help articulate and...