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A Spotlight on 10 Top Impact Investors Driving Social Change

NXUnite

Impact investing is when a business or other entity invests in companies or organizations with the dual aim of achieving financial returns and positive impacts. These gatherings attract social impact investors, foundations, and philanthropic organizations. What is impact investing? Does impact investing make a difference? Yes, it does!

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

Reid All About it

His discussion of the conservative’s dilemma, formerly known as the dictator’s dilemma, reminds me of the fear of loss of control that many organization leaders have about social media. I would love to see organizations take to heart Soren Gordhamer ’s Five New Paradigms for a Socially Engaged Company. That’s the challenge.

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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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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. Peerology — peers learning together — allows organizations to engage individuals at a level that can actually change people’s brains. And that leads us to peerology. Defining Peerology.

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Nonprofits Need To Nurture the Next Generation of New Leaders

Beth Kanter

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. had in mind (which had never been communicated.) The best organizations and companies fail forward. Let em sink in. Leadership'

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The Hourglass Blog: A Lost Generation of Leadership?

The Hourglass Blog

And hes saying the same thing in this interview that he said in Los Angeles--namely that we need a new generation of leaders to take over the organizations built by Boomers. From that we developed a command-and-control mentality of how to run an organization. Communication. Innovation. Im with you, Bill. Baby Boomers.