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A Spotlight on 10 Top Impact Investors Driving Social Change

NXUnite

While these investments involve several moving parts, impact investing is essentially leveraging capital to create positive change, earn revenue, and drive innovation across the social good sector. It was founded as part of a United Nations initiative in 2001 as the first commercial manager of microfinance debt investment worldwide.

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What fundraisers Need To Know About Next Era of Digital Technology

Beth Kanter

Yes, I walked onto the stage for the closing plenary at the Festival del Fundraising wearing an astronaut suit (that included a GivingTuesday sticker ), to the theme of 2001 Space Odyssey, speaking Italian (poorly), with Marcelo Iniarra (creative concept was his idea) and shared some insights about the new ecosystem for fundraisers.

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American Astronomical Society Takes Steps to Tackle Sexual Harassment

Associations Now

The astronomy community was stunned earlier this month by the revelation that University of California, Berkeley, professor and well-known astronomer Geoff Marcy was the subject of a six-month internal investigation that found he had committed a series of sexual harassment violations between 2001 and 2010.

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Secrets to Market Share and Product Sales Growth ? GrowGlobally.org

GlowGlobally

How do you act on these potential opportunities in the right way? How does one determine where or how to enter a new market? If you’ve conducted a proper “market analysis” to determine your market potential, you may know where you want to go, but you will not know how to get there. Conclusion.

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Nonprofits Need To Nurture the Next Generation of New Leaders

Beth Kanter

She had such a great insights about why it is important, what is keeping us from doing it, and how to get beyond those road blocks. From 2001 – 2011, nonprofit growth represented 25% of economic growth; and for-profits? And future leaders need to try new things, foster innovation and learn from what works and what doesn’t.

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The Hourglass Blog: A Lost Generation of Leadership?

The Hourglass Blog

From that we developed a command-and-control mentality of how to run an organization. I think todays great leaders will know how to empower people, all of us, to step up and lead. Communication. Innovation. Principled Innovation. We didnt live through that, but our parents experience was very real to us.

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From the Corner Office: The Wisdom of Wading Into the Pool Before Going Deep

Association Adviser

You need to make sure there is clear and direct communication with each team member about the organization’s goals and objectives. Do you have a formal process for innovation? Also, you can be innovative and still be low-tech. Also, you can be innovative and still be low-tech. AA: How about social media?

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