Social Trendspotter Weekly Blog
“In the Know” – Skoll World Forum 2013
Jeff Skoll, after creating eBay, started his next entrepreneurial venture – the Skoll Foundation (Skoll). Skoll was started in 1999 and became the largest and most influential foundation supporting social entrepreneurship through grants ($358 million in 13 years) and...
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 all...
Five Strategies for Rethinking Revenue & Development
The last few years have been a rollercoaster for nonprofits nationwide, and to thrive, a certain evolution has taken place when it comes to the pursuit of revenue and overall operational IQ. Social TrendSpotter is pleased to showcase the recent results of a research...
2013 Nonprofit Trends: Focusing on Nonprofit Customers and Donors
Words have power. Social sector organizations use them to compel philanthropists to donate, promote volunteerism, encourage advocacy, and differentiate themselves from other organizations. Our team has identified some subtle, yet important, word shifts in the social...
3 New Year’s Resolutions for the Social Sector
Everyone is sharing their predictions for 2013, but our path isn’t pre-determined. Instead, our team got together and came up with the following list of resolutions – a path we hope the social sector will take: 1. Collective Advocacy: Sometimes the greatest impact is...
Impact vs. Outcomes
The 21st century has brought a lot of change to the social sector. One of the most notable is the demand for measuring results. With this demand has come many new words — output, outcome, and impact. How are these measured, and how can you tell the difference? It can...
Connecting Disciplines: Bridging Nonprofit and For-Profit Worlds
Reprinted from Team Fuqua Magazine, 09.19.10 Suzanne Smith (Daytime MBA ’08) is recognized nationally for her efforts within the nonprofit sector. By Tim Candon — This article was originally published in the alumni magazine Team Fuqua. September 09, 2010 Suzanne...
5 Ways to Take Social Entrepreneurship to Scale/Dear Mr. President
Reprinted from SEE Change Magazine, 12.04.12 Dear Mr. President: Congratulations on a hard-fought race for your second term as President. With your recent victory, I hope you will use your power – as a legislator, but also a bully pulpit – to broaden your agenda and...
Are Women Better at Social Enterprise?
I recently was asked by a new online space called the Social Enterprise Network run by guardian.co.uk (Sidenote – if you ever want evidence that the Brits are ahead of us Americans on social enterprise, this is one great example for us to follow!) to serve as an...
