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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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You’ve Got to Read This: January 18, 2011

Reid All About it

Yes, it would be great if staff had the right mindset for innovation. Manila protest January 2001 ~ flickr photo by M.a.c.a.r.o.n.i. Tagged: Association , Conference , Innovation , Marketing , Social Networking , Web and Social Media , Writing. Creating the organizational culture that will bring about these changes?

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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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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. This allows me to focus on the big picture.

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The Transformative Power Of Peerology

Velvet Chainsaw

In the world of conference education, the future is not necessarily about the next technology gadget or innovative session format. It means that there is less talk from the front of the conference room and more buzz as people communicate and collaborate together. But it’s time “SME” stood for something else: Subject Matter Experienced.

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Association Subculture: Information? Give it Away Now.

Association Subculture

A better use of our collective time would be re-examining the book " Exploring the Future - Seven Strategic Conversations That Could Transform Your Association ," by Robert Olson and Autl Dighe published by the ASAE Foundation in 2001. Their first foray was at MIT in 2001, when the school agreed to put coursework online for free.